Comments on: I Saved $150 on a Samsung 32″ Television by Accident

By: Schwamie

Schwamie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:31:11 +0000

Hope you don’t need anything from Circuit City now that its gone!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:33:17 +0000

Almost the exact same thing happened to me… I bought a Canon Rebel xTi digital camera in June from Circuit City. I had done ridiculous amounts of homework on prices and stores, and narrowed it down to CC because they had $150 off, plus a free digital frame and 10% off any accessories.

By: Sani Moyo

Sani Moyo — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:49:08 +0000

I thought online prices are supposed to be lower anyway because of the lower overhead costs.

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:42:58 +0000

I wanted to buy it in store so I could have it immediately and not fret about where my $800 camera was in shipping, so I went in to the one closest to me that night. Saw the camera, but it wasn’t the right price! I asked what the deal was, and found out that I would have to technically order it online and have it “shipped to the store” (where, in fact, I was just bringing it to the register) in order to get the great deal.

Luckily, the store associates allowed me to order the camera from the store’s computer so I didn’t have to go home and go back to the store.

What a pain, though! You’d think they’d just automatically update the prices in the store when they went on special online. Something tells me it wouldn’t be all that complicated.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:25:25 +0000

Funny, a week ago, I bought the same model (Samsung 32″ 1080p version 550) for the same price… went back and forth a bit but ended up getting it at Best Buy. It’s my 2nd HDTV, this one’s for the bedroom. :-) Checked today and Circuit City raised the price. Before buying I checked with Consumer Reports… looks like a good deal on a good set. I’m happy with it so far.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:48:35 +0000

I got my 30″ TV from a dumpster :) Of course, it’s not flat panel :( but still, quite the bargain

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:40:15 +0000

Manufacturer’s warranty, I don’t care is Circuit City stays in business.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:37:30 +0000

Circuit City….rumors are they might not make it, be careful with that warranty ;)

By: dogatemyfinances

dogatemyfinances — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:03:44 +0000

I bought my TV on Amazon. It was shipped to me, and they have everything. Plus, no taxes.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:50:58 +0000

I like Circuit City better than Best Buy.

By: Rich Credit Debt Loan

Rich Credit Debt Loan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:10:29 +0000

I would have bought the Sony XBR… Then again I have a 61″ Sony in my living room and am extraordinaryly happy. Sony make the best Tvs. Watching the Sox in game 6 of league championship series at the exact moment.

By: Happy Steve

Happy Steve — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:52:43 +0000

And don’t forget that Circuit City has an awesome Price Guarantee. If you see the price of that TV go down within 30 days of purchase, you just show up with just the receipt and they’ll refund the difference back to your credit card. Easy peasy.

My favorite site for this is PriceProtectr.com which will automatically keep track of that for free. They’ll track and email you as soon as the price goes down.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:30:27 +0000

I was aware of this. Pretty good trick of Best Buys ;-)/

By: kosmo

kosmo — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:25:21 +0000

If you’re not fond of Circuit City’s policy, are you aware of this Best Buy practice from a few years back? They had store computers set up to show a fake Bestbuy.com web site – with higher prices than the real web site! While Circuit City was guilty of a sin of omission, Best Buy was guilty of a sin of commission :)

http://newsroom-l.net/newsroom/?p=149

By: AFY

AFY — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:49:50 +0000

The most amusing thing about this story is that Circuit City does indeed have a ‘buy online, pick up in store’ policy. Their gimmick is that it’ll be ready in 24 minutes or you’ll get a $24 gift card, to boot.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:04:40 +0000

I had my smart phone (Treo 700P) with me, but it’s hard to search a lot of websites when the pages are 200K.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:53:55 +0000

This is exaclt why I got a smart phone. Whenever I am making a purchase in store, I look up the product online to see what prices I can get.

If the price is cheaper online from that same store, I can order it online while still at the store and pick it up right there too.

If I can find it significantly cheaper from a different store, the I just ask a salesperson or a manager if they are willing to match the price (almost never happens) or at least come close to that price (the cost of shipping, and the convenience of having the product now rather than waiting for it to come to me is something I am willing to pay for sometimes)

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:14:20 +0000

Why not? Are you saying it’s a good business practice to make your customer (who is ready to buy), leave the store, go home, order it online and then come back to pick it up?

A store that does that simply isn’t treating it’s customers well.

By: Solomon@ThingsI'mGratefulFor

Solomon@ThingsI'mGratefulFor — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:03:12 +0000

The problem with having the same prices in store as online is the added overhead of employing someone to deal with the product when it comes into the shop. People want cheaper prices (online) with the convenience of being able to see and fiddle with the product before buying (stores).

“You can’t have your cake and eat it”.