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sejones72
sejones72 Posts: 7
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hey guys, I'm sort of stumped.  I live in East Tennessee and I am wanting to buy a Minimax.  When I check the prices around here they are $589.  When I check the price in Atlanta they are $489 at different locations.  I have a XL and a Large and love cooking but paying $100 more is kinda hard to take.  I called the mothership and the guy basically said I should plan a trip to Atlanta.  I thought the prices were pretty straight forward with some deviation.  Thoughts?
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
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    Consider yourself lucky, the further West you get (I'm in LA) the higher the prices get. Local's to the Mothership are very lucky. I pay full retail with no freebies or addons as incentives to buy an egg.

    But, on the flip side, Tri tip is available on what seems every street corner here in SoCal. 
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,396
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    Welcome aboard and continue to enjoy the journey.  As you are aware, look for a reasonably local eggfest and see what deal you can work through that.  My dealer will apply the eggfest promo to any sized BGE regardless of the advertised XL and L pricing.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    It can also be based on shipping costs from the distributor and whether or not it is a high volume dealer and can thus afford the lower price point. If dealer buys a lot of BGE product, shipping is cheaper, if not free. If a dealer buys less, they have to pay for shipping of  BGE product. It can also mean the cheaper price is based on older inventory bought and shipped at a lower price. Just because they sell an Egg new in a box, it doesn't mean it can be last year's (or more) model. 
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
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    They can sell them a lot cheaper in your area if you get yourself a semi and start hauling them over there for free. Everyone else would be grateful. 
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  • EggHeadinFlorida
    EggHeadinFlorida Posts: 892
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    My local dealer had a minimax on the shelf for quite some time. I paid $350 with a plate setter.
    XL bge, Mini max & 36 BS Griddle.
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  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
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    EggHeadinFlorida said:
    My local dealer had a minimax on the shelf for quite some time. I paid $350 with a plate setter.
    What a deal!  I wouldn't have been able to pass that up either! 
    1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC

    My dog thinks I'm a grilling god. 
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  • sejones72
    sejones72 Posts: 7
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    That's the deal I'm looking to find!!
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,304
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    Paid about $900 CAD for mine (without plate setter!). Just be thankful you're not in Canada. 
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  • sejones72
    sejones72 Posts: 7
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    Dang, that's awful!!
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    $500.00 in Louisville, with plate setter, ash tools, bag of BGE lump and firestarters.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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