>The only cheap thing that Amazon offers is fast shipping for low-cost products, e.g. buying a $3 cable and getting it shipped for free the next day (assuming y

>The only cheap thing that Amazon offers is fast shipping for low-cost products, e.g. buying a $3 cable and getting it shipped for free the next day (assuming you have Prime). But for anything above $50-$100, Amazon is almost always the more expensive option. Where electronics are concerned, for years I would go to Best Buy to look at merchandise first-hand, then go home and buy it from Amazon, because Amazon was almost always significantly cheaper (especially before they started collecting sales tax). Now it's the opposite. I use Amazon to find products, read reviews, etc., and then I go to Best Buy's website to order it. It's almost always the same price or lower at Best Buy, and since I happen to have a Best Buy store only five minutes from my house, I can order it and pick it up in under an hour.