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Having received an email with coupon code yesterday, I was kind of gung-ho on
getting a good deal with an online purchase. But after clicking around for a
long time, here's what I encountered .There are three ways to save:
-coupon discounts, instant discounts and mail-in rebates
-free shipping
-free upgrades
Right now, mostly everybody gets a base $50 reduction. But generally, if you
get one of the above 3 savings, another is taken away. For example, if you get
a 20% discount off a low-end $400 machine, then you have to pay $79 for
shipping. But if you get free shipping there is no discount, no upgrades. If
you get double memory thrown in, no free shipping. It's like a shell game.
Then there's a numbers game: e.g., if you pay shipping, it's $79,. But if you
get free shipping, it's listed as $99. If a monitor is not included, it's $75
to add one. But drop an monitor already included in the package, and you save
only $50.
Does that characterization seem right? Will there be times when sales are
better than average, sales worth waiting for?
Having received an email with coupon code yesterday, I was kind of gung-ho on
getting a good deal with an online purchase. But after clicking around for a
long time, here's what I encountered .There are three ways to save:
-coupon discounts, instant discounts and mail-in rebates
-free shipping
-free upgrades
Right now, mostly everybody gets a base $50 reduction. But generally, if you
get one of the above 3 savings, another is taken away. For example, if you get
a 20% discount off a low-end $400 machine, then you have to pay $79 for
shipping. But if you get free shipping there is no discount, no upgrades. If
you get double memory thrown in, no free shipping. It's like a shell game.
Then there's a numbers game: e.g., if you pay shipping, it's $79,. But if you
get free shipping, it's listed as $99. If a monitor is not included, it's $75
to add one. But drop an monitor already included in the package, and you save
only $50.
Does that characterization seem right? Will there be times when sales are
better than average, sales worth waiting for?