What is the price quoted for this model? As mentioned in thread, in-store prices must be better.
I went in person at noon and spoke to one Mr Navin in the store (Kilpauk , Chennai) - they said that this was not a local store offer.
They were offering to sell it online on behalf of the hyderabad store and that this was an ebay only deal.
I explained the 6% ebay commission and shipping charges - and splitting the difference (so that both parties win - except ebay

) and if we could cut out ebay as the middle man.
He called and spoke to someone at Hyderabad and said- The hyderabad store had an excess inventory of the C6500 (15-20) and that they wanted to get rid of it asap.
I specifically asked about Demo pieces / refurbished/returned items and he said that they were brand new unopened boxes.
He took down my number and promised to call soon after talking to Mr Vaibhav.
I went home and called two hyderabad branches and was given a price of 95K - I mentioned the ebay offer but they were unaware of it and asked me to call the HO (no one picked up and I gave up after a while)
After that I went around to the Samsung showroom and they had no stock (sold out 5 this month) and expecting it only next sunday!
I checked in the nearby shops (Shah, Girias,etc) and only one of them had it in stock - the lowest price I got was 89K.
I am a bit confused as to why they would sell it at a discount of 16 K,+1K shipping through courier ebay Fees of Rs 5300 and PayPaisa Credit card fees of 1700 - for a total difference of about 24K when they could just have it shipped to any of their other stores or at least to chennai where there is a distinct shortage of that model.
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