PRS-900 Just when I decide to pull the trigger....

ziegl027 · 01-13-2010, 04:37 PM

So, after the CES shook out, I decided that the Sony Daily is the right reader for me. I thought I was going to wait it out until I saw another deal like Best Buy had for a while there, then thought to myself, "Hey, Sony gives 10% off to academic purchasers". 40 bucks off is close enough to 50 bucks off list price for me! So I tried to buy it online last night, but couldn't navigate to the Campus Store. Tried again today from a University computer, thinking that may have been the problem. Didn't work. Tried the support "chat", THEY couldn't get there either, but said I could telephone the order in, no problem. Yes problem, they shuttled me around to 4 different people (all of whom seemed to be going through the same steps I had trying to navigate to the Campus Store).

The really irritating thing is that when I first tried to order last night, it said the estimated ship date was 1/15. Now it's 1/29 (at least the date that shows up on the left hand side of the screen, not the date next to the "put in cart" button). So when I finally do get an order put through, I'll get the thing a lot later than if their order system had been working properly

R0B_IX · 01-13-2010, 05:43 PM

Do you know if the physical sony stores honor the academic promotion? I know a lot of other companies (apple for instance) offer their online discounts if you show a valid ID.

ziegl027 · 01-13-2010, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R0B_IX

Do you know if the physical sony stores honor the academic promotion? I know a lot of other companies (apple for instance) offer their online discounts if you show a valid ID.

Sadly, no B&M Sony stores in the Twin Cities.

scottjl · 01-14-2010, 07:21 AM

hey.. they're gonna make you work for that $40.. what did you expect?

congrats!

01-13-2010, 04:37 PM	#1
ziegl027 Addict Posts: 264 Karma: 764 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota Device: Sony Touch, Kindle DXG	Just when I decide to pull the trigger.... So, after the CES shook out, I decided that the Sony Daily is the right reader for me. I thought I was going to wait it out until I saw another deal like Best Buy had for a while there, then thought to myself, "Hey, Sony gives 10% off to academic purchasers". 40 bucks off is close enough to 50 bucks off list price for me! So I tried to buy it online last night, but couldn't navigate to the Campus Store. Tried again today from a University computer, thinking that may have been the problem. Didn't work. Tried the support "chat", THEY couldn't get there either, but said I could telephone the order in, no problem. Yes problem, they shuttled me around to 4 different people (all of whom seemed to be going through the same steps I had trying to navigate to the Campus Store). The really irritating thing is that when I first tried to order last night, it said the estimated ship date was 1/15. Now it's 1/29 (at least the date that shows up on the left hand side of the screen, not the date next to the "put in cart" button). So when I finally do get an order put through, I'll get the thing a lot later than if their order system had been working properly

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01-13-2010, 05:43 PM	#2
R0B_IX Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 48 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-300	Do you know if the physical sony stores honor the academic promotion? I know a lot of other companies (apple for instance) offer their online discounts if you show a valid ID.

01-14-2010, 07:21 AM	#4
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	hey.. they're gonna make you work for that $40.. what did you expect? congrats!

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