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[Nook HD, HD+ General] openallnight:
guys whoever placed the override order on the phone (manually entered coupon by rep) please confirm your credit card was not imporperly charged the full price. I got a receipt for the coupon price but had to call beack and talk to supe for credit from coupon.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] KestrelYI:
My roommate tried to give B&N a ring earlier this evening and seemed to have run into a CSR that was a bit.. 'snippy.' Claimed that it was a one time use offer, and wouldn't authorize it. Has anybody else had any difficulty with the reps in this regard? Did you just continue to call until you found one who would authorize it?

(For that matter, if anybody has an actual code left with a few uses, I'd be grateful as heck to put it to use. I'm loving the heck out of my HD+, and would like to get her to stop using mine ;) )

Would love to hear your all's experiences with this... She called around 6:30pm EST this evening, FWIW.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jamus28:
I had no luck calling before june 1, just snippy reps. Then I called on saturday, said I was a member and wanted the father's day promotion code. Gave her my membership# and I got the code.

The code from slickdeals is long since used up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] liasom:
I didn't need to give a code at all but I was already a B&N member. I bought a book for $1 and signed up for a two month free trial membership. Then a couple of days later called and ordered an HD+. All the info I used was in the slickdeals thread. Seems to me that I did read of someone calling in and joining the free trial and ordering a Nook at the same time.

It does seem to be tied in to being a member. Having a coupon code doesn't seem to be necessary. Good luck!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] KestrelYI:
When she called, the CSR seemed fairly suspicious of where the coupon had come from. Kept asking the source, had it been used, can you validate that, and so on.

Jamus - had you recently joined and gotten the two day trial? Or were you a long time B&N member and they delivered a code specific to your account?

Roommate was unfortunately a bit dissuaded by the CSR's response, but hopefully she'll give it another go today and see if she can get somebody to put it through.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ricktat:
I followed these instructions yesterday from Slickdeals. The first couple of times I called the rep kept saying that I had to wait 24-48 hours. The third rep added my order into their system and then added my member number and it worked. The rep I talked to thought it was only good on the HD+ 32GB version for $165 but that was what I wanted anyways.

Just keep calling back if you have an issue.

from slickdeals

Quote from leadbyxampl View Post :

Just purchased 2 Nook HD+ 32 GB - $165 each + tax.

Steps:

1. Signed up for 2 month free membership, and purchased $10 e-gift card

2. Received email with e-gift card and membership number

3. Called 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665) and placed my order

4. Gave coupon code 5J8EZB, and even though my membership was not fully activated, the order was placed and I received the free express shipping as well.

5. Gave e-gift card toward the order.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jamus28:
I have the trial. I got a unique code that was different from the slick deals 5j8ez just by asking for the father's day promotion
[Nook HD, HD+ General] greenmansofla:
I just ordered mine!

I've been a BN member for 3 years and already have own simple touch (for reading), a (rooted) Nook tablet (for my 7 year old) and now I just ordered the HD+ for myself mostly for work use doing invoices and estimates on the road. For $145.00 and with the full Play Store you really can't go wrong.

I was going to get either the Nex7 or the HP Slate7 but I like the bigger and better screen and any slower performance won't really matter for my use case.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] KestrelYI:
Just to follow up... Spoke with a CSR over B&N's chat support. Explained that I had swung by the store and talked to an employee who mentioned that B&N was running a member's sale for father's day, and I would like to purchase a Nook using that promotion. After some chatting and insistence that I was ready to spend my money, the CSR said that I could be given the discount if I ordered. Sure enough, the order was placed, and they altered the order afterwards to change it to the new updated price. Current charge on the debit card shows a full charge for the device, though the order on the account page on B&N's website shows the reduced price. I suspect the first charge will not fully process on the card, and a second 'correct' charge will be the one processed. If not, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to call them up and have them credit me for the rest of the money.

Satisfied, either way. First HD+ has been excellent with CM10.1on the emmc, and my roomy will be thrilled to have hers, I suspect.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bckrupps:
Just call walmart. Not all stores yet but they are doing a new everyday price that is the same as barnes and nobles. It is hit and miss right now but many are having success via a slickdeals thread. I got one in valparaiso indiana and there was a pile there. Within a day or so their system should have it updated nationwide. Call your local walmart and take one home. Avoid this coupon nonsense lol. They are discounting the entire line of nook products
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
I wonder why is the sale at walmart? B&N winding down operations? That would be a pity. Would the price dip lower or should I stock up now if I want to get a few more development nooks, so that I can actually do more than one thing at a time?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you look at the thread in general about Microsoft potentially buying nook digital, you will see where B&N announced that 2014 would be the end of their android devices. Don't know if prices will go lower, that is why I bought several in this sale.

See here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41201652

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
Yes, I saw the news, but no new devices does not mean existing ones need to be killed too I would think?

I wonder if I should get myself a HD too, though the size is way too small.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If they are selling to M$, then get the money out of existing hardware now.

Edit: and by putting Play Store on stock, they are admitting that their store model is going away or being sold, I think.

I got some HD's too, just for dev work or in case a friend wanted one.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
I don't get this.

First, Microsoft owned 10% of Nook Digital for like a year or two already, so they are just increasing their stake at best.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] View92612:
That news caused B&N's stock price to go up like 20% or so but then crashed again after being refuted here:

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/m...noble-inc-bks-nook-deal-not-happening-140576/

I can't imagine Microsoft buying Nook considering they already have enough trouble with Windows RT.

They hate Google(see the youtube windows phone app fiasco...) why would they want to buy any Android devices and App store?

I do think B&N is not in a good position to be in the tablet business. There is too much competition and B&N doesn't really have an advantage on technology, contents, or costs. They may have more books and magazines but those are not enough...They can get out of hardware but continue to sell books and magazines by partnering with Google or even Microsoft and Apple.

So...this may be the best time to grab a nice Nook HD+ while it lasts... I would not bet on the extended warranty, though...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
Well, what if they plan on a liquidation, HP-style, of whatever remains? ;)

Need to buy on some credit card that has long price protection ;)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] greenmansofla:
M$ is going to want to distance itself from the Android Nooks and relaunch the brand as a Windows 8 based reader (they will already have a large stable of nook ebook customers), and BN will go back to dead tree books.

BN is learning their lessons the hard way.

They should have just made a nook app for all possible platforms.

The real problem with ebooks is the publishers and their artificially high prices for digital goods.

I rarely buy ebooks from BN even though I have two Nooks and a membership. Their prices are too high, and they do not discount Nook Books for members. I usually buy from Google Books, or borrow from my library through Overdrive.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
I signed up for a membership yesterday, and called today to buy three more HD+ 32GB ($165 each) for the family. B&N is clearing out its Nook inventory. The CSR didn't care that my membership isn't yet in the system, she entered the order anyway. She did ask for the coupon code, and I gave her the old 5J8EZB. I missed the Z for a 2 and she corrected me. I got the shipping confirmation e-mail about 10 minutes later. Shipping is 1-3 business days.

Re: Rumor of MS buying Nook Media - If it happens, MS will be buying Nook for the ebook IP and ecosystem, not the hardware. The Nook ecosystem will continue because it is a profit generator, so I wouldn't worry about your bought ebooks disappearing. It's just the hardware that will disappear.

Re: Extended warranty - Most credit cards have extended warranty protection of at least an extra year. I think 2 years are good enough for a tablet.

>Well, what if they plan on a liquidation, HP-style, of whatever remains?

You are seeing it right now. I consider the HD+ 32GB at $165 a better deal than the TP at $99.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] liasom:
Warranty - SquareTrade

I was able to purchase a three year SquareTrade warranty with $199 coverage for a little under $40. Includes accidental damage coverage. So that adds accidental damage now and extends the warranty period out to three years. I think that was a good deal. If they can't fix or replace they say they will ante up on the covered value, maybe that will cover me if Nooks go away.

I have their warranty on another device so from time-to-time I get coupons from them. If I remember correctly when I first used them I "liked" them on facebook and got a discount that way. Also somewhere on the 'net is a thread where folks post SquareTrade discount codes.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
I must disagree with you here.

the TP at $99 was actually TP for $85 on the first day (and that high only because I have 9.25% sales tax here).

Anyway, TP was more value back then, and it had camera too.

In general $100 is a pretty magic price point, I think, where things just become very appealing to impulse buyers.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
IIRC, the final online markdown was $99 for the base TP. It may have been cheaper locally, but not online.

The question is, can B&N move its remaining inventory at current marked-down pricing. From the hoops people on Slickdeals and here were willing to jump through, then it's safe to say yes (part of that is thanks to you and leapinlar and bokbokan.) If the deals-savvy peeps will jump, then the average joe blow will jump even higher once these deals are more widely publicized.

At $129, the Nook HD 8GB is much better than the Hisense Sero 7 at $149. There is no other full-HD, quality tablet at 9" that's below $250. There's no reason for B&N to drop its price further. Even at the MSRP, the Nook HDs were already bargain priced.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
There was educational discount of 20% off at HP store if you have access to .edu email. And it worked a day before general availability of the 99% deal too.

Well, my Walmart does not have any discount on Nooks (yet?) sadly, and they only have 3 Nook HD in stock, so I guess I might not be able to procure some reasonably priced one for myself, oh well.

Too bad I heard too late about staples clearancing Nook accessories, there's nothing of value left there now.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] View92612:
I missed the touchpad deal....but it did take some good amount of time until a fully functional version of CM becomes available on it.

I actually had a "former employee discount" if I did not hesitate...

I'm pretty sure Nook's price will be slashed in public again at least for Father's Day and July 4th.

For your accessories, a current staples employee is ready to help: :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42287057#post42287057

I was lucky to have scored a $6 Poetic on Amazon when it was on sale.

Really nice for $6 with 3 years warranty.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
When I got wind of the news, I immediatelly recognized how col of a hacking target that would be, so I got like 4 and alerted all sorts of right people around me to get some too., it panned out not too bad in the end, even though HP did pull some somewhat dirty tricks that made porting harder.

Well, I was mostly interested in hdmi adapter (not for the outrageous $40 or whatever B&N charges). Unlike usb host cable, emulating HDMI one in software is probably impossible ;)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] thatdude90210:
I was actually checking slickdeal that night when people started figuring out how to order the HP early. Scored two and then called my brother who got one. I was so eager to order that I forgot to check for coupon code. TP firesale, good times.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] SCWells72:
I managed to pick up an HD+ 32gb for $179 from the Walmart in Port Isabel, TX this morning (Austin is home for me but we were on vacation in South Padre this week). No push back at all. The lady just scanned the barcode to verify the discounted price and grabbed one from inventory in the back. I also ordered the poetic slimline cover from. Amazon for it.

I already have an iPad 3 but have wanted a full size, retina class display android tablet for a while and it was a no brainer at this price.

I don't know yet whether I'll stay with a tweaked stock setup or throw on CM10.1. I have CM10 on an HP Touchpad and really like it, but I've found it always takes a little while for these guys to become stable enough to be daily drivers.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
Major difference with TP is that TP did not have any Android on it running (ignoring the few rare devices shipped with Froyo, but dumps from those were not directly applicable to webOS devices).

So even getting to feature parity was hard at the beginning, never mind the stability or battery drain.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] SCWells72:
Good point on the Touchpad, but I also had a Nook Color for a long time and found that CM7 and CM9 were both flaky on it for a long time, in particular due to SOD issues in the kernel...nonetheless, I feel pretty confident that CM10.1 will end up on my HD+ pretty soon!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bckrupps:
Well I can tell you very green has got it running rock solid. It could come straight out of the box and be better than most factory installed software.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
>Well I can tell you very green has got it running rock solid. It could come straight out of the box and be better than most factory installed software.

Yes, Nook HDs' ace over all of the other cheapos is that it has full, stable Android support, aside from its gorgeous fullHD display, thanks to verygreen & Co. Dollar for (marked-down) dollar, it is the best Android tablet today, and probably for the rest of this year.

As far as the public knows, Nooks are still "enhanced e-readers" with good hardware, but with limited functionality and a tiny ecosystem. But even without the XDA value-add, the stock 2.1 ROM update has moved Nook HD into a very good all-purpose tablet that is worth at least its MSRP price. With the XDA boost to full Android, I would peg the Nook HD+ as comparable to the full-sized iPad, and the HD equiv to the mini iPad. In short, the HD line is punching way above its weight class.

The TP has nothing on the Nook. The TP has crap hardware along with a dead-end ecosystem, and it took months for it to become a usable Android device. No one would claim it to be a great tablet, only that it was cheap.

The problem is that the Nook HD's potential is known to a handful of people. Once more people know that you can buy an (almost) full-sized 1080p tablet with great screen, quality hardware, good battery life, and full Android for under $150, the rush would be ten times that for the TP.

Having just converted to CM10.1 emmc (thanks again to verygreen and leapinlar), I will say that while the stock ROM is much more limited than AOSP, it is also considerably simpler and thus more attractive for the newbie user. AOSP/CM's hundreds of setting options, with even Easter-egg options like how to enable the developer settings (to enable boot to recovery), are something only a geek can love. I would hand Nooks with stock ROM to my tech-deficient family; I wouldn't hand them Nooks with CM unless I had set them up first.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dbrickg:
Totally agree. I don't understand why the Nook HD+ isn't incredibly popular. People should be snatching them up like hotcakes.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] curiousmike:
Frys might be another option
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bckrupps:
walmart has them on the front page of their ad this sunday. they will go fast
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
Yes, but only HD+, surprisingly.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bckrupps:
Yea thats weird but the others have come down in price also so I'm sure people will see the new price tags plus we both know what happens when a confirmation thread starts on slick deals:)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
>Yea thats weird but the others have come down in price also

Only the HD+ is the clear-cut bargain, which is probably why it's promoted. The HD has to compete with Walmart's $99 Hisense Sero 7 LT and the $69 NextBook 7, and is a harder sell even at the $129 sales price.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sequoia464:
Thanks for all the work on these, not enough posts yet to thank you in the developer forums.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dbrickg:
So, I took the coupon in to my local store and bought 3 (wish I could afford 5 like leapinlar). The coupon showed up as having already been used, but eventually they sold them to me at the $165 price. They were on sale this week for $179 anyway.

I asked if they had any idea why B&N was selling them at such discounts and mentioned that the rumor was that they were getting out of the nook business. They said no, they were just concentrating on improving their content.

It occured to me that another possible reason they (and nearly everyone else, it seems) are selling off their stock, is because they know of some fabulous new development in tablet technology -- a battery that lasts twice as long and charges in 5 minutes? -- that's being released soon. Anyway, I'm probably being rediculously over optimistic, but I like that idea better than thinking that B&N is going out of the tablet business.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Jd6J0r:
My guess is that BN ordered way too many and have tons in their warehouses. Better to get them out in the market at a loss than have them age in their warehouse, where they will lose even more value when the next gen tablets come out.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You may have hit it there. The whole company is hurting financially now and they may need an infusion of cash from that inventory of stock in the warehouse. And I am not really sure it is at a loss for them.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] View92612:
I see it as a repeat of the HP touchpad fire sale. They know for sure the hardware business is a loss anyway. It is better to minimize the loss by clearing up the inventory and get whatever cash value they can get asap. Google would have done it already if they could make a 9" Nexus tablet with 1920x1280 display for $149 and not lose money. The Nook HD+ would be a tough sell if not for the <$200 price tag to most ordinary non-techie end users. I expect some returns may lead to even cheaper refurbished products once people discover the slow and clunky UI, no sideloading option, no flash by default, and other limitations of the stock software. Likely only fans of the original Nooks who use it only as an e-reader would accept those. But $269 is a very hefty price tag for an e-reader. After this, there is maybe only 0.01% possibility for another Nook tablet made by B&N(actually was made by Foxconn like iPads and iPhones) The new strategy is clearly to focus on contents and let others do hardware. If there would be another Nook tab, B&N needs to find a company that's willing to take over the brand name for whatever it is worth....IMO...not much and unlikely.

UPDATE: Found the following link.. surprising and not looking good:

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2...lisher-main&utm_campaign=twitter#.UbdQIxso6cx

Nook Study is still available for Windows 7 at the moment....
[Nook HD, HD+ General] AKross:
Anyone from Boston need one? I bought 4 with the coupon, ended up using only 3. $145+tax, unopened.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dbrickg:
When I bought some HD+'s a couple of days ago, the salesfolk were pretty actively pushing the extended warranty. So I imagine it's still good. But, personally, I've never understood why anyone would spend money to insure a device for two years when the device itself will be outmoded in 6 months.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] manaskb:
I bought a Nook HD 8 GB for USD 129, NO coupon code needed. HD+ is also on sale at USD149. B&N is running a Fathers Day sale this week, same price on B&N website.

At 129, this is a great value.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] docinthebox:
Best Buy $179 32gb hd+

Just walked in to Best Buy last week and they had the hd+ 16gb for $149 and the hd+ 32gb for $179. Like it was their regular price. I was shopping for a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, but the difference in price was just too tempting. Got the hd+ 32gb and am very happy with it, and with the $400 I saved by passing on the Samsung.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bpaulien:
I just got the HD for my wife at Best Buy for $130.00. Would have gotten it at B&N but I had a gift card for Best Buy so went with that. I'm very happy with my HD+, but my wife really likes the size /weight of the HD so I got her that.

You can be sure that this weekend that sucker will have CM10.1 on emmc like mine has. (I asked her, she said she would like that better than stock)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Anyone know if any of the membership codes or coupons will work now that the walk in price is what it is?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tube517:
My local B&N was sold out of the $149 HD+

They had some $129 HD left. Tempting and they close at 9 pm so I have 4+ hours to decide :p
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Try Target and Best Buy.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jpisini:
My wife picked me up a 16gb HD+ I am looking forward to playing with it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alpha-niner64:
I just bought in on the 32GB HD+ model. Reading my textbooks is a huge difference over my Nexus 7. The 16:10 resolution and screen size really makes this feel like a tablet: unlike the Nexus 7. Gonna give it a test run on the stock ROM before I dig in. I got mines at my local Target and there was tons of HD+ and HD left over.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcord11758:
looks like this sale is extending which in my experience means the device will shortly be discontinued but on the positive side there will be allot of new users such as myself and hopefully it will breed a healthy continuing development community.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sprof:
Just picked up a HD+ at Target yesterday for the family for 149 and took advantage of the 5% discount with the Red card. I like the idea of the child profiles. It keeps the kids out of trouble. What I don't like is that my wife and I share the same passcode. It would be a perfect tablet for us if we had different passcodes.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lionking2k:
I bought one HD+ for the Mother's Day event, when B&N offered for $179.99. Then on Father's Day they kept dropping it to $149.99 and I ended up buying another one. My wife complained me for buying the same thing twice. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I'm happy with it. What do you guys think? :p