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[Q] Where did you buy your Nook Color?

I just wanted to get an idea of how the majority of people aquired their nook color. Online, in a B&N store, Best buy, craigslist? I'm shopping around and looking for the best place to get one under MSRP, or at least tax-free. Any suggestions, or websites I should keep an eye out on for possible sales?

I got mine from craigslist for $225.00 total. it was brand new (still in plastic). the best part about CL is no sale tax, saving me $30.00. I met the guy at the mall give him 1/2 of the money and told him if the nook boots up fine I'll give him rest of the money. so far I'm vary happy with my NC running CM7

best buy simply so i could also get a micro sd with an adapter at the same store.

I bought mine on ebay new, but no box. 207 shipped.

Ebay here as well. B&N provided a coupon for $50 off. It was $208. Pretty sure it's the first time I've paid a tax for an internet purchase.

Ebay With the Bn coupon $206 with tax

ebay, new, from b&n $200

Ebay during B&N's sale.

Ebay as they don't sell them in Australia. I just missed out on the coupon so paid too much.

i got mine from b&n cuz they have a store about 100 feet from my apartment...
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Best buy through a relative for $100. Woot!!!
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Had to get mine from the farther-away Walmart, as B&N, BB, and the closer Walmart were all out of stock. Tempted to get it online, but wanted to try local first.

got mine at a brick and mortar B&N store, it was an impulse buy

Bought mine at the nearest B&N store. Nice folks, but "The Nook Guy" wasn't there.

Store. There's a big stink on b&n forums towards people who got it on hsn. Kinda funny.

Best buy while my visit to USofA.
With CM7 NC makes the best price-performance for me.. and it's not sold in Europe.. they'd outsell ipad in Europe if B&N saw the oppurtunity

Best Buy, mostly on a whim, knowing that there was cme community behind it. Of course, things have really changed now, haven't they.....

Craigslist for $150. Couldn't resist such a low price. It was practically brand new.
I bought it because I knew there is an active XDA community supporting it. Even at $250 the nook is a pretty nice bargain given the hardware.
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I got mine at Best Buy with some other stuff so I could get it with no interest for 18 months deal.

I bought mine at a B&N store. It was a week before the Groupon coupon deal but at least I got a 5% rebate by using a B&N Mastercard.

Going to get a NC, but where?

The NC is $249 from best buy, B&N & walmart. Ya'll recommend any one place over the other?
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Try Walmart as I hear they still have the pre new partitioned NCs, saves you trouble.

I got mine at best Buy because I needed to get an SD card at the same time. It really doesn't matter.

If you want to have the best shot at getting one with the old (non-sucky) partitions, try a walmart in a smaller town. If it's a slightly redneck town all the better, cause there's less chance that people are buying nook colors with any sort of regularity, so you're more likely to be able to get older stock.

Try craigslist. I've found some as cheap as $135. Some people got them as gifts and ended up getting Ipad
So they sell them cheap. Still in the box.
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I got mine new/sealed in the box off Craigslist. Never saw a new/sealed one lower, but still.

If you don't mind a refurb Overstock.com has them for $225
But first go to overstock.com/coupons and click on the $12 off link so you get $12 off costing you only ~$216 shipped.
I would have linked to the pages except I don't have enough posts do that yet!
There was a better deal floating around with Overstock.com however the coupon code stopped working last time I checked. This is what I did and my NC should arrive Thursday.

MCarnage said:
If you don't mind a refurb Overstock.com has them for $225
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Um, or $225 with free shipping from B&N directly, not through the big lame 'O'.

khaytsus said:
Um, or $225 with free shipping from B&N directly, not through the big lame 'O'.
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You mean $249 ? I haven't seen $225 on B&N website

limaunion said:
You mean $249 ? I haven't seen $225 on B&N website
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If I meant $249 I would have said it.
The topic was refurbs, which B&N sells for.......

Ended up getting it through Walmart. Worked out best anyways, as their protection plan was half of what BB & B&N were ($20 vs $45 & $50)

Also try slickdeals.net...they recently had refurbed nooks for $180.
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Nook Color (refurbished) on sale for $190 on eBay

On eBay today for $189.99 with free shipping, and sold by Barnes & Noble. It's a refurbished model, but good price if you're in the market for one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Barnes-&-Noble-...000036&clk_rvr_id=245124754082#ht_1932wt_1139

sidenine said:
On eBay today for $189.99 with free shipping, and sold by Barnes & Noble. It's a refurbished model, but good price if you're in the market for one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Barnes-&-Noble-...000036&clk_rvr_id=245124754082#ht_1932wt_1139
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Thanks. I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these for a while. This pushed me over the edge.
MM

This is a hot deal. They're normally $225 on B&N's site.

Sold out
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PapaOtter said:
Sold out
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http://cgi.ebay.com/NOOK-Color-Barnes-Noble-Wi-Fi-eReader-/290583316074?pt=PDA_s_Pocket_PC_s&hash=item43a81d866a#ht_1932wt_1139

Wow, it's just one sale after another for our beloved NC. I might consider a second one for the wife.
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I was just about to post this. Deal is still on.
I have 2 nook coming my way. 1 I bought two days ago at $225 that I am going to return as soon as the package lands on my doorstep. Another one that I just bought last night at $189. I'm so excited!

I got one as well!
Cant wait to play!

Sucks, I ordered a refurb one yesterday for $225, I emailed them to see if I can get them to just refund the $35 as I don't have enough left on my paypal to buy a second one at $190 and just wait til I can send the other one back. Hopefully they still have them available in like a week so I can still get the savings.

I Have one for sale if anyone is interested check out my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151861

I'd look but it says I don't have permission. You can PM details if you'd like.

I just ordered one through this deal too, making it my first personal nook color and third one I'll be setting up with aftermarket firmware (Thinking CM as the honeycomb stuff is just too buggy for me).

Tytanius said:
I'd look but it says I don't have permission. You can PM details if you'd like.
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Pm sent...

Thanks, I just ordered one for my wife to give me for my birthday!

Yay 4 Juggs,
You still have your NC for sale? If yes, plz tell me more about it & your price via PM or email em at [email protected].. Thanks

If I remember correctly B&N also selling new NC with 50 dollar coupon. Do you think its worth to buy that or just buy the refurbished one?

Could you please post the source for the $50 coupon?
I personally would not hesitate one second to buy a new device @ $200 over a refurb for $190...

I know there is a sale for $25 off the NC new if you have a B&N membership but that's the only sale I found from days of searching.
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Staples' Exchange Policy?

So I, like many others, had a defective Nexus 7 (creaking sound, a bit of a screen separation). I called staples, and asked for an exchange, which they were happy to provide. They sent up a guy this morning with a new Nexus 7 to replace my old one.
The new one has pretty much the exact same issue as the last one. I'm considering asking to exchange AGAIN, or possibly just living with the glass separation issue.
Do any of you know if Staples will exchange/replace more than once? Also, how many of you ordered from Staples and actually received a perfect device (no creaking / glass issue)?
Thanks.

Just try to exchange it at another staples or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28963551 if you are not afraid to open your Nexus
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wiithepeng said:
Just try to exchange it at another staples or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28963551 if you are not afraid to open your Nexus
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Thing about Staples is that I ordered mine online, so I call online for the support. I already opened up both this one and my last one, still no real fix.
Don't know if I should chance another replacement either, I might risk lightbleed/dead pixels (which I don't have now). What to do...

I would have no qualms about exchanging the tablet as many times as it takes to get what I paid for. It's a reasonable expectation to get one free of flaws.
Why open a new device and try to fix something that should be handled by the manufacturer?
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I ordered mine from Staples online. Nothing was wrong with it.

JohnSypin said:
I ordered mine from Staples online. Nothing was wrong with it.
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Could I trouble to ask where you live/what the temperatures are like? At Jersey here, the temps are ~95+. And I feel like that may have something to do with it.

If I were you, I'd just ask for a full refund. Wait until your local stores to stock and buy in person (after checking the quality).

Just got mine replaced at staples. You have 14 days with each product to return it. Either they'll ship a new one or you can return in store.
I went to the store and opened it there to test it.
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MrJESUSatWork said:
Could I trouble to ask where you live/what the temperatures are like? At Jersey here, the temps are ~95+. And I feel like that may have something to do with it.
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I live in Pennsylvania its been around 85 to low 90s.

MrJESUSatWork said:
Could I trouble to ask where you live/what the temperatures are like? At Jersey here, the temps are ~95+. And I feel like that may have something to do with it.
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My tablet was delivered from staples yesterday in that heat wave we had here in NJ. I opened it right away and had no issues right out of the box. Everything is perfect.

I got mine from Staples.com as well and IMO, I have a near perfect tablet except for couple of things. For one, I didn't get the $25 credit. Slightly off topic but did all you (Staples customers) get the $25 credit? I'm weighing the pros and cons of returning it for this reason.

Are you talking about the Play Store credit? I thought that Google detects the google accounts logged in through all Nexus 7, and apply the $25 credit to the account. That way, they don't care where you got your N7 from.

Yes, the Play Store credit. I followed the directions explicitly to get the credit to no avail. I even did a factory rest and entered a different credit card still to avail.

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I got mine from Staples.com as well and IMO, I have a near perfect tablet except for couple of things. For one, I didn't get the $25 credit. Slightly off topic but did all you (Staples customers) get the $25 credit? I'm weighing the pros and cons of returning it for this reason.
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I didn't get the credit when setting it up and seen nothing about it when I finished setting it up but I did get it later in the play store when I went to buy a app it had something like add your credit card to Google wallet and get 25$ play credit. After I added the card it gave the option to use the credit.

I also tried it at the Play store checkout. It gave me that option to add a credit card and get the $25 credit. I added another different credit card but, again, no credit.

Sounds like a lot of people have had virtually perfect tablets from Staples, in the NJ/PA area. I just called again, they'll be picking up my tablet on Friday and sending a new one on Monday. if THAT one has issues... I may just take it to the local staples to refund or to open a box / find one that isn't broken.
Online staples orders can be returned via stores right?

I called the Staples in my area and they said I could return it to their store. Did you get the $25 Play Store Credit??

I work at staples in audobon, new jersey. I'd like to say that we will continue to replace your device until you receive one that is what you had ordered.
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I guess I was lucky, I ordered from the Play Store and I got one in very good shape. The left side of the screen is ever so slightly raised, but it's so minor that it's not worth the trouble. It has no effect on my tablet, so I don't care.

Ordered from staples, got my credit.
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[Q] Nook+HD right time to buy?

Howdy folks,
I'm currently rather broke but sorely tempted by the newly price reduced nooks. I'll cut right to it:
Do you guys think they will come down further?
Would you endure several weeks of mac n cheeze to have yours?
Thanks for your insights!

yes. absolutely.

I'd expect it to drop by another 10%, but you could probably get that by buying second hand on eBay. (I did)

I paid $50 for mine (HD+) the other week when they were on super discount at office max

picked mine up from walmart for 179. even at this price its a steal.

Best buy and other places have them for $150. Some people have picked them up for ~$100.
I don't know if we will see another $99 fire sale like the hp touch pad
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I'm tempted too...can anyone post a screenshot of how the zinio app looks like on this screen?
I want a tablet where I don't have to zoom in to read the texts in the magazine.

Zinio looks great. Text is a good size. Easy to rest if out have decent vision. Pictures look amazing.
I'm reading the car and driver mag with the new Corvette and I can zoom in and see lots of details
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I got mine at B&N this weekend with the member 10% off coupon for the Nooks. It was also tax free as part of my state's back to school holiday. So, I ended up paying $161 total for a 32gb Nook HD+.
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Got my 16GB at Best Buy last week for $150 with interest free financing. Can't beat that. A 9" tablet for $150?!?!? What the hell are you waiting for?

juxsa said:
I paid $50 for mine (HD+) the other week when they were on super discount at office max
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They make deals like this available to a few just to torment the rest of us!
Here's the best I think I can do, officemax coupon and nook+. Here's the coupon for the others salivating, 20% off till saturday. nooks only available in-store.
http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/nexusae0_ff.jpg
I will pick it up sometime soon. nutrition\rent be damned. :cyclops:
[update:] I bought HD+ at full price at Barnes and Noble. The officeMaxes are all out in the valley of the sun... yes the whole valley, I checked. [/update]
toodles!