1,000 X-Box 360's(core) for $100 11/23

stevew · 11-16-2006, 08:26 AM

Amazon.com next thursday at 11pm pacific. I have to work, so sadly I'll miss out. But you can get your XBox for cheap that way, even if you have to add the x-Box HDD for 100 and X_Box Component cables for 30 bucks it is still a great deal on the Xbox 360.

Figure out how to use the 1-click if you want to get in on this great x-box 360 deal.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday/cv/...&showResults=1

11/23

stevew · 11-16-2006, 08:31 AM

nevermind about the one click for the ExBox 360 purchase, it's sort of like some sort of amazon lottery. Details below.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday.htm...v%2Fbuyingtips

JonInMiddleGA · 11-16-2006, 08:55 AM

I'm confused ... is this today 11/16 or next Thurdsay 11/23 (aka Thanksgiving)?

stevew · 11-16-2006, 08:56 AM

11/23

I read it wrong the first time.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-16-2006, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

11/23

I read it wrong the first time.

No problem. Don't feel bad, I read the page twice & still wasn't entirely sure.
Heck, I've read it two more times & still don't see where they clarify the date.

stevew · 11-16-2006, 09:14 AM

I'll log in next thursday and try, I'm doubting I'll get one but it's worth a shot at that price.

DanGarion · 11-17-2006, 03:44 PM

This is at 11 AM not PM.

hukarez · 11-17-2006, 03:47 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has the 'voting' concluded for this, thusly making the Xbox 360 deal effective for next Thursday? I know the odds are heavily in favor for the Xbox 360, much more so over that barbie doll, but I thought I'd just ask.

TazFTW · 11-17-2006, 03:48 PM

The voting is not over.

Oilers9911 · 11-17-2006, 04:11 PM

I would assume this isn't available to Canadians?

WVUFAN · 11-17-2006, 04:35 PM

Real quick note:

The order time is 11:00 am PACIFIC time.

vex · 11-17-2006, 05:59 PM

Someone needs to make an ordering script.

14ers · 11-23-2006, 09:54 AM

The sale goes off today at 11 AM PST. Now if I can just figure out how to sync my clock with Amazon time.

Tonight I think I will be voting for the $25 Axion Portable DVD Player.

FrogMan · 11-23-2006, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oilers9911

I would assume this isn't available to Canadians?

just tried adding the xbox (without the special price) to my cart and get through and got this message: *** We're sorry. This item can't be shipped to your selected destination. You may either change the shipping address or delete the item from your order by changing its quantity to 0 and clicking the update button below. ( See geographical restrictions.) ***

so, no, it's not available for shipping to Canada...

FM

SirFozzie · 11-23-2006, 10:42 AM

It's only the 48 contiguous states

Oilers9911 · 11-23-2006, 10:58 AM

I wish Amazon.ca would do somethng similar.

FrogMan · 11-23-2006, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oilers9911

I wish Amazon.ca would do somethng similar.

you and me both my friend, you and me both...

heybrad · 11-23-2006, 12:58 PM

I'm ready!

heybrad · 11-23-2006, 01:01 PM

... and I can't even get the page to load. Not looking good.

cartman · 11-23-2006, 01:01 PM

After I hit refresh, I got sent to vote for next week's specials.

Neuqua · 11-23-2006, 01:02 PM

Yep, won't even load for me.

Crapshoot · 11-23-2006, 01:02 PM

yeah, the site's going nuts.

samifan24 · 11-23-2006, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neuqua

Yep, won't even load for me.

Me neither.

Fidatelo · 11-23-2006, 01:05 PM

They are just getting hammered. This is like a self-inflicted Denial of Service attack

Raiders Army · 11-23-2006, 01:06 PM

Sold out.

Neuqua · 11-23-2006, 01:08 PM

Bummer.

Raiders Army · 11-23-2006, 01:10 PM

I had three windows open and only one came up with that.

samifan24 · 11-23-2006, 01:11 PM

Does anyone think that a lottery system would work better?

Raiders Army · 11-23-2006, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

Does anyone think that a lottery system would work better?

Problem is, how would you know that it's fair? Not that I wasn't sitting there thinking some 17 year old kid has some program to kick people off the amazon.com servers...

Crapshoot · 11-23-2006, 01:14 PM

There were scripts running - the FW community is one very common offender on that regard.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-23-2006, 01:14 PM

9 windows open, I managed to get one of them to at least load the sold out page by 6 minutes after.

cartman · 11-23-2006, 01:18 PM

American Express has had this problem the past couple of years as well. A couple of weeks before Christmas they start offering one item per day that is well below retail value. Last year they had a Land Rover for $5000 as one of the items. Their servers got hammered as well.

WheelsVT · 11-23-2006, 02:12 PM

Yep, I had the same experience here. one page loaded 3-4 minutes passed the time, and it was sold out.
The site was blazing fast until just past the 10-til mark, and then "nuthin" (Cornelius from Rudolph licks his ice pick)

cartman · 11-23-2006, 02:30 PM

Gotta love people who feel somehow wronged because they didn't get one of the 1,000 XBox 360s. Here's a thread over at Amazon from people who didn't seem to think that upwards of 2 million people hitting one page at the same time wouldn't cause problems.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionb...playType=CVote

Airhog · 11-23-2006, 02:43 PM

what a bunch of pathetic whiny losers. Half those people are pissed because they couldnt e-bay them

Raiders Army · 11-23-2006, 03:00 PM

I thought it was only 1 per. They are whiny and a little grumpy for it being Thanksgiving and all.

stevew · 11-23-2006, 04:53 PM

That was a thorough waste of time.

WheelsVT · 11-23-2006, 05:08 PM

forget whining, not even worth it. Like Fidatelo I had to laugh about the self-inflicted DOS. Now to take a nap after all that turkey...

bigdawg2003 · 11-23-2006, 07:45 PM

Reading all of these people bitching on the Amazon boards about how unfair it was that they didn't get one of the systems b/c they had a super duper T3 line w/ state-of-the-art routers or God knows whatever else is pretty funny. The best ones are the people who think Amazon deliberately scammed them.

Hello McFly! Anybody home!

Amazon is taking a $200 hit on each of these systems. Do the math, Amazon lost $200,000 in potential sales. If this is Amazon's idea of a scam, it may be one of the dumbest things ever in Creation.

The fact that I managed to score one of these bad boys makes it even funnier ;-)

(For the record, I do not live in Seattle or the Pacific Northwest like some of the people may think who feel that only people near Amazon HQ would be able to get one. All in all, a very happy turkey day!)

Logan · 11-23-2006, 08:13 PM

There are message boards on Amazon? What will they think of next?

Congrats on your haul.

Raiders Army · 11-23-2006, 08:27 PM

0 for 2 today. Went by Best Buy at 6:30 PM and there were already 40-50 people there.

SackAttack · 11-23-2006, 11:35 PM

RA, outside my store there was an old guy camped out at 6:30 last night waiting for tomorrow's sales.

kingfc22 · 11-23-2006, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

0 for 2 today. Went by Best Buy at 6:30 PM and there were already 40-50 people there.

Yep. One of my co-workers was on the freeway passing our store around 1:00 PM and there was already a line with about 100-125 people in it. Crazy.

11-16-2006, 08:55 AM	#3
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I'm confused ... is this today 11/16 or next Thurdsay 11/23 (aka Thanksgiving)? __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

11-17-2006, 03:44 PM	#7
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: PNW	This is at 11 AM not PM. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

11-17-2006, 03:47 PM	#8
hukarez College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chula Vista, CA	Correct me if I'm wrong, but has the 'voting' concluded for this, thusly making the Xbox 360 deal effective for next Thursday? I know the odds are heavily in favor for the Xbox 360, much more so over that barbie doll, but I thought I'd just ask. __________________ ...what we have here is a man who looks like Tarzan, but fights like Jane! My VG collection \| Xbox 360 Gamertag: ManThol \| PS3 Network ID: hukarez Doce Pares International - San Diego Council Filipino Martial Arts Digest tweet tweet twitter

11-17-2006, 03:48 PM	#9
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	The voting is not over. __________________ "Teams don't want to make the trip anymore," says Hawaii coach June Jones. "They come here, we kick their ass, they go home." Fire Ron Lee.

11-17-2006, 04:35 PM	#11
WVUFAN College Starter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington, WV	Real quick note: The order time is 11:00 am PACIFIC time. __________________

11-16-2006, 08:31 AM	#2
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	nevermind about the one click for the ExBox 360 purchase, it's sort of like some sort of amazon lottery. Details below. http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday.htm...v%2Fbuyingtips

11-16-2006, 08:56 AM	#4
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	11/23 I read it wrong the first time.

11-16-2006, 09:14 AM	#6
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I'll log in next thursday and try, I'm doubting I'll get one but it's worth a shot at that price.

11-17-2006, 04:11 PM	#10
Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	I would assume this isn't available to Canadians?

11-17-2006, 05:59 PM	#12
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Someone needs to make an ordering script.

11-23-2006, 09:54 AM	#13
14ers High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	The sale goes off today at 11 AM PST. Now if I can just figure out how to sync my clock with Amazon time. Tonight I think I will be voting for the $25 Axion Portable DVD Player. __________________ I like the company I keep when I am alone. 'The Blonde Bomber'

11-23-2006, 10:42 AM	#15
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	It's only the 48 contiguous states __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

11-23-2006, 10:58 AM	#16
Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	I wish Amazon.ca would do somethng similar.

11-23-2006, 12:58 PM	#18
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	I'm ready!

11-23-2006, 01:01 PM	#19
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	... and I can't even get the page to load. Not looking good.

11-23-2006, 01:01 PM	#20
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	After I hit refresh, I got sent to vote for next week's specials. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

11-23-2006, 01:02 PM	#21
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Yep, won't even load for me. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

11-23-2006, 01:02 PM	#22
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	yeah, the site's going nuts.

11-23-2006, 01:05 PM	#24
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	They are just getting hammered. This is like a self-inflicted Denial of Service attack __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

11-23-2006, 01:06 PM	#25
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Sold out. Last edited by Raiders Army : 11-23-2006 at 01:09 PM.

11-23-2006, 01:08 PM	#26
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Bummer. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

11-23-2006, 01:10 PM	#27
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I had three windows open and only one came up with that.

11-23-2006, 01:11 PM	#28
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Does anyone think that a lottery system would work better? __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

11-23-2006, 01:14 PM	#30
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	There were scripts running - the FW community is one very common offender on that regard.

11-23-2006, 01:18 PM	#32
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	American Express has had this problem the past couple of years as well. A couple of weeks before Christmas they start offering one item per day that is well below retail value. Last year they had a Land Rover for $5000 as one of the items. Their servers got hammered as well. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

11-23-2006, 02:12 PM	#33
WheelsVT High School JV Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GA	Yep, I had the same experience here. one page loaded 3-4 minutes passed the time, and it was sold out. The site was blazing fast until just past the 10-til mark, and then "nuthin" (Cornelius from Rudolph licks his ice pick) Last edited by WheelsVT : 11-23-2006 at 02:15 PM. Reason: Cornelius comment was in lt gt signs not parens

11-23-2006, 02:30 PM	#34
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Gotta love people who feel somehow wronged because they didn't get one of the 1,000 XBox 360s. Here's a thread over at Amazon from people who didn't seem to think that upwards of 2 million people hitting one page at the same time wouldn't cause problems. http://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionb...playType=CVote __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

11-23-2006, 02:43 PM	#35
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	what a bunch of pathetic whiny losers. Half those people are pissed because they couldnt e-bay them __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2006, 03:00 PM	#36
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I thought it was only 1 per. They are whiny and a little grumpy for it being Thanksgiving and all.

11-23-2006, 04:53 PM	#37
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	That was a thorough waste of time.

11-23-2006, 05:08 PM	#38
WheelsVT High School JV Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GA	forget whining, not even worth it. Like Fidatelo I had to laugh about the self-inflicted DOS. Now to take a nap after all that turkey...

11-23-2006, 07:45 PM	#39
bigdawg2003 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Austin, Texas, USA	Reading all of these people bitching on the Amazon boards about how unfair it was that they didn't get one of the systems b/c they had a super duper T3 line w/ state-of-the-art routers or God knows whatever else is pretty funny. The best ones are the people who think Amazon deliberately scammed them. Hello McFly! Anybody home! Amazon is taking a $200 hit on each of these systems. Do the math, Amazon lost $200,000 in potential sales. If this is Amazon's idea of a scam, it may be one of the dumbest things ever in Creation. The fact that I managed to score one of these bad boys makes it even funnier ;-) (For the record, I do not live in Seattle or the Pacific Northwest like some of the people may think who feel that only people near Amazon HQ would be able to get one. All in all, a very happy turkey day!) __________________ I didn't even know Elvis was from Memphis. I thought he was from Tennessee.

11-23-2006, 08:13 PM	#40
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	There are message boards on Amazon? What will they think of next? Congrats on your haul.

11-23-2006, 08:27 PM	#41
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	0 for 2 today. Went by Best Buy at 6:30 PM and there were already 40-50 people there.

11-23-2006, 11:35 PM	#42
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	RA, outside my store there was an old guy camped out at 6:30 last night waiting for tomorrow's sales.