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I'm a backer of the Pebble Time 2. I got my refund, so I went to Best Buy (Canada) to pick up a Pebble 2. But they refused to sell me one even though they had some in stock. Super pissed. My original pebble is basically dead with the glitching issue, so now I'm SOL.

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But they refused to sell me one even though they had some in stock.

Why would they do that?

Warranty reasons perhaps?

They didn't let you buy the item for which there will no longer be updates or warranty support. Why would you be angry?

It sounds like the poster was angry because Best Buy wouldn't let the poster exchange their money for the watch that Best Buy had in stock. I can understand that, it would be pretty annoying to go to a store, they have something in stock, but won't sell it to you.

That sounds like most normal Best Buy / Office Depot / Microcenter deals.

Because he told the store that he didn't care and just wanted the hardware.

Which is a perfectly valid and understandable viewpoint.

As is the store's viewpoint that no matter what is said now, the average consumer (not GP poster) is an asshole and will try to bring their purchase back a week from now citing all of the problems that they just said would not be a problem.

In Germany, they sometimes sell you stuff for much cheaper, especially display items, if you let go of the warranty by having a stamp on your invoice. I bought a 1440p display from Media Markt around 120 Euros, which was normally sold for 240.

Same here. Despite the fact it may no longer be supported I wanted one because there is nothing else in the market I want to buy to replace my Fitbit. With Amazon it costs a zillion to ship here in Italy and the only seller that ships has it white which is a problem for somebody that almost solely wears black clothes... On Ebay they started to sell it like if it was a greek repert of 500 AC. Too bad.

I'm thinking of trying to get a Pebble Time Steel now; I have a Time and had backed the Time 2. So far it seems very difficult to find a new one in Canada. I wonder what is going to happen to all that Bestbuy stock.

From my experience, fixing the glitching issue is relatively easy. Took me about 5 minutes last time. I did it twice already. Only 4 screws have to be removed. Check youtube for tutorials.

You can still find them online. I ordered one off Amazon after the acquisition.

Amazon.ca doesn't have the Pebble 2, and amazon.com won't ship the Pebble 2 to Canada.

FYI, I was able to add the Pebble 2 to my cart and get to the order confirmation page (I didn't click confirm though; still deciding if I want to buy it).

I added it to my cart from this page: https://www.amazon.com/Pebble-Heart-Smart-Watch-Black/dp/B01... (the white one)

Thanks! I tried pretty much all of the sellers for the black watch, but none of them would ship to me. This one did. Not my preferred colour, but oh well.

The white one is directly from Amazon, so I suspect that's why they sell to Canada.

So was the black one the first time I tried.

Try Target, the one in my area still has them on the shelf.

Best Buy had an exclusive on the Pebble 2 in Canada, so no other retailers has them.

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