Classic Best Buy To Sell Nook WiFi for $99 on Black Friday

tubemonkey · 11-12-2010, 11:43 AM

Well, well, well; imagine that.

chas0039 · 11-12-2010, 12:34 PM

That does seem to be the magic price point.

mavek · 11-12-2010, 01:02 PM

I see that best buy allows purchases by international people with a us address but why after near completing order it charge a tax?

Also i've seen another nook refurbished at overstock and it seems it ships europe too, if someone is interested.

Rebo · 11-12-2010, 02:28 PM

They are offering the refurnished units at $99 on ebay and buy.com This is always a prelude of clearing out the entire inventory and make room for new generation. If B&N still in the e-ink market, I am hoping a 2nd gen e-ink nook might come soon.

mopping five · 11-12-2010, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebo

They are offering the refurnished units at $99 on ebay and buy.com This is always a prelude of clearing out the entire inventory and make room for new generation. If B&N still in the e-ink market, I am hoping a 2nd gen e-ink nook might come soon.

Did Amazon do that with the earlier generations of the Kindle?

MsCG1 · 11-12-2010, 07:10 PM

Maximum 10 per store.

So unless you're willing to line up the night before and be one of the first customers in the store, it's pointless.

tubemonkey · 11-12-2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MsCG1

Maximum 10 per store.

So unless you're willing to line up the night before and be one of the first customers in the store, it's pointless.

That's why I'm not doing it. I don't do lines on BF.

chas0039 · 11-12-2010, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebo

They are offering the refurnished units at $99 on ebay and buy.com This is always a prelude of clearing out the entire inventory and make room for new generation. If B&N still in the e-ink market, I am hoping a 2nd gen e-ink nook might come soon.

You may be right, but the official story from B&N is that they had a large shipment of damaged cases and these are repaired, hence refurbs. As many are showing up with older serial numbers it makes sense. I thought people were seeing newer models as well, but the firmware is really weird in that the much older hard ware is showing up with firmware that should only work on the units made after the SD chip change.

We need someone with insight into these firmware changes to set us straight, especially after the 1.5.0 version comes out or it will be impossible to identify who has softrootable (easy way) hardware.

Ervserver · 11-12-2010, 11:50 PM

yea typical BB crapola, camping out Thanksgiving at the BB store and end up not getting one anyway

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsCG1

Maximum 10 per store.

So unless you're willing to line up the night before and be one of the first customers in the store, it's pointless.

Avarwen · 11-13-2010, 03:15 AM

Meh just order it from Overstock.com I did and it's only $99.
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics...23/subcat.html
I worked on black Friday last year at Target and it wasn't pretty so you won't see me waiting in line when I can just order online or from T.V

Fbone · 11-14-2010, 10:28 PM

I think this Best Buy sale would be the first time B&N let a new nook from an authorized dealer be priced lower than the official MSRP.

Unless of course they lower the price of all nooks ...

mavek · 11-15-2010, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avarwen

Meh just order it from Overstock.com I did and it's only $99.
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics...23/subcat.html
I worked on black Friday last year at Target and it wasn't pretty so you won't see me waiting in line when I can just order online or from T.V

i'd wish buying there too but just discovered that overstock don't accept international credit card (nor buy.com). Don't you people know any solution for european buyers (like personal shopper o similar?)

thanks

don_ernesto · 11-18-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mavek

i'd wish buying there too but just discovered that overstock don't accept international credit card (nor buy.com). Don't you people know any solution for european buyers (like personal shopper o similar?)

thanks

mavek, dont know about oversotck, but buy.com accepts amazon payments and google checkout, both services support international credit cards

mavek · 11-18-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by don_ernesto

mavek, dont know about oversotck, but buy.com accepts amazon payments and google checkout, both services support international credit cards

thanks pal! i thought the buy.com statement that they don't accept foreign credit cards applied to google checkout too (since they required a billing address), eventually i will buy the nook trough one of many mail forward service out there

sun surfer · 11-19-2010, 11:46 PM

OK, so apparently according to an article I just read, you can order all Best Buy Black Friday deals online, so that should include the nook. Now, I don't know when the online sale will start and it could only be a matter of minutes until it's sold out, but it's apparently going to be possible to get a brand new nook for $99 online. Here's what the article said:

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY - News): The same products promoted in its Thanksgiving Ads -- including doorbusters -- will be available on BestBuy.com starting Thanksgiving Day. Best Buy is also offering free shipping on online orders through Dec. 21, excluding laptops, iPads, iPods and some major appliances.

Also, it's saying Amazon will match all Black Friday deals, so keep an eye out there too:

Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN - News): Here's another reason to avoid the Black Friday stampede: The online retailer is matching other retailer's doorbuster prices. Plus, it's offering free shipping.

A good possibility is that the online Best Buy deal will start sometime between like 3am and 5am Eastern time Black Friday, but I really don't know for sure.

11-12-2010, 11:43 AM	#1
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,762 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Best Buy To Sell Nook WiFi for $99 on Black Friday Well, well, well; imagine that.

11-12-2010, 01:02 PM	#3
mavek Member Posts: 21 Karma: 471242 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Italy Device: nook	I see that best buy allows purchases by international people with a us address but why after near completing order it charge a tax? Also i've seen another nook refurbished at overstock and it seems it ships europe too, if someone is interested. Last edited by mavek; 11-12-2010 at 01:05 PM.

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chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	That does seem to be the magic price point.

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Rebo Groupie Posts: 173 Karma: 392 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: nook, nook color, kindle 3, Ipad 2nd gen, Nook HD+, Iphone 4S	They are offering the refurnished units at $99 on ebay and buy.com This is always a prelude of clearing out the entire inventory and make room for new generation. If B&N still in the e-ink market, I am hoping a 2nd gen e-ink nook might come soon.

11-12-2010, 07:10 PM	#6
MsCG1 Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 38391 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Nook Classic, NookColor, HTC Rezound, Sony PRS-505, ICS Touchpad	Maximum 10 per store. So unless you're willing to line up the night before and be one of the first customers in the store, it's pointless.

11-13-2010, 03:15 AM	#10
Avarwen Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 12170 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: EZ_ Reader, Nook wifi, Kindle 3G	Meh just order it from Overstock.com I did and it's only $99. http://www.overstock.com/Electronics...23/subcat.html I worked on black Friday last year at Target and it wasn't pretty so you won't see me waiting in line when I can just order online or from T.V

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Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,289 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	I think this Best Buy sale would be the first time B&N let a new nook from an authorized dealer be priced lower than the official MSRP. Unless of course they lower the price of all nooks ...

11-19-2010, 11:46 PM	#15
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	OK, so apparently according to an article I just read, you can order all Best Buy Black Friday deals online, so that should include the nook. Now, I don't know when the online sale will start and it could only be a matter of minutes until it's sold out, but it's apparently going to be possible to get a brand new nook for $99 online. Here's what the article said: Best Buy (NYSE: BBY - News): The same products promoted in its Thanksgiving Ads -- including doorbusters -- will be available on BestBuy.com starting Thanksgiving Day. Best Buy is also offering free shipping on online orders through Dec. 21, excluding laptops, iPads, iPods and some major appliances. Also, it's saying Amazon will match all Black Friday deals, so keep an eye out there too: Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN - News): Here's another reason to avoid the Black Friday stampede: The online retailer is matching other retailer's doorbuster prices. Plus, it's offering free shipping. A good possibility is that the online Best Buy deal will start sometime between like 3am and 5am Eastern time Black Friday, but I really don't know for sure.

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