Ok, so I guess this question belongs more on the B&N forums but I also want to rant a little bit.
I bought my Nook Color mostly to hack it like everybody else on this forum. I am pretty happy with the results. However, I also took a liking to the B&N launcher and the whole ebook deal. So I would say I am using my rooted /OC Nook 50% to read ebooks/newspapers/magazines and the other 50% to do anything else.
Out of respect to B&N for giving us this fabulous toy at an affordable price I decided to buy my reading material from B&N and not amazon, plus newspapers and magazine REALLY SUCK at amazon (they are mostly abbreviated versions at full price).
My rant is that B&N is not moving fast enough at allowing international sales. I mean if amazon can do it I am pretty sure they can too. I want to give my money to them but they won't accept international customers. C'mon!!!!
So my Nook Color now sports a big amazon kindle icon on its B&N Home launcher and I now buying all my books without a hitch from amazon.
Does any one know if B&N is working towards allowing international sales?
Its ironic, in a world where you can pirate anything with a click of a button corporations and lawyers still make it difficult for us honest international buyers to buy stuff. If I have to pay more because I'm not in the US at least give us an option (I can buy the physical NY times in my country for $3 but at least the option is there).
On the same note I can understand why I cant buy music and movies because of copyrights but I cant understand why Doodlejump is not available for my country. I cant give the 2 bucks to the developer but then I can google the apk and get it for free. Who is really losing with all these protection schemes???
B&N is a licensed bookseller only in the United States, and that's pretty clearly spelled out in their User Guide, Appendix B:
http://img1.imagesbn.com/PImages/nook/encore/apps/mediakit/userguide_NOOKcolor_110425.pdf (page 121)
The big requirement is that you have a billing address in the United States.
This isn't by their choice - it's where they are allowed to sell the content based on the agreements they have in place with the book vendors.
Amazon has different rules in place which allows them to sell internationally. That's why, while in London, I saw many ads for Kindles in the Underground, and the only people who knew what the Nook Color was were Americans (ironically - employees of B&N).
Well, turns out I can buy from B&N being abroad. I just found my company uses a US ip. I changed my billing address to my job's mailbox in Miami and it worked. Sweet!
So it looks my lunch hour will be shopping time.
I kind of understand why B&N does not sell internationally, Amazon is a mamuth compared to them when you consider their other businesses so they might have more negotiating power with the publishing companies.
I just wish Amazon would redo their kindle mobile interface which is horrible for tablets and that they start selling complete editions instead of watered down. I do think their app looks better in smaller phones than in tablets.
I was able to buy it from Bestbuy even though they said it's not in stock.
How?
There was a web site called bestbuy for business.com
In there, it says "available for store pick up on 06/16/11.
I made payment in that website and picked it up from local best buy.
I was able to cancel pre-order because it wasn't even shipped out yet.
Hope this helps whoever is struggling over pre-order shipment getting delayed.
Good Idea, but no success in NY. Only the 16GB version here. No gray or white 32GB anywhere.
Don't really understand the point of this. I waited months for the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Watched the XOOM, Acer Iconia, Transformer and Blackberry Playbook all come to market. Now the release date has come and gone, and I live in one of the biggest cities in the country (hell, they did the offical release here) and I still can't walk down to the store and buy the damn thing.
If this technique is designed to create demand I am fed up with the whole thing. Don't like buying tech products online. Returns are a pain. Always open the box dreading the dead pixel or other calamity.
Bought my XOOM primarily because I could just walk across the street to staples and have it in five minutes - with the added security of being able to return it just as quick if there is a problem.
Kind of resent being made to jump through all these hoops just for the privelge of buying some companies product.
Edit: I really think they should have made some effort to make the 32GB available in stores, especially considering Samsung's choice to eliminate the SD card slot. It makes the extra storage rather important for many buyers.
Sorry for the rant. Thanks again for the good suggestion, it was worth a try and I'll keep trying both websites in the future.
I apologize in advance if this isn't appropriate for this forum, please move it as appropriate.
I got my Fire a couple weeks back, rooted it and am enjoying the gedeROM. Now my wife wants one. She has a regular Kindle for reading but she also wants GMail & Google Calendar, so I'd like to get her one and tweak it so she can have what she wants.
So I'm watching Ebay and I'm astonished to see used Fire's commonly going for $170-$180. I've seen more then a few have Buy It Now prices of over $200 and I've actually seen a few over $300 WTF. I've seen broken Fire's going for $80. More proof of the sucker born every minute saying.
I'll keep watching that site, as much for entertainment as any hope of getting a decent deal as well was watching Craigslist.
I've also started researching getting a lower tier Android tablet and giving the wife my Fire. There are bunches in the $90-$200 range. My biggest issue is (other then the quality) how much I like this community and how active, creative and knowledgeable the regulars are, especially the ones creating the tools, rom's and kernals. From what I've seen, nothing else comes close to this level of activity for the lower tier tablets.
Anyone else have thoughts on this, maybe traveled a similar path?
Go for a refurbished one if they have them on Amazon. They get the same warranty as a new one and if used are going for that much on Ebay you may as well get one with a warranty that cost the same and is easy to return.
Yes, refurbished is definitely a great deal - at $139 with full warranty I'm very happy.
It was a great deal and I would have jumped on it but I missed it by a week. They only put them out occasionally.
You might want to check Craigslist as well. In my area they regularly are listed there from between $100-150. Not only that, but you can play with it a little before you hand over the money (insert that's what she said comment here)... if you get it from someone local to your area.
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You might want to check Craigslist as well. In my area they regularly are listed there from between $100-150. Not only that, but you can play with it a little before you hand over the money (insert that's what she said comment here)... if you get it from someone local to your area.
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Yeah, I am checking Craigslist, and yes, reason is more prevalent
Would really be nice to see Amazon come back with the refurbs again though. I have a much higher level of confidence, not to mention the price.
I cannot add my personal pdf magazines to the widget it only shows google purchased magazines which sucks, iv been trying to find the file location or format.. any advise?
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I cannot add my personal pdf magazines to the widget it only shows google purchased magazines which sucks, iv been trying to find the file location or format.. any advise?
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If it's anything like the google books app, it isn't an option.
I'm guessing it's to stop lame freetard just pirating everything rather than buying.
Those scumbags really annoy me, as it means I end up paying more to finance their freetard lifestyle.
Not to say you're crazy Peter, but some of us "freetards" are forced to pirate. For instance I live in a place where I can't buy The New Yorker unless I pay about 10 pounds for it, and it's 3 weeks old. If I actually bought it I'd consider myself a paidtoomuchtard. I live where there is no Hulu, or iPlayer, so again I'm forced to pirate. Today I wanted to watch Matt Taibbi talk to Elliot Spitzer on Al Gore's TV station and was forced to use a VPN because I was geoblocked. Yes I know I'm a rare case, but me likeee pirateee!
All that said, could you explain why, and exactly when you are forced to pay more for any content you consume? Movie prices have only risen due to inflation, music may actually be cheaper now than when I bought my last CD late last century due to ITunes (iTards?), and the costs of wired and wireless internet is solely driven by oligopolistic carriers, not the volume of data being pirated? Print media has definitely taken it on the chin, and you have a good argument if you were to talk about The Times' paywall costing you money, but before the online days you had to pay for a newspaper, and I can't speak to whether or not that price, adjusted for inflation, is markedly higher or not. It has taken many pressmen's jobs, reduced demand for newsprint, but in this it has slowed the ravaging of forests and the resultant pollution that comes from paper making.
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Visited Amazon.com today and was presented with an offer to pay 25% down on any HDX tablet with 3 additional payments occoring evey 90 days. No credit check, no interest.
Been on the edge of ordering the 8.9 HDX for awhile and this pushed me over the edge. Should arrive tomorrow.
Apparently this offer isn't available to anyone, as some have mentioned that going to this link gives an error page rather than the offer page. Figured it was worth posting it in case anyone wanted to take advantage of it.
Amazon Payment Deal
If the link doesn't work for some reason, try just visiting the main homepage of Amazon.com
Thank you for this!!! This helped my decision as well.
Funny, I can't help but wonder if I'm partly responsible for this new promo. I doubt it, but I just had it out with Amazon over offering their try before you buy the new kindles to random customers that have absolutely no interest in buying the tablet, as opposed to previous Kindle owners that would clearly be interested. The long-winded email was delivered directly to their marketing department.
Unfortunately in my case, the fiasco with their customer service 4 times in a row was enough to return my 7" Hdx and cancel my prime. Mostly just me sticking to my principles at this point, but it's nice that they gave some people other options.
Edit: although, it's certainly much easier to believe, considering the activity around this forum, that they just haven't been selling very well
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Thanks for the info.
But for my account, there is no 25% off, instead of 4x25% of full price payment, each delay for 90 days.
You agree to pay the full price of the qualifying Kindle Fire HDX device you selected in four equal quarterly payments. No interest or finance charges apply to this offer. Any interest, finance charges or fees assessed by the issuer of the payment method to which payments are charged may still apply. Any applicable tax and shipping charges will be assessed when you check out and will be due in full when you make your purchase. Your payment schedule is:
Payment Due Date
Initial Payment Purchase Date
First Payment 90 Days from the Purchase Date
Second Payment 180 Days from the Purchase Date
Third Payment 270 Days from the Purchase Date
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tititake said:
Thanks for the info.
But for my account, there is no 25% off, instead of 4x25% of full price payment, each delay for 90 days.
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When I said "25% down", I meant a 25% downpayment, not a 25% off deal. Sorry if that was confusing.
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When I said "25% down", I meant a 25% downpayment, not a 25% off deal. Sorry if that was confusing.
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Oh, I think it's my problem, could tell the difference between down and off, English not so well.
Thanks for sharing. :good:
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Edit: although, it's certainly much easier to believe, considering the activity around this forum, that they just haven't been selling very well
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As best I can tell, they seem to be selling pretty well, however most of the people who would normally be interested in rooting a 7" tablet likely have already gone to the Nexus 7 (which also seems to defeat the purpose of unlocking the bootloader in the first place seeing as they get updates before pretty much anyone else, but I digress...).
Bezos has said the intent was to sell the devices as close to cost as possible. Considering all of these occasional discounts and alternate payment arrangements, I wonder if they're seeing a reduction in their parts costs and are, instead of waiting to do a full-on price cut, instead doing these half-measures to coax out some additional sales for the holiday season and then just make them permanent later on.
I jumped on it to get the 8.9 HDX 64g with Verizon 4G.
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As best I can tell, they seem to be selling pretty well, however most of the people who would normally be interested in rooting a 7" tablet likely have already gone to the Nexus 7 (which also seems to defeat the purpose of unlocking the bootloader in the first place seeing as they get updates before pretty much anyone else, but I digress...).
Bezos has said the intent was to sell the devices as close to cost as possible. Considering all of these occasional discounts and alternate payment arrangements, I wonder if they're seeing a reduction in their parts costs and are, instead of waiting to do a full-on price cut, instead doing these half-measures to coax out some additional sales for the holiday season and then just make them permanent later on.
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Well, updates to Aosp also means updates to most roms eventually, which is also good stuff. I have an n4, and I'm always excited to see what the devs do with new android releases. Further polishing updates from Google, so I can understand the Nexus ecosystem.
I would be surprised to find they're selling enough to actually cut the price of the Hdx though. It's a very niche tablet, but then again Amazon has a lot of users. Really could've gotten a lot more sales if they allowed sideloading Google services though. But in the long term, it does lock more people into Amazon services, so we'll see how it plays out for them.
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how can i get this deal? and yes i have a amazon account.
sicmadek said:
how can i get this deal? and yes i have a amazon account.
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Click the link in the first post of the thread.
king_xerxes said:
I jumped on it to get the 8.9 HDX 64g with Verizon 4G.
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This deal works on the 4g models? I never tested it, but was considering it and then in the fine print it said wifi models only. Maybe I should have checked to see if the 4g models worked. Either way, I jumped on the 32gig 8.9" model. I've been pretty happy with my 7" HD and was wanting a slightly larger screen. Even with my Nexus 10, I find myself using my smaller tablet(s) more often. Maybe time to sell the Nexus 10 to cover this cost!
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This deal works on the 4g models? I never tested it, but was considering it and then in the fine print it said wifi models only. Maybe I should have checked to see if the 4g models worked. Either way, I jumped on the 32gig 8.9" model. I've been pretty happy with my 7" HD and was wanting a slightly larger screen. Even with my Nexus 10, I find myself using my smaller tablet(s) more often. Maybe time to sell the Nexus 10 to cover this cost!
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Seems to work with any HDX. Either the 7" or 8.9 in all of their various configurations.
As for how to get the deal, make sure you are logged into your Amazon account when you click the link in my original post. I have seen some situations where people are just being told they are not eligible, for whatever reasons.
Restrictions per Android central:
There are a few restrictions, though. Folks from Washington, DC or Florida need not apply, and you have to have been an Amazon customer for two years. In addition, you need to have a credit card on file that expires no earlier than March 2014*— no debit cards are accepted.
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Z_Black said:
This deal works on the 4g models? I never tested it, but was considering it and then in the fine print it said wifi models only. Maybe I should have checked to see if the 4g models worked. Either way, I jumped on the 32gig 8.9" model. I've been pretty happy with my 7" HD and was wanting a slightly larger screen. Even with my Nexus 10, I find myself using my smaller tablet(s) more often. Maybe time to sell the Nexus 10 to cover this cost!
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Yes, but It was the At&T not Verizon. Sorry.
I decided to give this a try as well. With Prime I will have it by Tuesday. I have held off on any of the Kindle devices, but after getting and being really happy with the Nook HD+ I figured for the initial $125 out of pocket the HDX 8.9 was worth checking out.
Well, I'm pulling the trigger as well thanks to this thread and deal.....thanks for sharing O/P!!!
I do have a question though, not that rooting won't be in my future with this device but I'm just curious if the Kindle 'market' is any better than the Nook Market or is everything a purchase in that one too?
Pushed me over the edge also... went for the 8.9 64Gb. They made it irresistible. Here's hoping I can put my existing apps on it!
Rich
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Pushed me over the edge also... went for the 8.9 64Gb. They made it irresistible. Here's hoping I can put my existing apps on it!
Rich
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Man I have my fingers and toes crossed for us