Will Amazon price match?

[Muse]

I see an item at Frys today in the local newspaper ad, good to Thursday. I could get it at Frys Thursday (will probably be in the neighborhood), but I'll have to go out of my way plus pay CA sales tax. Will Amazon price match them?

 

[BoomerD]

Nope...except for televisions.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...1?ie=UTF8&nodeId=468502&qid=1295392255&sr=1-1

"Price Matching

With the exception of TVs, Amazon.com doesn't price-match with other retailers (including those who sell their items on our website). We do, however, consistently work toward maintaining competitive prices on everything we carry. "

 

[PsiStar]

or ... just send the same question to Amazon? doh!

 

[Muse]

or ... just send the same question to Amazon? doh!

I wouldn't know how to ask them.

Well, the item is the Western Digital Elements 2TB external HD. They're selling it for $89.99 + tax. I heard that Newegg had basically about the same deal before Xmas. Target is said to have had a BF deal on it for $70! Anyone know a place that would price match them near Berkeley, CA? Or online might be better.

 

[BoomerD]

I exchanged several emails with them before Christmas trying to get them to price match NewEgg when I was buying about $1000 in computer components...Not a chance.
Oh well, Prime got me 2-day free shipping. (although some things qualified for "free saver shipping" on NewEgg.)

 

[Gigantopithecus]

In the product details section of every product's page, there's a link to "tell Amazon about a lower price." My experience is that if the product is not highly ranked in sales volume and the other place's price is not due to a very limited-time sale, they will change the price of the product.

 

[Muse]

In the product details section of every product's page, there's a link to "tell Amazon about a lower price." My experience is that if the product is not highly ranked in sales volume and the other place's price is not due to a very limited-time sale, they will change the price of the product.

Thanks, I'll give it a shot... :thumbsup:

Edit: Found it by searching on "tell" on the page.

Edit 3: This actually probably is a very limited time sale. It's good for less than 3 days, then expires.

Edit2: They ask if it's online or not and I said not, because it's store pickup and by virtue of a newspaper ad. They have ads basically every day. If you go online, you can't find the 89.99 price, well I couldn't to save my life just now. It rings up as 139.99. So, if someone at Amazon tries researching the price I quote, I don't know that they could find it. Plus, even if I knew how to find the price online, I don't see a way to clue Amazon in to it. If they called a store, they could maybe corroborate the price. Maybe. I have no idea if it's nation wide, or just Northern California. I know they don't do this a lot, I've been watching their ads. This is new!

 

[Eos]

I wouldn't know how to ask them.

Well, the item is the Western Digital Elements 2TB external HD. They're selling it for $89.99 + tax. I heard that Newegg had basically about the same deal before Xmas. Target is said to have had a BF deal on it for $70! Anyone know a place that would price match them near Berkeley, CA? Or online might be better.

www.amazon.com/help

The Help link is on EVERY page.