Is a TV this size for $9.99 too good to be true? Yes.

Although thousands of BestBuy customers ordered the Samsung Best Buy $9.99 TV, only five people will get the 52″ flat-panel LCD TV for that price. As most people assumed, the Best Buy $9.99 TV price was a mistake.

This message has started making its way around:

To recent victims for our price error on BestBuy’s Samsung LCD monitor, we will only allow the first 5 orders to be delivered. The following orders for the model LN52A650 will be canceled and BestBuy will reimburse your payment and follow our ‘Errors on Our Site’ procedure. Best Buy will issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge. BestBuy, Inc. apologizes for this inconvenience.

Online shopping vs. ‘the old days’

The Internet has more benefits than drawbacks, that’s for sure. But so rarely does an opportunity to point out an in stance in which the “old-fashioned” way is superior, we must always seize these opportunities. Kind of like seizing the opportunity to get an online cash advance before your bank account gets overdrawn.

This certainly is not the first time BestBuy or any other retail business has written the wrong price on something. However, back in the days before Internet shopping, there was a lot more work involved in sticking a price tag on something. And if someone had gone into a BestBuy, saw the $9.99 price tag on a 52″ television and tried to buy it, the matter would have been worked out face-to-face between a stuttering teenage sales associate and a customer who knew very well she wasn’t getting that price.

How much does this LCD TV really cost?

The error that advertised the Samsung 52″ flat-panel LCD for $9.99 has been corrected, and the price is back to its normal $1,699.99. That’s the price it was supposed to be put on sale for, about $100 less than the usual price.

Unfortunately, after seeing the set advertised for $9.99, I think BestBuy is going to have a tough time convincing people that $1,700 is really a good price.

Web site maintenance time

Now, the Best Buy $9.99 TV debacle leaves BestBuy with a problem on its hands. Right now, the Samsung 52″ flat-panel LCD is listed on the site as on sale for the disappointing but discounted $1,700 price, but the item is also listed as sold out.

It really only comes down tto a matter of reprogramming the site to say that the item is not sold out, but first someone, probably a big-time someone from corporate, needs to make sure that the shipping department is aprised of the situation. I don’t know how many, if any Best Buy $9.99 TVs were shipped before the company discovered the error.

At Personal Money Store we talk a lot about payday loans, but we also like to keep you informed on bargains buys and money saving tips as well. The latest on our list to share with you is what we have heard in regards to Apples flagship product the Apple iPhone.

Have you seen the latest publicity on the Apple iPhone? New information has leaked out across the internet claiming that Wal-Mart will become an Apple iPhone distributor.  Huh?

How Did That Happen?

Wal-Mart is not exactly what you would call a leader in the home electronics arena. Of what they do offer in consumer electronics that are name brand and industry standard, they seem to lack in qualified sales representatives. This provides a less than savory environment to lure buyers into purchasing their products.

What Wal-Mart lacks as a consumer electronics dealer in comparison to other chains who are offering electronics as their specialty, makes it even more of a challenge to become successful in the electronics industry.

Wal-Mart’s New Approach May Allow Them To Compete With The Big Boys

Wal-Mart seems to have caught on to this dilemma and has begun contracting out qualified staff from other firms to work on site at select locations to educate customers and Wal-Mart employees on the different consumer electronic products and the differences between them. Some of these technologies include things like Digital Television, HDTV, LCD, Plasma and etc.

In an effort to increase sales, and provide the customer with a better buyers experience they will be addressing consumers individual needs to help them find the best product for the best price.

Tag Teaming With Apple

Wal Mart is where you can get those wonderful toys.

Rumors which have leaked out on the internet say that the IPhone may be available at Wal-Mart by Dec 15th for only $99 which will help draw in consumers looking for those holiday gift sales before Christmas. The rumors say that this buy will be for Apples 4Gig IPhone model only, not the 8Gig.  That’s a price so low, you won’t need payday loans to get your hands on the latest and greatest.

More Rumors, Different Story

Mac Rumors.com however claims that it will only carry the 8Gig model of the iPhone and the delivery date will be on December 28th missing Christmas altogether. The savings on the 8Gig model won’t be putting anyone out of business as the sale price is set to be $197 which is only $2 less than the $199 norm.

Apple has been very selective in its choice of retailers for its iPhone product. Choosing Wal-Mart as an industry retailer will further increase Apples domination of the mobile phone market due to the sheer volume of product that Wal-Mart sells. The range of merchandise offered at Wal-Mart draws a multitude of traffic to each of their store locations on a daily basis from which Apple will be able to capitalize on.

The Apple IPhone has become a household name, it’s readily available and comes with benefits. Kind of like payday loans.

-Personal Money Store