[GraceKrispy]

it was sitting there, looking all cute and touchable, and I wanted to check it out. I had no idea they had sony readers at walmart (well, they only had that one) so I was pretty psyched to see it.

Well, I get closer, and see that itʻs "locked" and waiting for the code to be entered so you can go in. I approach a salesperson to ask if she knows the code so I can play with the reader a little. She says no, actually, a customer entered a random code and left it, so no one can get into it, and itʻs basically useless.

So why would they continue to display this model? How will this help people decide they want this reader if all they can see is that it is like Fort Knox. I didnʻt ask how long itʻd been locked, but from her tone, Iʻd guess itʻs been a little while.

Does that seem bizarre to anyone else?? Wouldnʻt they have some sort of factory default to go to, or send it back and get it unlocked or just something? I hate to think of all the people who might like to play around with it and just figure itʻs a junk piece of machinery because they only get to see the lock code screen.