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I know it shouldn't, but it really annoys me when a store like Tiger Direct has different prices online than in store. Wal-mart does the same thing.

Posted by sycor Sep 15 '10, 13:19

So very annoying.

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I know with Wal-Mart you can buy something online and have it delivered to your store for pickup, so there isn't much difference there -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 13:35 1
- sure, because when you get to Wal Mart, you certainly will make an impulse purchase. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 13:36
This objection to online stores has always puzzled me. Different people live in different regions of the US. They sometimes demand different goods. - con_carne Sep 15, 13:26 18
- No. If I can buy something online from your site for $20 I should be able to walk into the store and buy it for $20, not $25. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:28 17
  - disagree, it costs me more to stock it in store than in my warehouse. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 13:29 16
    - on this note, i was livid when a Ray LaMontagne's new album was $4 cheaper in CD form than MP3. - Guy Sep 15, 13:38 1
      - demand. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 13:38
    - And IMO, they are two different markets. You'd expect different markets to have different prices/demands/costs -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 13:33 5
      - this I really disagree with. online vs brick shouldn't be compared as markets when discussing price. Raleigh vs NY maybe. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:36 4
        
        If they are the same exact market, then why should a brick and mortar store bother having an online store? -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 13:41 1
        
        if I live in Raleigh and can into the store or order it online I'm in the same market. I don't charge markets because I sit at a keyboard. - sycor Sep 15, 13:44
        
        wrong, it's soooo much easier for someone to comparison shop online than in the store. Once someone leaves the store they probably won't come back. -- nm - zork Sep 15, 13:40 1
        
        not in this day and age with smart phones. If I'm in Best Buy I scan an item and my phone tells me where I can get it cheaper (if I can). Or I can - sycor Sep 15, 13:45
    - That's debatable in my opinion. And even if true, I can't imaging it costs THAT much more. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:33 4
      - uh, speaking as someone who's straddled that line, you're wrong. - Guy Sep 15, 13:41 2
        
        fair enough. But are you telling me Wal-Mart.com is a completely seperate entity than Wal-Mart? I doubt this but I guess it could be true. - sycor Sep 15, 13:47 1
        
        i imagine they are separate departments. and they are large enough that the shippnig issue znu mentions is null -- nm - Guy Sep 15, 13:49
      - factoring in store space, electricity, staff expense, etc.... - groiny Sep 15, 13:36
    - true but dividing the shipping cost of all the stock to a store is way less than each item to a home. - zork Sep 15, 13:32 2
      - when is shipping calculated as part of the item cost? - Guy Sep 15, 13:39 1
        
        in stores? -- nm - zork Sep 15, 13:41
toys r us does as well. -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 13:24
I was not away that TD was an actual brick and mortar store. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 13:22 5
- yeah the rebranded the old CompUSA name so if you see a CompUSA it's actually a TD -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:25 4
  - Aren't Circuit City (online), CompUSA (online & retail), and Tiger Direct (both) all pretty much the same company now? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 15, 13:26 1
    - Not sure about CC. Wouldn't surprise me though. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:29
  - we... don't have those. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 13:26 1
    - there are a couple of them in the Toronto area, don't know that they are rebranded anything but could be TD from the start -- nm - zork Sep 15, 13:31
I've always found TD to be one of the few stores that you can get the online price in the store without fail -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 13:19 5
- really? I will swing by there. I tried calling the store to ask them something and I'm pretty it was a call center that answered. She said the price - sycor Sep 15, 13:21 4
  - here's a neat trick -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 13:22 3
    - you are the man. I was trying to figure out how to do this and it wsa not intuitive on their site at all. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:24 1
      - hehe still doesn't tell me if it's in stock. but it gives a price which is helpful. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:25
    - this is not you making a broom handle disappear again, is it? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 13:24

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I know it shouldn't, but it really annoys me when a store like Tiger Direct has different prices online than in store. Wal-mart does the same thing.

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