Semi-buyer beware (Boox)

[estirose]

I picked up a used Boox Palma recently and as it states, it is literally used. Not refurbished, used.

I think they may have verified that the device was wiped etc, but the Palma came in a box that contained the box that the original owner shipped it in, return label and all. (They slapped a white label on top of that label, but it wasn't that hard to peel off.)

So if you live in Ohio, did a GoFundMe for your mom last year, and maybe recently returned a white Boox Palma... I have ended up with your device? Also, you were really easy to google and I think I found your Pinterest.

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[tptigger]

Oh, that makes me sad as I love my Poke, but I did buy it new.

[estirose]

I will make it clear that apart from the fact that the box had clearly been opened and the case applied etc it looked new! None of the previous owner's data was in it. It's just that I'm used to company returns being... well... taken out of the box they were returned in and put in a new box.

Also, I was a tad disconcerted that I could discover the previous owner's name and address - while neither of these is considered Personal Identifiable Information, it's just... if I had to return my Palma, I wouldn't want my wallet name and address to be exposed. This person has an extremely uncommon first and last name and I'm in the same situation - both of us are fairly easily searchable with only one or two other people with the same first and last name in the country/world. The stuff I mentioned above was a five-minute google search... and probably would have taken less time if I didn't have to figure out which one of two people this person was.

(I am liking my Palma so far, that being said. It's a nice device once I got over the slight learning curve and dealt with the Kindle app's bizarre desire to import all my PDFs despite the fact that I told it over and over again not to import them. I don't need my fanfic in that app, thanks!)