(and why I hate gift cards).
For the past several months, I’ve been drooling over the n810. I decided that, following Christmas, I’d be getting one for myself. My boss decided to give us our Christmas bonus in the form of a Best Buy gift card — no big deal, right? Best Buy will of course be selling them.
So, I currently have 275 in Best Buy gift cards total, and 150 in visa gift cards.
This is the n810 on CircuitCity.com . They have it, full price.
Here’s the n810 at Buy.com. Note that not only is it in stock, it’s also already on sale.
And here’s the n810 at Best Buy
When I searched for it previously, I was just told no search results were found. This confirms my suspicions — not only do they know the n810 exists, they’re purposefully not stocking it, and want people to buy n800s instead (which is of course absurd, as the n810 is better in every way). Perhaps this is because they’re really bad at turning over inventory. Perhaps it’s because they hate me.
Maybe this is why Best Buy makes so much off unused gift cards. However, if I go buy it else where instead, I’ll have to figure out something else to spend 275 on — it’ll probably end up being something dumb, like a PS3 or Windows Vista Ultimate. I guess I’ll wait a few weeks to see if Best Buy gives up on their stock of n800s and ships them all to Woot.com
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Jacob | 27-Dec-07 at 7:04 pm | Permalink
I’m curious why you want to pay the $200 price difference for the N810 over the N800. You lose an SD slot and only gain GPS and a hardware keyboard. The processor speeds, RAM, and OSes are exactly the same in both. If that keyboard is absolutely essential for you, go for it, but IMO the N800 gets you more for your dollar. (Unless you already own an N800 and really want to upgrade.)
Dave B | 27-Dec-07 at 7:18 pm | Permalink
Agreed. The n800 is a sweet deal at ~$220 shipped. Of course, gps isn’t much of a feature for me, and the onscreen keyboard of the n800 is very serviceable for me, but many dislike them.
Trey | 27-Dec-07 at 7:27 pm | Permalink
With the bad reviews of the GPS, loss of the memory slot, and the change to miniSD, I bought the N800 and a GPS. I love it and have had no issues, so if the keyboard is a killer I would say get it, but I would get the N800 otherwise.
Aaron | 27-Dec-07 at 11:58 pm | Permalink
There are a few websites out there that let you trade gift cards for the store you want:
http://www.cardavenue.com/
http://www.plasticjungle.com/
I have yet to use one yet, if you do post back so I know how it worked out..
anonymous | 28-Dec-07 at 10:28 am | Permalink
” it’ll probably end up being something dumb, like a PS3 or Windows Vista Ultimate”
Please do not buy products from Microsoft if you care about open source. We may not have a choice as to where our tax money goes when the government gets it, but we do have a choice where our money goes when it comes to purchasing retail products. Do not support that company!
joe | 28-Dec-07 at 3:40 pm | Permalink
@ Jacob, Dave, Trey
I have looked at the n800, and I like the n810 better. I want it for the keyboard, and the gps. If it doesn’t replace my broken mp3 player, broken gps, and provide me a pda, I can’t rationalize buying it. Furthermore, it does come with a faster processor and more memory, and I can’t picture myself buying 2 SD cards for it anyway. While the gps apparently takes a while to link, it also apparently never loses its link — in which case, what does it matter?
@Aaron, thanks for the links. I didn’t see anyone willing to trade for a > 250 gift card to best buy, and I don’t particularly want to do anything more active like auction or post a trade. I guess I’ll wait a little while to see if Best Buy comes to its senses, and take more drastic measures if need be.
@anonymous, not a long time reader I take it?
Farfig Nugen | 29-Dec-07 at 2:22 am | Permalink
Another difference… the n810 looks much better than the n800. and the speakers sound better.
Denil Wickrama | 02-Jan-08 at 5:20 am | Permalink
I myself purchased a n800 before the N810 came out. I agree that the N810 is better. I run DWcomputing.com and I can sell or your readers an N800 for $256.56 and a N810 for $438.37. My email is DenilWickrama at [the dot com website listed above]. I may even be able to work out a deal exchanging some of your bestbuy gift cards towards your N810 purchase. Send me an email and we can talk.
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