There are a plethora of places from where you can purchase an ebook reader in the UK but it becomes more difficult to buy a used ebook reader. One place you are sure to find a used ebook reader is ebay UK.
The number of new models hitting the shops has had a big impact on the second hand market of e book reading devices, making it more likely that you will find one . What was once a near miracle has suddenly become very achievable no more people are swapping their device for one with the latest technical specifications.
I have seen the question above asked on more than one occasion on forums and discussion groups, so I set out to find if it was easy to track down a second user bargain. One thing to remember is that you can now purchase an ebook reader new for under $200, in the form of the Sony PRS-300, and the Franklin, an entry level book reading model, can be found for around the $170 mark, again straight out of the box.
With that in mind, I launched myself into the task of finding the best second user electronic book reader at the lowest price possible. Now I know the usual place to look is on the Amazon site and in the past this has been the best place to track a used model down, but I have always found them few and far between and a bit pricey. So I decided to call on Amazon later, and so headed over to the eBay UK site to see what they had to offer.
I had, in past visits, seldom seen a used ebook reader on the ebay UK website and so was unsure if they would indeed have any to give the once over. As I said earlier, the second user market is far better now more models are available, and so I was pleasantly surprised at the results my search returned.
There were quite a few listings all running through on auction, with one of the better models showing being the now discontinued Sony PRS-500. Also there where a few Sony PRS-505's, these are still selling new over at Amazon, albeit at a lower price than in recent times due to the release of the new Sony range of digital Reading devices.
One of the earliest reading devices, the RCA REB 1100, was another that featured heavily. I admit these are not up there with the newest generation but, if it's a book reader you are looking for, this model will do you a job and can be found in numbers on eBay for under £75/$100. A real steal if you ask me.
There are other devices up for auction but I really set out to find one at an affordable price for everyone who finds it difficult to justify spending £160-£300 ($200-$400) on such a device. The other models available, though higher in spec, came in at between those figures and so defeated the object of this task.
Here's something you might try if you are in no real rush. Christmas is just around the corner, and the eat book reading device price war is well under way, why not hold fire if you are looking to purchase a used ebook reader, then after Christmas and the January sales when the buying flurry is over, and people may have received a replacement for their older model, go and buy a used ebook reader off bay UK at a real bargain price.
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