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« Reply #75 on: November 26, 2010, 10:43:41 AM » |
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Oh Well, I got my daughter the pink Sony from Walmart instead. It is probably best she doesn't have access to some of my book anyway  |
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« Reply #76 on: November 26, 2010, 10:48:34 AM » |
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I was at Target at 4AM. Wonder if they have any Sony readers left?
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« Reply #77 on: November 26, 2010, 10:55:29 AM » |
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I have no idea if I'm on the waitlist. . .how do you know?
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« Reply #78 on: November 26, 2010, 11:00:38 AM » |
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I know there weren't any guarantees, and I warned people they would sell out "quickly," but I thought 30-60 minutes, not 30-60 seconds. I feel a little bit gypped: if someone wanted a bargain e-reader this year, there was the $99 Nook at Best Buy, the $99 Sony at Wal-Mart, and the $89 K2 on Amazon. I recommended to my blog readers that they get the K2 deal -- but I very highly doubt almost any of them were able to actually get one. Even worse: people might have waited to grab this deal, and now that we couldn't get one, we're probably too late for the Black Friday deals on the Sony or Nook. |
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« Reply #79 on: November 26, 2010, 11:03:03 AM » |
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Well, we knew they were going to go quickly but that was certainly fast! Congrats to the people who made it! I will be curious to learn how many Amazon made available. I would say, at this point, the best e-reader deal right now is the Kindle 3 at $189 or the K3 WiFi at $139. |
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« Reply #80 on: November 26, 2010, 11:04:37 AM » |
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The $99 Nook's sold out online at Best Buy, too. I'm starting to think I should have stayed in bed...
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« Reply #81 on: November 26, 2010, 11:10:35 AM » |
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The Kobo is $99 at Borders. . . . .the new version with dictionary and WiFi is $129. . . . .
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« Reply #82 on: November 26, 2010, 11:16:25 AM » |
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we were both on our computers the second it turned 9AM and we missed it! Good thing it was a gift idea and I already have my own kindle!
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« Reply #83 on: November 26, 2010, 11:17:45 AM » |
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yeah, i was trying to tell someone about it, but all gone....
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« Reply #84 on: November 26, 2010, 11:34:55 AM » |
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« Reply #85 on: November 26, 2010, 11:44:44 AM » |
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From Amazon Kindle FaceBook Wall: "Amazon Kindle Our Kindle 2 for $89 deal is sold out. Amazon Lightning Deals are limited time deals that can sell out very fast. We had thousands available and unfortunately they sold out very quickly." Thousands, really??  ~C |
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« Reply #86 on: November 26, 2010, 11:50:35 AM » |
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From Amazon Kindle FaceBook Wall: "Amazon Kindle Our Kindle 2 for $89 deal is sold out. Amazon Lightning Deals are limited time deals that can sell out very fast. We had thousands available and unfortunately they sold out very quickly." Thousands, really?? That probably means 2,000. |
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« Reply #87 on: November 26, 2010, 11:51:58 AM » |
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That probably means 2,000.
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« Reply #88 on: November 26, 2010, 11:53:20 AM » |
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That probably means 2,000.
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« Reply #89 on: November 26, 2010, 12:01:22 PM » |
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And there were probably about 20,000 people trying to get them.
Probably at least that many. There are some really mad people posting over there. I think I will stay away until the dust settles. ~C |
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« Reply #90 on: November 26, 2010, 12:02:05 PM » |
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Well, there were 27,000 just on KB!  I guess I don't get being mad. . . . .it's not life or death. . . .whatever!  |
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« Reply #91 on: November 26, 2010, 12:02:49 PM » |
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Well, there were 27,000 just on KB! And most of us were probably there! LOL |
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« Reply #92 on: November 26, 2010, 12:04:28 PM » |
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Well, there were 27,000 just on KB! I guess I don't get being mad. . . . .it's not life or death. . . .whatever! Yes, definitely nothing to get that upset over. Disappointed, yes, upset, no. |
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« Reply #93 on: November 26, 2010, 12:10:43 PM » |
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Yes, definitely nothing to get that upset over. Disappointed, yes, upset, no. You should see the Kindle facebook page... It's beyond crazy.. People are outraged. I'm a bit bummed, but I'm not going to start a boycott or slit my wrists. |
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« Reply #94 on: November 26, 2010, 12:17:11 PM » |
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I must admit I didn't think it would go quite that quickly. . . .oh well. Just goes to show it was a good price on a popular item!
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« Reply #95 on: November 26, 2010, 12:17:20 PM » |
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I can't believe Amazon had any clue they would get this kind of response. First of all, it is pretty stupid to put up this kind of a deal if you do. Second, from the trouble I had getting a response and other people's descriptions of their problems getting the page to load; it really sounds like we almost crashed their servers. Something of an accomplishment, actually; but there is NO WAY Amazon would have put up a deal on Black Friday that it expected to bring its servers to their knees.
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« Reply #96 on: November 26, 2010, 12:21:52 PM » |
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My guess is that they were selling returned stock from the Target stores that had the K2 before the new one was introduced. I had thought they would have closer to 10,000 available, though. I agree, I don't think anyone, including Amazon, expected them to sell so quickly. I figured I had 30 minutes at least, and they must have sold them all in less than 20 seconds.
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« Reply #97 on: November 26, 2010, 12:25:10 PM » |
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Well, we don't really know how many they had. . . .they only said "thousands". All we really know is that it was way fewer than the number of people who were willing to buy one! |
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« Reply #98 on: November 26, 2010, 12:27:00 PM » |
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Guess this gives Amazon an idea of the popularity of the Kindle. They probably cleared out their remaining inventory of K2s. They should offer the K3 with a deep discount and sell like a million of them, then make a bundle selling books!
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