The Juggle Zone: Bargain Blog

I was perusing a camera thread in FW, when I came across a post that mentioned something along the lines of, "Yes, the Karma is a good deal." When I first read the post, I thought someone was misspelling camera, intentionally or otherwise. But after I thought about it, I realized that the person was talking about a different deal. In fact, they were referring to the 20 GB Rio Karma MP3 Player, which Dell had for $77.95 - 10% ($7.79) + Shipping ($5.50) - MIR ($20) = $55.56 - FC (~$2) - CC cashback (~$1) = $52.50. I had the feeling this was going to go fast, so I added it to my cart, then saved my cart.

My next step was to spread the news, sharing the deal with 3 friends. While 2 were somewhat interested, and were forwarding the deal to relatives, 1 was particularly interested. He tried to checkout, but wasn't able to - Dell had already taken down the item.

However, since it was in my cart (saved), I was able to change the quantity to 2, then checkout. Because this pushed the order total over $99, I earned free shipping. It's possible that both rebates will go through (the rebate form doesn't say "limit 1 per..." but if not, the guy I ordered it for is willing to pay "even $70." Thus far I have received an "Order Acknowledgement" but not yet an "Order Confirmation." We'll see if this deal goes through.

Interestingly, there were quite a number of threads on this deal at FW, but they were all rated negatively. Practically, what this does is hide the threads from users who don't have the ratings filter set to "All Messages."

There are posts on FW from people who ordered and already got "Order Confirmations."