Kindle at Best Buy - Page 2

elithea · 09-10-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolineNH

First Target, then Staples, now Best Buy. The only question I have now is "When?"

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bes...k=MW_news_stmp

me, i wanna now "how much?" if it's cheap enough i might buy one in order to read the books i can't read on my Nook. but it would have to be pretty cheap for me to do that, since they're the ones that make their books unreadable by any other means in the first place, which is NOT endearing.

ProfCrash · 09-10-2010, 08:11 PM

It will probably be the same price as it is on Amazon. So $189 for the 3G/WiFi model and $139 for the WiFi only model.

elithea · 09-10-2010, 08:14 PM

au contraire. i looked at my nook at the B&N and then went down the street and got it at best buy. on my best buy account, if you buy $249 wiorth and manage your payments wisely you get the thing for about $13 a month no interest. i got mine before prices went down, but if you buy a case, or a light or whatever, you get to $250 pretty fast. they give you 18 months; last i checked, amazon might give you six.

elithea · 09-10-2010, 08:17 PM

not cheap enough. get it to $100 and i'll wait for it to go down a buck more. i can always read their books on my netbook, after all

ImogenRose · 09-10-2010, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

It will probably be the same price as it is on Amazon. So $189 for the 3G/WiFi model and $139 for the WiFi only model.

plus the tax

JSWolf · 09-10-2010, 08:22 PM

I was at Target last night and they did have a Kindle tucked away in the electronics section in a rather poor location and it turned out to be a mostly dead K2. Batter was flat. Also the way it was tethered to the display, you could not get a feel for how it actually felt to hold. The tether kept pulling at the K2. So really, that display was worse then not being there. They also had a rather awful Sony display nearby. It has a PRS-300 and a PRS-650 on display. The 650 was just as poor for trying out. So really, why is Target allowed to sell Kindles and Sonys when they have no idea how to even display them so people can see them and know what they are?

The readers belong in the book section. They need to be able to be held. They need to be able to be tried out. They need staff who knows how to answer questions that you can actually find easily. And they also need to have real content on them so you can see that real current eBooks are available for sale. The problem is that Target just stuffs them in a corner someplace in electronics and lets them just be and if something goes wrong with the display, so be it.

FizzyWater · 09-10-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

They also had a rather awful Sony display nearby. It has a PRS-300 and a PRS-650 on display. The 650 was just as poor for trying out. So really, why is Target allowed to sell Kindles and Sonys when they have no idea how to even display them so people can see them and know what they are?

They have the new 650 already?

kevinp · 09-10-2010, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I was at Target last night and they did have a Kindle tucked away in the electronics section in a rather poor location and it turned out to be a mostly dead K2. Batter was flat. Also the way it was tethered to the display, you could not get a feel for how it actually felt to hold. The tether kept pulling at the K2. So really, that display was worse then not being there. They also had a rather awful Sony display nearby. It has a PRS-300 and a PRS-650 on display. The 650 was just as poor for trying out. So really, why is Target allowed to sell Kindles and Sonys when they have no idea how to even display them so people can see them and know what they are?

The readers belong in the book section. They need to be able to be held. They need to be able to be tried out. They need staff who knows how to answer questions that you can actually find easily. And they also need to have real content on them so you can see that real current eBooks are available for sale. The problem is that Target just stuffs them in a corner someplace in electronics and lets them just be and if something goes wrong with the display, so be it.

I don't know about your Target stores, but the ones around here have about 10 employees in the whole store and it seems half of them are on break when I need help with something. Around here, if you don't chain stuff down, it disappears rather quickly. They would have to hire another employee to stand guard over the ereaders for people to be able to hold them and get a feel for them.

J. Strnad · 09-11-2010, 01:12 AM

It takes personal time to sell a product like this. And that time costs money. You have to have enough sales people to be able to spare one to talk to a customer for fifteen minutes or more, and you should pay that person a few bucks per sale. Which means, if you get the service you want at a B&M, you'll pay more than you'd pay from an online retailer.

The public has chosen low price over service, so the chances of finding anyone at a store who can speak knowledgably about any ereader is slim unless they happen to own one.

pagansoul · 09-11-2010, 07:41 PM

I just loaded my brothers Kindle3 with MOBI books and converted some PDFs into MOBI using Calibre showing him how it is done. This is his first time using a reader. All I can say is if my brother has one it has hit the 'mainstream' today Best Buy and tomorrow you will see it in Walmart.

jaxx6166 · 09-11-2010, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevinp

I don't know about your Target stores, but the ones around here have about 10 employees in the whole store and it seems half of them are on break when I need help with something. Around here, if you don't chain stuff down, it disappears rather quickly. They would have to hire another employee to stand guard over the ereaders for people to be able to hold them and get a feel for them.

It's the same way down south Kevin

I have three Targets in like 15 sqmi, but only one is worth shopping at.

With that said, JS, do they really have the new 650 there?

JSWolf · 09-11-2010, 09:31 PM

If it wasn't a 650, then it was a 600 with the touch layer removed. But the real issue is Target puts readers in stupid places and most of the time they don't work.

sakura-panda · 09-13-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If it wasn't a 650, then it was a 600 with the touch layer removed. But the real issue is Target puts readers in stupid places and most of the time they don't work.

When I was shopping for my 505, I played with the one in the Target store, more than once, and at more than one Target. The more I played with it, the more I wanted to own one.

I tried to look at the newer models recently and found those are not working and I don't think they are intended to work. It does seem kind of pointless to have them there if you can't use them; although it is nice to see them, it would be better to be able to use them too.

crsheilah · 09-13-2010, 02:59 PM

I live in Costa Rica and think I sold 3 people on my Sony 505 last time I was at the eye doctor. They said they had heard of them but not seen them. After I demonstrated mine, they were sold! You really need to see and touch before spending your hard-earned $$$. These were ex-pats who wanted to read books in English, very scarce here.

Since this is a Kindle discussion I'd better add that I LOVE AMAZON (but love my Sony 505 better than a Kindle)!

NowhereMan · 09-17-2010, 03:45 PM

Hi everybody!

I've been rewriting a famous novel by Ray Bradbury. I almost have finished it, but only need a little clue.

Does anybody know which temperature a Kindle burns at?

Thanks in advanced.

Have a nice weekend!

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09-10-2010, 08:11 PM	#17
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	It will probably be the same price as it is on Amazon. So $189 for the 3G/WiFi model and $139 for the WiFi only model.

09-10-2010, 08:14 PM	#18
elithea Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: florida Device: nook	au contraire. i looked at my nook at the B&N and then went down the street and got it at best buy. on my best buy account, if you buy $249 wiorth and manage your payments wisely you get the thing for about $13 a month no interest. i got mine before prices went down, but if you buy a case, or a light or whatever, you get to $250 pretty fast. they give you 18 months; last i checked, amazon might give you six.

09-10-2010, 08:17 PM	#19
elithea Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: florida Device: nook	not cheap enough. get it to $100 and i'll wait for it to go down a buck more. i can always read their books on my netbook, after all

09-10-2010, 08:22 PM	#21
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I was at Target last night and they did have a Kindle tucked away in the electronics section in a rather poor location and it turned out to be a mostly dead K2. Batter was flat. Also the way it was tethered to the display, you could not get a feel for how it actually felt to hold. The tether kept pulling at the K2. So really, that display was worse then not being there. They also had a rather awful Sony display nearby. It has a PRS-300 and a PRS-650 on display. The 650 was just as poor for trying out. So really, why is Target allowed to sell Kindles and Sonys when they have no idea how to even display them so people can see them and know what they are? The readers belong in the book section. They need to be able to be held. They need to be able to be tried out. They need staff who knows how to answer questions that you can actually find easily. And they also need to have real content on them so you can see that real current eBooks are available for sale. The problem is that Target just stuffs them in a corner someplace in electronics and lets them just be and if something goes wrong with the display, so be it.

09-11-2010, 01:12 AM	#24
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 3537194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	It takes personal time to sell a product like this. And that time costs money. You have to have enough sales people to be able to spare one to talk to a customer for fifteen minutes or more, and you should pay that person a few bucks per sale. Which means, if you get the service you want at a B&M, you'll pay more than you'd pay from an online retailer. The public has chosen low price over service, so the chances of finding anyone at a store who can speak knowledgably about any ereader is slim unless they happen to own one.

09-11-2010, 07:41 PM	#25
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	I just loaded my brothers Kindle3 with MOBI books and converted some PDFs into MOBI using Calibre showing him how it is done. This is his first time using a reader. All I can say is if my brother has one it has hit the 'mainstream' today Best Buy and tomorrow you will see it in Walmart.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If it wasn't a 650, then it was a 600 with the touch layer removed. But the real issue is Target puts readers in stupid places and most of the time they don't work.

09-13-2010, 02:59 PM	#29
crsheilah Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 30000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Costa Rica Device: Velocity Cruz T103	I live in Costa Rica and think I sold 3 people on my Sony 505 last time I was at the eye doctor. They said they had heard of them but not seen them. After I demonstrated mine, they were sold! You really need to see and touch before spending your hard-earned $$$. These were ex-pats who wanted to read books in English, very scarce here. Since this is a Kindle discussion I'd better add that I LOVE AMAZON (but love my Sony 505 better than a Kindle)!

09-17-2010, 03:45 PM	#30
NowhereMan Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: none	Hi everybody! I've been rewriting a famous novel by Ray Bradbury. I almost have finished it, but only need a little clue. Does anybody know which temperature a Kindle burns at? Thanks in advanced. Have a nice weekend!