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In article <4ee46f$bca@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Daniel J. Stevans) writes:
>Adam L (gt7096a@acmey.gatech.edu) wrote:
>: : Have you called for prices? I called Dirt Cheap Dives for their Fujitsu
>: : 1 gig hard drive for $199.00 amd the salesman said that the price went up to 
>: : $229.00 because the the price list is generated 4 months in advance.
>: : A classic case of being misled. The same wemt for Midwest Micro. I got a
>: : flyer in the mail advertising a Maxtor 1 gig drive for 209.00, I called
>: : the NEXT DAY and guess what, $229.00. Remember, prices are subject to change
>: : after they deliberately advertise a lower price.
>
>: There are a few companies advertising in Compute Shopper that consistantly
>: do this.  Off the top of my head, I can't remember if Dirt Cheap was one
>: of them or not... but there are lots of decent companies in there, too.  
>
>	Now this is something that should be mentioned to the Better 
>Business Bureau.

From what I've heard, the companies who advertise in Computer Shopper 
have to put their ads 2 months in advance.  I guess naturally, they would 
not advertise prices when they submitted the ad, but instead would try to 
guess how prices would drop 2 months from submission and use those 
prices.  It seems that most of the companies in the mag do this in order 
to appear competitive.  Which would you rather buy from?

Let's say it was January and a 1.6 gigger cost $300.  You expect it to 
cost $260 in March.  When a shopper looks through, you can bet he'll try 
and avoid places that advertise for $300 (and sell for $280) while 
calling places that advertise for $260 (when it actually is $280 since 
the price didn't drop as expected.

I agree, it is misleading.  Would you rather see ads that just say call 
for $ info and no prices anywhere?  I wish it were better, but there 
sin't much to be done about it.