AAFES Prices

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[Tennessee Nana]

Artificial Christmas trees were $100...

People had laughed at me for bring my $4 one with me from Stateside...

LOL

[BlueMoose]

Bobby Since the item you've found is HP and we offer HP items through their site, we can't price match it. You order from us to save on tax and shipping. An outside vendor means 3rd party vendor, it's ordering from AAFES, but not directly.

This must be the answer. they are not the bx but a bx vendor.

[Grunthor]

I have always hated fake Christmas trees but when you are overseas for Christmas....not a lot of choices.

[Tennessee Nana]

Yeppers...

I still have that tree...

:)

[BlueMoose]

The Exchange Catalog and Exchange Online Store will match a lower price (including shipping and handling) on any identical stock assortment item currently available for sale and delivery in the customer’s area from a local retail store’s online site. “Identical” is defined as: same brand, same manufacturer, and same model number. For softlines, an identical item has to be the same size, color, brand and style. A local competitor is defined as a retailer doing business in the community where the customer is located. This includes Navy and Marine exchanges. Fine jewelry, collectible giftware, crystal, special orders and ExchangeOnlineMall.com concession sites are excluded.
The Exchange Catalog and Exchange Online Store will match AAFES retail stores pricing on identical items found in the customer?s local Exchange. Normal shipping and handling charges will apply. Fine jewelry, collectible giftware, crystal and special orders are excluded.
To receive the reduced price, the customer must email the price match information or contact us at 1-800-527-2345.
The Exchange Catalog and Exchange Online Store will not match pricing found on ExchangeOnlineMall.com concession sites.
PROGRAM EXCEPTIONS
Exchange Catalog and the Exchange Online Store will not match prices on refurbished goods, gray market items and items from unauthorized dealers.
Exchange Catalog and the Exchange Online Store will not match Commissary, BXMart, PXMart, or CXMart prices.
Other exclusions include: bonus or free offers, clearance prices, and closeout prices. Exclusions also include special orders service contracts, automotive labor and services, special order automotive parts, installation, delivery, or assembly services. Other items include mail in rebates, instant ?In-store? rebates, double and triple coupon offers, flat percentage off items, and gasoline.

[BlueMoose]

Other exclusions include: bonus or free offers, clearance prices, and closeout prices. Exclusions also include special orders service contracts, automotive labor and services, special order automotive parts, installation, delivery, or assembly services. Other items include mail in rebates, instant ?In-store? rebates, double and triple coupon offers, flat percentage off items, and gasoline.

Have to read the fine print The Exclusions.

[aft_lizard]

THE PX/BX’s have always charged a little more than the real world for some reason on electronics.

[aft_lizard]

Commissary is always cheaper than the PX/BX for food.

[NonValueAdded]

Taking all of the comments as an unscientific survey, it is time to disband AAFES, at least in CONUS, and outsource the operation to WalMart.

[america-rules]

When Clintong was President there was a new law passed that says the PX/BX and commessary have to be within 5% of the off base price and this includes gasoline and booze. This has something to do with not competing with off base stores which is the tax base for the local towns or cites etc..

This doesn't apply to certain things like hygiene items and other day to day items.

[Sarajevo]

It was also cheaper to buy groceries on the German economy in the early 90’s than at any store on base.

I would belive that in the mid-late 80's, but in the early 90's the exchange rate hit the bottom (DM1.49=$1.00)

[Sarajevo]

When Clintong was President there was a new law passed that says the PX/BX and commessary have to be within 5% of the off base price and this includes gasoline and booze.

There's another reason that I hate that SOB!

[NonValueAdded]

Holy crap, I did not know that.

"Nothing but the best for our troops" was the watchword for the Clinton administration, wasn't it? /UltraMegaGigaDrippingSarc

[Notwithstanding]

Sister Marie Catherine was a great lady.
I hope she is in heaven.

[BlueMoose]

This is an example. It’s how the world works. A GI will some times pay more than go to town. Then we have to consider the sales tax in town.

[VeniVidiVici]

PX is OK for convenience. Other than that the prices aren’t any better. Commissary can be better. Heck, even in 1991 I was paying $6.00 a carton for Marlboros.

What Bluemoon initially said and what he ought to be pissed about is that this isn’t AAFES selling the printer for $100 more than HP, but AAFES is letting HP sell as a 3d-party vendor directly on the AAFES website. So HP is controlling the price on the AAFES website.

And they are STILL marking up the EX470 $100 more for the troops than they sell it on their own website - hp dot com.

[VeniVidiVici]

argh. Bluemoose, not Bluemoon. Got me thinking about the Class VI :-)

[Ben Reyes]

AAFES buyers need to shop around for a better deal for their customers or at least get some idea of how NEX and MCEX buyers do it. We get good deals at our Navy or Marine Corps Exchanges. I do find items sold in AAFES to be a little higher than the local economy.

Something else I found about El Segundo, CA LAAFB: they are getting rid of car decals in favor of military or dependents IDs.

One other thing: could these outrageous prices in AAFES connected to the general lack of leadership, discipline, and concern for troop welfare and mission in the Air Force as evidenced by the recent firing or resignation of AF top brass? One wonders.

[WireAndWood]

We used to joke that acronym AAFES stood for:

Another Agency F*****g Enlisted Soldiers

[Grunthor]

I seem to rember a rate in the DM1.60 or 1.70 to $1.00 range. Oh well, long time ago.