Costco Unadvertised Black Friday Deals 2012

Anyone know if the deal on the Samsung UN55ES6150F for $1050 is a good deal?

Quote from belfert : Any large retail chain that didn't submit sales tax money to the state would be in a heap of legal trouble and get a ton of bad publicity.

Exactly, IF, they get caught and that would only happen IF the government decides they want to spend millions auditing them. Thats why income tax on W2 workers are SO high because businesses dont really pay much taxes [usatoday.com]. If everyone paid their fair share of taxes then W2 income tax would've been around 15% overall (Fed, State, SS, etc).

Quote from wowpaw : Not sure what state you live in, but in CA, that is the case with everything. Has been that way for many many years. If you've ever bought a cell phone at discount, the tax rate is based on the original price, not the discounted rate (say, the phone was free.. you are not paying tax on the "free" price, but rather the 500-600 dollars the phone originally costs)

exactly.
This is the law in CA (but not necessarily the law for other states)
Someone tried to argue with me on SD last year during the Dell Streak 5 sale, and I had to go and find the actual law and highlight it.

Quote from Brooklynite : Exactly, IF, they get caught and that would only happen IF the government decides they want to spend millions auditing them. Thats why income tax on W2 workers are SO high because businesses dont really pay much taxes [usatoday.com]. If everyone paid their fair share of taxes then W2 income tax would've been around 15% overall (Fed, State, SS, etc).

Individuals ultimately pay all the taxes no matter who the tax is levied on. A business gets revenue, and hopefully profit, from customers. The revenue and profit are used in part to pay the corporate tax bill. If you buy an item from say Target ultimately part of what you paid goes to pay the corporate tax on the profits.

States bring in billions in sales tax. If they suspected a large company of cheating on sales tax it would be worth the money spent to do an audit. It would make other companies think twice about not paying their sales tax due.

So...just got back from Costco and it appears that these prices are available in store right now.

I saw the Sony 40" LED for $499. Samsung 55" LED for $1049 available among others.

As always...YMMV

Quote from FineAndMellow : Vizio 60” Class Edge-Lit LED TV (E601I-A3) TBA 55” Class 3D Edge-Lit LED TV (M3D550KDE) $1000 55” Class Edge-Lit LED TV (M550SL) $840

Quote from joesmud : So...just got back from Costco and it appears that these prices are available in store right now. I saw the Sony 40" LED for $499. Samsung 55" LED for $1049 available among others. As always...YMMV

Many here want that Vizio 60" for the Wally BF price of $688!

I saw @joesmud's post, so I checked my local Costco at 6pm, and the Vizio 60" is still the same price as it was 2 days ago. ($979)

Hmmm, maybe some Costco stores are updating their BF pricing before other stores... I'm inclinded to go back to my store tonight right before closing.

Quote from joesmud : I saw the Sony 40" LED for $499. Samsung 55" LED for $1049 available among others.

Hi Joe,

Did you notice the price on the 60" Vizio ?

Trish : - )

Quote from ItsTrish : Hi Joe, Did you notice the price on the 60" Vizio ? Trish : - )

Since sams farked me by starting the sale 1:15 earlier than they said, I missed the 65" Vizio which was the only thing I wanted this BF. So now I'm looking to the 60" Vizio.... but I'm not really too hopeful

Quote from ItsTrish : Many here want that Vizio 60" for the Wally BF price of $688! I saw @joesmud's post, so I checked my local Costco at 6pm, and the Vizio 60" is still the same price as it was 2 days ago. ($979) Hmmm, maybe some Costco stores are updating their BF pricing before other stores... I'm inclinded to go back to my store tonight right before closing.

My costco had all these prices at the beginning of the week, so im pretty sure the prices have updated fully by now

The TBA part of the Vizio is odd to me... I stopped by my local Costco last night to do some recon, and they had 20 of them at $979. I plan on stopping by 9am on Friday to see if they lowered the price to 688...

The Samsung 60" 7150 was on sale at Costco about a month ago for about $2,400 and I bought one and really like the TV. But, tonight I noticed the online price had dropped to $1,950.

I was concerned that they would sell out before I could get into the store and get a credit for the $500 (assuming they'd do that even though it's been over a month) so I placed on order for one online, figuring I can probably cancel it pretty easily over the next few days.

Good move or unnecessary?

I went to costco yesterday at 7:30 pm and the Vizio 65 was at straight 1299 which was updated from 1499 - 200 instant discount. I am hoping they might hit the SAMS Price on this on Friday Morning.

d5100 is already sold out

Just picked this up for the Mrs. Galaxy tab 2 10.1 from Costco for $279 +tax. Has Ice Cream Sandwich pre installed and is Jelly Bean compatible.