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Friday, December 22, 2006

Comparison Shopping

I have been checking out some of the comparison shopping sites when ever I get a chance for buying the large TV. These sites bring back information simultaneously from several retail and online sites, and so provide easy and handy comparison in one place. Some of the ones I have used include:

BizRate.com

Shopzilla.com

Shopping.com

PriceGrabber.com

There are probably lot of the other good sites also but I have not used them. Good thing about most of these sites is that they also provide information on shipping cost and taxes which can be substantial and make up over 10% of the total cost. So its easy to compare each store using the total cost as some offer free shipping and no taxes but charge higher price for the TV. The searches frequently bring back info from online retailers which I have never heard of. This may be good from price perspective but require some additional research to ensure they are indeed genuine retailers.

Along with the above comparison sites, I also sometimes check BestBuy.com and Circuit City.com as both these retailers have been having promotions frequently.

Fortunately, since the TV will just for our own use, there's no deadline pressure to buy it by christmas. However, one thing I have been noticing is that the price of big TVs have been coming down. Both Circuit City and Best Buy attributed their Q4 quarter's week earnings to reduced margins on flat panels due to increased competition, so I was not surprised because I myself am surprised to see 42 inch Plasma TV sometimes selling for $799, while 50-52 inch DLP TVs selling for under $1,300. Fortunately, more competition among retailers is good since that means lower prices for customers.

posted by Ruby @ 4:25 AM

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