Hey Horace!!

[George K]

The Best Buy web site doesn't specify 3rd party seller...

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-34-odyssey-g5-1000r-curved-1ms-165hz-qhd-freesync-prem-gaming-monitor-black/6445082.p?skuId=6445082

[89th]

Their terms do specify it. Although I'm not sure how you define a 3rd party since it seems like everything on Amazon is via 3rd party? ANYWHO... it looks like Samsung does control that price at $549 nearly everywhere, so I'm not sure how Deals4Less can list it for $341 or whatever. Anyway, hope you have an amazing day ahead!

[89th]

Guess I found my own answer from Amazon:

How do I know who is a third party seller on Amazon?
If you want to check whether a seller is a third party or Amazon itself, look for the “sold by” line among the product information. If the information there is anything other than “Amazon”, you've found yourself a third party seller.

[Horace]

yes third party is labeled as such. We'll see if I get something in the same box as the one from Best Buy. If so, I'll return to best buy for the larger refund. If not, I'll return to Amazon for the smaller refund.

[Copper]

@George-K said in Hey Horace!!:

different SKU for the same item

Costco does that sort of thing, maybe Walmart too.

[taiwan_girl]

@89th said in Hey Horace!!:

I'm not sure how Deals4Less can list it for $341 or whatever.

I wonder if they buy "stolen" merchandise? I have read that there are companies like that. They dont admit they are buying stolen merchandise, but they also dont ask where their sellers got it from.

"Hey, I have 20 monitors from a store that went out of business."

"Oh okay. We will give you $200 for each!"

"Sounds good to me!!"

Then they resell for $341

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Hey Horace!!:

Hey, I have 20 monitors from a store that went out of business fell off a truck."

FIFY

[Horace]

I don't want to get involved with any stolen merchandise, or otherwise unethically sourced merchandise. My values are too important to sacrifice them for a hundred dollars.

[Horace]

Here’s my new monitor with arm stand, installed in my office that may or may not have been recently devastated by a tornado. Also I have canceled the Amazon order because principles.

[George K]

That's a BMFM.

Why did you go with the mounting arm rather than the (presumably) included stand?

[Horace]

@George-K said in Hey Horace!!:

That's a BMFM.

Why did you go with the mounting arm rather than the (presumably) included stand?

The included stand didn’t change height or angles. The previous version that broke had a nice stand. The stand on this one is an afterthought. The VESA mount makes it easy to use a good one.

[George K]

I've been considering something like that, but my desk doesn't have a handy spot to mount the arm. The desktop has only about 1 inch of clearance from the side of the desk.

[Horace]

@George-K said in Hey Horace!!:

I've been considering something like that, but my desk doesn't have a handy spot to mount the arm. The desktop has only about 1 inch of clearance from the side of the desk.

There’s a grommet attachment too. Probably not useful for you either though.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Hey Horace!!:

There’s a grommet attachment too.

[89th]

Cool monitor! All the better to read my posts with.

[Horace]

@89th said in Hey Horace!!:

Cool monitor! All the better to read my posts with.

I'm actually putting off reading your posts until I get an even better monitor, maybe in several years or more. The riches that await me are untold!

The way I see it, good conservative Trump voters like you and me are givens. I try to keep tabs on the "other side", as it were.