best price for 40d

Just wondering where is best deal on 40d, either body only or with 28-135IS which I would sell on e-bay. Does the Circuit city or best buy have some coupon?
Thanks you

I just bought the kit from Circuity C. few days ago for $1280. This is with a 8% AAA discount. I believe it's a good price considering the body goes for $1150, jut $130 more for the lens 28-135 lens. I purchased in DE so no tax.

Sold the lens on Ebay for $345, therefore body for only $935!

http://www.aaa.com/circuitcity

where did you get the AAA discount? is it on their webb site as last year?

I included the link the previous message.

http://ww2.aaa.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/AAAOnline?page=AAACircuitCity&association=aaa&club=212&zip=19064

Non-members can get discount.
Click the part for ".....code emailed to you" and register as non-member

Joseph,

If you want the best price this buyer's experience is what you can expect, "I have never been treated so poorly in my life as a customer. Their "game" goes like this: order an item on their website. Soon, you get an email with an extension to call "before your order can be shipped". I called, and the only purpose of my call was for them to "tell" me what they were adding to my order asking if I understood how the item would work with the product. I said yes to each, next thing I know each of the "needed" items was now on the order to the tune of another $1,000. They now say they recorded my call. I called several times with explicit instructions to cancel the order and they refused! Only when I received an email from a fulfilment center advising me they would be shipping did the order get stopped. I advised the fulfillment center the order was to be cancelled and if they shipped it I would refuse it. That 'back channel' info got another call (showing a bogus 800 number on caller ID) from an individual who pretty much said while it was cancelled, I would have to pay the shipping both ways if I refused it. Well, the big item hadn't shipped and I knew it, but they insisted that it had. A small UPS delivery was made to my front porch (probably with the added parts they decided I needed) which I will take to the UPS store and "refuse shipment" for. Not a pleasant experience by any means and a company that should be avoided at all costs would be my advice."

Believe me we are putty in the hands of these scammers since ladies and gentlemen are not used to be treated like dirt which is disarming and then they go for you throat. Bargain price - sure!!

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Bob,

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I got a great deal thanks to Circuit City as well, although I actually made the purchase from BestBuy. With $1499US being the suggested rtl (kit w/28-135 IS), in mid January, CC was advertising the 40D at 8% off, bringing it to $1379. This at the time was the best price I saw from a reputable, local store. I had some gift cards for BestBuy I wanted to put toward the camera purchase, so I went in and asked if they would match CC's price. Which they would. Here's the best part: I was already signed up on CC's emailing list. At least once a week, I get emails about online deals, specials of the week, etc. The week I was ready to buy, I get an email from CC, '3 Days Only, take an additional 10% off any in store purchase'. Do I dare walk into BB and show them this..? They certainly wouldn't match this.... I went through the steps of adding the 40D in the CC shopping cart online, $1499 - $120(8%) - $138(10%) = $1241. I printed out each step along the way, and off to BB I went. Sold.

The retail world: Typically, January and February are tough months for retailers. If you can be patient, and stay on top of prices, which will change weekly depending on any particular company's business trend, find the best deal, print it out, and go to your favorite place and say 'match this, and I'll buy today'. Trust me, any retailer will be happy to take your $1200/$1300, even at the sacrifice of margin.

pricegrabber.com is your friend...

Kit with 28-135mm is about $1320 at it's lowest... $50 more or so from most of the more well known and respected on line sources.. such as J&R or B&H...

Body only is around $1100 at the low end and $50 to $100 more at most places on the net. (just a week ago there were more places selling it at or close to $1100, so the price seems to have crept up a bit)

josef cernikovsky said:

Just wondering where is best deal on 40d, either body only or with
28-135IS which I would sell on e-bay. Does the Circuit city or best
buy have some coupon?
Thanks you

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Sorry dont mean to flame but if you got scammed because you thought that a really cheap 40D was legit it's your fault. Do a little research before you jump at a to good to be true internet deal. Let me guess the scammers are from Brooklyn NY. I cant believe people still get taken by those thieves.

Oh, and they dont just sell from their website they sell on ebay as well.

Take this advice. Next time you see an ad for a 40D for like 650 bucks. Close the window, push the mouse away and slowly back away from your computer.