Why does Barnes Noble Offering some of its customers a 100 dollar gift certificate?”
Barnes and Noble continue to mess up their Nook shipments and upset their customers – They are further delaying some Nook orders and those will miss Christmas. Meanwhile the Kindle is in stock and Amazon has added on free 2 day shipping. It’s a disaster for B&N. What’s that I hear about a $100 gift certificate? Well, here’s what’s happened. Customers who had an original ship date of December 11th, are being told that – 1. They might already have their Nook. 2. If their date to receive the Nook was by December 18th, it’s now changed to by December 24th. 3. If their date to receive the Nook was by December 22nd, it’s now changed to by December 24th. That’s not as bad as customers who had an original ship date of December 18th (from official Nook forum) – 1. B&N say most of these customers will receive their Nook by December 24th. 2. ‘Some Customers’ fall into the twilight zone of perhaps getting their Nook by Christmas and perhaps not getting their Nook by Christmas. 3. Customers who mis
Barnes & Noble is working to make up for manufacturing shortcomings. The book-retailing giant is offering customers who preordered the nook an online gift certificate for $100 if the e-reader doesn’t arrive by Dec. 24. Just before Black Friday, Barnes & Noble announced that it had sold out of the first batch of nooks amid high demand — and that new shipments of the nook, which is meant to compete against Amazon’s market-dominant Kindle, won’t be available until after the holidays. Consumers who want to purchase a nook as a holiday gift will receive a certificate that highlights the January availability. The next batch of nooks will ship the week of Jan. 4, according to the company.
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