As I mentioned last week, I placed an order for a new Canon SD700. Despite Amazon reporting the vendor was in stock, they were apparently backordered, which was a very frustrating email to receive, by the way. So I decided to poke around online, see if I could find another option. Turns out in the 2 days between ordering and getting confirmation, the Amazon price shot from ~$360 to ~$420)!
I went to Google, and searched for “SD700” (pictured on the right) and saw a result from “bestpricecameras” (not linking to them, you’ll see why shortly) at $309! Wow, good deal. Did another search on Cnet, nothing better.
So, I visited that site and rather than click through, I called their order number. While on hold, I went to do a bit more research.
I googled “bestpricecameras.com review” and did a little poking around. I eventually clicked on this link and read enough scathing reviews to hang up, and wait for trusty Amazon to deliver.
As the sayings go…
Better late than never
and
If it seems too good (or too cheap) to be true, it probably is.
Thankfully I didn’t lose my $309 along the way.
Any reason why you wouldn’t search on FROOGLE.com? Brings back better hits for product sellers, and then can be simply organized by price.
I ALWAYS do a quick check at reseller ratings, before buying from vendors that I am not used to. there are some sneaky blokes out there who will do all the old tricks in the book.
Here’s a QUICK DEAL on this puppy. From DELL
this deal with end in about two hours, my guess
I got my sd700 from them, it took about five days to get it though.
some people have longer times, but this is a nice deal
make it sweeter with a 25$ off 150$ coupon from ebay, for about 2.00$
Dell Home has the new Canon PowerShot SD700 IS 6MP Digital Camera for $499 – 25% off code X0$DCLK7727W9L [Exp 9/1, 600] = $374 with free shipping.
this deal will end in about two hours.
I have heard that amazon has been troublesome when ordering digital cameras. I have always had better luck with Abes of Maine or a more specialized camera store.