I suspect that Amazon is comfortable taking as much as a $ 50 loss on a Kindle because the average Kindle user not only buys an average of three books per
month during the first year of ownership (36 books), but it locks the user into Amazon.
For example, a withdrawal charge might start at 7 % of the withdrawal
amount during the first year of ownership in the annuity and decline by one percentage point annually until year seven or eight, when the charge is eliminated.3
According to the ASPCA, dog owners should expect to spend about $ 1,500 on a
dog during the first year of ownership; cat owners should set aside at least $ 1,000 for that crucial first year.
What you're looking for are issues that may cost more than $ 1,000
during the first year of ownership.