price increase Amazon has raised the price on this TV $300 this week, what gives? I was just about to order it after 3 months of thinking about it.
275996
Have been watching this as well. Look at the ratings. I own one and its the best LCD on the market at the moment IMHO. The lowest price I have seen here at Amazon was $2940.00 USD a while back. Which is what I got it for. Since folks have been buying it, and the ratings continue to be 4.75+ stars, the price has been creeping up towards what the local BB and CC are charging for it ($3800+ in my area). I think once the 71 and 81 series hit the streets, this one will drop for sure. But until that time, this one is top dog, at least in my house. The picture maxed out in 1080P will just blow you away!! Have been watching this as well. Look at the ratings. I own one and its the best LCD on the market at the moment IMHO. The lowest price I have seen here at Amazon was $2940.00 USD a while back. Which is what I got it for. Since folks have been buying it, and the ratings continue to be 4.75+ stars, the price has been creeping up towards what the local BB and CC are charging for it ($3800+ in my area). I think once the 71 and 81 series hit the streets, this one will drop for sure. But until that time, this one is top dog, at least in my house. The picture maxed out in 1080P will just blow you... » Read More Have been watching this as well. Look at the ratings. I own one and its the best LCD on the market at the moment IMHO. The lowest price I have seen here at Amazon was $2940.00 USD a while back. Which is what I got it for. Since folks have been buying it, and the ratings continue to be 4.75+ stars, the price has been creeping up towards what the local BB and CC are charging for it ($3800+ in my area). I think once the 71 and 81 series hit the streets, this one will drop for sure. But until that time, this one is top dog, at least in my house. The picture maxed out in 1080P will just blow you away!! « Show Less
275997
Circuitcity.com raised $200. I'm going to wait until 71f & 81f are released.
938103
Same thing happened to me two weeks ago with a different TV. Amazon would not give me the price I originally ordered it at. Bought it and it dropped back to the original price this week. Amazon price changing has gotten out of hand. Instead of feeling good about the purchase, I feel as though I was duped. It also took six days from the date of order to remove the hold from my amazon credit card. I ended up using my debit card.
1321791
What is the deal with this pricing on this TV? In less than 3 wks it is gone up about $300?
1608593
Unfortunately that seems to be the case. I was on the fence about buying this TV set for our bedroom, but there is no way with this new price tag that they're getting my money. I'm with you ... probably wait till the price drops below $900 again.
2118126
Im getting this tv at Best Buy if Amazon doesn't drop the price back down to around 1900 where it was 2 weeks ago. They keep raising the price and that is kinda of ridiculous. I can get this TV under 2k at my local Best Buy.
1941593
I have been watching the price of this HDTV as well and I think that the practice of offering a coupon (which implies a discount) but then increasing the price by more than the value of the coupon is very misleading. It would seem from the comments above/below that other consumers feel the same way.
1774078
Great Job, they raise the price for cyber monday this tv was $1699 three hours ago and i was going to buy it today i waited to see if they would lower the price, guess they took the other route i guess i wont be buying this TV today.
409321
Seriously? Do you not realize how many people make or lose more in an hour than what this TV costs? If you had purchased 100 shares of Amazon in May, 1997 (for about $1785) then you'd have the money for this TV now. So what did you spend the $1785 on that was so important? Would it really have been so hard to save that much up? If not, then why are you even shopping for this? Sheesh! Why do so many people refuse to be rich these days?
558155
Id say get this tv before the price goes up. You will see a drastic increase in people buying 3D tv's. As they do the price will go up for a while. The 3D on this tv is Awesume.Id recommend this one.
648123
I think the price went up because Sony was having a promotion that if you bought the TV together with a home theater system, the home theater system was essentially free. Now that the promo is over, I suspect the TV price will drop.
329573
well... someone reported getting $500 off the $1749 price which would make the tv 1249. Then co-incidentally, or not, the posts disappear the same day. I tried to get the tv for that price 43 minutes after their post and was unable to do so. Mistake by Amazon?
410292
Yeah, I too started looking at the TV after seeing the consumer reports review. Was going to buy it at $900, but after seeing Amazon drop the listed price by $100 and increase their price by $60 I've decided to wait. (I wonder if the consumer reports review led to an increase in demand).Since then I've seen a review or two that listed the SD quality as the TV's greatest weakness, so I'm trying to figure out what the actual consensus is.
220704
I had to swoop in and grab mine late June at the $599.99 price. It has since gone up and been removed from Prime. Keep an eye out! Hopefully it will go back down.
2232638
Price went from $2199.98 to $2149.98 tonight... bought the TV yesterday... just emailed Amazon to get the 30 day price guarantee for the TV....just sent in info for this site as well which will update me daily on any price changes on the TVhttp://www.frozenwarrior.com/~pricewatch/ordered it yesterday and its already at the distribution center (CEVA) awaiting a phone call to setup delivery.... hoping to have this by thursday to watch some Football this weekend!
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I bought this TV a couple of weeks ago (and it is fantastic) and already received a $60 credit due to price drop. I checked this morning and the price was down ANOTHER $100, so I sent in a request for the additional refund. Several hours later, I received a note from Amazon that they couldn't price match Marketplace sellers and yada yada and now I check and the current price is UP $200 from earlier today! So yeah, it's changing faster than the price for gas at a gas station. I should have documented (somehow) what the price was at when I sent in my 2nd request. I'll keep paying attention though! I bought this TV a couple of weeks ago (and it is fantastic) and already received a $60 credit due to price drop. I checked this morning and the price was down ANOTHER $100, so I sent in a request for the additional refund. Several hours later, I received a note from Amazon that they couldn't price match Marketplace sellers and yada yada and now I check and the current price is UP $200 from earlier today! So yeah, it's changing faster than the price for gas at a gas station. I should have documented (somehow) what the price was at when I sent in my 2nd request. I'll keep paying attention... » Read More I bought this TV a couple of weeks ago (and it is fantastic) and already received a $60 credit due to price drop. I checked this morning and the price was down ANOTHER $100, so I sent in a request for the additional refund. Several hours later, I received a note from Amazon that they couldn't price match Marketplace sellers and yada yada and now I check and the current price is UP $200 from earlier today! So yeah, it's changing faster than the price for gas at a gas station. I should have documented (somehow) what the price was at when I sent in my 2nd request. I'll keep paying attention though! « Show Less
637474
Nope. Amazon has stepped up and I am returning this television. I am going to return the favor and buy a more expensive Samsung to replace it with Amazon.
2119492
As other people have mentioned Samsung has new 1080p lcds coming out, so these models are not going to be made anymore which is probably why amazon does not have any. While the new tv's have some improvements, just like anything with tech toys, the price will be high for a while.