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Hey Horace!!

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  • George KG George K

    @89th said in Hey Horace!!:

    Rookie mistake. Always check Amazon prices while in Best Buy. They'll match it.

    No kidding? I had no idea. I always thought that Best Buy was just Amazon's showroom.

    I think, sometimes, Amazon, Best Buy and others might have a different SKU for the same item. That way they can deny price-matching because the item numbers from the manufacturer are not the same.

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    @George-K said in Hey Horace!!:

    different SKU for the same item

    Costco does that sort of thing, maybe Walmart too.

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    • 89th8 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!

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      @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

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        @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

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        @taiwan_girl said in Hey Horace!!:

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

        FIFY

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          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.

          Education is extremely important.

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            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.

            IMG_1489.jpeg IMG_1487.jpeg

            Education is extremely important.

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              That's a BMFM.

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

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • George KG George K

                That's a BMFM.

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

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                @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.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  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.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • George KG 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.

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                    @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.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • HoraceH 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.

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                      @Horace said in Hey Horace!!:

                      There’s a grommet attachment too.

                      IMG_2207.jpeg

                      Please love yourself.

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

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                        • 89th8 89th

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

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                          @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.

                          Education is extremely important.

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