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Old 06-11-2021, 03:46 PM   #1
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KOBO HAS A PHONE!
After trying my luck by buying another $50 gift card to see if I got another 1000 bonus points (I didn't), I decided to to check with Kobo support to get clarity on why not. I waded through the help menu and after exhausting the usual obfuscatory options, I was STUNNED to discover that there's a listing of ACTUAL PHONE NUMBERS TO CALL!

Clearing up my issue by talking with someone was almost worth the disappointment of not getting a "free" 1000 points. Here are the Anglophone countries' numbers

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Canada / US : 1-800-368-5390
Australia : 1-800-612-739
New Zealand : 0-800-466-458
Ireland : 1-800-902-221
United Kingdom : 0-800-404-9511
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Old 06-11-2021, 04:02 PM   #2
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Old 06-11-2021, 04:43 PM   #3
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I thought this was going to be news that Kobo was making an e-ink cell phone!

Good to have the phone numbers.
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Old 06-11-2021, 04:52 PM   #4
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I thought this was going to be news that Kobo was making an e-ink cell phone!

I would have been much less surprised by that, tbh
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Old 06-12-2021, 08:27 AM   #5
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Old 06-12-2021, 09:09 AM   #6
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Viber runs on almost everything except a Kobo.
Indeed. It wryly amused me that when I first installed Viber to keep in touch with relatives who insisted on it, one of the groups Viber wanted me to join was Rakuten Kobo
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Old 06-12-2021, 01:01 PM   #7
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After trying my luck by buying another $50 gift card to see if I got another 1000 bonus points (I didn't), I decided to to check with Kobo support to get clarity on why not. I waded through the help menu and after exhausting the usual obfuscatory options, I was STUNNED to discover that there's a listing of ACTUAL PHONE NUMBERS TO CALL!
Did you happen to see a number for France?
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Old 06-12-2021, 02:41 PM   #8
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Old 06-12-2021, 02:42 PM   #9
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Old 06-12-2021, 04:26 PM   #10
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Did you happen to see a number for France?
Sadly, no. I guess because my account uses one of the anglophone countries, that's all it showed me. Désolé!
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Old 06-12-2021, 04:29 PM   #11
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They Always had Phones!!
Indeed, but in the three years I've been a customer the numbers able to access their phones have never been made visible on the Kobo site I have access to. Before this discovery even googling "Kobo phone number" came up empty. Hence my hyperbolic thread title
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Old 06-13-2021, 06:46 AM   #12
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Ok, found French Telephone (free-call) 0800 915 740
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