Cameras & Camcorders

[dsheehan23]

This is driving me crazy.. Best buy dot com has the Canon SD 3500 14.1 listed on there website for $379.99 and the sug retail value from Canon is $329.99.  I want this camera and would like to use my rewards certificates.  Do you think they have it listed wrong because every other store is selling for under $329.99, some at $299.99..  How do I get them to see that they have made a mistake.. I've tried calling but got no where and they are not selling this camera in the stores.  

[Nokia]

Each retailer sets their own prices. I doubt it's a mistake.

[Allan-BBY Senior Social Media Specialist]

Hi dsheehan23,

Thanks for making us aware of this! In response to this message I forwarded your concern onto the appropriate people here at Best Buy® corporate headquarters to see if this camera is mis-priced, and you were correct that we did not intend to sell this camera for more than $329.99 (the suggested retail price). The price for this camera has now been lowered to $329.99.

Thanks for making us aware of this!

[dsheehan23]

That's what I thought.. It was driving me crazy...  I know they were losing out on sales on it...  I see that it has been fixed online...

[BBhasbadprices]

Best Buy always sells above retail value. Its horrible. They have the canon BG-E2N for $300 in store and online which is absurd. Frys, Amaz0n, Ad0rama, B&H, and other respectable retailers have it for around $130. It's sad. I always discourage people from buying from Best Buy unless they have to. Now that C1rcuit City is gone, Best Buy is basically a monopoly when it comes to electronic stores.

[Nokia]

I should put this in my sig or something. CC wasn't competition for BB for at least their last five years. CC had absolutely nothing to do with their prices.

[Entropy]

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@Nokia wrote:

I should put this in my sig or something. CC wasn't competition for BB for at least their last five years. CC had absolutely nothing to do with their prices.

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CC may have been in competition with BB in general, but they sure weren't competitive with ANYONE on price, one of the main reasons they don't exist any more.  I remember that they carried the camera I own (Pentax K20D) for a while as an "online only" item.

Normal price $1900, sale price $1300, "you save" $600 - Except that $1300 was MSRP, and everyone else was selling it for $1100.

BB has plenty of brick-and-mortar competition from WM and TGT, and massive online competition from AZ, NE, BH, Ado, etc.