Almost got taken yesterday by Best Buy's deceptive and dishonest pricing practices. Wandering through doing my Christmas shopping I noticed large signs saying the Linksys 802.11g wireless router was "on sale" for only $49.99! That seemed like a great prices as this normally sells for about $8 more than that.
I picked one up along with my other items (DVDs, CDs, etc.) and headed for the cash register. At the end of the transaction it seemed like I'd spent more than I should so I went back over the receipt. The actual cost of teh router was $69.99 ($15 more than I would pay on Amazon or at CompUSA). The $49.99 price was "after mail-in rebate."
Admittedly, if I bent down and looked VERY closely at the shelf tag the $69.99 price was displayed in fine print above the much larger $49.99 price. None of the "sale" tags mentioned the higher price.
I wonder how many people actually get those rebates? How many people don't even notice the stupid things, think they are getting a good deal, and wind up paying MORE than they would at an honest store?
Okay, rant is done. Thanks for listening.
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