Comments on: Getting The Best HDTV Price

By: Best Buy Continues Its Schizo Price Strategy + Next Week’s Best HDTV Deals Revealed » HDGURU.Com

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:43:07 +0000

[...] You should use the HD Guru Pricegrabber search box (located on the left side column of this page under “Check Prices” or LINK) to get the best “online” deals and/or use Best Buy’s on-line blowout prices to help you get a better price from your local retailer, if that’s from whom you choose to buy. For tips on how to negotiate like a pro, go to our article here (LINK). [...]

By: P.J.Zornosa

P.J.Zornosa — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:10:07 +0000

Not ALL sales persons are hell bent on what makes them the most amount of money. Some actually DO lnow their products and make a sincere attempt to make the best recommendation for the customer. It is as much an art as a science. (For someone who has never ’sold” anything, they thin it is “easy”.

A true professional will recommend what in their professional experience and determining what the customer’s needs are will make a suitable recommendation which may change the value proposition. The key is to find the right salesperson.

If you go into a MCDonald’s and offer less than the going price for Big Mac please tell me that they’ll allow you to “haggle” over the price.

Cheesh. Everyone deserves to make a living. Plus, Video as a category characteristically has a very low profit margin ANYWAY!

By: G--

G-- — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:20:17 +0000

All you sales people mad because people shop for the best price and “waste your time,” do you go to your local auto dealership and pay sticker price? I don’t either.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:43:24 +0000

dschiavone: I don’t need installation. I don’t need setup of a HDTV or “surround”. I’ll be unique and do it myself.

Processor HDMI out -> cable in -> HDMI HDTV slot. Repeat for processor to source.
Speaker out to speaker terminal. + red / – black.

Now, if you own what I have, you couldn’t set it up. Lexicon MC-12 Balanced, Sony BDP-5000, DVDO VP50Pro, Fujitsu Plasma 1080i with DVI input, 9 channels of amplification using 4-seperate amps. 4-way Snell Type “A” Reference system with two non powered 18″ subs, dipole, rear, center left and right speakers. Now dial in the correct delay for the various speaker-to-sitting locations, set to 75db using a sound pressure meter for all speakers.

Ah, now that’s a system and I bet you have no idea who the following manufacturers are:
Halcro
mbl
Snell
Spectral
Lexicon
DVDO
Wadia
Bryston
Transparent
Cardas

What the box stores sell doesn’t need very talented folks to put it together, so stop making it sound so “valuable”. It’s not rocket science.

By: asb76

asb76 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:42:59 +0000

Keith and those like him are the complete jerks that people who work retail just love dealing with who come in thinking they’re entitled just because they’re buying something. As if they don’t expect to make money doing whatever it is they do but god forbid a retail person is treated with respect. I’m glad I’m done working retail because anyone who has faith in humanity’s intelligence or common decency should spend a couple weeks at a clothing or electronics store or in food service. The customer is always right is the biggest joke in the world.

By: mjd

mjd — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:24:29 +0000

DO Buy Extended Wattanty. Experience with 3 sucking Sony TVS has cost me thousands of dollars without the Extended Warranty. Sony’s service sucks even under warranty. I have learned my lesson at a high price. Don’t buy Sony and get the Extended Warranty on anything you invest hundreds or thousands of dollars in. Stock Market would have been better for me and it has been a big lost for a lot of people.

By: danielg

danielg — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:27:59 +0000

Ive found shopping online will get you just as good, if not better prices than haggling with incompetent sales people at big box retailers. White glove delivery is brilliant too. im sticking to the internet.

By: antenna

antenna — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:34:55 +0000

Ultimate Electronics has a pretty good sales pitch going on now..they will beat any local advertised price from Best Buy and Circuit City. They’re suppose to check their prices everyday! The catch is though if something is out of stock they don’t have to honor it. Happened to me last week!

By: HDTV Buying Guide:Black Friday Till Christmas 2008- Part I » HDGURU.Com

HDTV Buying Guide:Black Friday Till Christmas 2008- Part I » HDGURU.Com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:12:17 +0000

[...] http://hdguru.com/hdtv-shopping-tips/209/ tells you how to choose the HDTV that is right for you and http://hdguru.com/getting-the-best-hdtv-price/246/ provides tips on how to negotiate the lowest price. However, there is an important update: readers report that their local Best Buy stores now allow negotiating below the tag price on HDTVs (and computers too). Your homework done and your HDTV decision made, ask the sales person for a manager and make an offer for less. Hey, try it, it can’t hurt! [...]

By: Looney Toon

Looney Toon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:25:16 +0000

Best Buy and Circuit are not on commission