Sean D'Esposito noticed that Sears is selling the iMac DV SE for $1700, $200 over the retail price, and that his local Circuit City has begun selling the Power Mac G4 Cube, along with iMacs and iBooks.
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"Your wife said you couldn't bring one home?" What kind of a sissy are you dude? Since when does your wife dictate what you can and cannot do? Get back in the kitchen you say! ; )
Sears almost always has their Macs at $100 over the 'MAP' price. Since sears will beat other stores prices, plus 10% of the difference, by increasing the price another $100 to $200 over MAP, you get a bigger discount...
(CompUSA price) - ( (Sears Price - CompUSA price) X 0.10 )
I, too, was surprised by the addition of the G4 cube at a CircuitCity at which I was doing a DemoDay event.
A couple of the salespeople wanted to know what made the price tag worth $1,799.95 - they allowed as how they wouldn't be pushing people towards Macs due to the cost factors when they can sell a lower priced PeeCee and get a bigger spiff on that sale. APPLE STILL NEEDS TO LOWER PRICES!!
"Your wife said you couldn't bring one home?" What kind of a sissy are you dude? Since when does your wife dictate what you can and cannot do? Get back in the kitchen you say!
Obviously you have never been married or had a partner sharing finances. It's a joint decision. And, if she says no, then it's a wash. She just better not ask for any jewelry in the near future...
Sears routinely highballs the price on it computers, including the iMac. I was an employee there when they first start selling them. They beef up the price so they can later put up a sign that says "Save $200" and then use Apple's MSRP for the "sale" price. It's not the brightest move in the world (most iMac shoppers would recognize dramatic increase in price right away). On the other hand they tend to leave it on "sale" for months at a time.
"Obviously you have never been married or had a partner sharing finances. It's a joint decision. And, if she says no, then it's a wash. She just better not ask for any jewelry in the near future..."
Hehe..I like your point about the jewelery : )..I wasn't trying to be insulting dude..I'm sorry if it came across like that...it just sucks when I hear people wanting a Nice Mac and then say they can't have one thats all...
The G4 Cube sells for $1,500, since Apple is offering a $300 rebate.
If you are a student the Cube sells for $1,350. For $1,820, you get the Cube + the 17" Apple CRT. They offer zero payment for 90 days and 2.9% financing (deal is until year's end).
That is not exactly a horrible deal. Arguably, considering the aethetics & bragging rights of the Cube and the excellent speakers you get with the machine, it's a good price. The 17" flat CRT has killer screen quality and is incredible in terms of looks.
Sears actually won't match 10% more than the difference, but you can get them to match any internet price from a licensed(not necesssarily by Apple) online distributer(ie, eBay auctions don't count). And since Sears usually has the stuff in stock, you don't have to wait for it or pay shipping charges.
I work at Sears and we are always $100 higher than everybody else. That way when we have a sale we can honestly say you are saving $100. Yeah I know its dumb. BUT as one reader pointed out Sears will PRICE MATCH the Internet (plus shipping)!!!! Not many places will do that. Oh and the 10% off the difference thing isn't
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I have been working Demo Days in the Riverdale UT Circuit City, Had no idea we were getting the Cube until one showed up Saturday.. everyone was quite impressed.. however my wife said I couldnt bring one home :(