This product is no longer available online.  Michelle says she went to the Yorktown store this evening (12/1) and saw it priced at $39.99 – they wouldn’t reduce the price to $9.99.  Hey, Michelle, want to buy a camcorder for 20 bucks?

Saw on MUM that a reader commented about this great deal on a digital camcorder for kids for $9.99.  Could not read any current reviews on it (detailed reviews were from 2007), only a couple of stars (which is bullshit, because what someone else perceives as a problem – my 5-year-old destroyed it in a couple of hours – may not have any relevance to me at all).

but i digress… The camera was not available online, but showed it was available at all the local stores, so DH, PITA and I popped over to Yorktown to check them out (well, DH stayed in the car:  hurry up, OK, I don’t want to wait here all night and don’t start talking to people!)ahem, again i digress… We couldn’t see the camera in the store, so asked at customer service (even showed them the camera on the front page of their web site).  They checked in the back and found they had all been put out on display.  And there they were for $39.99!  ON SALE!  DOWN FROM $69.99!  long story short, they gave me two for $9.99 each.  Took them home, put in the AAA batteries and DH took a few shots (it’s both a still and camcorder) to check it out.  He’s a professional photographer, so his opinions are more valid (read “pickier”) than a lay person’s.

My opinion?  Honestly, it’s pretty cute.  DH says the picture quality would be very good outdoors – with indoor lighting the colors were slightly “green” but not that bad.  It uses an SD card, so depending on how large a capacity card you put in is how long you can record.  This is a picture I took with my iPhone of a screen shot.I’m glad I got the two, ’cause I have an out-of-state 6 year old niece who’s gonna be real surprised!