05-03-2012, 09:36 AM | #46 |
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But Amazon doesn't sell the Kindle Fire for $199 w/ a free $50 gift card. Nor do the sell the Kindle NT for $79 w/ a free $30 gift card. But Walmart sure does. Therefore, I buy from them.
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05-03-2012, 09:46 AM | #47 |
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05-03-2012, 10:25 AM | #48 |
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The most recent Target Kindle deal I remember was "buy a Kindle/Kindle Touch/Kindle Fire, get an M-Edge accessory at 30% off". That was maybe a week or two ago.
Getting back to the original topic, I would guess that if mini-Apple stores proliferate within Targets, then perhaps the terms of the deal might require Target to stop carrying iPad competitors. Another possible reason to drop Kindle and other readers is that maybe they don't sell well enough throughout the year to justify the shelf space. |
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05-03-2012, 01:13 PM | #50 |
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05-03-2012, 01:30 PM | #51 |
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in total, this affects no one but customer. amazon no, target no, apple no
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05-03-2012, 03:28 PM | #53 |
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The New York Times quotes a Target exec from January:
“What we aren’t willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices,” Target executives wrote in a letter to vendors, asking them to think of new pricing and inventory strategies, according to a note that Deborah Weinswig, a Citi analyst, sent to clients. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/bu...g-kindles.html |
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I can imagine a lot of stores hate that Amazon does this. In my local Lowes & Home Depot they match all prices except Amazon and some of the more diligent staff will stop you from price checking. (Some, but not a great deal, lol). |
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05-03-2012, 03:44 PM | #55 |
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Targe...coming_id29719
I did a quick search, and that was the first one I stumbled into. Doesn't say definitively, but I guess what they speculate makes some sense, what with there being mini-Apple stores in Target. |
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05-03-2012, 04:20 PM | #57 |
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Then, typically, these same people lament when their local B&M stores close, or they claim the B&M stores were always trying to rip them off despite the obviously higher cost of doing business in a B&M store. You see it in these forums all the time. It's a huge issue that retailers like Best Buy are desperately trying to overcome right now. |
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05-03-2012, 04:38 PM | #60 |
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The trouble is, you can usually find *similar* models on line, but never the exact model you saw in the store. I found this to be true with Consumer Reports reviews - they'll rate something very highly, but I can never find that exact model in the store.
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