12-15-2017, 03:09 PM | #1 |
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Nook - Desperate for customers?
I live in the Uk. I have a .co.uk email address. Tonight I get a “Thanks for Choosing NOOK” email for registering my new device
Considering they dumped UK customers a few years ago I very much doubt i’ve managed to register a new Nook any time recently I did have a Nook registered before they closed the UK store, I can only assume some bright sprak in IT has reactivated some old accounts. |
12-15-2017, 03:21 PM | #2 |
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I also got that same email, though I'm in the States. I haven't purchased a new device in ... oh, years, now, though I did install the Nook app on my phone a couple of months ago. I thought it might be related to that (or someone ordered one for me for Christmas, but the email was sent to a non-personal address no one would think to use).
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12-15-2017, 03:55 PM | #3 |
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I also got this email today. Glad it's not just me. Maybe just a glitch in their system.
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12-15-2017, 04:18 PM | #4 |
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Really funny. I couldn't find a way to see what devices we're active on my account, but there wasn't any other activity.
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12-15-2017, 05:08 PM | #5 | |
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https://the-digital-reader.com/2017/...ing-free-nook/ |
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12-15-2017, 07:06 PM | #6 |
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And there it is. The sent out a followup email apologizing for the error.
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12-15-2017, 07:34 PM | #7 |
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Yep. I just got both emails within hours of each other. I was a little nervous about the first email. I thought someone had hijacked my gmail account. So it was a relief to get the follow-up email stating the first was a glitch.
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12-15-2017, 08:10 PM | #8 |
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I registered a new GL3 a week ago and got the email today. I thought it was a little slow but OK. Then an hour later I got the apology note and now I wonder if mine actually got registered.
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12-15-2017, 08:18 PM | #9 |
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I got the email also – but then I did actually register a "new" NST at Barnes & Noble (one I got on Shop Goodwill, testing it). I got the apology letter anyhow? Oh well, no biggie.
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12-15-2017, 08:22 PM | #10 | |
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EDIT: I just got thinking ... did the letter mean registering the device (for warranty purposes) not registering it for your account? I may have missed the whole point. Sorry. |
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12-18-2017, 12:44 AM | #11 |
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I never got the first email... But I did get the apology email.
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12-18-2017, 09:04 AM | #12 |
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I got the email, and I'd actually been in B&N buying Christmas books earlier that day, so I was worried in case I'd bought a Glowlight and forgotten about it.
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12-18-2017, 10:40 AM | #13 |
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Last week, Amazon twice in the same day sent a notification to my phone/tablet telling me that I had a $5.00 Kindle book credit no strings attached. But when I clicked the notification, it opened the Kindle app and I got a message saying that I didn't qualify for the offer.
It happened in the morning on my tablet, then a few hours later on my phone. When it showed up on my phone, I got smart, took a screenshot and then called Amazon to complain. Sending a mass email in error seems more forgivable to me than targeting me specifically, twice in a single day. B&N doesn't look so bad. |
12-19-2017, 02:06 PM | #14 |
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It should be mentioned here that B&N does not do email verification. So it's easy to have accounts associated with emails that can't be closed.
At least someone moved their SQL servers behind the firewall. |
12-22-2017, 02:42 PM | #15 | |
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it was an error and B&N retracted it. They sent emails to everyone. artcle is on goodereader.com |
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