holy crapola. check this out ppl...
my dad wanted this laptop, so we went to BB. salesguy sayd he doubts tey have any in stock (sold out), so he directs me to the dude at the counter to ask for inventory. that guys says he knows it's out of stock, so i ask him to check other stores within reasonable driving distance. so he tells me that most stores have between 2-4 in stock as of the night before (their inventory gets updated each night). so i leave BB with my parents. now... if u look in the CC flyer, CC has the same laptop for $949. the $200 difference is becuz unlike BB... CC does not have a $200 store mir. to my knowledge... CC does do price matcing, but tey do not price match rebates. i felt it was a long shot, but since there was a CC right across the street from BB... i figure i might as well go ahead and ask. i went into CC and grabbed a sales dude and asked them if they have the laptop in stock... he said they had 10. next i asked him could they pm BB, who has it for $750. he was kinda surprised when i told him the price... but he checked the BB flyer and asked his manager. his manager walked over to the terminal... typed typed typed... then the salesguy comes back and says "yes we can pm it. but sincee our store does not have a $200 mir, we will take off $200 instantly." i was really quite surprised. so anyway... moral of the story is the laptop was $850 + tax out the door, with an additional $100 mir from compaq. i thought this was a pretty good deal for a BM store.
EDIT - damn someone beat me to the CC pm experience