nook color and Walmart

boswd · 12-07-2010, 01:57 PM

just noticed the nook color has finally made it's arrival at Wally World. be interesting to see how this would move there.

SCION · 12-07-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by boswd

just noticed the nook color has finally made it's arrival at Wally World. be interesting to see how this would move there.

Funny you mention this. I was at my local WalMart earlier this week and glanced at the eReader section. Silently laughed when I saw an old Sony 300 prominently displayed in the case and nothing else. Same exact display from a year ago. Unreal.

Good to know a WalMart somewhere carries current models.

Mitzasuro · 12-07-2010, 03:43 PM

my walmart doesn't even know what an e-reader is

boswd · 12-07-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitzasuro

my walmart doesn't even know what an e-reader is

It might be fun to go down to Walmart and start asking questions. I like to do that to the Best Buy employees, they are completley clueless about eReaders and alot of other things as well. I'm something of a home theater junkie and I LOVE to inform people of the BS Best Buy employees sling around, especially their Monster cables/HDMI's they push and their all around lack of knowledge but I digress

Walmart is just too easy

but good place to have a product though. Walmarts are almost always packed.

JLeighs · 12-07-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitzasuro

my walmart doesn't even know what an e-reader is

I called my local Wally World a month or so back to see if they had any ereader covers or sleeves (was wanting to save for a nice one at Amazon in the meantime). "What's a Kindle?", she asked me. "An ereader", I said. "What's that?" Me: *big sigh* Nevermind.

SCION · 12-07-2010, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by boswd

...I LOVE to inform people of the BS Best Buy employees sling around, especially their Monster cables/HDMI's they push and their all around lack of knowledge but I digress...

Remember when monster cables first came on the scene several years ago? Salespeople were always trying to get you to purchase those things.

Number_6 · 12-07-2010, 04:23 PM

Well, Walmart came through for me and my wife with the Best Buy Black Friday $99 Nook wifi. I wasn't about to wait in line for one, but my wife remembered about 2pm that Walmart said they would price match any competitor's Black Friday sale price. I thought by that time the sale was over at Best Buy, but checked online and found out that it was good all day. I then confirmed a Walmart press release that they were indeed honoring Black Friday ads from their competitors.

The next step was checking store availability at local Walmart stores for the Nook wifi. I found a local store that had several in stock and my wife was off to purchase two for $99 each. The only thing the manager at Walmart did was call the local Best Buy and confirm that the $99 price was good all day. Once confirmed, my wife purchased both for $99 each rather than the Walmart retail of $148 each. As this was after 2pm, there were no lines and she was in and out in under 10 minutes.

Perhaps it was to our advantage that most Walmart workers couldn't tell you the difference between an ereader and mp3 player! They may had been out of stock otherwise.

SCION · 12-07-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Number_6

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Perhaps it was to our advantage that most Walmart workers couldn't tell you the difference between an ereader and mp3 player! They may had been out of stock otherwise.

boswd · 12-07-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Number_6

Well, Walmart came through for me and my wife with the Best Buy Black Friday $99 Nook wifi. I wasn't about to wait in line for one, but my wife remembered about 2pm that Walmart said they would price match any competitor's Black Friday sale price. I thought by that time the sale was over at Best Buy, but checked online and found out that it was good all day. I then confirmed a Walmart press release that they were indeed honoring Black Friday ads from their competitors.

The next step was checking store availability at local Walmart stores for the Nook wifi. I found a local store that had several in stock and my wife was off to purchase two for $99 each. The only thing the manager at Walmart did was call the local Best Buy and confirm that the $99 price was good all day. Once confirmed, my wife purchased both for $99 each rather than the Walmart retail of $148 each. As this was after 2pm, there were no lines and she was in and out in under 10 minutes.

Perhaps it was to our advantage that most Walmart workers couldn't tell you the difference between an ereader and mp3 player! They may had been out of stock otherwise.

GO WALMART, LOL yeah they rock when it comes to price matching.

Mitzasuro · 12-07-2010, 05:24 PM

I went to mine the sales person was like "you can read books on a mobile machine now? Kids these days" I just walked away laughing so hard i though i broke a rib

Mr. Goodbar · 12-07-2010, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by boswd

It might be fun to go down to Walmart and start asking questions. I like to do that to the Best Buy employees, they are completley clueless about eReaders and alot of other things as well. I'm something of a home theater junkie and I LOVE to inform people of the BS Best Buy employees sling around, especially their Monster cables/HDMI's they push and their all around lack of knowledge but I digress

Walmart is just too easy

but good place to have a product though. Walmarts are almost always packed.

I was in Best Buy recently and they were pushing this super expensive HDMI cable on a person. Explaining how the cable is so much bette than the cheaper ones and how it provides a superior picture. I had to chime in and remind them that an hdmi cable is for digital transmission and you could use a coat hanger to get the bits moved around and it wouldn't affect picture quality.

Mitzasuro · 12-07-2010, 05:29 PM

It was funny how my bestbuy didn't know there was a nook color and the price next to the nook classic said E-Book reader and not nook color lol. It took me 20 minutes to get to a manager that knew what it was and it was behind the registers. The other workers thought it came out in january

SCION · 12-07-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitzasuro

I went to mine the sales person was like "you can read books on a mobile machine now? Kids these days" I just walked away laughing so hard i though i broke a rib

If I had never been in a WalMart I wouldn't believe you.

boswd · 12-07-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar

I was in Best Buy recently and they were pushing this super expensive HDMI cable on a person. Explaining how the cable is so much bette than the cheaper ones and how it provides a superior picture. I had to chime in and remind them that an hdmi cable is for digital transmission and you could use a coat hanger to get the bits moved around and it wouldn't affect picture quality.

drive me BONKERS when they sell that crap. I'm always going over and saying to the customer " pssst monoprice.com is your friend."

Mr. Goodbar · 12-08-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by boswd

drive me BONKERS when they sell that crap. I'm always going over and saying to the customer " pssst monoprice.com is your friend."

Funny, pretty much exactly what I told the person. They were trying to sell her something for around $50 that monoprice had for $4.

12-07-2010, 01:57 PM	#1
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	nook color and Walmart just noticed the nook color has finally made it's arrival at Wally World. be interesting to see how this would move there.

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12-07-2010, 03:43 PM	#3
Mitzasuro Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 116 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alaska Device: Nook, Nook Color	my walmart doesn't even know what an e-reader is

12-07-2010, 04:23 PM	#7
Number_6 Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 100 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Barnes and Noble Nook Wi-fi, Ectaco jetBookLite, Nokia N810, Nokia 770	Well, Walmart came through for me and my wife with the Best Buy Black Friday $99 Nook wifi. I wasn't about to wait in line for one, but my wife remembered about 2pm that Walmart said they would price match any competitor's Black Friday sale price. I thought by that time the sale was over at Best Buy, but checked online and found out that it was good all day. I then confirmed a Walmart press release that they were indeed honoring Black Friday ads from their competitors. The next step was checking store availability at local Walmart stores for the Nook wifi. I found a local store that had several in stock and my wife was off to purchase two for $99 each. The only thing the manager at Walmart did was call the local Best Buy and confirm that the $99 price was good all day. Once confirmed, my wife purchased both for $99 each rather than the Walmart retail of $148 each. As this was after 2pm, there were no lines and she was in and out in under 10 minutes. Perhaps it was to our advantage that most Walmart workers couldn't tell you the difference between an ereader and mp3 player! They may had been out of stock otherwise.

12-07-2010, 05:24 PM	#10
Mitzasuro Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 116 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alaska Device: Nook, Nook Color	I went to mine the sales person was like "you can read books on a mobile machine now? Kids these days" I just walked away laughing so hard i though i broke a rib

12-07-2010, 05:29 PM	#12
Mitzasuro Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 116 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alaska Device: Nook, Nook Color	It was funny how my bestbuy didn't know there was a nook color and the price next to the nook classic said E-Book reader and not nook color lol. It took me 20 minutes to get to a manager that knew what it was and it was behind the registers. The other workers thought it came out in january

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