TCF store

mick66 · 10-20-2006, 05:43 AM

Is this brand new, or have I just failed to notice it before now?
http://store.tivocommunity.com/

matt11 · 10-20-2006, 05:58 AM

Brand new, I guess that was the "Something new is about to open."

wscannell · 10-20-2006, 07:13 AM

All the ads at the top of the site changed from their traditional ads to ads for the store, including the one with balloons falling that states grand opening.

Test · 10-20-2006, 07:45 PM

I noticed this today also, whats the benefit from buying at the TCF store? I checked it out and I don't recognize any GOOD deals...

edit: I see they have already upgraded tivos, which is good...I'll have to compare the price with others

Einselen · 10-20-2006, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Test

I noticed this today also, whats the benefit from buying at the TCF store?

It helps this community/site

MichaelK · 10-22-2006, 07:50 PM

I could be wrong but i think the prices are still in flux.

For example the hamrony 880 now has a lower price than ANYONE on shopper.com.

I could have swore i looked friday and the price was 25 bucks higher then.

(I was one of the lucky winners to guess the new thing was a store. I checked the price when I found out I won the 880 and was way exicted to win such an expensive item- then I checked today to show the wife what i won and it wasn't so exiciing now that the price is more reasonable- LOL)

MichaelK · 10-22-2006, 07:52 PM

I'd guess there would be a thread someplace if it was a sale- so i think they are still tweaking pricing?

Store Admin · 10-22-2006, 09:34 PM

Yes we have been tweaking prices.

(More to come.)

Amnesia · 10-22-2006, 09:47 PM

Now that there's an official store, will the mods have issues with threads discussing Weaknees or other places to buy hard drives, TiVos, or other stuff that the store also sells?

MichaelK · 10-23-2006, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Store Admin

Yes we have been tweaking prices.

(More to come.)

Bring it on!

rainwater · 10-23-2006, 08:57 AM

The Tivo branded wireless adapter is only $42 now. Thats a very good deal. I think earlier it was listed in the $60s.

JustAllie · 10-23-2006, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by rainwater

The Tivo branded wireless adapter is only $42 now. Thats a very good deal. I think earlier it was listed in the $60s.

I saw it at $54.95 on the day the store launched, and that was $5 below TiVo's price ($59.99). Now at $42.95, it's $17 below TiVo's price.

I'm pretty sure that the TC Store also dropped their price on the Shure E3c earphones by $50. But I might be misremembering.

stevel · 10-23-2006, 10:37 AM

I love how the image representing the remote controls category:

is that for the Sony SAT-T60 and not sold in the store.

jlb · 10-23-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by rainwater

The Tivo branded wireless adapter is only $42 now. Thats a very good deal. I think earlier it was listed in the $60s.

Well, that's too bad. I recently ordered two for $45 each from Amazon and got free 2-day shipping with a free trial of Amazon Prime. That's $90 (or $84) that would have been nice to go to the TCF Store.

My rec to David B and the others running the store.....make sure you don't price yourself out of items. We would all love to support the store in any way we can, but in today's world I think people are very price sensitive.

Of course, if everyone were, then the S3 would not be purchased by the early adopters at $799.

MichaelK · 10-23-2006, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by stevel

I love how the image representing the remote controls category:

is that for the Sony SAT-T60 and not sold in the store.

is funny!

on pricing-
to be honest at first when everything went up at like retail (or at least high end of street prices) i was bummed. I'd like to help out TC and buy here but not if it meant totally getting ripped off. I'd even pay a little more than the going rate to help the joint but those inital prices were ugly and beyond that point. With the 880 as cheap as they have it- If I like the one that I won, I might buy a second for the bedroom!

generalpatton71 · 10-23-2006, 10:57 AM

To bad it means tcf clamping down on price talk, Don't you just love how the free market works, but I guess it's not so free if people can't mentioned non tcf sponsor prices. Please note I'm not a seller of anything. I'm just a long time member who isn't happy about what's starting to develop. I also don't see myself buying from a store that makes it's money off a community by selling series3 units, but deletes threads regarding series 3 pricing.

MichaelK · 10-23-2006, 11:29 AM

avs forum has been nuking threads about pricing for years and there is no store there. It's just a policy they had for whatever reason. Sometimes there were scummy vendors. For example jsut recently someone posted a thread about discounted S3 pricing on goolge checkout. Then later in the thread the store owner popped in to answer some quesitons. Turns out if was the same IP posting both. I could see how if that were widespread it would be an issue.

Seems things were much more lax here over the years but I guess the parties over now.

THe site owners posted in another thread (that seems to have gone bye bye) that they are sorry if it offends folks but free speach isn't garaunteed here. They said that the old paradign sellign adds didn't cover the bills (only like 3 vendors regularly bought ads) so they had to do something.

I dont like it but I can see where they are coming from.

Looks like pricing talk should move to the place where the hacking talk is. After all that place is a board for yenta coupon talk to begin with- seems to fit....

gastrof · 10-23-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Amnesia

Now that there's an official store, will the mods have issues with threads discussing Weaknees or other places to buy hard drives, TiVos, or other stuff that the store also sells?

Probably.

ZeoTiVo · 10-23-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Amnesia

Now that there's an official store, will the mods have issues with threads discussing Weaknees or other places to buy hard drives, TiVos, or other stuff that the store also sells?

my guess is the upgraded S3s being sold are coming from weakness in some sort of deal. So instead of ad revenue it is now direct sales revenue being split in some manner. I wish both continued revenuesas they bring me more of that TiVo goodness news and hardware possibilities

too bad about loosing the ability to talk deals and prices but then I doubt linksys would host a forum talking about the latest netgear deals

ufo4sale · 10-23-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeoTiVo

my guess is the upgraded S3s being sold are coming from weakness in some sort of deal. So instead of ad revenue it is now direct sales revenue being split in some manner. I wish both continued revenuesas they bring me more of that TiVo goodness news and hardware possibilities

too bad about loosing the ability to talk deals and prices but then I doubt linksys would host a forum talking about the latest netgear deals

So if I start a thread saying where you can get the best price for series III TiVo, the owner of the site will close it down?

I think that is a disgusting practice to be in. If they can't compete on price then DON'T OFFER THE ITEM!!! There are so many items in Happy Hour that are being discuss daily including price. If the TC store starts selling those items will that mean all those threads will have to be closed?

Ruth · 10-23-2006, 03:42 PM

It would be nice if there were a description of the store's shipping prices and policies. (If there is one, I can't find it.)

I live in Alaska and many online retailers require expensive overnight shipping, add undocumented shipping costs, or entirely refuse to ship here. This frequently influences my choice of where to shop. It is a major pet peeve of mine when you can't figure this out before you enter your credit card and shipping information. Every customer should have access to this information so that they can calculate their total costs when deciding to place an order and before having to provide personal information.

BlackBetty · 10-23-2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ufo4sale

So if I start a thread saying where you can get the best price for series III TiVo, the owner of the site will close it down?

I think that is a disgusting practice to be in.

Thats exactly what would happen and what is currently happening. I wish the TCF store the best of luck. But it stinks that we can no longer talk about good deals out there on the net. I posted a good deal on a s3 a few days ago and it was deleted by David.

mfrns0123 · 10-23-2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackBetty

Thats exactly what would happen and what is currently happening. I wish the TCF store the best of luck. But it stinks that we can no longer talk about good deals out there on the net. I posted a good deal on a s3 a few days ago and it was deleted by David.

Not cool .......

MichaelK · 10-23-2006, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ufo4sale

So if I start a thread saying where you can get the best price for series III TiVo, the owner of the site will close it down?

I think that is a disgusting practice to be in. If they can't compete on price then DON'T OFFER THE ITEM!!! There are so many items in Happy Hour that are being discuss daily including price. If the TC store starts selling those items will that mean all those threads will have to be closed?

I agree it's not the best situation - but when you put up the time to run the place & the money to buy the servers and the bandwidth then you can make your own rules.

Thje owners posted in another thread that they tried over the YEARS to break even by selling ads. Only 3 or 4 vendors every routinely bought the ads so the place never really covered it's costs. At one point it was so bad that tivo even had to throw them some change to buy new hardware to keep the place running.

I wish they decide to compete on price- and it looks like from the quick drops that they are trying to do just that. Hopefully once they get going and are making it work then they can be less uptight about posting about the competition. I suspect they will lighten up over time- the other forums that I frequent that have sotres (treocentral as an example) doesn't freak if you post good deals becasue they have enough of their own that people buy from them as well.

I dont like it, but i see why they do it, and I wish them luck in their endeavor.

Crrink · 10-23-2006, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackBetty

Thats exactly what would happen and what is currently happening. I wish the TCF store the best of luck. But it stinks that we can no longer talk about good deals out there on the net. I posted a good deal on a s3 a few days ago and it was deleted by David.

That gets an automatice prohibition of using the TCF store from me.
I'll hear about any earth shattering deals on Fatwallet anyway.

GoHokies! · 10-23-2006, 04:57 PM

Concur completely with MichaelK - there was a great thread over in the S3 forum that was going to be the "Where can we get the best deal on an S3" thread. Sounded like the perfect use of a community website. A short discussion like this one ensued until it was locked and deleted. I think that I would have been a lot more understanding of David's plight and reasons for now allowing such talk if he had allowed that discussion to run its course.

That being said, if the TCF store is going to offer competitive prices, I may consider going to them for anything that I may need. (still sitting on the fence on whether or not I want to vote for their business practices with my wallet)

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I dont like it, but i see why they do it, and I wish them luck in their endeavor.

Test · 10-23-2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAllie

I saw it at $54.95 on the day the store launched, and that was $5 below TiVo's price ($59.99). Now at $42.95, it's $17 below TiVo's price.

I'm pretty sure that the TC Store also dropped their price on the Shure E3c earphones by $50. But I might be misremembering.

Are you sure? When I go into the TCF store and select the adapter it still says....

Price: $59.00
Retail Price:
Savings: ($42.95)

I add to cart and it is $59.00

weaknees · 10-23-2006, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeoTiVo

my guess is the upgraded S3s being sold are coming from weakness in some sort of deal. So instead of ad revenue it is now direct sales revenue being split in some manner. I wish both continued revenuesas they bring me more of that TiVo goodness news and hardware possibilities

too bad about loosing the ability to talk deals and prices but then I doubt linksys would host a forum talking about the latest netgear deals

Just to be clear, we are NOT a supplier to the TCF store.

rainwater · 10-23-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Test

Are you sure? When I go into the TCF store and select the adapter it still says....

Price: $59.00
Retail Price:
Savings: ($42.95)

I add to cart and it is $59.00

Looks like the price was changed again. Or maybe the price displayed was wrong before (I never added it to the cart). But it definitely was listed at $42.

Gunnyman · 10-23-2006, 08:02 PM

Until I get told otherwise I'll still send folks to weaknees and ptvupgrade too.
I'm all for this place being self sustaining, or making a buck, but squelching choice would be bad.