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The "Matched at BestBuy" disclaimer is only half true. You need to be a BestBuy Plus member, which costs roughly $50/year. If you don't already hold that membership, you'll need to add it to your cart to gain additional savings.

For example: MacBook Pro 16" is really $500 off + $200 member savings -$50 for membership = $650 in savings. Whereas, with Amazon you can get the full $700 discount with a free Prime trial or if you already have a membership (which most people do).

Target matches Amazon, and you don't have to be a Circle 360 member.
 
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I can track the prices of items I don’t know on CCC.
I use this site once in a while, but it has been increasingly unreliable for me lately. I often run into things where CCC has the wrong price for an item or has an incomplete/misleading price history.

One recent/current example... I've been watching this printer for a couple months now, and it usually bounces between $120 and $150. Whenever it drops below $150, CCC thinks it's out of stock and doesn't keep track of the price despite it actually still being available (sold & shipped by Amazon). It dropped to $90 a few days ago and CCC still thinks it's out of stock. It's being sold and shipped by Amazon for $90, not from some 3rd party.

Needless to say, I never got any of the price drop alerts through CCC. I only caught it because I've started putting things in my "saved for later" list and monitoring the prices and price change notifications there instead of relying on CCC.
 
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I’ll say it once again, you Americans get unbelievable discounts on Apple products. I have never seen anything close to this in the UK, ever….
Yep, insane deals.

Regular price in Australia is very similar to US pricing. The difference is that we never get a deal in Australia, whereas in the US, there seems to be good deals happening all the time.

I can’t get any deal at all on the iPad Mini 256GB. It’s still roughly $730 USD, and it’s 3 years old.

Always wanting to wait until the next release before one updates is silly and a waste of time. If you want a product, get it, enjoy it, and upgrade again when needed.
I generally agree, especially if it’s for something like iPhones, which get updated every year like clockwork.

However, I disagree when you’re considering a product that’s only updated every 3-4 years, and an upgrade is imminent or highly likely in the next few months.

I also disagree if you live outside the US and are always paying RRP for Apple products. It’s easy to say “buy now” when you’re constantly able to buy slightly older products at a discount. I can’t. If I could get an Apple product for 30% off now, I’d do it rather than wait.

Or, you realize after 5 years, you don't need it at all.

My iPhone 14PM is the only Lightning port device in the house. That was far from being true 5 years ago.

Circumstances change.
 
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Bought a M1 iPad Pro 12.9 2TB (NOT refurbished) last year during Prime sales in Sweden för around 1100$. Exchanged it for a MBP M1 14". I don't regret that I got a MBP but, that was a 'once in a lifetime' offer. This year, nothing comes close to that deal. this year for same model cost almost double only because cellular.
 
Holy moly, those APPII are an absolute bargain. I’m jealous right now. I’ll be traveling to the states at the end of August but APPII for 150 euros is amazing.

With the prime days over here the cheapest I can find is 230 euros. Which is 250 dollar.. pure madness.
 
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Some amazing deals… never been a better time if you’re buying new Apple Tech.

Always be sure to check where it’s coming from… I prefer to buy from Amazon, delivered by Amazon.
 
I just price matched Amazon’s price on a iPad Pro M4 11 inch WiFi space gray 1TB for 1328.99 with Target chat. Target confirmed the price match on Amazon even though this item is not in stock at Amazon and in stock at Target. They updated my cart. I was planning to order the 13inch with less memory but this was such a steal for a new Apple
Product.
 
Holy moly, those APPII are an absolute bargain. I’m jealous right now. I’ll be traveling to the states at the end of August but APPII for 150 euros is amazing.

With the prime days over here the cheapest I can find is 230 euros. Which is 250 dollar.. pure madness.
Edit: out of curiousity for my upcoming trip to NYC. Where can I buy the cheapest APPII there? Is it always a target, Walmart or something else? I tried to avoid the Apple Stores since they’re the expensive ones.
 
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