why doesn't Amazon sell this one? why only third party sellers (at least rght now)?does Amazon know something we dont, or they are just out of these?
1847814
Damned shame, they were months away from releasing a BH300 - and considering how good the BH200 was I expect it would have been a real wow.
1847815
With HD DVD "dead" there is no need for the LG or Samsung duo players (or upgrades of same) both of which had compromises, anyway. Stock is gone. Marketplace prices are inflated, as are eBay.
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amazon's out of these. And LG has announced it will discontinue this model starting in the 2nd half of this year. Crutchfield already ran out of stock with both the BH200 and the samsung BD-UP5000.
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I just posted the same question - I was 1 week away from buying this TV (pay day) and suddenly it's only being sold by a 3rd party. Amazon DID begin carrying the item after your post (Oct 2007) but I wonder if this was the final runout :(
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Does anyone know of another site where this model can be pre-ordered? I'd rather not give Amazon the business because of the pricing deception.
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If Amazon doesn't start to police the gaming of their reviewing system (which is rampant, IMHO) being done by authors and third party sellers, they may as well stop with the reviews. I've been burned a couple of times by products that have 5 star reviews that ended up in my trash bin upon delivery. Sure, there are good 3rd party sellers out there, but how can I tell the good from the bad? I'm done with 3rd party sellers. It's either Amazon selling it or I don't buy it.
856814
Yeah..I would wait for Amazon. I kind of had a feeling they didn't have it. When I asked them how they got it before Amazon, they did not have an answer. I feel better ordering from Amazon anyhow.
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Can you please say what other webiste is selling it? I haven't been able to find it for sale anywhere else and don't want to cancel my order unless I have someplace else to get it from. Thank you.
1670241
I cannot understand why Amazon itself does not sell this projector. They do sell the "competition" (for example, the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8500 UB LCD Projector (V11H337020) [although not at the present time due to some difficulties] and the Epson Powerlite V11H336120 Home Cinema 8100 1080p LCD Home Theater Projector); why not this Panasonic too? If they sold it, Panasonic would sell many more of these projectors as Amazon has demonstrated that it is a trustworthy and consumer-friendly company. That said, if anyone wants one, they could hardly find a better dealer than Visual Apex, from whom I bought mine. They are as good a company as Amazon - and, as you know, that's saying something!
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Amazon is not getting away with it, it's one of their partner sellers. Do you know and can you tell the difference? It's not difficult. How can people continue to not understand what they are looking at when you look at a product page and it says "Ships from and sold by C4DEALZ?" Is that Amazon? No, it's not, it's C4DEALZ. When you buy here you will notice that some will say "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com", others will say "Ships from and sold by *some 3rd party seller*" and others will say "Sold by *some 3rd party seller* and Fulfilled by Amazon." The case with this at the moment is that Amazon apparently has no stock and our thoughtful friends at C4DEALZ see the opportunity to jack up the price by $100 or so and make money off the uninformed, especially in this case because even at that price it's less than buying 3 separate upgrades. Get informed. First clue, outrageous prices gouging the customer (for which Amazon actually should remove the seller as a partner) and you won't see it being available for Free SuperSaver shipping since only Amazon sold or fulfilled items are. In my case I have a gift certificate I'd like to use toward the purchase so I'm rather irritated they don't have stock but I'm not stupid enough to pay C4DEALZ gouging prices, or anyone's for that matter. Now I see that "The Toy Giant" has joined the parade of gouging sellers. They should all go on lists of sellers that we will never ever purchase from. Jeff Bezos shouldn't be allowing it, it reflects directly on Amazon.
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I've checked other sites and couldn't find anything. Maybe you can check with the seller to see if they may an extra one to sell.
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To answer my own question: I called Amazon and was told they had no replacements of that model available. They're going to email me a shipping label to print out and then credit my account.Since I called after hours I might try calling again to see if they are willing to make a deal with one of their 3rd party sellers to exchange it for the right model.I'm very disappointed. Love Amazon, but they should stop shipment if something's not available instead of substituting something that's worse than the advertised item.Someone must have thought we would not notice. :/
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AP- I hope you are wrong but that is a good explaination. I notice that both Frys and Amazon are "sold out" while other stores such as CompUSA show they have them on the shelf. I'd rather wait for Amazon to buy this through. I'm a long time Amazon customer and they have yet to let me down on any item. That kind of customer service will keep me waiting for Samsung to work it all out. It's nothing I'm going to lose sleep over. But..interesting post nonetheless!
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This isn't being offered from Amazon...just a third party vendor for now. The price isn't Amazon's fault, but they certainly should sell it themselves. This is one of the hottest projectors available and I'm sure they would sell a bunch if the price was competitive.
1759410
It's amazing to me that Amazon can't get stock of this product when HP and others have been shipping for weeks... what gives guys?
1345444
If you see a Dewalt drill on Amazon that Amazon says it is out-of-stock in their inventory, there may still be a third-party selling it. What's more, sometimes third party sellers team up with Amazon, so then the item will be held at an Amazon warehouse and will be shipped by Amazon. This is a partnership that allows for third-party companies to offer products through a trusted seller like Amazon, while still being actively involved in the actual sale of their items. In terms of pricing, we are unsure if there is a new Dewalt line coming out or not any time soon. It's very likely, however, but pricing in general - especially in used merchandise - is incredibly competitive. Competition sometimes forces extremes, with people vastly undercutting prices or vastly overpricing items to try to swing average prices in a certain direction. It's also possible that what appears to be a very high price was the average price not too long ago, but extreme undercutting dropped the average price artificially, and chances are the price average will eventually rise back up to where it should be. Thanks for your interest, and I hope this helped!
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I was able to get one on amazon.com for 499.00 two weeks ago from 17th Street Photo. Crazy how it's sold by Portable Guy for hundreds of dollars more whenever it's the only merchant left selling it here. Yeah, better wait for other merchants on amazon.com to make it available then Portable Guy reduces its price too (but still the more expensive one).
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Because Amazon allows several different vendors to sell products through their marketplace. The search result reflects the lowest price among those vendors, and that won't always be Amazon. If that's the case, you'll see that low price over on the right hand side of the page. I am usually inclined to spend a few bucks more and get something from Amazon though.
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It's available at Newegg (and has been for some time) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152590 I'm not sure why Amazon is taking so long to get it in stock. Since there is no indication of when this will be available I'll be spending a little extra money and getting it before Newegg runs out of stock (they have limit of 1 per customer currently).