09-20-2012, 05:16 PM | #16 |
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Actually with the Demos the storesa now use You Really dont get to see how they work or feel.. sucks
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09-20-2012, 08:06 PM | #17 |
Is that a sandwich?
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09-20-2012, 09:48 PM | #18 |
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09-20-2012, 10:19 PM | #19 |
Are you gonna eat that?
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the obvious joke here is that it's because your average walmart shopper doesn't know how to read anyway, what use would they have for a kindle?
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09-20-2012, 10:31 PM | #20 |
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09-20-2012, 10:38 PM | #21 |
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In my Walmart no one would know the kindles and nooks were there if they did not look for them. They have them locked away in the bottom of a display case. If you do find them, all you could see is the box they came from the factory in.
There is an ipad on display. Locked in a case so all you can do is look at it. You cannot play with it. No wonder they are not selling. |
09-20-2012, 10:39 PM | #22 | |
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09-20-2012, 10:45 PM | #23 |
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I buy everything from Amazon. I haven't been in a retail store in 5 years. Who would buy a Kindle Fire HD in Wal-Mart anyway?
Amazon beats them all on price, delivery time and quality. The one time I visited a Radio Shack store I saw a great ATT landline phone. I bought it from Amazon. My wife reads detective thrillers at zero expense from Amazon. If she doesn't like one, we delete it and buy another zero expense ebook to replace it. Walmart sells no books for zero expense. I like history and biography ebooks and can always scan a chapter before buying one. If our eyesight is failing, they even offer synced dramatic voice files now to accompany the eBook. Last edited by sirmaru; 09-20-2012 at 10:48 PM. |
09-20-2012, 10:56 PM | #24 |
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I buy Kindles at Walmart, because they're cheaper than Amazon. Also, I get them immediately as opposed to waiting up to a week for delivery.
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09-20-2012, 11:16 PM | #25 | |
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With regard to WalMart in general, I love it. At the risk of seeming unsophisticated, if you can show me somewhere classier in my area where I can buy electronics, spa chlorine, an oil change and some really good New York strips, I'll kiss your ass on the courthouse steps and give you half an hour to draw a crowd. And we won't even discuss price. Oh, and by the way, I've bought more than one gun, and a whole boatload of ammunition at WalMart over the years. However, I'm admittedly just a redneck. |
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09-21-2012, 02:13 AM | #26 |
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I've never had my ass kissed in front of the court house. This goes on the bucket list.
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09-21-2012, 03:25 AM | #27 | |
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09-21-2012, 05:05 AM | #28 | |
Not scared!
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09-21-2012, 05:16 AM | #29 |
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Yeah, but it is limited to the UK I believe.
There is still a lack of reading material in non-English languages, particularly in backlists. |
09-21-2012, 05:28 AM | #30 |
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Belgium, Brussels. You'd think in a big city you would have a choice of all kinds of ereaders but they are not that popular. Mostly Sony and Bookeen.
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