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"LarryLOOK" <anonlmp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am interested in the Samsung dlp 56" hlp 5674. I'd like to see the
>picture before I purchase it. Does anyone have an idea if it is any stores
>yet? Or when it might be in stores? Will Circuit City or Best Buy carry
>it? Any help would be appreciated.
>
Best Buy and Circuit City do not carry the xx74 series yet. Tweeter does
carry it but does not display the 56 inch model (some display the 46 inch).
The store retail price for the 5674 has varied but hovers around $4199.
Tweeter's on-line price is $3899 (plus hundreds for shipping!).
However, the in-store price is very negotiable, especially if you couple it
with an extended warranty, which has a much a larger profit margin. I got
the set ($4199) plus three year extended warranty that includes bulb
replacement ($299) plus local delivery ($40) plus COMCAST rebate ($100) for
$4000. The negotiating was so smooth (only one trip by salesperson to the
store manager) that one could probably do better than this deal, but on the
flip side you may not get as much of a discount if you don't want the
warranty. Anyway, the bill of sale, of course, levies the entire discount
on the price of the set. I mention this because I presume there would be a
more difficult round of negotiating if one needed to trade it back in for a
different brand or model set for any reason.