N900 available for pre-order from buy.com $559+Shipping [Archive] - maemo.org

vkv.raju

2009-10-06, 02:15

N900 now available for pre-order from buy.com

Nokia N900 Unlocked Maemo Internet Tablet/3G Phone, Panoramic Desktop, 32GB + 16GB slot, Nokia Messaging Push Email, 5MP Camera, A-GPS, T-mobile 3G - 002L929

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List Price: See Details $649.00
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Our Price: $559.99
Shipping: $4.99
Buy.com Total Price: $564.98

http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html

Laughing Man

2009-10-06, 02:16

Ooh, hopefully Amazon will price match them.. then + my twenty dollars of Amazon credit from my credit card will put it in buying range!

Romeo0119

2009-10-06, 02:18

Amazon does price match??? I still would rather order from amazon though, no restocking fee, and plus I bought a few things from buy.com and tried to return it because it didnt work and they never reply to my email for an RMA.

Laughing Man

2009-10-06, 02:29

Amazon doesn't price match in the sense that if you tell them that X is selling it for this price then they will lower. So I'm sorry about misleading you.

But they unofficially price match (usually often for videogames) when a major store like Walmart or whomever that they regard as competition is selling it cheaper then they are. You can't get them to do it though, it's more a response to X retailer lowering their price and Amazon matching it because they rather people buy it from them than X retailer.

shaun132

2009-10-06, 02:34

actually its $549 after u apply this $10 off $200 coupon

http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=82955137

Laughing Man

2009-10-06, 02:39

Does the $10 coupon work though?

"This offer is not valid in our Cellular store."

tokuro

2009-10-06, 02:41

humm...

what's in it for us who ordered from Nokia/BrightPoint. sure they are going to give us a BT headset but...:(

Bratag

2009-10-06, 02:44

Well you order from Nokia I would suggest a couple of possible advantages

1) First round shipping
2) 1 Year extra support for 20 bucks
3) Magic unicorn .....

Ok #3 maybe not.

shaun132

2009-10-06, 02:45

Does the $10 coupon work though?

"This offer is not valid in our Cellular store."

It does work I proceeded to checkout the price in my cart was $549

remister

2009-10-06, 02:54

To buy or not to buy.... HMMMM

nilchak

2009-10-06, 02:57

Got to wait it out a bit more - till price drops to around $500.
Oh the torture from all this wait.

shaun132

2009-10-06, 02:58

the way they are discounting this phone before its release, I can't wait to see the pricing after Christmas! Sub-500 most likely, hopefully sub 450 if we are lucky!

Laughing Man

2009-10-06, 02:58

Hmm could you buy the 1 yr extra support from Nokia if you bought it from a 3rd party retailer?

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 03:02

I emailed Amazon to ask if they'll either lower the price so it's the same as buy.come or if they'll price match. I know they probably won't price match, but with the amount of business I've done with them it doesn't hurt to ask.

I purchased the extra three year warranty through Amazon for $49.99, so purchasing the phone through Buy would save me $20 ( yes, you can use the warranty purchased through Amazon because it's a third party entity and not operated by Amazon) which would offset that extra warranty cost.

As much as I like Amazon, $20 is still $20.

Nexus7

2009-10-06, 03:09

Hmm could you buy the 1 yr extra support from Nokia if you bought it from a 3rd party retailer?

What does the Nokia warranty do? Will a third party "Extended Warranty" be just as good, and does Buy.com offer one (I can't see that just by adding the phone to a shopping cart)?

RTbar

2009-10-06, 03:11

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 03:15

I went ahead and canceled with Amazon and ordered with Buy. I used the promotional coupon, along with a $25 dollar voucher I had from using my Paypal credit card, to bring the grand total to $530 with 2 day shipping.

I take it you couldn't use your voucher with Amazon?

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 03:17

What does the Nokia warranty do? Will a third party "Extended Warranty" be just as good, and does Buy.com offer one (I can't see that just by adding the phone to a shopping cart)?

Buy.com does have a warranty, when you're looking at the N900 pagge, underneath the price it says 'SquareTrade 2 Year Warranty $80'...LMAO $80 for two years through the same company that offers the three year, $49.99 through Amazon

RTbar

2009-10-06, 03:23

I take it you couldn't use your voucher with Amazon?

Yeah, it was a coupon from points on my Paypal credit card, so it made more sense for me to go with buy.com

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 03:40

Yeah, it was a coupon from points on my Paypal credit card, so it made more sense for me to go with buy.com

Hmm...get the Buy.com credit card and get an additional $30 off. First bill comes, pay it off, cancel the card. No annual fees or anything. $524.49 after $10 coupon+$30 off new account and that includes two day shipping.

$524.99 + $49.99 extra warranty from Amazon. $575.97....awfully tempting.

R-R

2009-10-06, 03:50

Uhm, damn, why don't everyone in the States ship to Canada...
10% more market can't hurt? :P

Oh well, MobileCityOnline gets to keep my order...

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 04:44

Hello,

Amazon doesn’t offer a price match guarantee. We do spend considerable effort to ensure our prices are the lowest in the marketplace at any time. Because the marketplace is constantly changing and we strive to offer the lowest price, you’ll see some fluctuations in our prices over time.

Please note that whenever you pre-order an item, the price we charge when we ship it to you will be the lowest price offered by Amazon.com between the time you placed your order and the release date.

If in case price of this item decrease on our website for this item we'll charge you the lowest price of this phone.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Please let us know if this e-mail resolved your question:

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Well...that sucks. I've never purchased anything from Buy.com, I take it there just like Amazon, but how are they customer service wise, ordering processing, etc?

Guess I'll wait a week to see if Amazon lowers there price.

toratoko

2009-10-06, 05:09

I bought a wireless router from buy.com and to tell you the truth it was just like amazon.com. No hassles, just your product, with shipping information, and no issues.

legendemeritus

2009-10-06, 05:13

Will the Nokia warranty be honored if purchased through Buy.com as it is with Amazon?

toratoko

2009-10-06, 05:16

Buy.com is an official vendor. Nokia must honor any purchase of their phone as long as you bought it with the package fully sealed and can verify the purchase date with a receipt from the vendor you bought it from.

Will the Nokia warranty be honored if purchased through Buy.com as it is with Amazon?

paul.

2009-10-06, 05:22

is there any way for myself, living in melbourne australia, to buy from Buy.com?
as it says that they do not ship out of the US.

Zelig87

2009-10-06, 05:26

I went ahead and canceled with Amazon and ordered with Buy. I used the promotional coupon, along with a $25 dollar voucher I had from using my Paypal credit card, to bring the grand total to $530 with 2 day shipping.

Hopefully a few more people follow your lead...........and that may then prompt Amazon to drop its price.

Zelig87

2009-10-06, 05:28

is there any way for myself, living in melbourne australia, to buy from Buy.com?
as it says that they do not ship out of the US.

You have to use a Package Forwarding company.

You sign up with the Package Forwarder and they give you a US Address to use on your order at Buy.com or Amazon.

Buy.com/Amazon ship your N900 to that US Address and then the Package Forwarder does the international shipping to get it to you.

toratoko

2009-10-06, 05:29

Mmmm, tastes sketchalicious

Buy.com/Amazon ship your N900 to that US Address and then the Package Forwarder does the international shipping to get it to you.

mobiledivide

2009-10-06, 05:39

paul.

2009-10-06, 05:54

UCOMM

2009-10-06, 06:13

Well...that sucks. I've never purchased anything from Buy.com, I take it there just like Amazon, but how are they customer service wise, ordering processing, etc?

Guess I'll wait a week to see if Amazon lowers there price.

ive ordered a few things from buy.com, never noticed a difference between them and amazon

i went ahead and switched

Zelig87

2009-10-06, 06:26

I am familiar with a few mail forwarders but not sure which to use. I am only looking to use it once as I only want to buy this item.

A site called Price USA offered me about 650 all up with shipping. Which is about $90 more than what someone in the US would pay.
Are there any better deals out there in terms of mail forwarding?

I'm using Bongo International. Int'l Shipping should be about US$40 plus, for a one off shipment, they charge US$8.50 so you are looking at about US$50 on top of whatever price you pay for the N900 and local US shipping.

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 07:45

The prices at buy.com are great but if for any reason you have to return the N900 get ready for DRAMA! I have tried to return a faulty E71 once and a monitor with pressure damage once. The monitor managed to be replaced after about a week of back and forth. The E71 turned into a month long saga involving managers and threats before I got a refund for the faulty phone. Needless to say I will never do business with them again.

Hmmm...I hate drama, the hassle free drama that is Amazon customer service might be worth the extra $20

mobiledivide

2009-10-06, 07:48

Hmmm...I hate drama, the hassle free drama that is Amazon customer service might be worth the extra $20

Without a doubt, after probably 25 Amazon purchases and zero problems versus 3 buy.com purchases and 2 problems (never a problem with delivery, they are very fast actually), I'll leave my money over at Amazon and eat the $20 for peace of mind.

qole

2009-10-06, 07:55

You have to use a Package Forwarding company.

You sign up with the Package Forwarder and they give you a US Address to use on your order at Buy.com or Amazon.

Buy.com/Amazon ship your N900 to that US Address and then the Package Forwarder does the international shipping to get it to you.

Just a note about buying from the USA if you aren't an American. If anything goes wrong, you're in for a taste of blackest hell trying to get your warranty honoured.

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 08:04

Without a doubt, after probably 25 Amazon purchases and zero problems versus 3 buy.com purchases and 2 problems (never a problem with delivery, they are very fast actually), I'll leave my money over at Amazon and eat the $20 for peace of mind.

I've done allot of business with Amazon and they've always taken care of me.

On another note, I was browsing UK cell company sites and WTF??? I wish our damn cell providers here offered us free Nintendo Wii's, Sony 12 megapixel cameras, GPS units as well as getting free phones... :( :(

remister

2009-10-06, 08:08

I wonder when the batch of Amazon and Buy.com will be shipped.

Zelig87

2009-10-06, 08:28

Just a note about buying from the USA if you aren't an American. If anything goes wrong, you're in for a taste of blackest hell trying to get your warranty honoured.

That's ok. Unless it is DOA, I can't imagine I would ever be bothered with trying to make a warranty claim in the USA for a AUD$700 device. Wouldn't be worth the time, hassle, shipping costs etc.

Buying, in effect, without a warranty is part of the price of wanting to be bleeding edge here Down Under.

paul.

2009-10-06, 10:14

I'm using Bongo International. Int'l Shipping should be about US$40 plus, for a one off shipment, they charge US$8.50 so you are looking at about US$50 on top of whatever price you pay for the N900 and local US shipping.

I heard they were only $5 for a one off. That's what their site says. But $50 on top sounds good

When will you be ordering?

Zelig87

2009-10-06, 10:30

I placed my pre-order with Amazon back on 16 September.

paul.

2009-10-06, 11:04

i see. and that cost you about $40US+$8.50US on top of the price to Australia?

mhotep

2009-10-06, 13:58

Thanks OP. Cancelled my order with Amazon. Saved another $20.

Romeo0119

2009-10-06, 14:45

I'm gonna keep my Amazon order simply just because if I decide to return the phone I wont have to deal with any drama and hassle, buy.com sucks when it comes to return your money. $20 isnt much for me, I can skip dinner tonight :-P

bugelrex

2009-10-06, 18:10

The prices at buy.com are great but if for any reason you have to return the N900 get ready for DRAMA! I have tried to return a faulty E71 once and a monitor with pressure damage once. The monitor managed to be replaced after about a week of back and forth. The E71 turned into a month long saga involving managers and threats before I got a refund for the faulty phone. Needless to say I will never do business with them again.

Does anyone know if you can take a "Dead on arrival/Faulty" unit to Nokia Flagship store and have them to ship it back to Nokia for you? You'd hope that Nokia would send a new unit instead of trying to repair it and probably easier than dealing with buy.com

ppriyank

2009-10-06, 19:57

I was wondering if i buy it from buy.com is there a new york state tax that i have to pay like i do with pre-ordering it on amazon?

bugelrex

2009-10-06, 20:00

Yes, tax for NY

http://www.buy.com/corp/support/billing/tax.asp?what=salestax

I think the NY liberals bullied online retailers to charge NY tax so they can expand government and social services

ppriyank

2009-10-06, 20:06

GREAT!!! thanks for the reply!

spinnukur

2009-10-06, 20:12

Yes, tax for NY

http://www.buy.com/corp/support/billing/tax.asp?what=salestax

I think the NY liberals bullied online retailers to charge NY tax so they can expand government and social services

Just like CA to pay for their socialized programs, yet these are the states that are bankrupt and putting state workers on furloughs...2012 is just around the corner...

I know, I know no politics here, but I coudln't resist...

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UCOMM

2009-10-06, 20:53

Does anyone know if you can take a "Dead on arrival/Faulty" unit to Nokia Flagship store and have them to ship it back to Nokia for you? You'd hope that Nokia would send a new unit instead of trying to repair it and probably easier than dealing with buy.com

i would imagine, its under warranty

Rushmore

2009-10-07, 00:14

Just like CA to pay for their socialized programs, yet these are the states that are bankrupt and putting state workers on furloughs...2012 is just around the corner...

I know, I know no politics here, but I coudln't resist...

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The only thing libs are good for is rock music and porn ;)