Comments on: CompUSA sells Blackberry Bold, and you thought Best Buy was expensive

By: Young P

Young P — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:58:46 +0000

WOW…It amazes about what some of you rejects find to complain about. If you know anything about anything, you know the only US based carrier that sells a bold is cingular, and its 400 dollars with a brand new 2 year agreement. For 800 YOU GET AN UNLOCKED PHONE (look it up, cuz most of you do not get it) with NO CONTRACT. If you have the money, its a great buy. The tradeoff is that you can keep whatever plan you have as is, and if you dont like the phone, you can easily return it, sell it on ebay, or craigslist for good value. If you live in a freaking cave, the owners of CompUSA bought compusa almost a year ago, so the company that was “selling its furniture” ceased to exist quite a while ago. RIM makes the best phones in the world. Stop buying drugs and save up if you cant afford one.

By: BOO

BOO — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:16:57 +0000

Best Buy has a coupon Reward Zone members online. They take it to the store and they can get 20% off ANY smart phone (except I-phone… something far from smart.)

It isn’t that bad considering there’s that coupon in circulation.

Plus that price looks like the retail value… why is it Rogers, dunno O_o()

By: mike

mike — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:54:35 +0000

they have the bold at cwonlineshopping.com for 739.99…

I saw it yesterday on an new products email they send out every few days…

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:29:40 +0000

Brilliant!!!

By: justin2224

justin2224 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:07:32 +0000

American neighbours . . . if your itching for a cheaper Bold and you don’t want to sign a huge contract get one from your nothern friends. Out-of-box will save you a lot of duty and their like $525 CDN. Take almost 22% off for your strong dollar. Not a bad deal. By-the-way the Bold is ok. Been using 1 for a month. Awesome screen, battery is ok, no 8800. Cheers eh!

By: likeabite

likeabite — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:54:00 +0000

More signs of MS buying RIM if nonsense like this keeps on taking place.

By: curvesinceday1

curvesinceday1 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:45:18 +0000

I can’t wait to drive this thing…V8 engine…it doesn’t drive you say? Then why in the hell would I pay 800 for that a phone they said was coming out last year?…it must fly then!

By: Treo Pro

Treo Pro — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:44:15 +0000

Buy an unlocked Treo Pro for $549 and be done with the BB crap.

http://www.palm.com

By: phoneking13

phoneking13 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:29:27 +0000

Myworldphone.com also sells the Bold at $800.

By: supergoat

supergoat — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:38:11 +0000

Maybe if the phone offered more like 4GB of ram a 3.2MP cam maybe it would be worth it look at HTC, sonyericsson there High-End phone go for close to 800 when they first were released. 3 to 5 month later serious price drops. As long as someone is will to get screwed paying $800 they will keep the price high

By: supergoat

supergoat — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:26:46 +0000

Now I would pay 800 for a unlocked storm! Not a Bold

By: Lonny Paul

Lonny Paul — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:13:06 +0000

People often want unlocked phones for many reasons – international travel, convenience, the ‘no contract extension required’ concept – and unlocked phones do cost more than off-the-shelf carrier related phones.

While the physical components of the Bold have been estimated at $180, there are millions spent on research and development of the software and hardware for the device as well as marketing, carrier subsidies, etc that affect the resale price of the handset.

The phone is beautiful and actually the favorite of many top executives who wanted it as soon as it came out – before it was available in the US even.

There is no outrageous markup and profit in this price. You will even find it selling for more online at other places.

You will probably find CompUSA prices much lower than in 2007 and prior.

By: Blahberry

Blahberry — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:02:08 +0000

this thing has an updated UI and runs the most recent version of Blackberry OS but it offers nothing new besides 3G. Forgive me for allowing the craze over the Bold to miss me…

By: dave

dave — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:20:32 +0000

i got a call from a friend who works at att and he sent me a pic of the bold in the box, he said that they have them in stock but no word yet as to when they can sell them.

By: Willis

Willis — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:52:16 +0000

Are we sure that isn’t Canadian or Australian dollars?

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:19:56 +0000

Amazing. Even golf manufacturers put a limit to the range of what a product can be sold at. Doesn’t RIM realize these insane prices are damaging their rep, even if it’s Best Buy or CompUSA that’s doing the damage?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:12:43 +0000

Does NOTHING different than my old Blackberry Curve does. What a joke. Look out below, that was RIM’s stock dropping!

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:12:30 +0000

Weak dollar? Someone hasn’t seen the ticker in a while.

Price will drop within a month or so. Right before Storm and X-mas rolls around.

By: Mister Ecua

Mister Ecua — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:59:39 +0000

they probably thought this was an extremely good idea! its not a terrible one, but i wouldnt buy this expensive crap from anyone.

By: George

George — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:51:20 +0000

I think I’m going to wait as well. I was excited about the Bold about 3 months ago. About 2 weeks ago I was going to get it.

Now I’m just meh.

By: mangenius

mangenius — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:46:12 +0000

once again I must ask.. is this phone still relevant?

By: Sean76

Sean76 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:21:37 +0000

This is just getting dumb! at&t & Rim make me sick, and best buy and comp-usa make me even sicker. Amazing how botched this release has been. And now you have these other stores trying to rape the american public of there hard earned $$. To tell you the truth, I might just wait for a the Javelin. The word Bold is beginning to wear on me!

By: John McCain

John McCain — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:05:32 +0000

$800? I’d have to take out a second mortage on one of my houses or have my wife buy this for me for $800.. jeez

By: Jdslim

Jdslim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:53:38 +0000

Wow but it’s unlocked. People will buy it at this price because it’s unlocked. Sad part is that an unlocked Bold doest work correctly when it comes to browsing using T-mobiles blackberry internet plan. They don’t have the correct service books for that phone.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:48:11 +0000

its not due to exchange rates. foreign rates care closer than they’ve been in a long time thanks to our failing economy causing other economies to diminish.

By: midibite

midibite — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:27:31 +0000

cough cough, baaaarrrrf!

Oh, that was just the cost of a new Blackberry!

By: Chest Pains

Chest Pains — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:52:42 +0000

Well said George, CompUSA and Best Buy has put a price out there, if you are willing to jump that’s your business and your money. We’ve all been patient….. extremely patient… awaiting the AT&T release. Another week will not kill us, and your patience will be rewarded.

Breath in, Breath out, Move on !

By: George

George — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:38:38 +0000

@ nancy.

Are you kidding me? If they want to charge $800 and people are willing to buy them, then the old saying, “a fool and his money…” comes into play.

They can charge whatever they want to charge and if there are people who are willing to buy it, then good for them. If not, they’ll need to lower their price. It’s called the free market.

The price will be determined by the demand. If demand is high and people are willing to pay whatever price, it will stay high. Look at all the tickle-me Elmos….or the price of the Wii last year during Christmas on eBay. I’m not willing to pay $800 for a phone, but if others are, then it makes sense for a company to try to get as much out of it as they can.

And this isn’t coming from RIM. Yes, it has been estimated to cost RIM $180 to make the Bold. However, RIM isn’t charging this much, it is CompUSA trying to sell it to you.

I’m sure the prices will fall once AT&T gets it so that they will compete. If not, then you can see why CompUSA went out of business.

By: NO_OBAMA

NO_OBAMA — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:07:42 +0000

EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!

By: emag

emag — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:04:37 +0000

@kingfish: I’ve been sitting on my SK3 for over 2 years, trying to keep it from totally dying (and doing a lousy job of it), instead of going to the Curve or 8820 on AT&T. My wife (then fiancee) doesn’t have my patience, and went with a Curve, taking the ETF from T-Mobile.