02-02-2003, 11:20 PM
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Executive Editor
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Searching For a Deal?
Since this is a weekend full of saving money, I wanted to remind everyone that Pocket PC Thoughts has partnered with Pricegrabber to give you a resource for finding the best deals all the time. To access it, just click on the SHOP link in the upper left-hand navigation area, use the search box in the upper right, or go to pocketpcthoughts.pricegrabber.com. When you're searcing for low prices, every time you click on a vendor listing to go see their price, the site gets a few cents. It's not much, but it adds up, and we greatly appreciate your support. Thanks!
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02-02-2003, 11:56 PM
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Pontificator
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Pricegrabber is awesome. CNET Shopper.com is another good resource. But sometimes direct vendors like Dell offer the best prices on certain items. I just bought an 18" LCD and got quite a good deal. 
The key to using Pricegrabber though is find the best prices, and then get a more reputable retailer or reseller to match that price. Once I've done my homework, I go to Staples, Amazon, or CDW and get them to match my price as closely as possible. If that fails, I go back and look at the lowest prices and go up a few notches to find larger vendors that come close to the least price. I would much rather pay more through retailers like PC Mall, PC connection, CDW, Amazon, Buy.com, Computers4sure, or eCost than buy from some sneezy outfit like "A to Z computers".
Be sure to research a vendor you are unfamiliar with to see if they are legitimate. Also be weary of prices that are unusually low. Read the fine print, sometimes online retailers will present refurbished hardware as "new". Another thing to watch is the bait and switch tactic. A company will list extremely low prices, and then jack up shipping.
Word to the wise. :wink:
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02-03-2003, 12:19 AM
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Thinker
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Nice. Thanks Foo. 
Another awesome resource is Slickdeals.net, and fatwallet.com.
Also, although I havent tried it, I heard Staples matches any price, internet price too, by 110%. Word to the wise.
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02-03-2003, 02:59 AM
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Theorist
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I never knew this, thanks for posting it. I use PriceGrabber all the time.
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02-03-2003, 07:01 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by Newsboy
I never knew this, thanks for posting it. I use PriceGrabber all the time.
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Hmm...that's a bit distressing.  Any suggestions how we could have made it more obvious to you?
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02-03-2003, 07:04 PM
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Theorist
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Ummm....how about a section on deals and bargains, with an obvious link/tagline at the top of the page by a pricegrabber search box. I often frequent TechBargains.com, and would love to see tech/PPC related deals at PocketPCThoughts. It would give me one less site to frequent.
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02-05-2003, 01:27 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2006
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That's a great idea, Newsboy.
I've often wondered why this site doesn't have a "Great Deals" forum. Considering how much "stuff" there can be to buy for a PPC, a consumer has to watch their pennies. I'd appreciate a forum to help me watch my bottom line. Also, it's a good place to advise where a good deal might not be so good. Often, you will see a great price posted and later discover that shipping is triple what it ought to be or they only have 3 in stock when they posted the deal.
Let's continue to try to watch out for each other. This kind of forum wil continue that trend.
I know the Amish do "barn-raisings". Jason, do we need to come over to your house and do a "forum-raising"? :lol:
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02-05-2003, 06:17 AM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by Newsboy
Ummm....how about a section on deals and bargains, with an obvious link/tagline at the top of the page by a pricegrabber search box. I often frequent TechBargains.com, and would love to see tech/PPC related deals at PocketPCThoughts. It would give me one less site to frequent.
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Can I ask how this would be better than the current method of:
1) Submitting deals to the news@ alias
2) We evaluate
3) We post
4) Everyone gets to see it
Remember that not everyone goes into the forums...I'm not opposed to the idea of creating another forum, but I question the need for it.
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02-05-2003, 12:11 PM
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Theorist
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Here's a deal to get you all in the right spirit...
SanDisk Ultra Compact Flash, 512 MB...$97.33 @ Dell Home, no tax most states, shipped free. (And yes, they're in stock! Just ordered mine, final cost just $97.33 shipped to NY!)
Click the link!
Note: I DON'T recommend jumping on the deals all over the place for the regular SanDisk Compact Flash cards. I tried one in my Kodak MC3 digicam/vidcam/mp3 player...and got an "insufficient data rate" error.
This article has a handy comparison of read/write transfer rates of various manufacturers' Compact Flash Memory cards. Note that the SanDisk Ultra is approaching mid-pack, whereas the SanDisk CF card is at the bottom of the heap. Write performance is becoming more and more important with multi-megapixel cameras. Faster write = less time between shots.
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02-05-2003, 12:28 PM
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Theorist
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Of interest from that article I linked to...the "street price" for the 512 MB SanDisk Ultra CF card has dropped from $500 as of 10/15/2001 to just under $100 less than 18 months later. Ain't progress great!?
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