Prices - Go Figure!

**AggieDad** · 02-02-2016, 08:01 PM

The other week I made a comment on another thread about the Houston Camera Exchange which is closing out its Pentax stock. I was offered the Pentax 150-450mm for an "absolute lowest possible price" of $2100. The lens is available at B&H for $1760!

While I was there, I also saw a nice tripod which I thought would be right for my son-in-law and his super-zoom. It was a ProMaster for $79.95. Since I would have to send it to St. Louis, I thought I would buy it on Amazon and have it direct shipped for free. Well, Amazon was $149.95! So I checked Adorama and B&H - same result, $149.95.

So today I went back to the Houston Camera Exchange and bought the tripod for $79.95 - almost half the price as online! This from the same place whose "absolute lowest price" on a lens was $400 more than several other sources' standard price. Go figure.

However, after considering the gas to drive there, the postage to send it, and the restaurant lunch with my wife on our way home from the store, maybe it would have been cheaper to buy it from Amazon.

**UncleVanya** · 02-02-2016, 10:16 PM

Did you offer them a purchase at the amazon price?

**AggieDad** · 02-02-2016, 10:42 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by UncleVanya

Did you offer them a purchase at the amazon price?

No. I really didn't want it (can't afford it). He had a Pentax user in front of him, and tried to show me just about everything he had that had a Pentax brand on it.

My real point was how prices can be all over the place, and there really is no one best place to shop.

Unregistered User 8 · 02-03-2016, 12:00 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by AggieDad

My real point was how prices can be all over the place, and there really is no one best place to shop.

You are correct there AggieDad. It pays to do some homework before buying anything these days.

Driline · 02-03-2016, 08:35 AM - **1 Like**

Its called "cherry picking". Buying from multiple sources to get the best price.

02-02-2016, 08:01 PM	#1
AggieDad Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,453	Prices - Go Figure! The other week I made a comment on another thread about the Houston Camera Exchange which is closing out its Pentax stock. I was offered the Pentax 150-450mm for an "absolute lowest possible price" of $2100. The lens is available at B&H for $1760! While I was there, I also saw a nice tripod which I thought would be right for my son-in-law and his super-zoom. It was a ProMaster for $79.95. Since I would have to send it to St. Louis, I thought I would buy it on Amazon and have it direct shipped for free. Well, Amazon was $149.95! So I checked Adorama and B&H - same result, $149.95. So today I went back to the Houston Camera Exchange and bought the tripod for $79.95 - almost half the price as online! This from the same place whose "absolute lowest price" on a lens was $400 more than several other sources' standard price. Go figure. However, after considering the gas to drive there, the postage to send it, and the restaurant lunch with my wife on our way home from the store, maybe it would have been cheaper to buy it from Amazon.

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02-02-2016, 10:16 PM	#2
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,401	Did you offer them a purchase at the amazon price?

02-02-2016, 10:42 PM - 1 Like	#3
AggieDad Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,453 Original Poster	Originally posted by UncleVanya Did you offer them a purchase at the amazon price? No. I really didn't want it (can't afford it). He had a Pentax user in front of him, and tried to show me just about everything he had that had a Pentax brand on it. My real point was how prices can be all over the place, and there really is no one best place to shop.

02-03-2016, 12:00 AM - 1 Like	#4
Unregistered User 8 Closed Account Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,694	Originally posted by AggieDad My real point was how prices can be all over the place, and there really is no one best place to shop. You are correct there AggieDad. It pays to do some homework before buying anything these days.

02-03-2016, 08:35 AM - 1 Like	#5
Driline Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: IOWA Where the Tall Corn Grows Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,697	Its called "cherry picking". Buying from multiple sources to get the best price.