Where have you found the best camcorder deals?

[JoEllen]

Well, our 10+ year old recorder finally gave up and we will be out looking for a new camcorder this week-end. We want to make sure we have a replacement before our Spring WDW trip. Where have all you budget-minded folks found the best deals? My gas station attendant told me he thought Sears had better deals than Walmart! That was a shocker but we've added Sears to the list.
I'd love to hear your suggestions!

 

[geffric]

I found the best deal online. First i checked out prices at best buy etc, determine the camcorder that I wanted and then compared prices at dealtime http://www1.shopping.com/?drd=1

From there, I found that the least price for the camcorder and clicked through to Buydig.com. I got the same camera delivered for $ 150 less than the stores.

 

[JoEllen]

Wow! Buydig has the best price on the Camcorder that we've been looking at. Is that site for real?

Thanks for the comparison shop site too. Very informative.

JoEllen

 

[rachelfran]

check out techbargains.com for the deals currently at dell.com
they don't carry a lot of camcorders - but what they has is very inexpensive.

 

[geffric]

JoEllen I order from Buydig on a Thursday night and I had the camcorder by Wednesday of the next week. Brand New.. it was Perfect.. I am thrilled ... I did check out the reviews from the other people and was comforted to buy from them because of the BBB and othe endorsements.

 

[JoEllen]

Thank you so much! DH just ordered our Sony camcorder from the Buydig site so no running around price comparing this week-end. He even ordered the carry bag. We plan to play some golf instead!

 

[3boysmommy]

so which one did you all buy?
we are looking also

 

[disneysteve]

I bought our Sony digital camcorder at a merchant I found through Pricescan.com. That is another comparison site. The camera we bought was $899 at Circuit City, Best Buy and 2 other stores I checked. Through PriceScan I found it for $550!! I ended up getting the camera, bag, extra battery, lens filter and pack of film for about $750 including tax and shipping.

People buying in person at the major chains have no idea how much money they are wasting.

Steve

 

[JoEllen]

DH ordered the Sony that was featured in last Nov Consumer Report magazine as the "best buy". Don't remember the model number. Our kids are grown so didn't need/want all the bells and whistles.

 

[susyq0210]

I know you already bought (congrats), but I bought my camcorder for my Disney trip on E-bay. I found a brand new never opened Samsung that is also a digital camera (retail $770) for $217.00. Wow!!!! And it works great!! can't wait to use it.....IN 10 DAYS!!!!! Suz

 

[justhat]

We just bought a Sony TRV-33 at centraldigital.com for $550. We found that through shopping.com, pricegrabber.com, and pricewatch.com. It wasn't the cheapest vendor we found, but seemed to be the most reputable so we paid a little more for it. Considering it was $650 at Best Buy, we didn't mind paying a little more than other internet sites.