Thread: Deciding on a Kobo model
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Old 09-09-2018, 08:06 PM   #16
davidfor
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
To answer my own question, in case anyone else is interested, the answer is WH Smiths, if you are lucky or prepared to do a lot of work.
I went to the Reading WH Smiths, and it is as though someone got a bunch of devices in about two years ago, unboxed them and fixed them to a display stand, then walked away and completely forgot about them.
I see roughly the same here. On Saturday, I went into one of the stores near my home and they only had a Clara HD. But, the cable wasn't supplying power and the battery was flat. I moved a cable connected to of the other tablets and it started but it hadn't been setup. I was told by one of the employees that they were waiting for a rep to come in and set it up. I thought about doing it via my phone, but I really just wanted to see what it felt and looked like*. And then I discovered that they had sold out.

Sunday was a visit to the other local store. They don't have any demo ereaders. They have a rack with covers for Kobo devices and empty boxes for Kindles (don't remember which). But, they did have stock. And somehow I avoided the "Exactly how many ereaders do you need?" question when I got home.

And for anyone buying any electronics from JB HiFi, make sure you ask, "What can you do this for?" They always give at least $10 off Kobo ereaders. In this case, the Clara HD was $162 (listed $179) and the cover was $39 (from $44).


* I'm sure no-one here expected me not to end up with one once I saw it
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