I purchased one 3 years ago for $69. Now it sells for $599. Ridiculous price. Anyone know where I can purchase one for much less? Lillian
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I found one on craigslist houston, tx. new in the box for $100 thats still high, but not crazy. I love mine, wish they still made them.
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out of production, but still in demand i assume. it seemed one of those rare "stand out" models in an otherwise so-so lineup. so i guess it's priced like a collector's item. mine has since failed, and i'd replace it with same -- IF it were still available at original price.
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Well, it's an issue of supply and demand. The product is no longer manufactured, and New Old Stock - which this is - is in limited supply. Most of us who want or need this device will settle for a used or 'refurbished' one for a fraction of that $489.99 price, but sellers of the NOS item are asking the highest price they think they can get - and if you check around, you'll find that this inflated figure (roughly ten times its original retail price just several years ago) is in fact in the ballpark.
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That's the one I bought in July and sure didn't get it for $29.00! No wonder they're gone! I paid $69+ for mine and i do like it. It's a little heavy to handle, but is very sturdy which I appreciate.
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wtf is right. why is this going for almost 3x it's regular price? surely there is a new and improved version out there (which normally makes the price of the older model go DOWN). does anyone know?
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Seriously... Amazon needs to drop the price! I'll buy a second one if they give a 50% discount (cuz that's the price I got my first unit - $215 last year).
2014908
I was wondering the same thing!!! I researched this model and was going to purchase it from Amazon, but heck no at this price!! It is on th Food Saver website for $200.96. There has to be a mistake, or someone is trying to rip people off!
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hello and thank you for your interest. this is the price for one and if you check everyone else's prices we're all around the same range.this is a discontinued product and in very high demand.hope this helps.
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I purchased this from Nebraska Furniture Mart for $1109 on 12/31/2009. I did check their site and it has gone back up to $1599. While I was looking at it after getting the tkt for it, someone else wanted it and they were out of stock. I hope it's ok because it's staying in the box until I move to Dallas~
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Agreed... they need to lower the price. I would buy it here for even $20 more for a new one ($420) so I could get it interest free for 6 months but I'm not paying $80-$90 more
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I have the same question?? Is it going to be available again at a reasonable price. I bought three and would like more to give as presents. 199.00????
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Amazon used to sell new ones until a couple months ago, with the price in the low $500's. Then they just stopped and the supply dried up all over the place but for maybe a list $700. But, Best Buy Magnolia says they can get one. Magnolia also was flexible on the price. I'm considering it.
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Something similar happened to me. When I bought it for the first time, it was being sold by Discount Tommy, and it cost $69.95. It arrived with defects. I returned it to Amazon and ordered another one. But this time Discount Tommy had ran out of stock and the only company selling it was Stores123, for $73.13, and Amazon told me that they could not sell it for the previous price. But this was a slight price difference, compared to $58/$99.
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Yeah I was lucky enough to get it in the middle of march for 1580 then i saw the price went down to 1499 and i called amazon and got a refund for the 81 dollars. I would log on at different times to see the price and found that the price could change a few hundred dollars each day depending on who the seller is. Nine times out of ten it was from amazon though. My guess is that they just plain ran out of them, they were a steal.
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I saw it, too. But this morning, the price was back to >300. And Amazon price trackers (like Ookong.com) don't register the lower price. But i swear that I saw it.
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I saw it at another big chain store, B...Buy. It was for $350. If T is selling for $179, that is incredible. I will check them out.
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I was just about to buy a white one and the price jumped to $414! The strange thing is, if you go to the manufacturer's website, is sells for 350 euros. I hope amazon buys a new lot and sells them for a good price.