Why so expensive at Amazon???? I have seen this TV as low as 550 and currently at Sam's for 748. I would love to get this TV, but not at this crazy high price.
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$598 At Sams today, which is a great price. I hope Amazon will match - love their guarantees.
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My wife bought this TV at Amazon for $798. We called first (866-423-5355) - this is the large order placement customer service number. The rule is you have to order it first, then wait until it ships (a day or two) then call the same number back and tell them you saw it at samsclub.com for $598 - they refund the $200 back to the method of payment. Worked great - and they were very friendly. Only risk is that Sams could raise their price in the interim. But we were willing to take the risk for the advantage of buying from Amazon.
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I purchased this TV in late July, 2011 from Amazon for $598.00 + free shipping and free returns. I love this unit as well as the remote with pull-out keyboard but I am puzzled about why the price has almost doubled. At $1,000.00 this set is overpriced, IMO.
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I had received a email from Amazon Tuesday 8/23/11 advertising this TV for $598.00 at a whooping $11.00 savings, so I put it in my cart to purchase later this week. I was shocked to see today that the price jumped up this high (738.95) in one day! I did check with Sam's Club and they have them with free shipping for the $598.00 price. What is up with Amazon?
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These TV's are WAY overpriced by this seller @ 1000 clams. The same people had it for under 600 a month or 2 ago. It wouldn't suprise me that they are discontinued from Visio. They haven't had any on their website available for quite some time. (at $659) Usually means something is up. Look around or buy something else from someone else !! I'm not a corporate ceo with millions, I'm in the 99% . . . . I need reasonable pricing in order to spend hard earned cash.
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I too saw it at Sam's Club for $598 today. I'd also rather buy it through Amazon because of delivery system and guarantee, but don't want to wait forever for them to match the price.
1573491
Still waiting for it to drop back down to some decent prices, there is no way I would ever pay some of these 3rd party reseller prices!
1250639
I can't agree more, yesterday there was free shipping and a lower price. When I checked out today there was a $100 shipping charge on my email confirming the order that had not been reflected in the shopping cart. By the way the TV was $150 more than yesterday. Very frustrating shopping experience. Should have just gone to Sears paid the higher price and avoided the drama.
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I just posted the same question - I was 1 week away from buying this TV (pay day) and suddenly it's only being sold by a 3rd party. Amazon DID begin carrying the item after your post (Oct 2007) but I wonder if this was the final runout :(
1250640
I was a newbie to Amazon. I kept checking their site a couple times a day the week of 12-29-08. I bought my Z on 1-31-08 for $1,549.00 free shipping and no taxes. Same TV @ Best Buy was $2,399+ tax.PS: I bought the TV from Amazon and not one of the Market Place vendors.
565401
I'll add another in the chorus of frustration here. . .I even had the stupid thing in my shopping cart from a couple of days ago because I was doing research on some other components I wanted to order at the same time. I got a "nice" message when I logged in today of the (multiple) price increases. Come on, Amazon, that's like walking up to someone in the store and putting a new sticker on something in their cart!!! On the bright side, however, this TV is $2,999 at Best Buy. . .and I'd have to pay 10% tax to boot!
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You know i just realized this is a forum for the 720p model - I already have a 720p hdtv and I'm actually looking at the 1080p model. Looking for that one to drop another $100 (hint hint Amazon) before I jump in to get one.
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Yea, I am regretting not buying this at $1505 w/ the bluray deal on wed. the 24th. Thinking wow, maybe amazon will have a better BF price, it actually went up $50. And now, well as you all see, $1,606.92+ and no bluray deal. Lets just say I wont be buying from amazon unless the price drops back down. Or might just go elsewhere....
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I am in this same boat. I am a HUGE amazon fan, and would Love to buy this TV... however, I don't want the BUZZ.... If I buy from Crutchfield or BestBuy, I know I can have them check it out before I have them ship it.
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I would like to know this also. I don't think any information will be available unfortunately. I'd like to say that the original MSRP for LN55A950 was $4,199.00 and then it was increased to $4,799.00 I think. Either way many retailers selling this TV at a premium (way above MSRP). The price should drop a little because Sharp and Sony are both releasing LED sets either in October or November. I think the original $4,199.00 price was good for a TV like this, but it is definitely not worth $5,000.
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Went to Sams, they had a sony for $150 that does Netflix. Walmart had it for $128 at one display and $199 somewhere else, probably the $199 was right. No way I'm buying this one with no netflix.
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Now it's back up to $3149. I don't like the fluctuation in prices. It makes me think that if I buy it, I might over pay for the TV.
1070441
The price has gone back up significantly. Just before xmas it was about $1899, and as soon as the shipping deadline passed for xmas it dropped to $1595 and stayed that way most of January. Now I see it selling for $1,999.99When the price was $1595 the TV was being sold by Amazon, now it appears that the TV is being sold by Cruthfield which is why there is a drastic increase in price. If you really want this TV, I would wait until Amazon starts selling it again.
761592
Thanks Payton for shedding light on the rating "games" being played here.If its such a bad TV why is it selling for regular price at crutchfield, Circuit City and Bestbuy etc. Its an Amazon special, it will be $1649 aqain any second now..As with anythign you buy your bound to get a loemon here and there. This green and banding I have personaly not experienced and I own 2 in this series...So for all the "Experts" rating there first LCD tv ever and giving this series a bad name..stop offering your Beginners opinion, on a product in which you have no clue on.
1774078
Great Job, they raise the price for cyber monday this tv was $1699 three hours ago and i was going to buy it today i waited to see if they would lower the price, guess they took the other route i guess i wont be buying this TV today.
1930302
I only see the TH-42PZ8OU for $1100 at Sears - maybe it's different in the store itself.I went all out and got the 46' 1080p plasma for $1050 on Amazon last week. Now THAT was a good deal.
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Matt, the price creep is really annoying! I was about to buy this thing last week for $2199, but wanted to wait till I got home because I had $75 worth of Amazon credits that I wanted to apply. By the time I got home, the price has risen by $85!!! So unfuriating! Then it dropped another $15. I felt like I was watching the stock market! Feeling like a sucker, I finally bit the bullet yesterday and purchased the TV for $2269. I'm glad I didn't wait until today because the price increased another $50! I don't know why they do this, but it makes me very uncomfortable as a customer. Will the price drop again by tonight? I feel like I'm a rat in a market-testing experiment. I wonder whether all of Amazon's customers see the same price or do some customers get higher prices depending on how often they express interest in a product by re-visiting the same page? I remember a few years ago Amazon gave slightly different pricing info to people who had an item saved to their wish lists.
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so we may need to just wait around for the price drop again? Seems like they did this in Nov 09... i want this TV before the Superbowl.. oh well..amazon may have lost my sale at this point.. Come on! $200 bucks!! just drop the price so you guys can sell more! Volume sales! Dont be like Bestbuy and be a sell out