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    Image of LVP LVP
    12/07/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    This deal looked good to me, even got me in the store. Then I found out it's only on 46" and up screens.

    I'm looking for a 40".
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    12/07/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    If I ever saw a TV at BB marked at MSRP, I'd slap the nearest sales person and tell them they didn't make the fake price high enough...
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    We agree with all the comments saying using MSRP is "normal" for calculating the "savings."

    There has to be a basis used...the MSRP is the only one that is "standard" across all the stores.

    However, who really cares what the "savings" really are? What is important is the price one has to pay.

    Why? Unless one is buying to resell at a profit, the "savings" are irrelevant. Buy what you can afford...OK, what you can afford at the best price.

    Wait...how do we know if we are getting the "best" price? What do they "normally" sell it at?

    Ahh..I guess this is why we are still interns...
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    Free PS3, game and movie with purchase of normal price TV? Now I'm no huge fan of Sony, but even if you find a cheaper 46" inch and buy the extras seperate, it would probably cost about the same. And you would have a Sony vs a Westinghouse.

    Then again the only Sony product I bought in years is the reader, and while I like the product the support for it terrible, so my ideal bundle would be a Samsung, Xbox 360, and $150 bluray player.
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    12/07/09

    @thechansen: I don't think HD Guru or Jack Loftus are saying that the deal is bad and that you shouldn't go for it - they are just catching Best Buy in a lie. That's sort of the entire POINT of a free press. I keep seeing comments on this article to the same general point that you are making, that "it's still a good deal, so why complain?" but the fact is that Best Buy is misleading consumers and it's the job of the media (HD Guru, Giz, etc) to point that out and make sure people know.

    In my particular case, if I were in the market for an HD TV, I would probably jump at the $1100 savings deal, but I'd be much less interested in the actual deal they quote up there because it's only saving me around $50, which I could surely make up by shopping somewhere other than Best Buy, since they are already higher priced than many other retailers. Since I don't care about owning a PS3, really, the deal quoted in this article doesn't appeal to me.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    Using Bing Cashback, 15% on walmart.com, I just picked up a 120GB slim PS3 with an extra controller, Bluray remote, arkham asylum, infamous and the dark knight movie for $313 bucks plus some tax and free shipping with site to store.
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    12/06/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I dont see the 15% anymore.. it was until Cybermonday
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    Image of Cheesus Crust Cheesus Crust
    12/06/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: The one you are referring is $370, I got it at BF.
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    12/06/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Whoa, I had no idea cashback existed! Thanks for posting this. I'm looking to buy my first tower PC soon and this'll come in handy!
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    12/06/09

    @Cheesus Crust: Yeah it was $369 but with the 15% cashback it was $313
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    12/06/09

    @bpbp1002: Actually, it's up to 20% now.

    [www.bing.com]

    Click the very first link at the top.
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    12/06/09

    @Rejexted: Yeah, it's great. I was skeptical at first because it works only if you go through Bing's website to get to those sites. But once you are on the sites, there's no notification that you got the cashback. Bing says it takes 1-2 days to update your Bing account to reflect your savings so I took a shot and hoped it would work. After a few hours I got an email and the savings did indeed show up in my Bing cashback account. Also, for some reason, if you go to the bing.com/cashback site and look for participating retailers, some of the more reputable stores don't seem to show up (Walmart and Dell for example). But if you type in Dell cashback or walmart cashback in the bing search field, one of the sponsored links will get you there fine. Dell is 20% and walmart just changed from 15 to 20% as well.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    I always see if I can find out what the Minimum Advertised Price is for an item- MAP means way more than MSRP on anything.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    Of *COURSE* they're going to be overpriced prices - it's Sony!
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    12/06/09

    @dragon:ONE: Of *COURSE* they're going to be overpriced prices - it's Best Buy!

    Fixed.
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    12/06/09

    @Archangel1596: Let's combine the two: it's Sony and Best Buy.
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    Image of Shawn Barney Shawn Barney
    12/06/09

    @dragon:ONE: You may be right, but its worse in Canada. Most stuff in general is 300 dollars less (ex. KDL-52V5100 is selling here at Future Shop - owned by BB - for 1799.99) however I bought my last two HDTVs (both Sony's) for amazing prices off Amazon; got one 50% off and the other 37%, not too bad but when you factor in our high dollar its a pretty good stinking deal ;).
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    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    MSRP: No other four letters have such foul play chronically associated with them
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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I have never understood how "You Are Being Robbed" translates to the letters M S R P.
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    12/06/09

    @Monty: MSRP = Multiple Stores Robbing People
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    Image of Robby Kellogg Robby Kellogg
    12/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Don't forget Bose.
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    12/07/09

    @Robby Kellogg: "You can get surround sound from these two tiny speakers."

    HA!
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    Image of flipnkraut flipnkraut
    12/06/09

    In reply to A Number of Best Buy's PlayStation 3/HDTV "Deals" Are Iffy
    So what? The way I see it, I'm buying a TV at retail, and getting a PS3, a game and a bluray for free. Thats a deal in my book.
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    Image of RipRapRob RipRapRob
    12/06/09

    @flipnkraut: It might be a deal for you, but it's not the deal Best Buy are claiming it to be.

    While you might see it as getting a part of the package for free, you are not getting the $410 savings on the TV as advertised.

    And if you can't see that is a problem you are part of the reason Best Buy thinks they can get away with something like this.
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    12/06/09

    @RipRapRob: It's being sold as a bundle. If the cost of the bundle is less than if you were to buy each item individually, its a deal.

    Would it please you if instead of how they worded it to say buy this TV at retail and get a PS3, Bluray, and Ps3 game for free? Because that's pretty much whats going on with this.
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    12/07/09

    @flipnkraut: Yes, it's A deal but it's not THE deal they are making it out to be. If you can't see the difference, I can't help you.
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/30/09

    In reply to "Hammer, Hammer" Says Frankenstein As He Smashes TVs In a Target
    I've seen the TVs they try to sell at Target. This man is a hero.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to "Hammer, Hammer" Says Frankenstein As He Smashes TVs In a Target
    On Black Friday, I went to Best Buy to pick up Zack and Miri make a Porno. I also whipped out my TV-B-Gone and attacked their wall of TVs. They looked so confused, and I decided to stop before they kicked me out and I couldn't get my DVD.
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    12/01/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid: Have you noticed how all the newer DVDs of that leave out "make a porno"?
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    12/01/09

    @amābō tē?「Tayler」: Mine says it, and was 3.99. I'm very happy.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to "Hammer, Hammer" Says Frankenstein As He Smashes TVs In a Target
    That very first sentence makes me wonder how this happened. A CHICAGO man walked into a MINNESOTA Target. If he wasn't competent enough to know that BREAK STORE BAD! then I wonder if someone brought him there?
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    11/30/09

    In reply to "Hammer, Hammer" Says Frankenstein As He Smashes TVs In a Target
    Ironically, his parachute pants attracted no attention.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to "Hammer, Hammer" Says Frankenstein As He Smashes TVs In a Target
    Frankenstein would probably be the only one saying, "Please taze me bro."
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    11/27/09

    In reply to Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need
    Next year, you guys need to put this stuff in a spreadsheet...
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