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I want to get the best deal on one of these, is Craigslist the place?
Or should I buy new for $250? or are there some going for 200 new?
Retail, you'll find them new for $250. (I haven't seen them go on sale)
There was a deal on B&N's eBay store (that only applied to ebay purchase) for $50 off... making it $200. But that deal has since expired.
After that there is the Craig's List or ebay route to take your chances and buy a used one.
Although I'm sure most people will not have problems, I wouldn't buy a nook over ebay or craigslist and I'd spend the extra $50 for new. That way you have full warranty for one.
That's true. I'm trying to convince my mom to get one but she keeps saying that there will be much better technology in a couple of months...
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
There will be... for 600-800 bucks.
Though the new resistive Coby model looks very interesting for $170.
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That's true. I'm trying to convince my mom to get one but she keeps saying that there will be much better technology in a couple of months...
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
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yeah, but that's like saying you should get a galaxy tab or Xoom over a Nook. For the price there is nothing like it. Sure in a year from now we might see more, but in two years from now, we'll see something twice as good as that, so it's all on when you want to get into the game. I personally bought the nook with the thought that a year or year and a half from now I'm going to upgrade and spend the good money on a good one (if I still want it)
There is always something better coming out tomorrow. You just have to figure out what it is that you want in a tablet. I for one wanted a tablet to mess around with a decent price point that has android on it and i can download some apps and have somehing to easily browse the web. I originally bought a archos 101 which is a very cool product but after a couple of weeks I realized i couldn't stand the viewing angles of it, i mean i could barely stand to look at it in landscape mode and it was unbeariable in portrait mode as it just messe with my eyes. So i got the nook color and the screen is fantastic. I've rooted it and installed my favorite launcher and some simple apps that i enjoy using. Plus the great thing bout the nook color is a lot of people are hacking it and developing roms for it and someday hopefully we will have a nice version of honeycomb to play around with.
This may or may not be of help to the OP, but, there is a $15.00 Gift Card offer available for Referral.
With the Groupon B&N GC, I made a small purchase and along with it a free trial of B&N Membership; also I registered my NOOK COLOR bought from B&N Ebay offer. Not sure, which one triggered it, but I received Email from B&N with the above offer.
So, you may want to check with your friends near you.
Regarding purchase for your Mom: her age, eyesight and nimbleness of her fingers, would be a major consideration to make sure a 7" tablet will suffice. Notwithstanding, these factors for older people, I feel this is the best bargain in its price range.
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There will be... for 600-800 bucks.
Though the new resistive Coby model looks very interesting for $170.
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Do not buy it.
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honestly I wouldnt buy it used.. I was considering buying one on craigslist and decided to go to the store... this is why i wouldnt buy it used..
My first nook.. returned it in less than an hour because it had rippling of the LCD beneath the digitzer.
My second nook, returned and exchanged it 6 days later because the bezel was creaky, volume button would stick on the + and it had horrible light leaking on the bottom right (Almost like a big yellow arc you could see at night no matter what brightness setting it was set to).
Now i am on my third nook color.. This one has dust underneath the digitizer between the LCD, creaks alot too..
Based on my experience i would highly recommend spending the extra bit of money just for the 14 day return\exchange policy coverage.. the quality control on these devices sucks.
I have no troubles, but highly recommend getting one new, just for the peace of mind of replacement if there is a hardware problem.
I think I'll pull the trigger once (hopefully) the B&N-Ebay discount happens again....I was on the fence last time last time it had a $50 discount.....
Mine is just perfect out of the box, not any single problem, love it so much.
Would anyone be able to recommend a reseller that ships to the UK? Or one that's based here preferably.
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Got a $200 one on E Bay from B&N New, tried booting Froyo from SD. For some reason the MicroSD went in between the back cover and Chassis. Since I had to take it apart to extract the card, and probably voided the warantee
I decided to go the auto-nooter route and use the sd for storage. Thr back does seem a little creaky now, but everything works fine. Hate those micro sd's, already lost one, and broke another.
Jim
xdabr said:
There will be... for 600-800 bucks.
Though the new resistive Coby model looks very interesting for $170.
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I have a current model Coby, with the resistive screen. I don't like it. I'm use to the touch screen on my OG Droid. Also have a NC and I think it is a good tablet for the price. I couldn't see paying $600 for a tablet, especially if I bricked it from messing around with it.
it is true, the dev community for the NC is so much larger than the Coby community.
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Thanks; the new Coby (shipping from Amazon soon) adds multitouch and a front camera, so it mimics the iPad2 to a tiny degree. Unfortunately I still don't know any retailers that carry it locally so I could see just how bad the touchscreen is. (I've used Windows Mobile resistive screens, and I think they're fine!)
Hey guys,
First off, are you happy with your NC?
This would mainly be used as a reader/web browser/app games for the wife, so I'm thinking she would really enjoy it.
Also, what's the best place to grab a NC? I haven't seen them less than $249.
Thanks!!!
I just got one from bestbuy. Its still $250 but you get a $25 gift card too.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Barnes+...1218266244893&skuId=1517163&st=nook&cp=1&lp=1
You likely won't find them any less expensive than $249 at any legitimate retailer or etailer. Perhaps there will be another BN eBay special like last month some time in the future ($200ish). The suggestion that yurkinator made is probably going to be the best legitimate deal currently going (as long as you can stomach shopping at BestBuy).
Beyond that, I wouldn't buy one from an average eBayer or via Craigslist. It's just too sketchy... You have no idea what the history is with the unit and if it has any latent flaws. If you get it privately, warranty repairs will be more of a hassle since you won't have the original receipt. I bought my first one from Wally World; the microSD slot wouldn't retain the card. Took it right back to Wally World, got a refund. Bought a new one. No fuss, no muss...
Is saving, say, $50 worth the potential headaches?
Thanks for the responses and I completely agree with you about not buying one off craigslist or ebay. I'm going to jump on best buy deal since I can't find any staples coupons.
Can't wait to tear into this thing!
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I got lucky and B&N was having a promotional sale on ebay about 2 months ago and I got 2 NC for 200 bucks each. I would keep an eye out they may do it again.
Since no one else mentioned it I'll toss out that my girlfriend loves her NookColor. I initially bought it so I'd have something to play around with and she'd have something to read on from time to time. After about a week it became clear that she was never actually going to let the thing out of her grasp and so I was forced to buy my own. Not sure if this helps but I have my girlfriend's running the stock OS and nootered while mine is running CM7. Since she does read allot she likes the tight integration of the Barnes and Nobel stuff on her home screen but can't imagine a world without Fruit Ninja, Bubble Buster or any of the Angry Birds.
I'll put in a plug here for buying it in a Barnes & Noble store. That's what I did, and the biggest reason was that if I had any issues I wanted to be able to walk into the store and resolve them. If I were going to buy at Best Buy (something of a circus at the least) I'd make sure I could do a warranty exchange at a B&N brick and mortar store. I also did something I don't normally do and bought the B&N extended warranty -- which covers the thing even if you drop it into the tub. Oh yeah, I love the thing -- got stock 1.2 and CM7 overclocked running off a SD card. Use it with a bluetooth portable keyboard and Documents to Go -- and I've read a ton of books on it.
Appreciate all the responses.
It's going to be mainly my wife's device to read, browse, game on, so as much as I want to get into it and throw CM7 + Honeycomb on it, I might wait a bit to see how she uses it.
I'm going to pick it up this afternoon and give it to her tomorrow as her b-day present.
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Appreciate all the responses.
It's going to be mainly my wife's device to read, browse, game on, so as much as I want to get into it and throw CM7 + Honeycomb on it, I might wait a bit to see how she uses it.
I'm going to pick it up this afternoon and give it to her tomorrow as her b-day present.
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Nice birthday present, way to go!
I've not yet been disappointed... Frustrated, yes. Disappointed, no.
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I'll put in a plug here for buying it in a Barnes & Noble store. That's what I did, and the biggest reason was that if I had any issues I wanted to be able to walk into the store and resolve them. If I were going to buy at Best Buy (something of a circus at the least) I'd make sure I could do a warranty exchange at a B&N brick and mortar store.
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Y'know, you make an excellent point. If you're going to pay full retail anyway, why not just go to the source for the reason you mention.
Personally, I went to Wally World because I bought during the early February nook drought. Nowhere in the greater South Bay Area (CA) had these in stock except for one WalMart in Salinas, CA.
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I'll put in a plug here for buying it in a Barnes & Noble store. That's what I did, and the biggest reason was that if I had any issues I wanted to be able to walk into the store and resolve them. If I were going to buy at Best Buy (something of a circus at the least) I'd make sure I could do a warranty exchange at a B&N brick and mortar store. I also did something I don't normally do and bought the B&N extended warranty -- which covers the thing even if you drop it into the tub. Oh yeah, I love the thing -- got stock 1.2 and CM7 overclocked running off a SD card. Use it with a bluetooth portable keyboard and Documents to Go -- and I've read a ton of books on it.
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Bought two from the mother ship, about three months apart after getting my wife one for Christmas and nootering it, I needed one for me!). For hers, I bought the B&N warranty, but for mine, I went with squaretrade. $50 for 2 years vs, $40 for 3 years.
Ebay auction from Barnes and Noble for the NC
Thought you might want to know.
saw that this morning and swiped two for my kids this christmas! Yehaw!
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Ebay auction from Barnes and Noble for the NC
Thought you might want to know.
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I can go to a pawn shop and get one for $80.
Picked up one for my daughter two days ago, it's in perfect condition.
I would advise to check local pawn shops as people need money for the holidays.
Thanks for the heads up. I went ahead and bought one. It solved my problem of keeping my Kindle Fire vs. returning it for a Nook Tablet. Now I case use the Nook Color with its greater memory for video playback and use the Kindle Fire for everything else, including the pure consumption of Amazon kool-aid.
I'm not comfortable yet with the Nook Tablet and the potential for Barnes & Noble to lock things down with an unavoidable OTA. Maybe in two to three months.
well... ordered mine 10sec ago
Not shipping to Canada... sigh
they also don't ship to Israel... not that i stopped me, use 3rd party to ship it to Canada
How did you manage that? I don't use eBay that often
Missed the $119 but picked up 2 today at $129 for the kids.
May regret not getting a 3rd one for ME... LoL
Now on to learning the triple boot / boot menu tricks for this one.
Just when I got my I777 phone sorted here comes another toy (er.. tool) to research.
Has B and N updated any with shipping info. At order, it said it would arrive within 3-5 days. I'm on the 3rd business day and it still has not been marked as shipped on the ebay summary.
Anyone else or has anyone recievd their order?
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Has B and N updated any with shipping info. At order, it said it would arrive within 3-5 days. I'm on the 3rd business day and it still has not been marked as shipped on the ebay summary.
Anyone else or has anyone recievd their order?
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Purchased mine Saturday AM, got email yesterday (Wednesday) that it had shipped. No tracking number so, do not know when it will arrive. Hopefully soon!
Oh boy, spent 20 minutes on hold this morning trying to get through to B&N cust service. Then called on my break, spending my whole break on the phone. The rep couldn't find any info for me or refund my money. This is my first experience with B&N, are things generally difficult with them?
As I'm typing this I got an ebay message from B&N saying there has been a warehouse issue and they are shipping it at the fast method possible at no cost. They will email me tracking info once it ships. Fair enough.
This is my first tablet and I've been scouring this forum since the second I ordered it. Can't wait to root and install CM7 but none of the instructions say step one is getting the Nook
Yeah, this is my first tablet also, can't wait to get cm 7 on it! I have cm 7 on my Atrix and it's great!
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Oh boy, spent 20 minutes on hold this morning trying to get through to B&N cust service. Then called on my break, spending my whole break on the phone. The rep couldn't find any info for me or refund my money. This is my first experience with B&N, are things generally difficult with them?
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It sounds as if ordering through Ebay is not as in synch with their normal supply chain as ordering through their website.
When I have ordered through their website the experience was more seamless.
I ordered one black Friday, received it today. It took maybe 15 minutes to get CM up and running for me. Loving it so far...best $119 I've spent in a while.
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Mine arrive in excellent condition.
Took me a while to get CM7 installed...until thanks to this forum i realized I didn't have the latest CWM.
Should be a nice compliment to my Samsung Infuse 4g.
I'll be very happy with it.
Well worth $120
Hi all! Ordered mine the Saturday after thanksgiving, came in yesterday, running CM7 off the SD card, and am very pleased. Be sure to get a Sandisk class 4 card if running the OS off of it, there's a thread here on XDA about them and when I tested my new Sandisk 16G class 4 was many times faster at small block than my class 10 4G I bought a while back. Woohoo!
Looks like they are up to $150 now. Still not a bad deal.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOOK-Color-...US_Tablets&hash=item45ff2bc88b#ht_1932wt_1139
Hi mine also arrived yesterday, too. I would like to install CM7 rom. However I tried many ways to create boot SD card (and try on both 16GB and 4GB). I checked each SD card and they both contained 4 correct files (mlo, u-boot.bin, ulmage, uRamdisk)....
After I inserted the SD card and turned it on....it always directly boot from the BN default OS.....can't boot from the SD card. It can read these SD cards and generate some directories (My files, B&N Downloads, LOST.DIR) on it. Does it lock bootable SD card?
Would you guys show me how to set up NC to boot from SD card?
I got my $119 refurb Nook Color on Monday and had no problems getting CM7 onto the nook... so I don't think anyone locked the ability for the Nook to boot from SD.
Did you follow these instructions? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
If you can see those 4 files, it looks like winimage did its job. Did you then download a CM7 rom zip file from http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore and place it onto the SD card as well?
I have purchased two refurbished Nook Colors from B&N's Ebay site and they have both been perfect. Now my son wants one. There are some other sellers on Ebay selling refurb units. Are these the same as getting them from B&N? Has anyone had problems with any of the refurb units? A seller with the name NextWorth has them right now for $99.
I picked up a 3rd party refurb of the Nook Tablet without any issues. Just make sure you read the posting carefully to see exactly what they are selling you. Also make sure they have a good return policy and you should be ok.
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INow my son wants one. There are some other sellers on Ebay selling refurb units. Are these the same as getting them from B&N? Has anyone had problems with any of the refurb units? A seller with the name NextWorth has them right now for $99.
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'B&N via Ebay' was selling the 8GB Nook Tablets for $150 a few days ago.
In my opinion that is a better buy than a refurb Nook Color.
You get a dual-core processor plus the std. warranty.
Keep a lookout on SD and you will get lucky soon.
Here's the thread:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4490902-Brand-new-Barnes-noble-nook-tablet-149-FS
I couldn't look at the listing from NextWorth at work. Now that I have seen it, I see that this is seller refurbished. I think I definitely would prefer to get something that is manufacturer refurbished. There are some listings for $126 on Ebay, or I could get one at the local Microcenter for $135 if my son can't wait.
I just saw the post yesterday about the Nook Tablets for $149 and was going to go that route but they are no longer available. Again, it just depends on if he wants to wait longer to see if they become available again. We are going on a trip next month and he wants to have it by then.
I just bought 8 Nook Colors from Cowboom (all 7s) for $99.99 each and put CM7 RC2 on them, but they were for coworkers of my Wife and I. The $149 Tablet deal is where it is at, but these people wanted an Android tablet with an 8gb Micro SDHC and a TPU case for around $120.
Wow, 8 Nook Colors! You must really be spreading the word. I'm assuming you didn't have any problems with any of the ones you got from Cowboom. I had never heard of Cowboom before, it looks like an interesting site and appears to be somehow affiliated with Best Buy. I didn't know what you meant by the all 7's comment, but that appears to be a rating number on their site. Looks like the higher the number the better. I only saw 1 8, but it didn't come with a charger or cable to that would be a deal killer. I might see if my son wants to go this route if no other sales pop up this weekend. The tablet for $149 would be sweet but I am not holding my breath on that one showing up again soon. What are the TPU cases you mentioned? I would love to find a decent case with a multi position stand that does not cover up the speaker. I'm currently just using one of those rubber things that slips on it.
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We are going on a trip next month and he wants to have it by then.
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Give one of your NCs to him and you upgrade to the NT in the next sale.
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Wow, 8 Nook Colors! You must really be spreading the word. I'm assuming you didn't have any problems with any of the ones you got from Cowboom. I had never heard of Cowboom before, it looks like an interesting site and appears to be somehow affiliated with Best Buy. I didn't know what you meant by the all 7's comment, but that appears to be a rating number on their site. Looks like the higher the number the better. I only saw 1 8, but it didn't come with a charger or cable to that would be a deal killer. I might see if my son wants to go this route if no other sales pop up this weekend. The tablet for $149 would be sweet but I am not holding my breath on that one showing up again soon. What are the TPU cases you mentioned? I would love to find a decent case with a multi position stand that does not cover up the speaker. I'm currently just using one of those rubber things that slips on it.
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Here are the cases I bought, unfortunately they are rubbery too:
http://www.amazon.com/CrazyOnDigital-Skins-Screen-Protector-Barnes/dp/B0057AV55C/ref=pd_cp_e_1
Description says red but one is purple like the picture shows.
They are $99 again for the "returned" Nook Color on Cowboom
All 8 were fine. I put Mr.g666's CM7 RC2 on all of them, used the free LCD Resolution app to set the DPI to 220, overclocked to 1200mhz, and have had no complaints. So far I have probably put Android on 15+ of these. Everyone my Wife or I have shown it to wants one once they see it. I would look for a condition 7 with the charger. Some came in the original box, some didn't. You get 30 days from Cowboom but I think if you had a problem with it and asked real nice B&N would replace or repair it for you within a year of registering because they rely on you buying books and games (my opinion).
Office Depot has nook tablets for 199 with a 50 dollar visa gift card on sunday.
Picked up the tablet today and the Visa gift card is given in the store. Did not have to mail anything in to get it, but you do have to pay $4.95 to activate the stupid thing. Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well. If I reboot it, it boots into Nook mode. If I shut down, then power on, it boots from the microSD.
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Picked up the tablet today and the Visa gift card is given in the store. Did not have to mail anything in to get it, but you do have to pay $4.95 to activate the stupid thing. Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well. If I reboot it, it boots into Nook mode. If I shut down, then power on, it boots from the microSD.
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Can somebody confirm that we're able to run CM7 off uSD on the Nook Tablet?
Last time (last 2 months) I checked, can't just run off uSD on the NT.
Maybe I'm way behind!
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Can somebody confirm that we're able to run CM7 off uSD on the Nook Tablet?
Last time (last 2 months) I checked, can't just run off uSD on the NT.
Maybe I'm way behind!
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Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well.
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Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well.
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Thanks m8
How's about running CM9 off uSD? and eMMC?
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Thanks m8
How's about running CM9 off uSD? and eMMC?
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I haven't tried anything else besides the CM7 off of uSD. This is my Son's tablet so I'm not playing around with it too much. I still haven't had the confidence to flash CM7 to my Nook Color's eMMC, plus it seems to run perfectly off of the uSD card so I've seen no reason to. As far as the tablet and CM9, I thought I read that hardware acceleration is not working on it yet so not really interested in trying that until development gets further along.
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I haven't tried anything else besides the CM7 off of uSD. This is my Son's tablet so I'm not playing around with it too much. I still haven't had the confidence to flash CM7 to my Nook Color's eMMC, plus it seems to run perfectly off of the uSD card so I've seen no reason to. As far as the tablet and CM9, I thought I read that hardware acceleration is not working on it yet so not really interested in trying that until development gets further along.
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Were you talking about the NOOKcolor or Nook Tablet???
Two different devices.
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Were you talking about the NOOKcolor or Nook Tablet???
Two different devices.
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I was talking about both. I have 2 Nook Color's, and my son has the 8GB tablet. All of them are running CM7 off of the uSD cards and have stock firmware on the emmc.
Which free gift are you selecting and why?
no choosing here. i will get the dex station for free which is pretty good i think
I want to i know too. Which one is worth more selling?
I'm just getting the SD card and wireless charger. Have no need for a 360 camera. Just feel they are useless in everyday use
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When it comes to my country. If it comes with sd card i would go for that. Who needs external cameras now days since we have good dual camera phone.
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I want to i know too. Which one is worth more selling?
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360 cam will fetch more $.
Charger and card are more useful. Wish they offered better headphones as an option.
Going with the 360 camera. I have always wanted to use one but I couldn't justify the cost. I already have several fast wireless chargers and a 200gb micro SD card.
I already have a 256 sd from the n7 but im going to get the sd and wireless charger. Most people who will get the camera will get it to resell which in turn will drop the value. meaning you cant sell it for as much.
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I already have a 256 sd from the n7 but im going to get the sd and wireless charger. Most people who will get the camera will get it to resell which in turn will drop the value. meaning you cant sell it for as much.
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Priced already dropped from the deal with the S8/S8+
but that lower price is still higher than the resale value of the card and charger
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Priced already dropped from the deal with the S8/S8+
but that lower price is still higher than the resale value of the card and charger
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Its msrp dropped. Its sale price is going to drop further once everyone is getting it for the n8 and wants to sell. Its gunna be all over ebay once the Gifts arrive.
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Its msrp dropped. Its sale price is going to drop further once everyone is getting it for the n8 and wants to sell. Its gunna be all over ebay once the Gifts arrive.
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The resale price already dropped from the S8/S8+ deal. Has nothing to do with the MSRP. I resold the one I got from buying my S8+ and that was when ebay was flooded with them.
It will only drop so much since people actually want the cam.
It's still worth more than the card and charger even with a flooded market.
I would never actually end up using the 360 camera, however I could definitely use a wireless charger and some free memory..
Micro SD card and charger, I have no interest in the camera. I just wish there was a watch available like they offered with the Note 7. Last year I chose the 256GB Micro SD. But, I can always use more memory.
lol, everybody trying to justify why this or that.
i bought the VR setup for the note8 and the 360 cam will come in handy. im a camera op and this tech is right up my alley.
i already have the 256 (2017 edition) samsung evo and i haev a 50 dollar fast charge sammy charger, so for me the camera was ideal!
Don't care about the camera and I would never actually use it. I will definitely use the charger. I'll just set it on my desk at work and keep my phone topped off all day. I can finally get rid of the charging cord plugged into my computer and the cheap plastic phone stand.
I wish that they were giving away a Gear 3 watch with the phone. I'd jump at that in a second.
I took the SD card and charger. the the charger was useful, and it's harder to find a legit card that's not fake on the market after all of this.. the camera would prolly flood the market like crazy bring price pretty low if i wanted to buy one .
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I took the SD card and charger. the the charger was useful, and it's harder to find a legit card that's not fake on the market after all of this.. the camera would prolly flood the market like crazy bring price pretty low if i wanted to buy one .
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I'll sell you mine for $80 ?
Saw a add on Facebook saying you can get all 3 gifts for $99. The memory card, wireless charger, and 360 camera.
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I'll sell you mine for $80
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LOL. no thanks =P