I recently picked up a Kindle with the “Special Offers” discount. This made the device $30 cheaper and in exchange, the screensaver and a small banner at the bottom of the home screen would show me exclusive ads for Amazon and Amazon partners.

So is the $30 discount worth getting some ads? Absolutely. In fact, I already saved $5 at Amazon because of one of the special offers for $5 off a $10 purchase —- so I saved $5 off a new case for my Kindle. The ads are NEVER there while you are reading and in all honesty - some of the offers are actually good deals and don’t feel like scam offers (well… there is an AT&T ad but it isn’t really an “offer).

There’s even an app called Admash you can get for your Kindle that allows you to vote on the ads. The only real advantage to the app is that you get to see upcoming offers.

Anyways, if you are debating the Special Offers version of the Kindle - don’t. Just get it. Seriously.