Amazon

Okay, I'm getting really upset. A friend lent me her Kindle and now I want one for myself. I'm hooked. UNFORTUNATELY, you can't get one in the UAE. GRRR!!!!! So I'm thinking I'll get one in Canada when I go back for the summer. Right! I can do that. But I can't buy books with a UAE credit card. If I get a Canadian credit card, I can use that (even though it will screw up my non-residency). Then I'll have to transfer money to the account to cover that card. This stinks. When I'm in the UAE, I could buy a gift certificate and give it to myself and then I can use that gift certificate to buy books. Really? Maybe!

I can't tell you how much I want a Kindle DX. I have the money. I have emailed Amazon and explained the situation and begged them to suggest something. No response. I tried Amazon Canada. No response. I would love to be able to travel with lots of books on my Kindle. Rumors that the UAE will be getting Kindle have been around for years. I want a Kindle, but I'm almost at the point of buying a Sony Reader Daily Edition or an iPad.

I'm perfectly willing to patronize Amazon. Amazon - please sell me a Kindle DX; however, my feeling is that the iPad is going to kill Amazon if they don't come out with a color screen and expandable memory. I don't need most of the stuff that the iPad does. I have a MacBook Air. I'd use that but I can't download the Kindle for Mac software in the UAE. Most of the books I read are fine in black and white, but the color screen on the iPad is cool. I don't need all the internet features that the iPad has. I just want to read books. If Amazon doesn't get their sh** in order by August, when I get back to Canada, I am going to go with the iPad. I've patronized Amazon for years. I've ordered thousands of dollars of books and DVDs from Amazon. I'd like to stay with them, but I'm really getting pissed. What happened to globalization? Whatever happened to trying to be competitive and offering what the customers want?