Based on Costco's website listings camcorders appear to be a dieing breed. They offer 2 Canons at $189 and $229. Most Point & Shoot digital cameras or DSLR cameras all shoot video now. What I observed at SEMA was most the low end 'pros' were shooting with DSLR's or off the chart expensive digital video cameras.
To be blunt any modern day smartphone's video camera will smoke a four year old Flip camera. My wife had one and it was terrible IMO.
I'd suggest looking at B&H Photo and read the consumer reviews:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Ca...1/N/4294548093
If you don't have a good still camera and want one I'd look at the lower priced Canon or Nikon DSLR because they do both still and video well.