Costco is the place to buy a camera.. Their one year warranty pretty much blows any savings on future shops prices out of the water. I've recently purchased a Canon SD550 which is a pretty fantastic camera with more than enough advanced features. It retails at about $500. I've also bought a $300 pentax waterproof camera from them. It's not as advanced, but takes pretty good pictures and is extremely easy to use... I actually prefer it to the Canon.
