Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon
by jmuguy on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:56AM
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It was a 65 inch Samsung KS8000, I think about 1500 at the time. The delivery, unboxing, etc, was all free (prime). I scheduled the delivery on checkout, you picked the day and from several 2 hour windows.
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> The delivery, unboxing, etc, was all free (prime)
"Free" in that it came with your Prime membership which you paid for ;)
Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon
by rrix2 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:41PM
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your parent comment got more than 120$ of benefit in a single order; if you amortize the cost of that prime membership across a year and use it like this it certainly seems closer to free.
Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon
by riku_iki on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:31PM
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I was in similar situation not long time ago, and they wanted to charge me some money (around $100) for TV setup, even I am prime member.
Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon
by superkuh on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:54PM
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That parent comment is now also locked-in and will justify Amazon's extortion to themselves by buying more things from them without bothering to check other stores.
They end up paying quite a bit beyond that $100/year fee.