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Originally Posted by Raphi'Elohim
It might be on sale for no other reason than class reasons... in America, has traditionally been a middle class thing not the typical Walmart shopper thing. I am living in a middle class neighborhood but I have been to Walmart before.
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I live in an upper middle class/upper class suburb outside of Houston and have three Walmarts within a ten minute drive.
I don't like Walmart personally, but I think you are unaware of who shops there.
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I used to buy Kobo's until they joined with Walmart which I think was a dumb move for demographic reasons.
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Hopefully it is not intentional, but you come off as an insufferable snob.
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Originally Posted by haertig
Has anyone investigated if the Kobo Clara for sale at Walmart is the same (features and quality) as a Clara sold elsewhere? ...is the Kobo from Walmart the same as the Kobo from a different retailer? I don't know. But it's certainly worth investigating before purchasing just because it is cheap at Walmart.
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From my experience, when Walmart or Target sells a lower class version of an item by a known brand, they distinguish it somehow. The 'Levi's' sold at Walmart are Signature by Levi Strauss (and the Target ones are DENIZEN From Levi's).
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Originally Posted by Kindleing
Specifically, I have wondered whether the Kobos with light bleed issues have come from Walmart, or did some of them come direct from Kobo.
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I ordered my Clara from Walmart. No light bleed issues. And no, the Claras with the issue aren't exclusively from any one retailer. The light bleed issue is a Kobo manufacturing issue, not some subpar model being sent to a poverty retailer.
Check out the
Trying to love Kobo, but... or
Cured of Kobo threads. Bought his devices in the UK and had light bleed issues.
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Originally Posted by teija
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Well, Kobo is a Canadian company after all. I hope Canadian Best Buy would stock them.