Panasonic 2.4GHz Two Phone System $34 @ Staples B&M YMMV

[Psychosematic]

My local Staples had 11 of these phones in store ( http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=PANKXTG2584S ) all on the clearance table for $34.90

They ring in at that price, so I assume its not special to my store only.

The UPC is 037988473168, you can give that to your local Staples over the phone and ask them if they have any in stock.

 

[Morpheux]

Damn, I love my 2.4 Panasonic. It was worht every penny of the $170 I paid for it.

 

[Hav0k99]

I'm calling as soon as they open. I'd like to pick up a few of these and infest my house with them!

 

[Sputs]

My Panasonic 2.4 seems to get a lot of interference from my wireless router (which makes sense). Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[dabuddha]

Oh thank god this is not the same one I bought from newegg 2 days ago for $95. If it was, my cubicle neighbors would hear a grown man cry!

 

[klaxon]

Originally posted by: Sputs
My Panasonic 2.4 seems to get a lot of interference from my wireless router (which makes sense). Has anyone else experienced this?

i had an old panasonic 2.4ghz phone that used FHSS. Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum uses the whole ISM band and clobbers Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum systems. 802.11b is DSSS. older vanilla 802.11, not 802.11b, very rare these days, uses FHSS.

i recently got an at&t 2.4ghz phone (staples $35 AR/AC) and have not had any problems with my wlan. the wlan base and the phone base are in seperate rooms, and i set my wlan to use channel 10 - the top of ISM band is usually quieter than the bottom.

wlan NIC radios are also significant. i have a crappy wl100 that gets half the signal that my orinoco gets at the same locations.

 

[Psychosematic]

Of the 11 that were at my store, 4 were sold to store managers and 6 were sold to store employees... I wonder who the lucky customer was that got the 11th hehe

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Oh thank god this is not the same one I bought from newegg 2 days ago for $95. If it was, my cubicle neighbors would hear a grown man cry!

that nice but its the same one I paid 120 almost a year go at costco. darn threw out the box and reciept.

pretty decent phone, the the cordless chews through the battery quite fast. around 2-3 days

also when the power goes out the phone is dead.

 

[Hav0k99]

they never picked up....so I went over there and only saw the 2 AT&T for $35 after MIR.

 

[MonoAzul]

Originally posted by: Sputs
My Panasonic 2.4 seems to get a lot of interference from my wireless router (which makes sense). Has anyone else experienced this?

I've have a LOT of problems with 2.4 Gig Panasonic Phones and my D-Link 802.11b wireless router... As soon as the someone picks up the phone, I loose my internet connection...:-(

 

[jagilbertvt]

Originally posted by: MonoAzul

Originally posted by: Sputs
My Panasonic 2.4 seems to get a lot of interference from my wireless router (which makes sense). Has anyone else experienced this?

I've have a LOT of problems with 2.4 Gig Panasonic Phones and my D-Link 802.11b wireless router... As soon as the someone picks up the phone, I loose my internet connection...:-(

Darn dialup users, don't you know that you can't be online and on the phone at the same time!


(j/k)..

 

[The_Dude8]

the sku# for the phone is 491-637, but my staples price is $87.50.

 

[Psychosematic]

Originally posted by: The_Dude8
the sku# for the phone is 491-637, but my staples price is $87.50.

Hmm, that's strange. Anything that ends in 0 is a clearance price, but for some reason yours is much higher than mine :-(