barnesandnoble | The Clever Shark https://clevershark.com Bits and rants from Tony Emond Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:03:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 127613282 Bait & Switch? https://clevershark.com/2010/11/bait-switch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bait-switch https://clevershark.com/2010/11/bait-switch/#respond Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:03:58 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=2112 Continue reading Bait & Switch?]]> Maybe it’s just me, but when I enter a discount code good for a web site (I received the “invitation” today) I kinda expect the discount code to go towards the cost of an order at the same site.  Especially when Barnes & Noble send out a “25% off anything” promo. However this doesn’t seem to apply to the new Nook Color, which apparently can’t be ordered at all from where I am.

So yes, I was drunk enough to attempt to order a new Nook Color, but B&N sees it fit to stop me from ordering it. Maybe they’re desperately trying to stop me from making a very stupid, drunken mistake.  Well cheers B&N, you’re pretty much right.  After panning the last incarnation of the Nook I really should know better than to spend money on such a flawed product. Thanks for saving me the money I guess. One could only hope all online merchants were so scrupulous.

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