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Finding Holiday Discounts on iPods?
jeffy124 asks: "I was hoping to get an Apple iPod for Christmas. Alas, it's too expensive and out of the budget. So I'm forced into purchasing it for myself. Hoping to cash in on a holiday season bargain, I've been keeping my eye on the sales circulars that come in the newspaper. I've seen plenty of discounts for MP3 players of all kinds (Rio's, Dell's new HD-based player, etc), and the iPod has also shown up. Christmas does not yet seem very merry to me. They're always at the regular $299/399/499 price, never at a discount of any sort. You read that right, it's 'for sale' at the *regular* price. Stores guilty of this include Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, and CompUSA. Why do stores do this? How often? And does anyone know why Apple has been singled out while their competition has gotten their products discounted? Anyone know who *is* granting discounts on iPods this holiday season?"
"The other day came in the mail a 10% off coupon for various items at Best Buy, including 'MP3 Players' as indicated on the front of slip. Hoping this was how I was gonna get that discount, I set aside time this weekend to drive to Delaware in order to skip out on my local state sales tax too. I turned the coupon over, and in the legal disclaimer was the phrase 'Excludes Apple iPod Players.' Needless to say, a Merry Christmas is still aways off."
Just remember that you can't replace the battery if it dies.
You will be buying a new IPOD as this unlucky customer found out.
Also you will be exposing yourself to the much revered "scorched earth" product support methodology of Apple. I was a happy owner of the touch-wheel tactile-button iPod for 3 months, after which they refused to implement the on-the-go playlist option for that model, leaving the only $500 upgrade path for the feature...
Code poet, espresso fiend, starter upper.
Who cares? You got what you paid for.
Caveat emptor, dickhead.
That was classic intercourse!
No. Check and book on english usage.
"ON sale" means you're selling it for less.
"FOR sale" means you're vending it.
English is a precise instrument. Don't swing it like an axe just because you don't know how to use a flycast.
That's like $4500 USD, right?