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Originally Posted by tch65721
WalMart online is seldom accurate. My store didn't have Clara either but had seven or eight of the first Aura (still priced at $99) so I confused it with the sale Clara at first. I suppose they got them in when the "alliance" was first formed, stuck them in a locked cabinet and promptly forgot about them. Online shows out of stock everywhere on this item but the local store has several.
To purchase a reader in store, I had to take a card which was hanging on a peg to a WM employee and exchange it for the actual reader to purchase. The problem was the card didn't specify model, price or any useful info at all. Finding an employee capable of locating the item wasn't easy either. I lost interest when I discovered which model they actually had.
If you know what you want you're better off ordering online. I only jumped through hoops because I wanted a look at the product. I didn't get it.
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I hardly ever go to Walmart - for me it's the store of last resort if I can't find what I need elsewhere. I miss Kmart - the one I used to shop at was easier to get in and out of and less crowded than Walmart.
I've shopped in stores that use the card system for purchase of some items but normally the cards have a stock number on them so that the employees will know what to look for.
When I bought my first ereader in 2012, between Barnes and Noble, Best Buy and Target I was able to see most, if not all of the major brand ereaders in person in local stores (can't remember if Kobo was in the stores at that time). I bought my first Sony reader at my local Target. I would think having Kobos highly visible and available for trying in stores would be beneficial to sales but I guess Kobo doesn't agree.