xemnasbane 71 Posted July 9, 2013 I ,just recently, have bought a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 from a lady at my church for dirt cheap; $150US. Usually they are around 260 for brand new with the installments I have. I have spent at least $12 in games and books, and have liked the system ITSELF. I've noticed from the very moment I got it that something wasn't right. Touch screen, as she mentioned, wasn't absolutely fantastic. That was an understatement. On Silk (the Amazon internet browser) you will Google Search something, and you have to zoom in to at least %230 to be able to click the link that is brought up. Screen scrolling is horrible. Glitch-y and paused. That's not all. It shuts off and resets itself at random intervals, and the screen will completely freeze. Sometimes for 3 minutes at a time. It is supposed to have the fastest connectivity no matter what the Wifi Router. I was really excited about this because I have a VERY slow Internet connection. It takes 2 minutes to load KH13. Yes, Amazon. "Blazing Speed!" The only good thing to come out of this, is that everything you buy is put into standard format inside the Kindle folder, which means I can still have the music I bought, and books can transfer over to my other Kindle Simple Touch through Cloud. I am very disappointed. I didn't pay $150 for something like this. I'm going to talk to her about it in a couple weeks. She better take it back; I want my 3DS back! 1 Toby reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elijah Gravenhorst 480 Posted July 9, 2013 150 dollars is dirt cheap? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xemnasbane 71 Posted July 9, 2013 150 dollars is dirt cheap? Well... For something of that value. I got a $40 case and $20 charger. So I got something worth $340 plus US tax $370 for only $150. So yes. Pretty dirt cheap Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caity 3,946 Posted July 9, 2013 My friend has the Kindle Fire HD and said that it runs brilliantly, he's never mentioned touch screen issues and never had internet connection problems on it, so it sounds like the one you got is faulty to begin with. In that case I would demand my money back, but I don't know how refunds work when you haven't gone through a store or site like Play.com like what legal ground you stand on 150 dollars is dirt cheap? 150 dollars is dirt cheap? In comparison to it's original price you could say it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toby 50 Posted July 9, 2013 I ,just recently, have bought a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 from a lady at my church for dirt cheap; $150US. Usually they are around 260 for brand new with the installments I have. I have spent at least $12 in games and books, and have liked the system ITSELF. I've noticed from the very moment I got it that something wasn't right. Touch screen, as she mentioned, wasn't absolutely fantastic. That was an understatement. On Silk (the Amazon internet browser) you will Google Search something, and you have to zoom in to at least %230 to be able to click the link that is brought up. Screen scrolling is horrible. Glitch-y and paused. That's not all. It shuts off and resets itself at random intervals, and the screen will completely freeze. Sometimes for 3 minutes at a time. It is supposed to have the fastest connectivity no matter what the Wifi Router. I was really excited about this because I have a VERY slow Internet connection. It takes 2 minutes to load KH13. Yes, Amazon. "Blazing Speed!" The only good thing to come out of this, is that everything you buy is put into standard format inside the Kindle folder, which means I can still have the music I bought, and books can transfer over to my other Kindle Simple Touch through Cloud. I am very disappointed. I didn't pay $150 for something like this. I'm going to talk to her about it in a couple weeks. She better take it back; I want my 3DS back! ''I want my 3DS back!'' ..Did you.. Please don't tell me you sold the DS or traded it to that church lady.. ...If you did... You monster.. How could you..! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EternalReckoning 1,135 Posted July 9, 2013 it depends on how strong youre internet connection is, if you get regular lag on it i would say it would effect the kindles internet responsiveness despite what is said about them, it just doesnt seem realistic that a device can spped up a bad internet connection that much. the other things sound wierd, maybe you should ask about a refund. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xemnasbane 71 Posted July 9, 2013 My friend has the Kindle Fire HD and said that it runs brilliantly, he's never mentioned touch screen issues and never had internet connection problems on it, so it sounds like the one you got is faulty to begin with. In that case I would demand my money back, but I don't know how refunds work when you haven't gone through a store or site like Play.com like what legal ground you stand on 150 dollars is dirt cheap? In comparison to it's original price you could say it is. I think she must've dropped it or downloaded Malware ''I want my 3DS back!'' ..Did you.. Please don't tell me you sold the DS or traded it to that church lady.. ...If you did... You monster.. How could you..! No. I didn't trade it. I sold it. I bought mine right when they lowered the price. There were no good games coming out and I didn't think it was worth keeping. I fully regret my decision it depends on how strong youre internet connection is, if you get regular lag on it i would say it would effect the kindles internet responsiveness despite what is said about them, it just doesnt seem realistic that a device can spped up a bad internet connection that much. the other things sound wierd, maybe you should ask about a refund. Ask!? I shall demand! Lol jk. 1 EternalReckoning reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
