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OK, so I can be kind of behind the times and miss some stuff everybody else knows about. Just in case somebody else hasn’t figured this out, let me share my buying experience from a few minutes ago.
I decided to get the Epson 3200 Pro scanner. (Hear that Nancy! I made a decision!) I’d Googled for stores that carried it and found one that had it for about the same price as a Costco online sale I missed. (That’s what sometimes happens when you think too long before buying.) But, I was on my laptop, and I had to print a rebate coupon, so I didn’t buy right then.
I moved into my den to use the big computer and printer, I went to the store site, did a search for the scanner, and the price on the page was $85 higher than what it had been 5 minutes earlier!!!! Well, heck, I sure wasn’t going to pay THAT much more, so after much snarling and gnashing of teeth, I went back to the Google price comparison site to look again. Ah ha!!! I found the page with the lower price, and at the top was a banner clearly saying that prices were lower for shoppers who accessed through C-net.
So, the moral of this story is… If you’re going to make a major online purchase, take a look to see if there’s a discount offered for accessing through one of the price comparison sites. Between the $85 difference in price on the two listings for the same item and the $15 coupon I found on dealmac for first time customers of that particular store, I saved $100. Cash. On the barrelhead. The rebate is in addition to that.
I was amazed, and I decided to pass this along to the – maybe – one person besides me who didn’t know about this little detail.
I’m now commited to the Epson 3200 Pro, and it should be here in a couple of days. After all the time and energy I put into making this decision, let’s hope I’m happy.
I decided to get the Epson 3200 Pro scanner. (Hear that Nancy! I made a decision!) I’d Googled for stores that carried it and found one that had it for about the same price as a Costco online sale I missed. (That’s what sometimes happens when you think too long before buying.) But, I was on my laptop, and I had to print a rebate coupon, so I didn’t buy right then.
I moved into my den to use the big computer and printer, I went to the store site, did a search for the scanner, and the price on the page was $85 higher than what it had been 5 minutes earlier!!!! Well, heck, I sure wasn’t going to pay THAT much more, so after much snarling and gnashing of teeth, I went back to the Google price comparison site to look again. Ah ha!!! I found the page with the lower price, and at the top was a banner clearly saying that prices were lower for shoppers who accessed through C-net.
So, the moral of this story is… If you’re going to make a major online purchase, take a look to see if there’s a discount offered for accessing through one of the price comparison sites. Between the $85 difference in price on the two listings for the same item and the $15 coupon I found on dealmac for first time customers of that particular store, I saved $100. Cash. On the barrelhead. The rebate is in addition to that.
I was amazed, and I decided to pass this along to the – maybe – one person besides me who didn’t know about this little detail.
I’m now commited to the Epson 3200 Pro, and it should be here in a couple of days. After all the time and energy I put into making this decision, let’s hope I’m happy.
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