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Scuba Forum / General / January 2007Suunto D9 Price
Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US? Many thanks, David. > Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail > price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US? > Many thanks, > David. david, meet google. google answers questions very well. like- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Suunto+D9+price&btnG=Google+Search google meet david. http://www.nextag.com/suunto-d9/search-html > > Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail > > price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > http://www.nextag.com/suunto-d9/search-html Bob, that just gives me a list of suppliers. I'm looking for the best price. A better try would have been...bob meet froogle, froogle meet bob... http://froogle.google.de/froogle?q=suunto+d9&btnG=Search+Froogle etc. That found me one shop allegedly offering the D9 with transmitter for $949 (http://www.jomashop.com/suunto-d9trans.html) but I don't know (a) if that's for real (b) if it's with strange US taxes and/or rebate vouchers (c) if there may be somewhere cheaper not on froogle. Thanks for the nextag link, that was a new one on me. But unfortunately it only found two suppliers, both about $300 over Jomashop. So I try usenet. David >>> Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail >>> price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Bob, that just gives me a list of suppliers. > I'm looking for the best price. right google is still your friend. notice the changed request: |******************| http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=best+price+Suunto+D9&btnG=Google+Search now your friend google returns price comparisons for D9s here he found price comparisons for your specific product. www.pricegrabber.com www.nextag.com/suunto-dive/search-html www.ActiveShopper.com these guys look hard to find the lowest price. leisure pro for 969 https://www.divetank.com/divetank.net/product.php?suunto_id=d9 no warranty problem: http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ss_Suunto_gekko_dive_computer.html <http://shop.scuba.co.uk/BrandCategoryList/mcs/Brand/Suunto/Category/Diving+Compu ters/BrandID/27/CategoryID/59/v/> and always ebay... http://search.ebay.com/suunto-d9_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQxpufuZx > A better try would have been...bob meet froogle, > froogle meet bob... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > David > right > google is still your friend. > notice the changed request: |******************|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=best+price+Suunto+D9&btnG=Google... > now your friend google returns price comparisons for D9s > here he found price comparisons for your specific product. Froogle is the google platform for price comparisons, and it certainly works better than such general queries, regardless of what key words you add. The problem is though that the US prices sometimes include tax and sometimes don't, and with the D9 the price is sometimes with transmitter and sometimes not. So it's a lot of leg work whichever way you do it. I was therefore hoping someone reading this group may have been through the process recently and have a recommendation. > www.pricegrabber.comwww.nextag.com/suunto-dive/search-htmlwww.ActiveShopper.com > > these guys look hard to find the lowest price. > leisure pro for 969 That's without the transmitter though, making them one of the more expensive suppliers. > https://www.divetank.com/divetank.net/product.php?suunto_id=d9 Says call for lowest price - that's even more hassle! > no warranty problem:http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ss_Suunto_gekko_dive_computer.html That's for the Gecko though, and a UK server. Best UK price seems to be around GBP840, that's not such a good deal :-( Thanks anyway, I guess eBay as usual gives a good guide to the best price one can expect. David >> right >> google is still your friend. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > you add. The problem is though that the US prices sometimes include > tax and sometimes don't, because without knowing where you live, they can not determine if state tax applies to you. > and with the D9 the price is sometimes > with transmitter and sometimes not. So it's a lot of leg work [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Thanks anyway, I guess eBay as usual gives a good guide > to the best price one can expect. always remember that ebay has few guarantees. > David <snip> > Thanks anyway, I guess eBay as usual gives a good guide > to the best price one can expect. As usual? Not hardly. At least, not any more. Most of the stuff I look at these days is slightly less than I would pay for the item if I bought it retail. In most cases, I can easily find a better deal using pricegrabber or nextag. IIRC, Suunto is one of those companies that practices price fixing. As I recall, they won't allow authorized dealers to sell their items for less than 90% of the MSRP. I could be wrong on that, so don't quote me, but I believe we had a discussion about that a year or two ago. > "David Johnstone" <david_...@mail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > less than I would pay for the item if I bought it retail. In most cases, I can easily find a better > deal using pricegrabber or nextag. Usually I've found the eBay best price pretty close to the best mail order price, assuming you have enough offers for both. If there are only a small number of suppliers it's more difficult on both. Also the price agencies are only really good on particular items; typically computer hardware or common consumer products. Where there is a good choice, it's often true the best eBay price is a few percent higher, but it'll generally still give you a ball park idea of how much you could negotiate down. > IIRC, Suunto is one of those companies that practices price fixing. As I recall, they won't allow > authorized dealers to sell their items for less than 90% of the MSRP. I could be wrong on that, so > don't quote me, but I believe we had a discussion about that a year or two ago. It doesn't seem to be the case here in Germany. The RRP is EUR1499 - best price I've found so far is EUR950, both including german sales tax (19%) and transmitter. That's a major mail-order dealer, though it wasn't his advertised price, rather a personal offer by email. A lot of mail order and retail stores have them listed at EUR1099 or EUR1199. Looks like it wouldn't be worth picking one up in the US for me. On eBay there are people selling them in Malta and Indonesia at better prices...that's a bit risky for me though. David >That found me one shop allegedly offering the D9 with transmitter >for $949 (http://www.jomashop.com/suunto-d9trans.html) >but I don't know (a) if that's for real (b) if it's with strange US >taxes and/or rebate vouchers (c) if there may be somewhere >cheaper not on froogle. There's more than price involved. Check their feedback on resellerratings.com http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Jomashop before you decide whether to trust them with your money.  SignatureRon (user ron in domain spamblocked.com) > There's more than price involved. Check their feedback > on resellerratings.comhttp://www.resellerratings.com/store/Jomashop > before you decide whether to trust them with > your money. True, thanks. I can live with those ratings I think; but it seems their price was without NY sales tax, so the comparison is not valid.
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