Internet shopping - arrghh

[SantaClaus]

Pay more and get a weekend delivery, not cheapy cheap Citilink.

[BoredBloke]

Use quidco to shave a bit more off also.

[SuperZ]

I never take extra insurance it`s just a £799 TV (now £639) that`ll be worth sod all in a years time. Weekend delivery just £13, cost me more to drive there to pick it up especially as my car has a tiny boot.

The TV it replaces is a 5 year old LCD small 20" (non-widescreen) in my Mond-Fri digs. I hate wasting money on stuff I don`t use and don`t watch a lot of TV or movies but worth it for a new "visual display unit for presentations"

[ThomasSoerensen]

Taking half a day off work so they can deliver, then having to take another half day off because they didn't turn up the first time.

Admittedly that last happened to me with a too large to fit in my car CRT telly but it was a real pain.

I guess 4000 is not that crazy anymore, heh?

I try to think of cost of things like I think of the cost of my car.
Include cost of servicing, time to get service done, spare parts, relase value when you do not want the thing anymore, how much time will it take away from you on activities that are not creating value (ie "debugging" and solving problems.).

It brings a nice new perspective many times.

[Sysman]

I included extra price for "guarantees" that do not actually cover your specific incident and the hassle involved in claiming for these etc. TCO?

Taking half a day off work so they can deliver, then having to take another half day off because they didn't turn up the first time.

Admittedly that last happened to me with a too large to fit in my car CRT telly but it was a real pain.

[ThomasSoerensen]

How can you save £4000 by not buying a £799.99 TV? Were you an Enron accountant?

I included extra price for "guarantees" that do not actually cover your specific incident and the hassle involved in claiming for these etc. TCO?

[thunderlizard]

How can you save £4000 by not buying a £799.99 TV? Were you an Enron accountant?

[ThomasSoerensen]

Easy cancellation - order didn't arrive on Sat and I cancelled.

£60 saved

don't buy the bloody TV - £4000 saved

[d000hg]

£160 difference between the Currys price and the best price, isn`t that just shocking?

No. 20% isn't massive, check the variance on products in the main supermarket chains, especially when they have limited offers on the product you look at. Or check the variance in booking a hotel room through their own website Vs Expedia. Or use Kelkoo to compare the cost of a DVD boxset and see how there's nearly always selling it twice the price of the best deals... but the big players are constantly switching so you can't ever assume which is cheapest without checking.

[SuperZ]

Easy cancellation - order didn't arrive on Sat and I cancelled.

£60 saved

[jmo21]

Email them the link to the other site, and say you're going to cancel unless they price match.

[blacjac]

IIRC Dixons and Currys are the same group (DSG), same as PC World.

Yep, they went as far as renaming all the Dixons high street shops Currys.Digital and making the Dixons Brand online only (hence it now being cheeper than Currys).

[minestrone]

You get a 7 or 14 day cooling off period buying online.

[Platypus]

IIRC Dixons and Currys are the same group (DSG), same as PC World.

[SuperZ]

I love internet shopping, it`s so easy to search around for the best price. This week I was meant to buy a new TV and left it until last minute. Checked the price on Currys.co.uk (£799.99)and thought "okay, I`m sure I can do better than that". So getting short of time (for Sat delivery) I went to another website and found it £100 cheaper and thought "waaahaay, I`m quids in", so hit the buy button not expecting that price to be bettered.......few hoours later I saw a Dixons advert,checked the website and shiiiiittttt it`s another £60 cheaper there!

£160 difference between the Currys price and the best price, isn`t that just shocking?

Fed up now

At least I saved £100 and I managed to place my order at £6pm for delivery tomorrow, Dixons wouldn`t have delivered until next weekend but if only I had remembered a little earlier in the week!