Freight is a whole other matter, though, I don't know much about that.
i do scheduling for a freight company and trust me--its usually late than early. cant tell you how many times i get cussed out on the phone because an item just got to us and i call to schedule and its 3 weeks past its delivery date already...
I also grabbed a black last night at $150 shipped. I blame you Tabs!
i'll take that hit
though i'll be honest--i probably should have bought the 56" to resell as it would have been under $25 OOP to my door. oh well, can't be unhappy either way
hmm I just realize this am that the depth is 23.5in.
i didnt notice that until you'd posted dims. so now its an even better deal. first world problems, eh?
Also last night that little 21" Intl that's been at $56.99 went to $48.99, but the shipping didn't change at $116 so I didn't bite.
i added it to my cart both with and without a free shipping freight item to see if it would piggyback on one of those, but no luck. each item calculates separately
Also while freight ain't cheap it seems to me some of Sears' stated freight charges are inflated or just "Joe off the street" prices. Sears *should* have better deals worked out w carriers - I know Amazon does
unless you live in a very urban area, the idea of getting something shipped via freight for $40 like some of these top boxes are showing is crazy. hell, our company's liftgate fee is $45. granted, im in WV where prices are little higher, but if my own box gets dropped to our dock for us to do the final mile delivery, we'd charge around $125 and i live in the 3rd largest city in WV. weve done plenty of sears toolbox deliveries to some of the more rural areas in the state and its not uncommon for the price to be $300+ to deliver--and that's just our end! theres usually 2-3 other companies between the warehouse and us
while places like amazon definitely have pull and can set their own prices, theyre forcing the middleman freight companies to lose lots of money, not only by giving them X amount to deliver a tv regardless of how far out/rural of an area, but also because they give the customer the choice of date/time for the delivery to come, plus added services such as a 2 man crew. to some of our outlying areas we might charge $600 for a 2 man tv delivery and that's if we set the appointment. if a middle company like pilot or demar does and we have to run a dedicated truck for it? itll be over a grand. and those companies have to swallow that loss or lose amazon's business. it hasnt come to a head yet but i fully expect it to as some of these companies go out of business trying to make amazon happy.
surely it does not take a month to get here!