Best Buy price matches Amazon’s prices. So I can “kick the tires”, and buy the product immediately w/o paying shipping or waiting two weeks for Amazon to ship my order.
I’m not a fan of Amazon for political reasons. But from a pure consumer standpoint (a consumer that lives in the sticks, an hour and a half from the nearest “city”) it is a godsend.
And unless the item is shipped from Mars (AKA China),it usually arrives in a day or three at the most.
And Amazon is Best Buy, Hobby Lobby, Fry’s, Tractor Supply, Lowe’s, Cabella’s and Advance auto parts all wrapped into one store.
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I’ve done this myself, many times.
The only stuff I buy from Amazon is stuff I can’t get anywhere else.
For online shopping, I would very much like to recommend B&H Photo in New York.
They have everything electronic, at Amazon prices, GREAT delivery. Owned and operated by orthodox Jews, so no shipping from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.
Everything from cell phones to head phones, from cameras to TVs, from microphones to mixing boards, not to mention cables and other miscellaneous hardware.
Close the thread. That’s all there is to say about that.
I love Amazon. Shop it regularly. But for many things, you just gotta put your hands on the product before you buy it.
Don't ever buy anything at Best Buy without checking their own website first. Sometimes the prices on bestbuy.com are different than at the store and even less than Amazon. Of course, they'll price match.
>> Best Buy price matches Amazon’s prices.
Same with the major music retailers. And I’d prefer to visit the store especially if the $ is within 10%. Generally, the cost is the same.
I think most retailers match Amazon. Just ask. When I bought some things at Williams Sonoma recently, the matched Amazon. I had to lug it home however ... Amazon delivers it right to my door.
BTW, Amazon Prime delivers over-night, and many items are delivered the next day. Amazon is pretty amazing!!!
Yet Amazon is building its own brick and mortar stores now too.
I like to see, touch and in some cases measure the product before I buy it. I do my research online first but will search out the location of the physical product before I pull the trigger on the purchase