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Interestingly, Electronics are the area where I'd recently noticed Amazon was least competitive. I stopped by the local Microcenter (which is, incidentally, ha
by grandalf 10y ago
Interestingly, Electronics are the area where I'd recently noticed Amazon was least competitive.
I stopped by the local Microcenter (which is, incidentally, has a nice assortment of hobby-oriented electronics items for sale) and they beat Amazon's price on a Samsung EVO SSD by over $20. Since they price match, I got a $3 discount on one of the other pieces of hardware I bought that day.
All in all, the time I spent driving there likely make the savings irrelevant, but I was surprised that they were so much more aggressive on the SSD pricing.
- MekaiGS 10y agoCompletely the opposite for me in Canada, PC parts are now somehow 20-30 bucks cheaper when ordering from Amazon than the local retailers (NCIX/CandaComputers etc)
- grandalf 10y agoInteresting. When the guy ringing up the order at Microcenter mentioned that they price match Amazon, I felt stupid even checking the price on my phone, but sure enough it was $20 more. I hadn't thought it possible that Amazon could sustain that large a price premium on a relatively hot item. I suppose this bias is why Amazon could get away with it. On the other hand, Microcenter might be selling it at cost to provoke exactly the reaction that I had (telling others about it).
- candiodari 10y agoDo they tax scam ? New stuff on ebay is usually cheaper because they cheat taxes, especially in Europe.