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Old 11-04-2019, 05:29 PM   #16
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They may make more money selling the Kobo HW, though obviously Kindles help sell Amazon eBooks and nothing else other than Kindle Apps do.
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Amazon carry B&N Nook devices, too. It's not odd at all. It's profit. It's kind of like the cereal aisle at the grocery: national brands next to store brands.
The thing is, I don't think Amazon (themselves) ever sold Kobos until Walmart started selling them. I'm beginning to wonder what kind of "deal" Rakuten made with Walmart on Kobos — doesn't seem very exclusive at all. At any rate, it makes me wonder if Amazon is selling Kobos to undermine Walmart's seemingly feeble attempt to compete with Amazon here. Maybe Walmart is selling more Kobos than I think they are.
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Old 11-05-2019, 09:37 AM   #17
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The thing is, I don't think Amazon (themselves) ever sold Kobos until Walmart started selling them. I'm beginning to wonder what kind of "deal" Rakuten made with Walmart on Kobos — doesn't seem very exclusive at all. At any rate, it makes me wonder if Amazon is selling Kobos to undermine Walmart's seemingly feeble attempt to compete with Amazon here. Maybe Walmart is selling more Kobos than I think they are.
The deal is for retail sales. Amazon don't stock Kobo devices in any of their meagre retail presences. Those are exclusively Kindle and related products.
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Is there a direct link to the Forma on Amazon that has the 6 months financing?
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Old 11-05-2019, 10:47 AM   #19
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Is there a direct link to the Forma on Amazon that has the 6 months financing?
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Old 11-05-2019, 11:38 AM   #20
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Is there a direct link to the Forma on Amazon that has the 6 months financing?
Promotional financing is account-based, I believe.

My brother gets offers like these on the Kindle but I never do.
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Sorry, but that listing has no 6 month financing available. Also, it's not sold by Amazon.
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Old 11-05-2019, 02:04 PM   #22
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Sorry, but that listing has no 6 month financing available. Also, it's not sold by Amazon.
Reckon Amazon just ran out of stock. They were still sold by Amazon.com either yesterday or 2 days ago.
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Old 11-05-2019, 02:10 PM   #23
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Reckon Amazon just ran out of stock. They were still sold by Amazon.com either yesterday or 2 days ago.
Yeah, but usually when they are out of stock on something, they don't remove themselves from the list of sellers for that item.
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Sorry, but that listing has no 6 month financing available. Also, it's not sold by Amazon.
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Old 11-05-2019, 03:10 PM   #25
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Yeah, but usually when they are out of stock on something, they don't remove themselves from the list of sellers for that item.
Maybe they've had a recent policy or software change.

I noticed they removed themselves from the sellers list for select iPad Air models (64GB WiFi $399 and WiFi+LTE $529) instead of continuously price matching Best Buy. After the Best Buy promo pricing ended, the Air models were once again shipped and sold by Amazon.com this time at higher prices.
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For whatever its worth, Amazon has the Kobo Clara HD 6" listed for me as being "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. "
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Old 11-06-2019, 01:58 PM   #27
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It appears they say to contact the manufacturer (Kobo) for warranty info. It has already been said that Kobo only honors the warranty when purchase is through Walmart or Kobo.
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It appears they say to contact the manufacturer (Kobo) for warranty info. It has already been said that Kobo only honors the warranty when purchase is through Walmart or Kobo.
That's odd. So why do they allow others to buy and sell their eReaders? And what about the independent book sellers who used to (some still do) sell Kobos?
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Yeah, but usually when they are out of stock on something, they don't remove themselves from the list of sellers for that item.
Lol, Amazon has removed themselves from the iPad 10.2" (latest model) sellers right now. Could it be because they don't want to match Best Buy's $250 pricing?
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Reckon Amazon just ran out of stock. They were still sold by Amazon.com either yesterday or 2 days ago.
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Lol, Amazon has removed themselves from the iPad 10.2" (latest model) sellers right now. Could it be because they don't want to match Best Buy's $250 pricing?
Hmm, I wonder if they actually wait until they are out of stock before removing such items from the list of items carried?
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