Amazon.com ripping off people

[bipolarbear]

I resisted that one, alas, I am mistaken.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper


*gives in to temptation*

Being tired about it isn't going to solve any problems, MrFun.

*scampers out of thread*

ha ha

[bipolarbear]

Yeah, Ted. Nearly same thing happened to me today. I wanted to buy two games so I compared prices on Amazon and Frys sites.

What games?

Fry's rules btw.

[Barinthus]

Guild Wars and Pirates! Yep love Frys even if their customer service sucks

[Ted Striker]

Fry's always has hot asian chicks working there.

[bipolarbear]

I like Fry's becasue the stroes are so huge and have a much better selction than Circuit City. I wish we had one here in Mother Russia.

I will admit the Customer Service does suck.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Barinthus
Yeah, Ted. Nearly same thing happened to me today. I wanted to buy two games so I compared prices on Amazon and Frys sites.

I don't remember exact numbers but basically it was like this:

Before S&H:

Amazon - $95
Fry's - $70

After S&H

Amazon - $97
Fry's - $95

Hmm, that's odd. I'm getting:

Amazon: Guild Wars + Pirates! = $91.48 + $5.97 S&H = $97.45
Fry's: Guild Wars + Pirates! = $79.76 + $4.83 (Starting price) S&H = $84.59 + Sales tax for Nevada ( )

Perhaps Fry's is charging you (out the ass) a state sales tax as well:

Please note that we charge sales tax for AZ, CA, CT, GA, OH, TX, NV,WA, IL and IN.

[Dis]

buying over the internet sucks. I only buy over the internet when I can't find it in the real world.

I recently bought the game Aracanum over amazon.com. I paid $20 for it.

anyone want to check and see if they get a better price for it?

this is only the second time I bought something on amazon.com. The other time was Baldur's Gate: The original saga. I may have been using Internet Explorer back then, I'm not sure.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Dissident
buying over the internet sucks. I only buy over the internet when I can't find it in the real world.

But buying online saves a lot of money

[Ted Striker]

I usually get a better price online but mainly it saves me alot of time.

I can't stand going shopping anymore. Life just goes too fast.

[Sikander]

I like CNET's price comparison tool. I've saved a lot of money over retail. Retail stores only allow me a chance to actually hold the product before I decide to buy it. The people who work at them are almost uniformly idiotic when it comes to having any useful information about the product. Again the web beats the hell out of retail by allowing you to find useful, pertinent and truthful information about the product.

[Urban Ranger]

Most American consumers don't realize Internet merchants and even traditional retailers sometimes charge different prices to different customers for the same products, according to a new survey.

[emphasis added]

That happens all the time. If you are a regular customer you get preferential treatment.

[Kuciwalker]

Except an example in the article showed how a regular customer got charged more.

[Timexwatch]

If anyone is worried, then go to a brick and mortar store and pick the damn thing up yourself. They can't preferentially price that well in person.

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
I usually get a better price online but mainly it saves me alot of time.

I can't stand going shopping anymore. Life just goes too fast.

but... but... doesn't those hot asian chicks at Fry's make it your time worthwhile???