Since I know that not all Kindle Nation Daily readers, or even have access to, the comments that some readers add to our posts here, I decided that it was important to bring some of the very helpful follow-up/comment discussion right up front here in response to yesterday’s post, From the Kindle Nation Mailbag: “What Do I Do if I Lose My Kindle?” So let’s call this one Part 2, and there are several points I wanted to highlight:
First, Bufo over at the ILMK blog and Kindle Nation citizen Dana M. had good suggestions for tracking services that help you get your stuff back, for a fee, through systems that involve the use of labels or tags, bags, or other identifying tools. Bufo recommends http://www.trackitback.com and Dana suggests http://www.stuffbak.com, and each service has features, importantly, to protect user security.
Then Kindle Nation citizen Ken wrote in with good news following up my suggestion about adding your Kindle to your homeowner’s or renters insurance:
Stephen, after your suggestion about homeowners insurance coverage, I called my agent and added both my Kindle and my notebook computer to a “listed articles” policy. It was $2 per hundred dollars of value, which for the Kindle would be about $5 annually, which IMHO is a better value than the tag system, since it guarantees a new replacement and covers accidental breakage or spills. Your column has to be one of the most helpful ones out there!
The only thing I would want to double-check there would be the deductible. And thanks for the kind words, Ken!
Another reader wrote in with this question: “If he resumes using his account, doesn’t that open it up for the person who has his lost Kindle?” Actually, the answer to that one should be “No,” as long as you de-register the lost Kindle and ask Amazon to disassociate it from your Amazon account. I would also make a point of changing the password on my Amazon account, just to make sure to block the lost Kindle as a channel of access into your account.
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