On Sat, 8 Jan 2011 08:29:52 -0800, the renowned "Edward Hennessey"
wrote:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 8 Jan 2011 00:15:09 -0600, "ChairMan" wrote:

In m,
Edward Hennessey spewed forth:
In general, Amazon offers some good deals.

But there is a "however" documented by recent
observations that deserves elaboration:

1. The price Amazon offered on one tool was more than 40% higher
than that obtainable at a local big box during the height of the
Xmas
season.
Sure, you have to shop around but the discrepancy was whopping
if you preconceive Amazon as reliably competitive.

I always check several places, including eBay, prior to buying.
What I can't find dirt cheap on eBay, I usually find at decent
prices
on Amazon, from them or their resellers. I buy more books there
than
anything else, though.


2. Amazon sent me an email offering deals on certain tools it
modeled
would be of interest. One tool was already in my shopping cart.
Separately checking the cart showed the tool pegged at
a figure $10 lower than their email offer.

Yeah, prices do vary week to week.

LJ:

Certainly. But there were TWO prices for one item at the very same
time:
a higher one in their "special offer"email and the lower one in my
shopping cart.

Were they both offered by the exact same seller?


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