Christmas Craziness

[asmurff]

On  11/28 I ordered two certified pre-owned NOOKs (an Electronic Book Reader) from Barnes & Noble for Christmas presents. On the 29th I got an e-mail saying my order was canceled do to non-availability, on the 30th I called to confirm this and the get them to remove the hold on the funds in my account.

Today I get an email saying they have been shipped so I call again and they are suppose to be here tomorrow, problem is we had already bought 2 brand new ones from the local Barnes & Noble at $50 more apiece.

So I guess when the ones arrive tomorrow we'll look them over good and then return the 2 new ones to the store.

Shame I can't make them pay for my wasted time on the phone and the trip to the store.

Bah Humbug!

[bdavison]

I got an iPad....I can use Amazon Kindle books, google books, Zineo magazines, iBooks, etc. Sure it costs more, but its way beyond just a ereader.

Best Buy also has the Cruz tablets that use Android if you prefer that system, and Office Depot has the ViewSonic that uses Android too.

The Kindle, Sony Reader, illumnati, and the Kook are just too limited in my opinion.

[asmurff]

That is fine all i wanted was an e-reader.  :thumb:

[imschur]

I have used a kindle. I think it's pretty good bang for the buck

I just downloaded  Kindle for PC. I seem to able able to stay awake better at a pc. Paper puts me to sleep.

[asmurff]

We were able to get the Barnes & Noble certified pre-own Nooks for 99.99 with a 1 year warranty. So i took back the 2 new ones and saved over $100.

[imschur]

The nooks get rave reviews  :thumb:

[techmike]

I ended up getting 3 Kindles this year. One for the Sweetie, one for my Daughter/Grandaughter - played with that one a bit to load some Christmas books, and decided to get one for myself. I like the fact that I can "get" books for it from the local public library.  :thumb:

[asmurff]

That set me to looking our local library has the e-books also!  ;D

[techmike]

Excellent!

[Microgunner]

I thought needing bifocals to read a book was high tech, now I need batteries too.

[bdavison]

The nook books have guns and ammo, handgunner, and guns magazines available...and the subscription costs ain't bad.

If you have a ipad you can take advantage of it too by downloading the nook app.

These things rock!

[imschur]

I will get some kind of reader in 2011. I tend to buy paper books as well as the digital copy. Maybe I can save some money.

[bdavison]

The digital copies can be cheaper...but not always. The advantage is that you don't have books laying around all over the house, and everything is in one place.