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KnuckleBuckett

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2010, 01:03:13 PM »
FYI Amazon purchased WOOT!.

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2010, 01:04:15 PM »
Yeah but after I said that I bought one apparently my wife said I should have bought two

Getting in trouble for not buying enough expensive electronic gadgets :(

>FYI Amazon purchased WOOT!.

I know, hopefully this means a broader selection of stuff for them to offer (like Kindles!)

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2010, 01:34:38 PM »
Me too!

Well, 167 after tax.

And I answered my own question - how's that for productivity!

TAXSUCKS  It only works for Texas.

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2010, 08:58:03 PM »
Hmm, I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that I didn't see woot before they were sold out.

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2010, 09:01:00 PM »
I will sell you mine.  Only $175

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #20 on: July 02, 2010, 03:19:54 AM »
Apparently in CA you don't have to pay a tax for Amazon stuff. W00t.

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #21 on: July 02, 2010, 10:16:52 AM »
No fair!

I get charged tax when I buy from Amazon (at least I think I do).

I know Woot charges me tax b/c their HQ is in Carrollton, TX so I get the honor of paying sales tax.

But now that they're owned by Amazon, I wonder if that'll change - probably not since they just charged me tax yesterday.

Wish my Kindle was hear today :(
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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2010, 11:58:07 AM »
Apparently in CA you don't have to pay a tax for Amazon stuff. W00t.

You're supposed to declare these things when you file your state income tax and pay it then. Don't you do that for all your untaxed internet purchases?!?

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #23 on: July 03, 2010, 02:02:17 PM »
Apparently in CA you don't have to pay a tax for Amazon stuff. W00t.

You're supposed to declare these things when you file your state income tax and pay it then. Don't you do that for all your untaxed internet purchases?!?
Of course I do.  I just don't make any untaxed internet purchases ;)

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #24 on: July 03, 2010, 04:25:12 PM »
BTW - I got my Kindle this morning.

It's charging up and now I need to browse the Kindle store . . .
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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2010, 04:38:09 PM »
WTF, mine hasn't even shipped yet :(

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #26 on: July 03, 2010, 04:40:51 PM »
Here's how you figure it out (a kind person on the woot site told me how to do it).

You get your order number from your email.

Go to the fedex site and track by reference.  paste the order number into the reference field and change the "date" field to 7/1/2010 and enter you zip and it'll find your order and when it'll be delivered.

My friend checked hers but, she has a POBox and has to wait for the email from woot that tells her there's an issue delivering her stuff.
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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #27 on: July 03, 2010, 04:48:26 PM »
Nothing - usually when they've shipped it the status changes, so I think it's still in the warehouse

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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2010, 01:14:15 AM »
>>Do they allow you to highlight passages?<<

Yes, you can even make notes "on the margin" - pretty cool.

>>Nothing - usually when they've shipped it the status changes, so I think it's still in the warehouse<<

My status on my account still says "everything's set" or something to that effect.  Doesn't reflect the fact that it's been shipped or that I've already charged it up.
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Re: Free Kindle Books
« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2010, 08:49:48 AM »
You obviously have some sort of Texas-connection that I don't because I never get anything from woot in less than a week or so.