Canon A40 Digital Camera $249.98 + tax

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RossMAN

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Originally posted by: DeafeningSilence
Originally posted by: RossMAN
gwlam12 - I bought my Canon A40 at OfficeMax B&M for $249 after $50 off $250 coupon screen print plus the $39.99 extended warranty.
Are you gonna pricematch too?

This weekend after the 5% off friends & family kicks off I'm going to visit the OM after speaking with the manager on the phone and:
1) Request a refund on the $39.99 2 year extended warranty, I think the sales person purposely lied to me about it but I'll have to clarify it with the mgr first.
2) Request a PM against a .com store, if they did lie this gives me some leverage.
3) Request the 5% off friends & family discount.
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: GundamF91
Hey RossMan, did you get your refund on serviceplan or PM???

Haven't tried yet, I might try getting the warranty refunded and using the $30 off $150 coupon and PM.
 

Draknor

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Man, I might just jump on this this week, if I can find some coupon!

OM B&M is bundling a 128mb CF card, for $299.99! PM policy won't PM since it is bundled, so now I need some kind of coupon. Anyone can help me? $50 off $250 would be ideal! LMK - thanks!


 

JYA

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Just got my A40 and 128mb CF card this afternoon. The image quality is higher than I expected, what a surprise!

 

iluvdeal

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Dunno if this has been mentioned yet, but if you have a discover card and go through their merchant links, you can get $40 off of $225+ or $60 off of $350+ orders.
 

DeafeningSilence

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Originally posted by: Draknor
Man, I might just jump on this this week, if I can find some coupon!

OM B&M is bundling a 128mb CF card, for $299.99! PM policy won't PM since it is bundled, so now I need some kind of coupon. Anyone can help me? $50 off $250 would be ideal! LMK - thanks!

The $50 off $250 special is hosted right here on their website. But it is good online only -- at least officially. You can try printing it off and bringing it in to a B&M store, but lots of people have had success purchasing it online, then calling and having the card added to their order separately.
 

iluvdeal

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The $50 off $250 special is hosted right here on their website. But it is good online only -- at least officially. You can try printing it off and bringing it in to a B&M store, but lots of people have had
success purchasing it online, then calling and having the card added to their order separately.

I just tried but couldn't get them to add the card, they said it is no longer available, couldn't even backorder it, so I just canceled the whole order.
 

Katmarhar

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FYI, I just ordered online using the $50 off coupon (came to $269 w/ tax), then called and added the 128MB CF card w/o any problems. Before I could get the words out of my mouth, the very nice CS rep asked if I wanted to add the card! She asked for the SKU #20173152, and said she had to type it in the order notes to include it with the camera b/c she couldn't add the item herself. The camera is still back-ordered. So, it's still possible to do this. The ad runs through 8/3.

Also, the online ad for MO shows that the camera comes with a 64MB CF card, but the OM ad that came in my newspaper shows a 128MB card. Make sure you check your newspaper ad and not just the online one for your state.
 

Macro2

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I got one for $250 and a 64mb card becase my local add only said 64mb card. Manager wouldn't go for the 128mb. I thought it was still a pretty good deal. I like the feel of the camera but the picture quality of 2.0 megapixel is not as good as I thought it would be. Already have a 3 megapixel camera so I may take it back.
 

Macro2

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Casio has a nice 4 megapixel camera shipping now for around $400. I may wait for that.
 

plk

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My local Office Max B&M Honored the $50 off $250 Online only coupon, no questions asked I just said I wanted to write a check rather than use my CC (which was true).

Camera $299.99
128MB CF $0.00
Coupon -$50
5% sales tax+$12.50
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$262.49

I have to say, this was a very smoot transaction. The one Not I have is that on the floor, they had the sign for the free 128MB card, and the flyer said 64MB. They sid they would honor it because it was written in the store. When I got Home, I noticed that they had bagged the sign offering the 128MB card with my order, effectively removing it from the store so they no nonger had to honor it I have to say, that was smooth.

Overall, great service i Kokomo, Indiana.

Oh, and the camera is top notch! I put the 128 card on Ebay, though, since I already had a 256 from my goldbox.

THANKS GUYS, I really needed a good deal on that camera.