Camera - I want a digital camera
Dec. 12th, 2004 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ambericaThere was this thing at CompUSA yesterday morning from 7-9 am for employees of Veritas, where we could get cost + 7% on lots of big ticket items, so I did some checking around online for what kind of camera I would get if the price is right (I like the looks of the Canon PowerShot A85), and got some price quotes from Froogle and Pricewatch.com. When I went to CompUSA yesterday morning though, the special price was likt $259 down from regular $279!!!!!
OK, When I was browsing prices online, I found the SAME exact camera BRAND NEW for $195! WTF?! lol - I'm just SO glad I checked around first, so I didn't just give in and buy it thinking I was getting a good deal. The more I think about it, the more I actually think I am just going to do all my shopping for things like this online. I can usually find much better deals, and I get a great variety of choices, too.
Hell, I just got a new printer cartridge for $13.99 thru Amazon! And it is brand new, actual HP (not a copycat), and the expiration date is not until August of 2005, which is still pretty dang good. Especially since I usually pay around $30 for the same cartridge from a store (if I'm lucky and get a good sale!)
So yeah, I'm all about the internet shopping now. I wasn't really AGAINST it before, but I also wasn't too big into it, and now I think this camera experience has really changed my thinking a lot. However, since I am just now beginning to pay off the debt I built up during my move, I am going to wait on buying it for a while longer.
Yay for Amazon, Pricewatch and Froogle! (and all the others, too!)
OK, When I was browsing prices online, I found the SAME exact camera BRAND NEW for $195! WTF?! lol - I'm just SO glad I checked around first, so I didn't just give in and buy it thinking I was getting a good deal. The more I think about it, the more I actually think I am just going to do all my shopping for things like this online. I can usually find much better deals, and I get a great variety of choices, too.
Hell, I just got a new printer cartridge for $13.99 thru Amazon! And it is brand new, actual HP (not a copycat), and the expiration date is not until August of 2005, which is still pretty dang good. Especially since I usually pay around $30 for the same cartridge from a store (if I'm lucky and get a good sale!)
So yeah, I'm all about the internet shopping now. I wasn't really AGAINST it before, but I also wasn't too big into it, and now I think this camera experience has really changed my thinking a lot. However, since I am just now beginning to pay off the debt I built up during my move, I am going to wait on buying it for a while longer.
Yay for Amazon, Pricewatch and Froogle! (and all the others, too!)
