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The Marketplace show was on again last night about DB on CBC news channel. Hilarious!
Yes, no cooling off period, sign now or never come back again. Great tactics.

They did some price comparisons and yes it was cheaper on some items but when you factor in the 5K membership, not worth it!

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Can someone tell me, anybody, why there is an actual advertisement for this outfit, direct buy, on this very thread? Ironic, even contradictory, considering the mostly negative feedback!

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It's all a cyberworld clever ploy - they track key words and then da-na! an advert that may or may not be related to the discussion topic pops up.

Start on thread on something risque and see what happens, I dare you! :p

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Thanks for the explanation. It had never occurred to me.

As for something risque perhaps I should start a thread on something rather innocent, a family topic, pets for instance. On cats, or better still, PUSSY cats.

I shudder to think what ads BE might uncover!

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I understand that Directbuy doesn`t operate in Quebec because they have a 14 day consumer contract cooling off requirement but I can`t provide a reference.

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I saved about $1500 on my TV with Direct Buy and $300 on a washing machine.
My advice is to join only if you are furnishing a new home or planning to do lots of renovation. Not everything is cheaper than elsewhere btw but the majority is.
So if you won't recoup your membership fees and make some savings at least, avoid.

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Another great thread here. Great for people making the move etc so thanks boys and girls

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COSTCO is also a much more cost effective (and low pressure) way to source some furniture and consumer electronics. There is no direct-buy in Newfoundland but I would never, ever sign up for something that involved such a large upfront commitment or that degree of sales pressure.

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Costco only sell old model when it comes to electronics whereas DirectBuy sell the latest models.

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((Costco))

I doubt that that's true but, in what situation does it matter that your TV or Ipod is last week's model?

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Forgive me for giving a cluck whether my electronics are this years or last years models. Performance vs price, is the key, not having the latest and greatest unless you are an early-adopter in marketing speak.

(Says the man with a CRT-RP big screen. How old school is that!;))

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I have no clue what that is but I got a nice VHS/Blue Ray player at Costco recently. I suppose that's old-new-school.

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Well you can check for yourself whether it is true or not.
For TVs, things like flashlighting, clouding, 120Hz/240Hz etc... might not ring a bell to you but for a lot of people, they do. Your use of a TV is not the same as someone else's.
As for iPod, would you buy a 1st gen iPod at Costco and pay the same price as an iPod Touch, for example? You just listen to music, other people use apps, surf the web, check email on the latest iPods. You want to stay retro, it's your choice.

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They have the ipod touch at Costco (I'm not sure what it is but I went by a pile of them a month ago). I'm intrigued by

"Your use of a TV is not the same as someone else's."

I look at it. It has moving pictures. What do other people do with it?

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As I said in my post earlier, DirectBuy is not for everyone. Costco would have never said me $1.5k on the latest LED TV. Performance v/s Price, you can get both if you are a new home owner.