Suunto D9 Price

Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail
price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US?
Many thanks,
David.

David Johnstone wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail
> price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US?
> Many thanks,
> David.
>


david, meet google.

google answers questions very well.
like-

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

google meet david.

http://www.nextag.com/suunto-d9/search-html

> > Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail
> > price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US?
> > Many thanks,
> > David.david, meet google.
>
> google answers questions very well.
> like-
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
>
> google meet david.
>
> http://www.nextag.com/suunto-d9/search-html

Bob, that just gives me a list of suppliers.
I'm looking for the best price.
A better try would have been...bob meet froogle,
froogle meet bob...
http://froogle.google.de/froogle?q=s...Search+Froogle
etc.
That found me one shop allegedly offering the D9 with transmitter
for $949 (http://www.jomashop.com/suunto-d9trans.html)
but I don't know (a) if that's for real (b) if it's with strange US
taxes and/or rebate vouchers (c) if there may be somewhere
cheaper not on froogle.
Thanks for the nextag link, that was a new one on me.
But unfortunately it only found two suppliers, both about
$300 over Jomashop. So I try usenet.

David

David Johnstone wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me what the best mail order or retail
>>> price on the Suunto D9 is that I could get in the US?
>>> Many thanks,
>>> David.david, meet google.
>> google answers questions very well.
>> like-
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
>>
>> google meet david.
>>
>> http://www.nextag.com/suunto-d9/search-html
>
> Bob, that just gives me a list of suppliers.
> I'm looking for the best price.

right
google is still your friend.
notice the changed request: |******************|
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+Se arch

now your friend google returns price comparisons for D9s

here he found price comparisons for your specific product.

www.pricegrabber.com
www.nextag.com/suunto-dive/search-html
www.ActiveShopper.com

these guys look hard to find the lowest price.
leisure pro for 969



https://www.divetank.com/divetank.ne...p?suunto_id=d9

no warranty problem:
http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ss_..._computer.html
<http://shop.scuba.co.uk/BrandCategoryList/mcs/Brand/Suunto/Category/Diving+Computers/BrandID/27/CategoryID/59/v/>


and always ebay...
http://search.ebay.com/suunto-d9_W0Q...sopZ3QQxpufuZx


> A better try would have been...bob meet froogle,
> froogle meet bob...
> http://froogle.google.de/froogle?q=s...Search+Froogle
> etc.
> That found me one shop allegedly offering the D9 with transmitter
> for $949 (http://www.jomashop.com/suunto-d9trans.html)
> but I don't know (a) if that's for real (b) if it's with strange US
> taxes and/or rebate vouchers (c) if there may be somewhere
> cheaper not on froogle.
> Thanks for the nextag link, that was a new one on me.
> But unfortunately it only found two suppliers, both about
> $300 over Jomashop. So I try usenet.
>
> David
>

"David Johnstone" <david_ffm@mail.com> wrote:
>That found me one shop allegedly offering the D9 with transmitter
>for $949 (http://www.jomashop.com/suunto-d9trans.html)
>but I don't know (a) if that's for real (b) if it's with strange US
>taxes and/or rebate vouchers (c) if there may be somewhere
>cheaper not on froogle.

There's more than price involved. Check their feedback
on resellerratings.com
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Jomashop
before you decide whether to trust them with
your money.

--
Ron
(user ron
in domain spamblocked.com)

On Jan 31, 4:28 am, Ron <r...@see.below> wrote:
> There's more than price involved. Check their feedback
> on resellerratings.comhttp://www.resellerratings.com/store/Jomashop
> before you decide whether to trust them with
> your money.

True, thanks. I can live with those ratings I think; but it seems
their
price was without NY sales tax, so the comparison is not valid.

David Johnstone wrote:
>> right
>> google is still your friend.
>> notice the changed request: |******************|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...D9&btnG=Google...
>> now your friend google returns price comparisons for D9s
>> here he found price comparisons for your specific product.
>
> Froogle is the google platform for price comparisons, and it certainly
> works better than such general queries, regardless of what key words
> you add. The problem is though that the US prices sometimes include
> tax and sometimes don't,

because without knowing where you live,
they can not determine if state tax applies to you.




> and with the D9 the price is sometimes
> with transmitter and sometimes not. So it's a lot of leg work
> whichever
> way you do it.
>
> I was therefore hoping someone reading this group may have been
> through the process recently and have a recommendation.
>
>> http://www.pricegrabber.comwww.nexta...iveShopper.com
>>
>> these guys look hard to find the lowest price.
>> leisure pro for 969
>
> That's without the transmitter though, making them one of the
> more expensive suppliers.
>
>> https://www.divetank.com/divetank.ne...p?suunto_id=d9
>
> Says call for lowest price - that's even more hassle!
>
>> no warranty problem:http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ss_..._computer.html
>
> That's for the Gecko though, and a UK server. Best UK price seems to
> be around GBP840, that's not such a good deal
>
> Thanks anyway, I guess eBay as usual gives a good guide
> to the best price one can expect.

always remember that ebay has few guarantees.

>
> David
>
>

"David Johnstone" <david_ffm@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks anyway, I guess eBay as usual gives a good guide
> to the best price one can expect.

As usual? Not hardly. At least, not any more. Most of the stuff I look at these days is slightly
less than I would pay for the item if I bought it retail. In most cases, I can easily find a better
deal using pricegrabber or nextag.

IIRC, Suunto is one of those companies that practices price fixing. As I recall, they won't allow
authorized dealers to sell their items for less than 90% of the MSRP. I could be wrong on that, so
don't quote me, but I believe we had a discussion about that a year or two ago.

On Jan 31, 4:11 pm, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "David Johnstone" <david_...@mail.com> wrote in message
>
> > Thanks anyway, I guess eBay as usual gives a good guide
> > to the best price one can expect.
>
> As usual? Not hardly. At least, not any more. Most of the stuff I look at these days is slightly
> less than I would pay for the item if I bought it retail. In most cases, I can easily find a better
> deal using pricegrabber or nextag.

Usually I've found the eBay best price pretty close to the best mail
order
price, assuming you have enough offers for both. If there are only a
small
number of suppliers it's more difficult on both. Also the price
agencies are
only really good on particular items; typically computer hardware or
common
consumer products. Where there is a good choice, it's often true the
best
eBay price is a few percent higher, but it'll generally still give you
a ball
park idea of how much you could negotiate down.

> IIRC, Suunto is one of those companies that practices price fixing. As I recall, they won't allow
> authorized dealers to sell their items for less than 90% of the MSRP. I could be wrong on that, so
> don't quote me, but I believe we had a discussion about that a year or two ago.

It doesn't seem to be the case here in Germany. The RRP is EUR1499 -
best price I've found so far is EUR950, both including german sales
tax
(19%) and transmitter. That's a major mail-order dealer, though it
wasn't
his advertised price, rather a personal offer by email. A lot of mail
order
and retail stores have them listed at EUR1099 or EUR1199.
Looks like it wouldn't be worth picking one up in the US for me.
On eBay there are people selling them in Malta and Indonesia at better
prices...that's a bit risky for me though.

David