Free $50 Credit at Sony Ebook Store - Page 3

Alexander Turcic · 12-30-2007, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Acataloger

Then why hasn't slickdeals.net been shut down? I'm just asking....

Perhaps Slickdeals & co took the necessary precautions not to be shut down (by choosing the "right" server location, etc.). It was the right thing to react promptly and discuss the legality of the coupon code. Now that the coupon is easy to find elsewhere on the Net and that Sony could have easily restricted the code to newly restricted device (had they wanted to), we believe it's OK to post it here. Whether to use it is a matter for your own conscience

HarryT · 12-30-2007, 05:14 AM

I think personally it's little short of stealing to use a coupon when you haven't purchased the product. Just my personal opinion.

TadW · 12-30-2007, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I think personally it's little short of stealing to use a coupon when you haven't purchased the product. Just my personal opinion.

But you did purchase the product. Nobody without a Reader can use it.

HarryT · 12-30-2007, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by TadW

But you did purchase the product. Nobody without a Reader can use it.

Really? What's to stop someone without a Reader buying a few books and reading them on their PC using the Connect software?

TadW · 12-30-2007, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Really? What's to stop someone without a Reader buying a few books and reading them on their PC using the Connect software?

This perhaps:

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Originally Posted by slayda

Didn't work for me but I'm a PRS-500 type. Maybe it's only for the 505.

JSWolf · 12-30-2007, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TadW

This perhaps:

The reason it may not have worked is that the code entered may have been the code showing after I edited out the code and the wrong code was put in.

volwrath · 12-30-2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The reason it may not have worked is that the code entered may have been the code showing after I edited out the code and the wrong code was put in.

Quite possibly, because it worked fine and dandy with my PRS-500

likki · 12-30-2007, 11:20 AM

Seems no luck with me. They said the coupon has some number limitation...
Any people with the same problem?

TadW · 12-30-2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by likki

Seems no luck with me. They said the coupon has some number limitation...
Any people with the same problem?

Maybe they've disabled it from now on?

DougFNJ · 12-30-2007, 12:06 PM

AUGH!!!! Day late and $50 Short, I need to check Mobileread more often, coupon is expired.

vivaldirules · 12-30-2007, 12:10 PM

I spent my $50 about ten minutes after fakehate's first post. I'm not sure that I'm happy that I did that, but it certainly worked then.

Roy White · 12-30-2007, 02:54 PM

Maybe it was a genuine holiday promotion Sony wanted anyone to be able to use to generate new interest in the Sony Bookstore. Why should we assume it is immoral or illegal to use this code? I enetered it and got 50 dollars credit.

Astropin · 12-30-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy White

Maybe it was a genuine holiday promotion Sony wanted anyone to be able to use to generate new interest in the Sony Bookstore. Why should we assume it is immoral or illegal to use this code? I enetered it and got 50 dollars credit.

when did you enter it because it wont work for me....and I have a brand new 505.

bigmartyn · 12-30-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

One member of this forum buys Sony gift cards for people outside the USA. The member's name is Leaping Gnome.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/member.php?u=6455

Doh! I did know that and I'd forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.

mbagsh55 · 12-30-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy White

Maybe it was a genuine holiday promotion Sony wanted anyone to be able to use to generate new interest in the Sony Bookstore. Why should we assume it is immoral or illegal to use this code? I enetered it and got 50 dollars credit.

I am in the "oh gosh, oh buggery" camp, having just bought a PRS-505 and being unable to use connect from home (Macintosh user), relying on the work PC, but not on Sundays....

That said, I agree with Roy that this looks like a piece of viral marketing, the timing is right with holidays and a new competitor from Amazon and Sony have not been afraid to try new marketing approaches in the past with PSP and Playstation.

Congratulations to any Sony Reader users who caught the deal and to anyone who grabbed it without a reader, I hope it whets your appetite enough to buy a device.

Happy New Year,
Marcus

12-30-2007, 11:20 AM	#38
likki Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: sony prs-505	Seems no luck with me. They said the coupon has some number limitation... Any people with the same problem? Attached Thumbnails

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I think personally it's little short of stealing to use a coupon when you haven't purchased the product. Just my personal opinion.

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DougFNJ Avid Reader Posts: 273 Karma: 1332 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature, 2TB iPad Pro 11”	AUGH!!!! Day late and $50 Short, I need to check Mobileread more often, coupon is expired.

12-30-2007, 12:10 PM	#41
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I spent my $50 about ten minutes after fakehate's first post. I'm not sure that I'm happy that I did that, but it certainly worked then.

12-30-2007, 02:54 PM	#42
Roy White Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 7696 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Turner, Oregon Device: Sony Reader	Maybe it was a genuine holiday promotion Sony wanted anyone to be able to use to generate new interest in the Sony Bookstore. Why should we assume it is immoral or illegal to use this code? I enetered it and got 50 dollars credit.