
Each week you can get different sales, free shipping offers, financing deals, and exclusives on BestBuy.com. This week Best Buy has a ton of marked-down items in categories such as Cameras & Camcorders, Home Theater, and Car & GPS. I'm going to focus on four products in these categories: a 12-megapixel Samsung digital camera, a Pure Digital pocket camcorder, a Garmin GPS, and a Sony Bravia HDTV.
Find out the deals you'll want to grab and the ones you'll want to avoid, after the jump.
Samsung 12.2-Megapixel TL100 Digital Camera
(Regularly $229.99; Now $199.99)--Good Deal!
Best Buy has this 12MP point-and-shooter on sale for the week. It features a 3x optical zoom, a 2.7-inch LCD screen, face dectection technology, and dual image stabilization. It runs on a lithium ion battery and comes in four colors: red, black, blue, and silver. At $30 off with free shipping, it's gotta be a good deal, right? Yeppers! In fact, it's the only deal.
Pure Digital Flip Ultra
(Regularly $149.99; Now $129.99)--So-So Deal!
Pure Digital's series of pocket camcorders have earned average ratings of 3 out of 5 stars by PCMag's Brian Heater; great scores for such a lightweight and stylish, easy-to-use camcorder. The Flip Ultra model offers 4GB of internal memory, a 2-inch LCD screen, and four color options. At $129.99, you won't get free shipping with this deal; so if you're not picking it up in-store, you'll have to pay about $5 for shipping. But can you get a better deal elsewhere? You betcha. Both NewEgg.com and Amazon.com are offering the Flip for $129 with free shipping.
Garmin nüvi 255W GPS
(Regularly $199.99; Now $179.99)--Bad Deal!
Thank goodness for free shipping! Garmin's 255W sports a 4.3-inch touch screen, turn-by-turn voice prompts, a speed limit indicator, automatic rerouting, and preloaded maps of North America. This is already such a great deal, so why bother looking elsewhere? Because you always should, folks! Glad thing I looked, because Amazon has the 255W for $174.34 with free shipping. Score!
Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100
(Regularly $2,399.99; Now $1,799.99)--Good Deal!
In the market for an HDTV? Sony's Bravia KDL-46Z5100, which earned four out of five stars by PCMag.com, is $600 off the regular price. This energy-efficient 46-inch HDTV feature 240-Hz display technology, an excellent picture contrast, and Internet and network multimedia streaming. Not only do you get free shipping for this set, but hook-up and recycling of your TV is included. This deal can also be had for the same price (with free shipping) on Amazon.com, so take your pick. Good deal verified.
June 29, 2009 8:49 PM
Hmm. Been debating picking up a Flip Ultra or a Flip HD - think I'll hold out and wait for you guys to highlight a better deal. :D
PS - I love this column!