Microcenter and Price Matching

I don't really want to give my location out on Reddit. It was in a major metropolitan area of the East Coast. If you live there, PM me your region and I will let you know if it is mine.

My guess is that it's because it's in store only, so there's no direct competition to online retailers (for much of the US). Not many other brick and mortar computer stores anymore other than big boxes like Best Buy, and they certainly don't give a damn about price matching this sort of thing. Frys is somewhat questionable as they're in some of the same markets - maybe because Microcenter is more obscure they don't view it as a direct threat?

Edit: Also consider that since you're buying in store, you will have to pay sales tax (for most states). That could end up being around 10% of the sticker price. For the 2500k you're still getting a deal, but only about $20 off the next retailer. For Microcenter's price on the 2600k Newegg's most recent sale would have been cheaper.

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I don't really want to give my location out on Reddit. It was in a major metropolitan area of the East Coast. If you live there, PM me your region and I will let you know if it is mine.