The Price is Right
I just found a new website on which to waste scads of time. It's called Slickdeals.net, and it's basically a forum filled with people rabid about tracking down every good deal available anywhere. Not only do they talk about great online deals, the kind you find on tons of other sites, but people mention things they've found at brick & mortar stores.
One of the things I've been looking at is getting another universal remote. I picked up a Harmony 720 at Costco last fall and really like it. A week or so prior, I'd noticed that Harmony just came out with a new model, the Harmony One. Unfortunately, it retails for $250, so was out of the running.
Then I noticed a threat on Slickdeals with a title like 'Harmony One - Circuit City price mistake?'. So I gave it a look. Someone had been in their local Circuit City and found a Harmony One priced at $149. He'd noticed that the older Harmony 880 had been marked down to the same price, and was curious as to whether it was just a price mistake. Soon other people had chimed in that they'd visited their own store and found the same thing.
Sarah was with Noah at a baby shower, so Ian and I went for a little roadtrip. We ran down to Circuit City and started looking around. I found a single Harmony One, sitting rather dejectedly on the floor at one of the aisle endcaps. There was no price anywhere nearby, and it looked as though they hadn't quite gotten around to putting it up and pricing it yet. So I grabbed it, found a CSR and asked him to check the price. $149. I asked him if there were any more, but they were out. When the cashier was checking me out, she said, "Did you just call about this?" Apparently someone else had, and they were out of luck.
What's interesting is you can look at eBay and see all the people that probably cashed in on this deal selling their remotes. Several days ago they were commanding a price of around $210, and now they've dipped to around $175 or so.
Onto the next great deal. I got an email flyer from Best Buy and one of the thing they were selling was a Western Digital Passport 250GB 2.5" external hard drive. It was marked down to $99 from $209. That's a great price for a tiny portable drive. Since they said the price was only available online, I ordered it and opted to pick it up in store. I was pressed for time and couldn't wait for the final email telling me it was actually in stock, so I grabbed a printout that had my order number and headed to the store.
When I got there I found out they were out. I'd ordered a black one, though, so I took a look at the shelf to see what was there. They had an identical drive in white, so I brought that one to the register and showed them my printout and they pricematched it for me. I got a pretty good deal.
What's really great is a couple of days later I got an email saying that my original order had been cancelled due to a pricing error, and as an apology they sent me a $15 coupon. Nifty.
One of the things I've been looking at is getting another universal remote. I picked up a Harmony 720 at Costco last fall and really like it. A week or so prior, I'd noticed that Harmony just came out with a new model, the Harmony One. Unfortunately, it retails for $250, so was out of the running.
Then I noticed a threat on Slickdeals with a title like 'Harmony One - Circuit City price mistake?'. So I gave it a look. Someone had been in their local Circuit City and found a Harmony One priced at $149. He'd noticed that the older Harmony 880 had been marked down to the same price, and was curious as to whether it was just a price mistake. Soon other people had chimed in that they'd visited their own store and found the same thing.
Sarah was with Noah at a baby shower, so Ian and I went for a little roadtrip. We ran down to Circuit City and started looking around. I found a single Harmony One, sitting rather dejectedly on the floor at one of the aisle endcaps. There was no price anywhere nearby, and it looked as though they hadn't quite gotten around to putting it up and pricing it yet. So I grabbed it, found a CSR and asked him to check the price. $149. I asked him if there were any more, but they were out. When the cashier was checking me out, she said, "Did you just call about this?" Apparently someone else had, and they were out of luck.
What's interesting is you can look at eBay and see all the people that probably cashed in on this deal selling their remotes. Several days ago they were commanding a price of around $210, and now they've dipped to around $175 or so.
Onto the next great deal. I got an email flyer from Best Buy and one of the thing they were selling was a Western Digital Passport 250GB 2.5" external hard drive. It was marked down to $99 from $209. That's a great price for a tiny portable drive. Since they said the price was only available online, I ordered it and opted to pick it up in store. I was pressed for time and couldn't wait for the final email telling me it was actually in stock, so I grabbed a printout that had my order number and headed to the store.
When I got there I found out they were out. I'd ordered a black one, though, so I took a look at the shelf to see what was there. They had an identical drive in white, so I brought that one to the register and showed them my printout and they pricematched it for me. I got a pretty good deal.
What's really great is a couple of days later I got an email saying that my original order had been cancelled due to a pricing error, and as an apology they sent me a $15 coupon. Nifty.
posted by Gabe at
7:44 AM
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