Our digital camera, that we've owned for a little over three years, died recently. Specifically, the motor that controls the focus no longer works. So much for that. We looked at reviews of a few different cameras, including the Canon S200 that meriko & Russell recently bought, but decided on the Nikon Coolpix 995. Meredith was much more impressed by the features it offered (which, as a result of her two quarters of Photography at De Anza, she actually understands). Keeble & Shuchat ran an ad offering the camera for $530 this weekend, less than even Amazon's price of $570. So I ran out this morning while Meredith packed for our trip and tried to buy it. No luck -- they were out of stock, but expected some later today. Which, of course, doesn't help us. So then I went to Fry's. They had the camera, but for $700. Ouch. But they offer to match competitor's prices. Always eager for a chance to stick it to Fry's, I tried that route. Unfortunately, the competitor has to have the item currently in stock. So we still lose. Oh well -- guess we'll just order it for later.
Posted by Mike at May 31, 2002 01:00 PM