Best PDA deals: Buy.com vs. everyone else
Here’s what we can say of Buy.com’s “best PDA deals”: They sure are good in hyping it up. Not always the best in PDA bargains, but very consistent in sending the message out … Anyway, let’s review what they claim to be blockbuster prices for PDAs versus what anyone can find in DealCatcher at the time of this post.
Prices are after rebates, coupons and whatnot from the retailer (manufacturer rebates excluded because of retailer-eligibility inconsistencies) but before shipping and taxes:
- palmOne Tungsten E - Buy.com $177.99, DealCatcher $170.88
- palmOne Zire 72 - Buy.com $280.99, DealCatcher $237.00
- palmOne Zire 31 - Buy.com $142.99, DealCatcher $119.00
- palmOne Zire 21 - Buy.com $89.94, DealCatcher $87.16
- NAVMAN Pin Pocket GPS/PDA - Buy.com $349.99, BizRate $369.99 (not featured in DealCatcher)
Non-PDA deals:
- SmartDisk 256MB MP3 Player - Buy.com $65.99, DealCatcher $70.49
- IOGear 40GB Firewire/USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Buy.com $119.99, DealCatcher $125.89
- IOGear 160GB Firewire/USB 2.0 3.5” Hard Drive - Buy.com $139.99, DealCatcher $139.88
We decided to throw in the non-PDA deals because these items are what we consider essential in mobile computing: Never enough music, nor storage!