It uses a desktop processor? Cheap price, then.
]]>If the T7250 or the T7500 went down anywhere from $25 to $50 by the end of March it will have been worth the wait and the purchase to have a laptop that runs rings around my desktop that I have almost thrown as much money into.
]]>And where'd you find laptop processors for sale? The only time I see them, they're bundled with "you're required to buy the kit" miniITX motherboards.
]]>Considering NoA did everything but beat them to death with Wiimotes for the bundle thing, I'd say that was "handled" and doesn't apply anymore anyway. :p
As an aside, I'd pay to see a Nintendo vs. Gamestop battle royale.
]]>@StevieZ83: Yes you can buy a budget laptop for $700. But does a budget laptop have 3 gigs of DDR2, a Geforce 8800m GTS w/512 ram, two harddrive slots that be setup in a RAID, a dual layer DVD burner, and so on...? About the only thing on this laptop that I was disappointed with was the processor, but since it is fully upgradeable I'll be fixing that problem soon after I get mine back!
]]>Lesson: Best Buy'er Beware!
]]>It's a free market. If you don't like how they do business, you are free to shop wherever you like. If enough people stop shopping there (like they did with CompUSA) eventually they go out of business. that's how a free market works.
]]>Honestly, hello people?
]]>i don't get why it's a bargin in the first place you can get a very good budget laptop for 700 bucks these days...
]]>BEST BUY SUCKETH.
]]>OH yeah, people want them bad enough, they'll pay for it. No law against stupid consumers :D
]]>Personally, I'd rather have this info than not. Raising prices just before a sale is exactly the kind of practice this blog should report on. That being said, at $1,199 for a laptop with an Nvidia 8800 graphics card, it's an incredible deal.
]]>I appreciate the Consumerist pointing out things like this: 1) I hate Best Buy for screwing me over on not honoring a warranty claim and they deserve all the bad publicity they can get. 2) I like to be reminded that retailers are constantly ripping us off. Thanks!
]]>@krunk4ever: Being in the majority on these forums isn't necessarily something to brag about.
]]>If it no longer sells after they jack it, well then they either have a ton of laptops sitting around, or they lower the price. Either way we win...
]]>Just because prices on electronics generally fall, doesn't mean they *have* to.
]]>While I would not buy a computer from Best Buy, it seems logical for a consumer site to let consumers know when a company does something anti-consumer. Sure BB can raise the price all they want, but it logically follows that a consumerist site might tell us they did it. While I am here several times a day, this warning might well serve an individual passer-by seeking quick advice on computer purchasing. Would this article have served my mother-in-law? I think so.
It is almost as if some of the comments are suggesting that it is unfair to BB to warn the consumer. I'll live without a hug from a blue-shirt, and say thanks Consumerist for saving not making me "Obligated" to pay whatever the Box says I should pay. So if not a consumer protection site, where is it I am supposed to go to find the right price? Sunday fliers? Apparently not the internet.
@Thaad: That actually makes sense. Best Buy is actually doing the right thing by TELLING YOU when it will be on sale!!!
]]>A for profit company raising the prices? Record profits for the oil industry???
]]>How dare any business make a profit.
Supply and demand.
Marketing and all that stuff.
Guess what, we all do it.
]]>@z4ce:
Thank you.
]]>I do work at best buy and I have seen this happen before. The reason tends to be the same. We aren't getting anymore from the Manufacturer, so they jack up the price so no one buys it. They do that the days before T-day, where the 22in monitor that sold for like 149 in the ad had a tag for $1200, just so that no one would buy it. Raise price to create stock, so you have it when it is on sale.
]]>Will The Consumerist next be demanding that the computers be given out free???
]]>Helpful links since the editorial staff doesn't understand economics, only yellow journalism in an attempt to make Best Buy look bad. Thanks for making the jobs of real journalists harder Ben.
]]>And if BB had just sold out instead of raising the prices, the consumerist would have an article lambasting BB for not keeping enough stock...
Best buy sucks for a lot of reasons. This is not one of them.
]]>Wait! Wait! I'm sure Best Buy is taking these accusations "very seriously."
]]>:-) I had to!
]]>So what?
]]>It depends on the contract you have the manufacturer. For example, you don't see stores selling Wiis for $350 do you?
And before anyone sarcastically mentions the bundle incidents, we are aware, thank you.
]]>I've got no problem with them pointing out that this "cheap laptop" is no longer cheap, but the headline makes it sound as if Best Buy did something nefarious. If raising prices on popular items were nefarious...
]]>I'm on Best Buy's side on this one...
]]>@rjhiggins:
Exactly, it's not like the Consumerist awards Best Buy a medal when they lower a price on a product.
Wait a minute! Best buy gouging its customers???
This just cannot be!
]]>What is the specs on this laptop.
]]>@Shane112358: And consumers are allowed to go "Hey, why'd you jack the price on that up for no clear reason?" and retailers who don't lower the price don't have a gun to their head, either. What's your point?
]]>For all the other reasons Best Buy is (in)famous, however, I won't shop there if I can avoid it, which I usually can.
]]>If you don't like the price then don't buy it.
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