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The first phase of Echo ownership, especially when you\u2019ve received one as a gift, is skepticism. When John Hebert, a car-dealer manager in Rosenberg, Texas, got his, \u201cIt didn\u2019t even come out of the box for the first two months,\u201d he said. Shaunacy Ferro, a writer in Brooklyn, had a similar reaction when she received one from her father.