Comments on: Discount? What discount? http://ktula.com/2006/11/01/discount-what-discount/ does it ever rain in Seattle? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John http://ktula.com/2006/11/01/discount-what-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-2092 John Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:35:23 +0000 http://ktula.com/2006/11/01/discount-what-discount/#comment-2092 Yeah, I noticed that too when I was doing comparison shopping when I was switching from CingularATT SIM registration to Cingular SIM registration. It is pretty awful. But not all phones are like that. A very few cheap phones actually come out cheaper at the corporate site, but usually by about $20. In those cases, those phones are not cheaper because of the discount, but rather the special offer of additional instant rebate. Additionally, if you continue to monitor their site, sometimes the corporate site will provide a cheaper phone for the higher end models, but they will be out of stock when you try to add it to your cart. But if you go to the regular consumer site, that exact same phone is still in stock! Now explain that one to me. I was going to blog about this unfair practice, which I thought might be prosecutable by the FTC, but I ended up forgetting about it and blogging about something else. And because of that, I decided to wait for months until I can get my hands on a low end model that is cheaper by $20. Because all I really wanted was the Cingular SIM card for the Cingular plan and nothing more. Raising the bar... What a joke. Yeah, I noticed that too when I was doing comparison shopping when I was switching from CingularATT SIM registration to Cingular SIM registration. It is pretty awful. But not all phones are like that. A very few cheap phones actually come out cheaper at the corporate site, but usually by about $20. In those cases, those phones are not cheaper because of the discount, but rather the special offer of additional instant rebate.

Additionally, if you continue to monitor their site, sometimes the corporate site will provide a cheaper phone for the higher end models, but they will be out of stock when you try to add it to your cart. But if you go to the regular consumer site, that exact same phone is still in stock! Now explain that one to me.

I was going to blog about this unfair practice, which I thought might be prosecutable by the FTC, but I ended up forgetting about it and blogging about something else. And because of that, I decided to wait for months until I can get my hands on a low end model that is cheaper by $20. Because all I really wanted was the Cingular SIM card for the Cingular plan and nothing more.

Raising the bar… What a joke.

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