As I mentioned last week, I placed an order for a new Canon SD700. Despite Amazon reporting the vendor was in stock, they were apparently backordered, which was a very frustrating email to receive, by the way. So I decided to poke around online, see if I could find another option. Turns out in the 2 days between ordering and getting confirmation, the Amazon price shot from ~$360 to ~$420)!
I went to Google, and searched for “SD700” (pictured on the right) and saw a result from “bestpricecameras” (not linking to them, you’ll see why shortly) at $309! Wow, good deal. Did another search on Cnet, nothing better.
So, I visited that site and rather than click through, I called their order number. While on hold, I went to do a bit more research.
I googled “bestpricecameras.com review” and did a little poking around. I eventually clicked on this link and read enough scathing reviews to hang up, and wait for trusty Amazon to deliver.
As the sayings go…
Better late than never
and
If it seems too good (or too cheap) to be true, it probably is.
Thankfully I didn’t lose my $309 along the way.