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Cootey · 08-12-2020, 07:49 PM

Yesterday I noticed that the local Walmart had finally put the Kobo Clara out of its misery and retired it somewhere. It was crunched in a vice with curving display, practically weeping from abuse, but they retired the entire kobo ereader section while they were at it, including the ebook cards. It doesn’t bode well for the Kobo/Walmart partnership.

I can’t say that the partnership has been a good one. Walmart never seemed to put much care into any of the displays that I saw at the three different Walmart’s I noticed them at. But buying a Kobo from Walmart sure beat waiting for it to arrive by pony from [Kobo]. Online sales excelled, and I like purchasing Walmart gift cards for my daughter to use. It hasn’t all been terrible.

What do the Walmart displays look like for you? Have they started to disappear in your neck of the woods?

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08-12-2020, 07:49 PM	#1
Cootey Absentminded Reader Posts: 1,337 Karma: 7440829 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: Kobo Mini, Libra Colour & Elipsa; Kindle Paperwhite 3 & 4; iOS apps	Walmart Wasteland with You, Too? Yesterday I noticed that the local Walmart had finally put the Kobo Clara out of its misery and retired it somewhere. It was crunched in a vice with curving display, practically weeping from abuse, but they retired the entire kobo ereader section while they were at it, including the ebook cards. It doesn’t bode well for the Kobo/Walmart partnership. I can’t say that the partnership has been a good one. Walmart never seemed to put much care into any of the displays that I saw at the three different Walmart’s I noticed them at. But buying a Kobo from Walmart sure beat waiting for it to arrive by pony from [Kobo]. Online sales excelled, and I like purchasing Walmart gift cards for my daughter to use. It hasn’t all been terrible. What do the Walmart displays look like for you? Have they started to disappear in your neck of the woods? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Last edited by Cootey; 08-12-2020 at 10:03 PM.