Comments on: PriceProtectr Just Saved My Girlfriend $100 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/comment-page-1/#comment-128456 Patrick Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:31:09 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/12/16/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/#comment-128456 Girlfriend A is very kind to you. What did Girlfriend B get you? ;) OK, I hope she won't read that! I just spent a couple hundred dollars on Amazon and put all my purchases into PriceProtectr (all my family is in another state, so it is easier and cheaper to do everything via Amazon). Hopefully I'll get a similar notification soon. :) Girlfriend A is very kind to you. What did Girlfriend B get you? ;)

OK, I hope she won’t read that!

I just spent a couple hundred dollars on Amazon and put all my purchases into PriceProtectr (all my family is in another state, so it is easier and cheaper to do everything via Amazon). Hopefully I’ll get a similar notification soon. :)

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/comment-page-1/#comment-128445 Flexo Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:58:07 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/12/16/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/#comment-128445 RS: Good question. First, the Blu-Ray format allows for higher bitrates, which means better quality, less compression artifacts, etc. But that's not the main reason. <a href="http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/upgrading-my-living-room-entertainment-part-3-high-definition-dvd/" rel="nofollow">I already have an HD DVD player</a>, so I didn't need another one. The cost of a player that handles both formats is higher than getting individual players, so that was out of the question, too. HD DVD is just as proprietary as Blu-Ray. Actually, Blu-Ray software uses Java, which one could argue is more "open" than the Microsoft scripting language required by HD DVD. Prices for high-def (both Blu-Ray and HD DVD) on Amazon are generally around $20, some more, some less. They're more expensive in other stores like Best Buy or Circuit City. Recently, Amazon had buy-one-get-one-free deals with both HD DVD and Blu-Ray disks and sale prices continually fluctuate. RS: Good question. First, the Blu-Ray format allows for higher bitrates, which means better quality, less compression artifacts, etc. But that’s not the main reason. I already have an HD DVD player, so I didn’t need another one. The cost of a player that handles both formats is higher than getting individual players, so that was out of the question, too.

HD DVD is just as proprietary as Blu-Ray. Actually, Blu-Ray software uses Java, which one could argue is more “open” than the Microsoft scripting language required by HD DVD.

Prices for high-def (both Blu-Ray and HD DVD) on Amazon are generally around $20, some more, some less. They’re more expensive in other stores like Best Buy or Circuit City. Recently, Amazon had buy-one-get-one-free deals with both HD DVD and Blu-Ray disks and sale prices continually fluctuate.

]]> By: RS http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/comment-page-1/#comment-128437 RS Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:35:37 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/12/16/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/#comment-128437 Just out of curiosity...why Blu-Ray? I am admittedly anti-BR for a few reasons: 1) The main reason is that it just doesn't make sense to me that the next-gen DVD standard would be called Blu-Ray instead of HD-DVD. It really annoys me as a consumer and tech lover that they could not come together and make one standard. 2) I also do not like that Sony is always trying to make its own proprietary formats and shove it down consumers throats. It is very arrogant of them and I am happy that most of them end up failing (UMD, memory-sticks, Betamax). 3) It also smacks of arrogance that they are keeping BR so expensive while HD-DVD is getting cheaper. On a side-note, it also annoys me that both formats are charging so much for their movies. Most start out at around $30...are they kidding? I used to hate paying $20 for a DVD and would only get them if they were cheaper than that. Now they are charging $30 for the same movies. Total BS. OK, that is the end of my rant. -RS Just out of curiosity…why Blu-Ray?

I am admittedly anti-BR for a few reasons:
1) The main reason is that it just doesn’t make sense to me that the next-gen DVD standard would be called Blu-Ray instead of HD-DVD. It really annoys me as a consumer and tech lover that they could not come together and make one standard.

2) I also do not like that Sony is always trying to make its own proprietary formats and shove it down consumers throats. It is very arrogant of them and I am happy that most of them end up failing (UMD, memory-sticks, Betamax).

3) It also smacks of arrogance that they are keeping BR so expensive while HD-DVD is getting cheaper.

On a side-note, it also annoys me that both formats are charging so much for their movies. Most start out at around $30…are they kidding? I used to hate paying $20 for a DVD and would only get them if they were cheaper than that. Now they are charging $30 for the same movies. Total BS.

OK, that is the end of my rant.
-RS

]]> By: Tom http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/comment-page-1/#comment-128427 Tom Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:19:39 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/12/16/priceprotectr-just-saved-my-girlfriend-100/#comment-128427 This reminds me of refund please (dot com), a service that tracks your amazon purchases for price drops and e-mails you instructions on how to take advantage of them (with a handy link too). This reminds me of refund please (dot com), a service that tracks your amazon purchases for price drops and e-mails you instructions on how to take advantage of them (with a handy link too).

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