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Re: Please do not buy candy from Munchies Sweets and Treats

BrentNewhall — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:39:47 -0000

Thanks very much for the feedback! I'll keep you in mind.

Re: Please do not buy candy from Munchies Sweets and Treats

Thorsten Zoerner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:17:56 -0000

Just in case you are looking for some sweets online. You might have a look on http://global-chocolates.com . Has no live chat either - but the person behind the contact form is me. However, what you describe from this shop sounds for me like the reason why we decided 2 months ago to move all logistics to Amazon. Esp. if you are not big, it simply sucks up to much resources. Believe me, selling sweets online is a quick business where you have to keep care of the customers on many angels.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Richard Alan Merritt — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:39:17 -0000

It's classic trolling. no more...no less.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Richard Alan Merritt — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:38:31 -0000

"My world"/center of the universe", just sounds like this person is projecting insecurities/delusions of grandeur on a blog.....

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Richard Alan Merritt — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:36:38 -0000

As if you had a world to yourself.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Asdf — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:24:33 -0000

The problem is he's not stating a fact. On the very link he provides, one of the frontpage images is:

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com...

Sorry, that's a man's hand

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

MMT — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:03:58 -0000

So, you think Steff is being unnecessarily sensitive about a gender issue, and you respond by being the sort of sexist pig that causes women to be sensitive about gender issues? Brilliant.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Amit Shaw — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:56:20 -0000

Just Awesome. Really. Thanks For Info.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Anon — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:36:17 -0000

explains left and right hand button groups...

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Elmer Gantry — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:09:10 -0000

(Deleted by Brent. I'll allow none of that.)

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Jeff — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:29:31 -0000

Wrt your footnote, http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com... seems to depict a man putting the Kindle into his suit jacket...

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Don't take me too seriously — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:10:12 -0000

That's not what he said at all; why are you inventing this straw man of a question implying he thinks Amazon should "cater to men since they are the center of the universe"?

He actually did the opposite and found a way that the current device can be used more comfortably. Maybe if you find "controls for things ... more far apart than comfortable" you should be equally inventive and try to solve the problem, it seems you are the one expecting to be catered for - not Brent.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

sanbikinoraion — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:13:27 -0000

Ever seen T3 magazine? (
http://images.google.com/image... -- who do you think they are advertizing to, men or women...? Women are the face (and in this case, I guess, hands) of advertizing everywhere so I don't think you can draw much of a conclusion from that alone.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

perfectlyreasonabletoo — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:53:45 -0000

Why won't Chrome translate this post to English for me?

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

BrentNewhall — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:52:53 -0000

Yep, thanks for the feedback. Fixed.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

BrentNewhall — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:52:41 -0000

Whoops! You're absolutely right. Thanks for the note! Fixed.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

tommym — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:48:52 -0000

Good thinkin!

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

CO — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:39:12 -0000

It wasn't an insult, he was stating the facts. Don't be so sensitive.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Cheese_Master — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:38:15 -0000

That sounds unnecessarily confrontational. He saw a problem with the device and found a way to make it work better than him. There's nothing sexist about that, so don't try to make it out like it is.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Steff — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:18:24 -0000

Sine the kindle is a dedicated reader, and statistically more women than men buy books, what exactly did you expect? Do you think Amazon should still cater to men since they are the center of the universe or something?
Speaking as a woman with small hands, I run across the controls for
things just that more far apart than comfortable as standard,
so welcome to my world.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Miguel — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:30:17 -0000

You've got a Kindle 4, not a 3.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

Sky — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:41:07 -0000

That is a Kindle 4 in your pictures.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

neuromonkey — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:54:18 -0000

Disembodied hands are sooo hot.

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

someguy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:46:07 -0000

At the amazon page, the ad photo displays sample text from this romance novel about a
middle-aged woman yearning for her first love. (Kindle = sexy time, right?) http://www.amazon.com/Be-Sung-...

Re: The Kindle 4 Is Most Comfortably Held Upside-Down For Men

BrentNewhall — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:48:21 -0000

Ha! Fair point.