{"id":2709,"date":"2013-05-31T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2013-05-31T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T14:34:10","slug":"amazon-100-less-than-frys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2013\/amazon-100-less-than-frys\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon $100 Less Than Frys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got my weekly (or is it more often than that) sales email from Frys. It has an enticing item or three! But I naturally got curious about Amazon&#8217;s prices for the same items.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canon PowerShot SX160 IS 16MP Digital Camera<\/li>\n<li>WD Elements 3 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive<\/li>\n<li>Patriot Xporter Pulse 32GB USB Flash Drive<\/li>\n<li>Canon PowerShot SX500 IS 16MP Digital Camera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of those, two items were <strong>$100 less on Amazon!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:red\">Canon PowerShot SX160 IS 16MP Digital Camera<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005IZN54A\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B005IZN54A&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=markroth-ac-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B005IZN54A&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=markroth-ac-20\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=markroth-ac-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B005IZN54A\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-PowerShot-Wide-Angle-Stabilized-3-0-Inch\/dp\/B005IZN54A\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Canon PowerShot SX160 on Amazon\">Canon PowerShot SX160 on Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n$179.99 + free shipping<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frys.com\/product\/7300344?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG\" title=\"Frys was $100 higher than Amazon on this item\">Frys<\/a> = $199.99 + free shipping \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>So on this item, Amazon beats Frys&#8217; sale price . . . easily. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Western Digital Elements 3 TB External Hard Drive<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004SH5VQ4\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B004SH5VQ4&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=markroth-ac-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B004SH5VQ4&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=markroth-ac-20\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=markroth-ac-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B004SH5VQ4\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elements-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive\/dp\/B004SH5VQ4\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"WD Elements 3 TB External Hard Drive\">WD Elements 3 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive on Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n$119.99 + free shipping<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frys.com\/product\/6576993?site=sa:adpages%20page:P1_FRI%20date:053113\" title=\"Frys WD external hard drive\">Frys<\/a> = $109.99 + free shipping \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Frys&#8217; sale price beats Amazon&#8217;s regular price by $10.<\/p>\n<h3>Patriot Xporter Pulse 32GB USB Flash Drive<\/h3>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t find this exact same item on Amazon, so Frys wins easily with the great sale price of $20.99.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frys.com\/product\/7168772?site=frysecampaign1+date:053113+disc:Patriot+Xporter+Pulse+32GB+USB+Flash+Drive\" title=\"32GB Flash Drive at Frys\">Frys<\/a> = $20.99 + $1.99 shipping &#8211; $5.00 mail-in rebate (I thought) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:green\">Canon PowerShot SX500 IS 16MP Digital Camera<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00908BMVE\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00908BMVE&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=markroth-ac-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B00908BMVE&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=markroth-ac-20\" class=\"alignright\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=markroth-ac-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00908BMVE\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-PowerShot-Wide-Angle-Stabilized-3-0-Inch\/dp\/B00908BMVE\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Canon PowerShot SX500 on Amazon\">Canon PowerShot SX500 IS 16MP Digital Camera on Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n$199.00 + free shipping<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frys.com\/product\/7300414?site=frysecampaign1+date:053113+disc:Canon+PowerShot+SX500+IS+Digital+Camera\" title=\"canon powershot sx500 at Frys\">Frys<\/a> = $299.99 + free shipping \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>Amazon wins again.<\/p>\n<p>So . . . I guess you should go to Amazon for cameras at good prices. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n<p>By the time you checked any of the above, had the prices changed? 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