Today Amazon Will Give You $15 to Use PriceCheck

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Amazon is offering up to a $15 discount on purchases today only for using the company’s PriceCheck mobile app. This is good news for the consumer, but leaves the brick and mortar stores standing out in the cold.

There’s little that brick-and-mortar stores can do to stop this. If they berate people for scanning their products with PriceCheck, they’ll just push them right into Amazon’s clutches
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Modern times = adjustment/changes. Just do not expect etailing to support local tax bases.
 
This is not illegal, but it is in poor taste telling your potential customers to go into the competition's store, look at their products and then get the same product from you, for cheaper.
 
When did shopping around for the best prices become poor taste?

I mean there have been times when I've wished I had a smart phone when in Fry's, or CostCo, or hell anywhere just to see if the sale price really is a good price or if it isn't a sale off MSRP which they never sold at ever.
 
latenite said:
I've been kicked out of a store for using my phone. B&M's really don't like this
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Let me guess, Best Buy? That is the only store I can think of that would be that stupid to do that. Just because you're scanning a price doesn't mean you're going to straight check out.

Now with that in mind, I'm sure you could scan something you already have (that you need more of) or acquire the barcode online and scan that. Save yourself the trip to a B&M in the first place - let's cut out the middle man here.
 
sfsuphysics said:
When did shopping around for the best prices become poor taste?

I mean there have been times when I've wished I had a smart phone when in Fry's, or CostCo, or hell anywhere just to see if the sale price really is a good price or if it isn't a sale off MSRP which they never sold at ever.
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Seriously!
 
Trackr said:
This is not illegal, but it is in poor taste telling your potential customers to go into the competition's store, look at their products and then get the same product from you, for cheaper.
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How's this poor taste? I'm sorry but bargain hunting isn't something that should be looked down upon. I also don't have any love for retail stores either. There's nothing good about them. Not a single thing.

Take for example car parts. I know not everyone here fixes their own cars, but it's something I do to avoid paying thousands. Car parts can get expensive, which only makes the repair even worse. For some reason, every local auto store here wants a lot more money then online stores, and yes you can get parts off Amazon. Some parts can be $100 cheaper then your local store, or even more. Not like the quality is any different.

One other thing I don't like about local stores is how they vary in prices from where you live. You ever noticed that when you're price checking online that they ask for your zip code? There's a reason for this. They adjust prices depending on where you live. If you live in a low income area, the prices will drop, but will go up if you live in a high income area. WHY? What shady shit is this?

Reasons I love dealing with online stores.

#1 No need to drive. Driving is part of the purchase, cause you're burning gas.
#2 No need to waste time. Shopping is something you have to do on your day off, and who wants to do that on their day off?
#3 No need to deal with teenage idiot representatives who know jack about the products they sell.
#4 No need to have someone check my recipe like I'm a thief.
#5 FAR BETTER PRICES.
#6 Far more choices.

Though admittingly I wouldn't want to buy cloths or food online, and possibly other various things I can't think of.

Is buying online hurting your community, due to taxes? Well, yes and no. Yes it is cause I'm not supporting the local stores, and no I'm not because I still get taxed with online purchases. At least here in NJ I am.
 
B&M stores get a lot of hate around here, and some rightly so. They still serve a purpose though. Some things I just need to see or hold in person before buying. Or maybe I just need it right then to fix something (truck), because I planned wrong (forgot to buy an HDMI cable), or just because I'm impatient. B&Ms need to become more like showrooms (where you can still buy there and then) for their online sales.
 
5% off up to $5 and not being stackable makes this a not so good deal.
 
latenite said:
I've been kicked out of a store for using my phone. B&M's really don't like this
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That is just sad.

I am always torn on this issue. I like getting shit cheaper, and online is almost always cheaper, but this is kinda like a giant stomping on all the little local guys that couldn't hope to compete.
 
I was at a store today that had a note on the front door saying they didn't allow "electronic scanning devices" I asked the mgr what that meant and he said barcode/product scanners.

he wouldn't tell me why but I think this may be it
 
DeathPrincess said:
Capitalism? :p
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If you go to ANY electronics store in Manhattan and make any reference to some other place where the price might be lower..

They will sneer at you and defend themselves, as if their higher prices are who they are and you're telling them they're not as good.

It's sad, but this phenomenon has made smart shopping harder.
I miss the old days (before I was alive) where you could tell a store clerk that his price was too high and he'd be embarrassed.
Today, no one tries to win you over. You're there for them. They're not there for you.

That is not what American Capitalism used to be.
 
Meh. This lets me decide whether I'm getting gouged. I have no need to fuck my local stores, but stuff like this lets me know the items that are standard retail markup versus the 400-500 percent markup (e.g. cables).
 
Honestly, your time better be worth very little if you drove all the way out to the store (+gas) and you still want to "save" $5 by buying on Amazon. Hope your one hour and $2 in gas was worth it.

Check their online (if applicable) before you go or don't go.
 
That being said, I do most of my shopping online. However, if I go to the store to buy something it's because I need it right away.
 
vsboxerboy said:
That being said, I do most of my shopping online. However, if I go to the store to buy something it's because I need it right away.
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Yeah, that's the only circumstance when I would go to a store like Best Buy or something (I actually haven't set foot in a BB in probably over half a year). I can tell you right now, Amazon or a similar eTailer is going to be cheaper than BB. It's not even a question.
 
KarsusTG said:
That is just sad.

I am always torn on this issue. I like getting shit cheaper, and online is almost always cheaper, but this is kinda like a giant stomping on all the little local guys that couldn't hope to compete.
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The 'little local guys' have already been stomped out of existence by the big box retailers. If they survived Walmart, Target, etc. they'll survive Amazon. The big box retailers claimed 'it's capitalism' when they came in and offered lower prices to drive out the little local guys, so good luck trying to convince people now that they need to support local business and not shop at Amazon. The big box retailers have trained most people to go for the lowest price no matter the impact on the local community.
 
Ualdayan said:
The 'little local guys' have already been stomped out of existence by the big box retailers. If they survived Walmart, Target, etc. they'll survive Amazon. The big box retailers claimed 'it's capitalism' when they came in and offered lower prices to drive out the little local guys, so good luck trying to convince people now that they need to support local business and not shop at Amazon. The big box retailers have trained most people to go for the lowest price no matter the impact on the local community.
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Well said. There's few "little guys" left to support, you're arguing the choice between Amazons and Walmarts. I like supporting the local mom & pop bakeries and such, but that's more or less all that's left to support locally, the big guys deserve no one's sympathy.
 
 
Trackr said:
If you go to ANY electronics store in Manhattan and make any reference to some other place where the price might be lower..

They will sneer at you and defend themselves, as if their higher prices are who they are and you're telling them they're not as good.

It's sad, but this phenomenon has made smart shopping harder.
I miss the old days (before I was alive) where you could tell a store clerk that his price was too high and he'd be embarrassed.
Today, no one tries to win you over. You're there for them. They're not there for you.

That is not what American Capitalism used to be.
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Well, this is Manhattan you're talking about. Not too many other places in the country can get away with that sort of retail attitude.
 
vsboxerboy said:
Honestly, your time better be worth very little if you drove all the way out to the store (+gas) and you still want to "save" $5 by buying on Amazon. Hope your one hour and $2 in gas was worth it.

Check their online (if applicable) before you go or don't go.
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All the way out? If I'm at a restaurant and, say, Best Buy is on the way home, I might stop in to just walk around. However, when they charge $20 more for the same controller ($60 vs $40), $30+ more for a cable ($30-60 for an HDMI cable versus $3-5), etc... it's nice to know. On the flip side, something like a (console) game I might pick up there. The $5 difference isn't enough to matter.
 
i cant believe people defend b&m stores like best buy. maybe i dont want to pay 80 bux for a hmdi cable that cost 3 bux online.
 
The "little guy" computer store in my town got out of the franchise agreement they were in, went independent, and now two years later they have 3 new locations. Maybe the "little guys" that were killed off by wal-mart and best buy didn't know how to compete? There is a Best Buy not even 500 feet from the store.
 
Ualdayan said:
The 'little local guys' have already been stomped out of existence by the big box retailers. If they survived Walmart, Target, etc. they'll survive Amazon. The big box retailers claimed 'it's capitalism' when they came in and offered lower prices to drive out the little local guys, so good luck trying to convince people now that they need to support local business and not shop at Amazon. The big box retailers have trained most people to go for the lowest price no matter the impact on the local community.
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Unfortunately. If it's online mega-corp vs B&M mega-corp, I could care less about going into their store, scanning prices, and then going online.

But I do feel bad doing it in mom and pop type places. For example, several years back I bought a girlfriend diamond earrings (scmuck, I know! :p ). I went into a local shop, and the guy was really, really nice, showing me different grades, colors, etc and really gave me an education about it. Then after all that, i go to Blue Nile and buy it online. I felt like a huge douche, but at the end of the day I saved nearly $1,000 and even got a higher quality of diamond than I would have been able to at his shop. What else can you do?
 
Damn, I wish I knew about this 2 days ago. The "today" in the title is a little misleading for those who don't check this sub-forum everyday. :(
 
By 2050, white people will be the true minority

And the only 2 places to shop will be Walmart or Amazon.com

1 of these is a fact, the other is probably going to be a fact
 
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