Ben
Milwaukie,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, May 21, 2006
Keep in mind NDI is a travel agency! Not strictly a buying club!!! I bought into the program a few years back and have saved back the price of my membership in that time by traveling a few times and also buying a few things. So far its been one of the best investments I've ever made. First of all, the company has been around for a long time (1971). Don't you think that if its been around that long there are a lot of people who are more positive about the program than not? In regards to the buying service, NDI guarantees to have the lowest prices so for those of you that have found they're more expensive they'll GIVE you money back on the item you purchased through them. Everything that I've bought through NDI has been cheaper than anywhere I could find. Except for one time when I bought a digital camera that I found cheaper at cameraworld.com. The coolest thing about the buying service of NDI is that whatever the difference in price is, they'll double it. Originally I bought the camera for $180 which was 20 cheaper than anywhere I could find. About a week later I found my exact camera at cameraworld.com for $160. What NDI does is whatever the difference is they'll double it. They call it, DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE. After sending in the proper info, I received a check from NDI for $40. So after doing the math, my camera actually cost me $140 which is far less than I found anywhere else. In regards to the travel portion of the membership, I took a trip to Hawaii last summer. I stayed at the Sea Village resort on Kona(the big Island). It was an awesome vacation. My girlfriend and I stayed in a one bedroom condo. Total I paid $288 for the condo for an entire week, that didn't include airfare obviously. I checked elsewhere for prices which I soon found out I was getting the better deal. The cheapest price I could find was $169/night. Simple math says thats $1183/week. I saved roughly $900. You can only imagine the smile this put on my face. Keep in mind this was a condo with a full kitchen, and living room and a balcony. It was on awesome deal! Sorry if I've ruffled some feathers but I thought I should clear up some info on the company. I apologize for you people who haven't had a good experience with NDI. However, I mainly use it for traveling.
Magic
Winston-Salem,#3Consumer Suggestion
Wed, March 30, 2005
I don't have any major complaints about NDI. Sure, the price is very steep at $1500, but it's well worth it if you think long-term rather than short-term. The "normal" price for the program is $5000. I signed up in college with my wife (was my fiance then) sitting next to me. We read over all the paperwork, INCLUDING the interest rate (it was around 5% or less, I still have the paperwork somewhere). If you're stupid and don't read what you get on paper BEFORE you sign it, then DO NOT get mad at NDI because of YOUR incompetence. That's like people getting mad when they break a 2-year contract that they sign with wireless carriers these days to get a "FREE" phone. It's NOT the wireless carriers' fault that you didn't READ the contract. Just because something says it's "FREE" doesn't mean that it doesn't cost anything. Hence the term "rebate". They DO guarantee the best prices. I used the service to buy a toddler bed. It was only $35 shipped DIRECTLY to my door. I wish I had gotten the mattress as well from them for $40 (I had spent over $60 on one, and that was the cheapest one I could find around town). They DO stand behind their pricing. I once tried to see how far they would go, so I got tons of different prices for different products I was considering at the time. Within 1-2 business days, they gave me the prices they could ship the products to my door at. I even told them that I found some lower prices at local retail stores, and they MATCHED them or even went lower sometimes. I think it's people who don't read what they are given or even think about what's being presented to them that think that they're getting "ripped off", but in essense, it's their own incompetence that ripped them off.