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Old 03-05-2020, 08:14 AM   #16
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It's not on their website which would normally list it as 'out of stock'.
Screenshot today: Walmart.com
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Old 03-05-2020, 08:42 AM   #17
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Screenshot today: Walmart.com
hello!, glad its back, I contacted walmart support and they said it was a error on there end, and It would be back in a few hours! glad to see its back
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Old 03-05-2020, 10:43 AM   #18
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good to see it's back, it wasn't when I originally posted. I'd have posted a pict but it's hard to take a pict showing the lack of a listing
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Uh?

The screen shot says "Out of Stock"!!! How is this being back again????

Maybe Walmart just don't sell as many units as they'd like to and this has nothing to do with availability from Kobos stock? I mean it is expensive for an ereader and Walmart is catering to the not so rich masses, right?
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Uh?

The screen shot says "Out of Stock"!!! How is this being back again????

Maybe Walmart just don't sell as many units as they'd like to and this has nothing to do with availability from Kobos stock? I mean it is expensive for an ereader and Walmart is catering to the not so rich masses, right?
Because Walmart was not showing the Forma at all, the OP was asking if this was a sign that the Forma was being discontinued. Listing it, even if out of stock, suggests that it isn't. Plus there are no signs elsewhere that the Forma is going away.
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Because Walmart was not showing the Forma at all, the OP was asking if this was a sign that the Forma was being discontinued. Listing it, even if out of stock, suggests that it isn't. Plus there are no signs elsewhere that the Forma is going away.
After Dr.Drib posted the screenshot which clearly states "out of stock", both, the OP and MGlitch said they are so happy it is back. I'd have thought they were talking about the device being back. You seem to think they were happy to see the listing being back on.

And I did say neither says anything about the device being discontinued, because a shop can list something out of the stock simply because they don't have it in stock any longer.
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After Dr.Drib posted the screenshot which clearly states "out of stock", both, the OP and MGlitch said they are so happy it is back. I'd have thought they were talking about the device being back. You seem to think they were happy to see the listing being back on.

And I did say neither says anything about the device being discontinued, because a shop can list something out of the stock simply because they don't have it in stock any longer.
davidfor was correct, that is what we were happy about
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As of this writing, searching for "kobo forma" at walmart.com shows that it is marked "clearance", price is $199.96 down from $279.99. Methinks I'm going to get a spare while I can.
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Old 03-06-2020, 10:08 AM   #25
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^ Methinks there is more than likely going to be a second generation Forma on the horizon, based upon this LOW price! [Post #23]

I'm hoping the replacement (in whatever incarnation) will be between $199. - $225. I'm convinced that the light issue will no longer be present on this new one - just guessing, though.

And complaints about the splotchy, uneven lighting on the Libra suggests that it, too, may be relegated to the 'Graveyard of Abandoned ebook Readers'.
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Looks like it's on sale here, too:

https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-forma (both 8GB and 32GB variants)
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Looks like it's on sale here, too:

https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-forma (both 8GB and 32GB variants)
$20 off the Clara as well!!!!
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