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<h1 style="text-align: center;">my "cyber monday" blackberry <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">purchase</span> experience</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] i <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105771819109342359056/posts/AkyGV6PrPQL" target="_blank">heard about</a></span> "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">the deal</span>" on <span style="text-decoration: underline;">blackberry's z10</span> phone and I decided that i would purchase 1 of these phones.&nbsp;This is a step by step description&nbsp;of my "online experience" trying to purchase a blackberry z10 at the promotional price on that day.</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li><strong>so I go to "blackberry.com"</strong></li>
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<li>this gets redirected to ca.blackberry.com, which is fine(i am in ca), lets just find the blackberry "buy now" button</li>
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<li><strong>found the "z10", and have 2 options, i choose buy online and now i get a list of online vendors, ( would have preferred to purchase directly from blackberry.com BUT ...)</strong></li>
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<li>] I choose the first online vendor in the list ...</li>
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<li><strong>I try "amazon.ca"</strong></li>
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<li>] am immediately taken to the product page but the price of $389.00 is&nbsp;nowhere near the price in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the deal</span>, whats going on here?</li>
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<li><strong>I try "best buy"</strong></li>
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<li>] here I have to choose the&nbsp;carrier(I choose telus, even though I want to purchase this phone unlocked)&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] then i get page with no results</li>
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<li>] i then&nbsp;choose another carrier(choose rogers)</li>
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<li>] then i get another page with no results</li>
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<li><strong>I then try another vendor "future shop"</strong></li>
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<li>] the page i am directed to ... doesnt load at all&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>I try again, future shop&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] this time the page eventually loads, (it looks like its showing the "blackberry.com" product page in a frame)</li>
<li>] i choose carrier (telus), no results</li>
<li>] i try the other 2 carries, again no results</li>
<li>] i navigate to the blackberry products using the sites menu system and locate the z10 selection, they have numerous carrier products but no unlocked buy outright options.&nbsp;</li>
<li>] hmmmmm</li>
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<li><strong>] so i go to "us.blackberry.com"</strong></li>
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<li>] aha, getting warm, devices/z10/buytoday - an the first option on the online vendors page that comes up is shopblackberry.com , clicking ....</li>
<li>] there it is for $399,&nbsp;&nbsp;PROBLEM 1] is,&nbsp;thats NOT the price in the deal AND</li>
<li>] PROBLEM 2 ] ships only to us addresses</li>
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<li><strong>] OK, its back to square 1, where did i hear about this deal again ...&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] another 15 minutes +&nbsp;wasted of digging thru my social media stream to find the post where i saw this deal mentioned ...</li>
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<li>] <strong>lets double check the fine print in the deal&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] aha - there it is -<span style="background-color: #ffff00;"> until Dec 2.</span> i am assuming it was on sale until yesterday ??</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">*] my mistake - </span>i didnt catch the "until" part, guessing that because i am used to seeing "expires Dec 2" and offers being valid on that date, i just assumed, but that being said, it is CYBER MONDAY and if your going to have a sale on this weekend, you would think that .....&nbsp;</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">*] my mistake 2</span> - if you read about the deal carefully it mentions that the <strong><em>special offer price</em></strong> doesnt show up until you actually "checkout" of the store, so it may have still been valid on the 2nd.</li>
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<li><strong>] &amp;*%%$$# - so it looks like i missed the blackberry z10 deal bus</strong></li>
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<li>] well then again, NOT really, with that whole 'ship to us addresses only' thing,</li>
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<li><strong>] i would have had to jump 'through some more hoops'&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] to actually land one of these here in Canada, for that price, which is only more aggravating because Blackberry is a Canadian company based in Canada!!!</li>
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<li><strong>] oh well</strong></li>
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<li>] the nexus 5 is $349 &nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li><strong>] UPDATE try another vendor "Bell Canada"</strong></li>
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<li>] page loads quickly, looks the best of all the sites ive visited AND has the option to purchased off contract, the PROBLEM is&nbsp;THEIR PRICE @&nbsp;$ 649.00</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li><strong>] UPDATE [2014-mm-dd] blackberry.ca</strong></li>
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<li>] has now added the ability for Canadians to order directly from their website. The current regular price for the z10 appears to be $299.00 CDN</li>
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