For UK readers; I think www.empire.co.uk is still offering its 1200rice
guarantee - bought an Ixus (Elph) DC for my daughter this Christmas from
them. You have to pay their price and get the 120 0ifference refunded
when you send them a screenshot of the other dealer website (and they may
do their own check for price/availability) - but they offered a price match
(to any slime-ball) on the spot.
When I asked how they could do it, they said their contract with C*n*n
guaranteed them the lowest price and it's C*n*n that takes the hit, not
them.
good shopping
jez
>From: William Clark <wclark@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [OM] From Gary Reese: Olympus at WPPI
>
>Good news here and bad.
>
>Good in that Olympus is at least working on something...bad is that it is
>taking forever. They should have made an E-30 in the interim to keep
people
>interested.
OTOH, the $2000 E20 that I "stole" from Staples.com for $1300 less than a
year ago before they got wise* is now selling for under $1000. For $2000,
it was a fine camera. For $1000, it's an OUTSTANDING camera!
*Staples was offering "lowest price, or 1100f the difference back." You
called one of the slime-ball New York dealers and got a ridiculous
camera-only price, which of course they wouldn't honor without including
hundreds of dollars of useless, grossly over-priced accessories. You then
paid list price at Staples, and submitted the slime-ball quote, and they
refunded you 1100f the difference! They are now excluding certain
categories of merchandise from their 1100rice match, including digital
cameras.
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