&$^@^$ing retail prices!

Hey, I am about to buy a Palm TX, and the guy at my local compusa is willing to match newegg's price of $265 if I get the ~$50 two year replacement plan, that covers broken screens. And he will throw in the wireless keyboard at a reduced price for a total of $350.

Should I go for it, or get it from palm at $299 with free shipping and a free keyboard, the keyboard is $60 by its self.

Newegg has it for $265 with ~$5 shipping. All of them have a one year standard warranty from palm

I never get extended warranties, I have never been in a situation where I wish I had one.
And the only reason I would consider getting it from compusa is because they have the replacement plan that covers cracked screens.


What do you all think?
And why we are here, lets talk about extended warranties, wast of $$$? or protection for your "investment"?

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AO, SWG, DAOC, AC2, WoW. Clones. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. The question begs to be asked, Why? The answer of course is confusion over what made EQ successful, and the drive to duplicate it. Why else would Turbine, with a successful first generation MMORPG of their own in AC1, which was developed concurrently with Everquest try to replicate EQ with their sequel. These developers and publishers saw the success of EQ and set forth to copy and improve on it, or just slightly change it up. Daoc went for the EQ meets zergy pvp angle. AO went with the EQ meets future angle. SWG went with the EQ meets Starwars angle (How this didn’t make a gazillion dollars I don’t know, wait did George Lucas design it?) so on and so forth. Developers didn’t look at why EQ was so successful, they just saw that it was successful and copied its mechanics. The thought that EQ was successful because the PvE population of UO was in open revolt never crossed their collective minds I’d wager. There is less complexity in EQ and its clones, less immersion, less innovation. How is it possible, that a 2d game converted to 3d, Asherons Call, is the only major mmorpg to date to actually have REAL line of sight, and REAL projectiles for magic and missles? Finally we have the culmination of EQ in WoW, at least I hope so. WoW is everything EQ wished it could be, minus any sort of skill requirement. Im not saying EQ required a lot of skill, but WoW is dumbed down to the point that you could pass out on your keyboard, drool all over it, and wake up level 60 in full epic gear.