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Omnimaga => News => Topic started by: TIfanx1999 on June 25, 2013, 05:58:52 pm
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With the new school year starting up in a few months, it seems that the TI-84 + CSE is starting to make its way into retail stores. As you can see from the picture below, I came across it in my local Best Buy retailing at an expected $149.99 (similar to what it has been selling for at online retailers).
This, however was not the only point of interest from my trip. I also came across an HP 50g (retailing for $136.99) which captured my interest. These machines are seldom seen in stores, and have not been for a while. While this is only speculation, it is possible that there is renewed interest in HP calculators as an alternative to TI and Casio in the states. This could mean good things for the upcoming HP Prime and the HP 39 gII which has yet to see a release stateside.
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They both cost a lot O.O
But nice that they are in normal stores -> more people buy 'em -> more people discover programming on 'em -> more people come to omni! :D
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I saw one at staples a few weeks back (the 84PCSE)
At that point, the person shelving it said they've had them for about a week.
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I wonder how students would react after actually trying their new CSEs out... Maybe disappointed at some of the slowness?
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I've yet to see them in my local Wal-mart though, which seems a bit odd to me. I haven't checked Staples or Office Max yet.
@bluebear: Dunno. It also depends if they have experience with the previous model I'd say. That and how much it actually lags (and in what areas).
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Wal-Mart doesn't sell many calcs until back to school, so we'll see...
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Maybe they'll think that it is normal that a graphical calc is that slow >.<
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They both cost a lot O.O
But nice that they are in normal stores -> more people buy 'em -> more people discover programming on 'em -> more people come to omni! :D
The 49g is $149.99 at most online retailers actually, but the CSE was $129.99 at Underwood Distributing when I bought it. They expected the MSRP to be $139.99, so I guess $149.99 is close to what I expected (especially since it's a physical store with a rent to pay, they sometimes charge a bit more than online)
I wonder if Staples will sell it over here, considering how hard the Nspire CX failed? I hope they won't charge $199.99 or something. Best Buy Canada charges $179.99.
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Wal-Mart doesn't sell many calcs until back to school, so we'll see...
My local one carries the 83+, 84+ Casio 9750G, and at least one of the nspire models year round. Unless you mean they might not get them until closer to back to school, which is quite possible.
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I'm gonna head on over to the city nearby and see if they got em in the netherlands yet.
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By the way, is the PRIZM sold yet in the Netherlands? Sometimes european countries tend to get new calc models years later, if at all.
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I got my CSE (and I love it!) a couple weeks ago online for $120, they weren't at Office Max or Office Depot. I still havent seen them at Walmart. I completely forgot about checking Best Buy, they're usually overpriced anyway.
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By the way, is the PRIZM sold yet in the Netherlands? Sometimes european countries tend to get new calc models years later, if at all.
I think it is sold here. A lot of small electronics stores carry them. I saw Nspires go for less than TI84+ calcs all over the place. (messed up, right?)
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Over here in germany I can't say that I've ever seen any graphical calc in a store......
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Over here in germany I can't say that I've ever seen any graphical calc in a store......
Then what kind of calculators do people use???? That's insane!!!
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I ordered mine online at the site of the same company that distributed our books back in highschool. Maybe that's how it works in germany too?
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The schools order a collective order from who knows where and we all pay some money the school.
If you don't have enough money you just borrow a calc from the school for the 5 years we use 'em there, then you need to give 'em back.
Of cource I bought my TI-84+ :)
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I went to the mall today and they had the CSE, so it's out in the netherlands. They also had the regular 84+, a casio fx-9860gii and a nspire touchpad. I have not seen a prizm yet though.
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By the way, is the PRIZM sold yet in the Netherlands? Sometimes european countries tend to get new calc models years later, if at all.
I think it is sold here. A lot of small electronics stores carry them. I saw Nspires go for less than TI84+ calcs all over the place. (messed up, right?)
The same thing happened here with the CX and the Clickpad models for a while. In 2008, you could get a Clickpad model for $159.99 with the 84+SE keypad included, despite the real 84+SE selling for $176.48. In 2009 the Clickpad went for $169.99. In late 2013, the CX models went from $194.99 to $179.99 then later $149.99. Now they're gone from both the physical and online stores (although the site still sells CAS Touchpad and CX models).
This didn't make sense to see the TI-84+ at $142.83, the 84+SE at $149.99 (was $176.48) and the Nspire CX at $149.99, so I thought that they were discontinuing the latter two, but then they moved only the CX in the clearance bins and today the 84+SE is still sold. I think the CX was just selling poorly, while the SE sold decently, but they had to make place for the eventual CSE by dropping the price (since the CSE will be $179.99).Over here in germany I can't say that I've ever seen any graphical calc in a store......
Then what kind of calculators do people use???? That's insane!!!
I guess they just don't make enough money from them due to TI charging so high outside United States and France (often $50-100 more). Plus schools probably lend them for free or people just buy them online for cheaper.
In Canada TI calcs are already far more expensive than in USA, so if, for example, I get a TI-84+CSE for $179.99 plus taxes (around $207), I might as well get it on Underwood Distributing or something where they sell them $129.99 + $39 shipping. Of course online you have to be careful about what shipping carrier and service you choose, though, because with UPS Ground/Standard, even though it says $24 shipping it's actually $89 with the hidden charges on delivery, plus you often have to pick up your item at their outlets (which are only open on week days), spending $12 in city bus transit in the process unless you have a car. That means that your $129.99 calc bought from USA ends up costing between $218.99 and $230.99 (almost double than the original price!)
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I just saw them at my local Target yesterday as well. In Target they are retailing for $124.99. The normal TI-84+ SE is also $124.99 there. It looks like prices are going to be all over the place. I'll keep looking and report prices. :)
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Here in the netherlands it's always like this: The shops pricetags tell the price used to be €199,99 and now it's only €139,99 (which is still US$180.) Imagine you'd have to pay €200 for a TI84+ (US$260!!!!!)
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I saw only the pricetag at Best Buy. $149.99, I think.
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I wonder if someone can stop this madness. A company that has the balls to just sell a dirt cheap graphing calculator that does the same.
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I wonder if someone can stop this madness. A company that has the balls to just sell a dirt cheap graphing calculator that does the same.
Staples has their own proprietary graphing calculator, said to be recyclable. I think it's $34.99 in Canada. However, apparently it breaks easily and it only has like 26 memories and no programming capabilities. I bet that if a store where TI calcs are popular wanted to, they could design an higher end product that sells for less. It wouldn't have to feature archive memory, but if it had like 28 KB, linking capabilities and decent speed, it would be enough to convince parents and hurt TI's sales, and that's the store company that would keep the profits.
I once learned that in the video game world, when new games come out at $59.99, smaller stores might have like $7.99 in profit margin, so they can't do much about prices, since lowering them too much would cause them to lose money on the sale (which is why these stores focus more on retro gaming and second-hand market). This is probably similar with other products, such as calcs, so that probably explains why some stores charges a bit more than others.
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The whole problem is that only TI calculators are allowed on some tests (and sometimes casio and hp, but those are also expensive).
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Yeah true. I wish the FX-9860GII was more mainstream, since that one is pretty cheap for what it can do. It's BASIC language is also quite fast compared to the PRIZM (which is why it's more popular in France than the PRIZM)