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My guess is you can flip a Kindle easily to get cash which you can spend on whatever you want.

I had this thought too. A Kindle is a fine investment, especially because you're just going to use it to read books anyways (not many first person shooters to play on an e-ink screen).

I would imagine the "high end Kindle" GP is referencing might be one of their Fire tablets which is their iPad competitor.

I love my e-ink displays though :)

Not at all, but it is easy to convert such Kindle to money. I am a hardcore Kobo user myself

Problem is you don't use it, you resell it and keep the cash.