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Matariki

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9. Not to mention the fact that driving around from store to store sucks.

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)

Wed May 2, 2012, 07:31 PM

May 2012

I'd way rather shop online when feasible. Maybe manufacturers should pool their resources and have showcases for the sort of merchandise that's best viewed in person.

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Target to stop selling Amazon's Kindle devices [View all] sarcasmo May 2012 OP

Kindles can be jail broke.... breaked, breaken.... freed with 2on2u May 2012 #1

Amazon and Ebay are killing the brick and mortar stores. Best Buy should be the next to fall. sarcasmo May 2012 #2

Walmart is fighting back... cynatnite May 2012 #3

I ordered something from Walmart online.. ananda May 2012 #17

Bricks and mortar stores need to adapt or die. Nye Bevan May 2012 #4

They get beat up with price match as well... TedBronson May 2012 #5

How do you adapt if you're brick and mortar? mainer May 2012 #6

They need to be creative. Nye Bevan May 2012 #8

Right on. My lap top cord is 150 at Best Buy, 20 bucks on Ebay. sarcasmo May 2012 #7

Not to mention the fact that driving around from store to store sucks. Matariki May 2012 #9

rooted is what we call it in the android world.. frylock May 2012 #10

Which would make you the root user or superuser.... which 2on2u May 2012 #11

correct on all counts.. frylock May 2012 #14

Any way to permanently root a Kindle Fire so that push 2on2u May 2012 #15

doesn't look like you can, but evidently you can prevent future updates.. frylock May 2012 #16

Meanwhile, paper books can simply be opened. MadHound May 2012 #12

Well said. Louisiana1976 May 2012 #13