[Electronics-Talk] Accessibility of Barnes and Noble for Thursday, April 2, 2020 - Volume 749

Arlene arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 2 16:52:12 UTC 2020 

Marianne, The amazon site is confusing to me, even though I could navigate 
it somewhat. What's the web address for barns and nobble. I'd like to see 
what that site is like. I don't regularly shop online, but possibly some 
things would be good to buy online.

Arlene
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From: "Marianne Haas via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 - Volume 749


>I have had very bad experiences with amazon.  So, I am trying not to use 
>them.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Marianne
>
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> Behalf Of Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk
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> Thursday, April 2, 2020 - Volume 749
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> Marianne,
> Are you trying to purchase something from their site? I'd love to help 
> you, but also want to mention if you are wanting to purchase something, 
> Amazon probably carries it and is very accessible. Let me know.
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk On Behalf Of Marianne Haas via Electronics-Talk
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> appliances' <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Marianne Haas <advocate at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Accessibility of Barnes and Noble for 
> Thursday, April 2, 2020 - Volume 749
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> Good Morning,
> The stores are not open.  So, I went to the barnes and Noble website.  It 
> was difficult to navigate that.  Does anyone have any experience 
> navigating that website?  If anyone wants to work with me, I am willing to 
> write a check.  I can afford about $20 per hour.
>
> Let me know.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Marianne
>
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