Pricing thoughts? Amazon and best buy back up again.....

jst1970 · Sep 20, 2016

Amazon and Best Buy both no longer having the super deals.

(amazon was 599 with backpack and best buy was 499 with spare battery) both models had gimbal

What is driving this, anyone have an inside track. Today prices are back up (799 / 749 amazon - keeps moving around today) BBuy deal gone.

SARDG · Sep 20, 2016

Both deals have come, and gone, and come, and now gone, and now you wait for tomorrow....

twitchyzero · Sep 20, 2016

solo heavy discounting has been the norm
dont pay anything more than $600 IMO

pyrate · Sep 20, 2016

its inventory management folks

DattaGroover · Sep 20, 2016

pyrate said:
its inventory management folks

. . . which could be considered a very polite term for consumer manipulation.

DattaGroover · Sep 20, 2016

jst1970 said:
Amazon and Best Buy both no longer having the super deals.

(amazon was 599 with backpack and best buy was 499 with spare battery) both models had gimbal

What is driving this, anyone have an inside track. Today prices are back up (799 / 749 amazon - keeps moving around today) BBuy deal gone.

As of this moment, it is $499.63. Lots of turbulence in the Solo marketplace. My guess is they will bring it down again.
https://www.amazon.com/3DRobotics-S...=UTF8&qid=1474401410&sr=8-4&keywords=solo+3dr

DattaGroover · Sep 20, 2016

DattaGroover said:
As of this moment, it is $499.63. Lots of turbulence in the Solo marketplace. My guess is they will bring it down again.
https://www.amazon.com/3DRobotics-S...=UTF8&qid=1474401410&sr=8-4&keywords=solo+3dr

Does not appear to be a spare battery with that, though.

SARDG · Sep 20, 2016

DattaGroover said:
As of this moment, it is $499.63...

That's Quad ONLY - at this moment.

DattaGroover · Sep 20, 2016

SARDG said:
That's Quad ONLY - at this moment.

You mean it was Quad and gimbal and spare LiPo for $499?

SARDG · Sep 20, 2016

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DattaGroover said:
You mean it was Quad and gimbal and spare LiPo for $499?

Says quad only, may mean with gimbal. No other extra stuff for $491.xx.

mecummings.cr · Sep 20, 2016

I just took delivery of my 2nd Solo from the Best Buy deal. Updated software tonight and everything looks ready to go but it's too late to fly now. I have the backup drone for either spare parts or a quick backup in the event of a mishap with the primary. Couldn't pass up the deal for $499.99. I purchased from the following link and did in-store pickup.

3DR - Solo Drone - Black

KnightRider · Sep 21, 2016

Heh, check again.... best buy deal back right now @ $499.00. Solo + 4 free items.
(gimbal, spare battery, spare props, shutterfly book)

3DR - Solo Drone - Black

DattaGroover · Sep 24, 2016

Looks like a fire sale to me!

DattaGroover · Sep 24, 2016

KnightRider said:
Heh, check again.... best buy deal back right now @ $499.00. Solo + 4 free items.
(gimbal, spare battery, spare props, shutterfly book)

3DR - Solo Drone - Black

Now it's gone down to $399:
3DR - Solo Drone - Black

Manish · Oct 7, 2016

It may due to the fact that 3dr have stopped production of drones and will not be making anymore according to Forbes.

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pyrate · Oct 7, 2016

not rocket science folks
retailers are pricing them to move
these prices will not last forever with the big boys, maybe through Christmas
in the absence of enterprise sales, they will be liquidated until they are gone.
no more mysterious than that

DattaGroover · Oct 7, 2016

When I looked at it today, they had pulled the gimbal and spare battery out of the offer.

continuecrushing · Oct 7, 2016

its funny that instead of NEW owners picking up solo's, its existing owners hoarding them lol.

I coughed up for the $499 today to get solo/gimbal/free battery/backpack/props today-figure I'd rather not miss out

pyrate · Oct 7, 2016

judging by facebook lots of new owners too
but yes, not everyone gets solo.
it should never have been sold in the phantom category
solo is unique and only about half the people who got one got solo

User Name · Oct 7, 2016

continuecrushing said:
its funny that instead of NEW owners picking up solo's, its existing owners hoarding them lol.

From the information in the recent Forbes article and an educated guess, there should still be roughly 50,000 Solo's unsold. With that many still available, I'm not sure picking up an extra or two can be considered hoarding!