Interesting. When the guy ringing up the order at Microcenter mentioned that they price match Amazon, I felt stupid even checking the price on my phone, but sure enough it was $20 more.

I hadn't thought it possible that Amazon could sustain that large a price premium on a relatively hot item. I suppose this bias is why Amazon could get away with it.

On the other hand, Microcenter might be selling it at cost to provoke exactly the reaction that I had (telling others about it).

Do they tax scam ? New stuff on ebay is usually cheaper because they cheat taxes, especially in Europe.