PNY 2GB SD $49.99 AR + tax/shipping

stigmata · 03-07-06, 01:25 AM

[url]http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4755929?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG[/url]

A PNY 2GB Secure Digital card, $69.99 with a $20 rebate. $6.37 tax for me in CA. I'm in San Jose, and Two Day Shipping was only 30 cents more than Ground shipping, so I got that for $7.21 for a total of $83.57.

03-07-06, 01:46 AM

Dang, I just ordered the exact same one from newegg a couple days ago for $65 with $5 shipping.

0gopogo · 03-07-06, 01:53 AM

No big deal; so you paid $70 shipped; he payed $84 shipped and will have to wait months to get his $20 rebate back. Not to mention the time and effort needed to get the rebate form on its way. Despite the bottom line $6 price difference I think you got the better deal ;).

stigmata · 03-07-06, 01:56 AM

It's all about how much time you're willing to wait for your money back. I myself tend to forget about rebates after I've sent them out and I makedo without them; when they do finally come, I'm not expecting it, and it feels like finding free money. :laugh:

03-07-06, 02:01 AM

[QUOTE=0gopogo]No big deal; so you paid $70 shipped; he payed $84 shipped and will have to wait months to get his $20 rebate back. Not to mention the time and effort needed to get the rebate form on its way. Despite the bottom line $6 price difference I think you got the better deal ;).[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I started doing the math and it didn't come out that different. It was the almost $7 in tax that got him though.

I just checked newegg and they're out of them. :lol:

0gopogo · 03-07-06, 02:27 AM

Right. Many customers seem to forget that sales tax applies to the price [i]before[/i] the rebate. And the shipping got him, too, considering that newegg usually get your orders to you in three days or less for $4.81.

falerus · 03-07-06, 02:36 AM

you guys realize that since he is in CA, newegg would charge tax, thus leading to a total of ~$75 with shipping, so the outpost deal is definitely worth it. besides, i must have done at least $400 in rebates last year and i've gotten every single one.

anyways my point is if you live in a state where newegg charges tax the outpost deal is better. newegg is sold out anyways :cheers:

03-07-06, 10:46 AM

Nice. Thanks for the heads up on a good deal.

Pocketbrain · 03-07-06, 11:16 AM

It's like stigmata said, don't order the things expecting to get the rebate. Compare prices prior to rebates. Congratulations to anybody who has had no rebate troubles in the past, but I have had them. Basically, they don't have to honor their rebate if they don't want to. More than once, I have sent in the rebate, with all the paperwork, receipts, and UPC's they asked for, and gotten a note that I had left something out. "Your rebate request was incomplete. Please include original UPC from the box." I can't send it to you, you guys already have it. "Please include original UPC from the box." YOU HAVE IT ALREADY, ALL I CAN DO IS SEND YOU THE BOX WITH THE CUT-OUT AREA ON IT WHERE THE UPC USED TO BE!!!" <climbing up a clock-tower with high-powered rifle in hand...>
[B]AAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHH!!! TAKE THAT!!! AND THAT!!! AND THAT!!!
[SIZE="5"]SERENITY NOW!!!!!!![/SIZE][/B]

Brian_The_Jedi · 03-07-06, 01:54 PM

[QUOTE=stigmata][url]http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4755929?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG[/url]

A PNY 2GB Secure Digital card, $69.99 with a $20 rebate. $6.37 tax for me in CA. I'm in San Jose, and Two Day Shipping was only 30 cents more than Ground shipping, so I got that for $7.21 for a total of $83.57.[/QUOTE]

Your in San Jose and you didn't just drive to one of the 4 Fry's stores near you and save the shipping? Silly...

stigmata · 03-07-06, 03:59 PM

It was $10 more in store.