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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by mgbmtl on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:24AM (#17567175)
Oddly, I've had the opposite experience (in Canada): the online price would be the same as on Amazon. I wanted it now, so I went to the store (even though I hate driving to the suburbs/shopping mall), only to see that the item was 10% cheaper in the store.

(we always pay taxes for online purchases, so taxes are a non-issue)

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by gnicholas on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:02PM (#17570726)
How strange! I’d think that anyone who caught onto this pattern would check the in-store price before completing the pickup. If the price is lower in-store, you could just cancel the online order and purchase off the shelf!
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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by mgbmtl on Saturday July 21, 2018 @11:55AM (#17582387)
Ah, to clarify: I would not bother ordering online, so it was a pleasant surprise to find the lower price in-store.
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