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

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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/homepage/104-9766789-9031956?ie=UTF8&tag2=cheapassgam08-20&previousVote=Xbox%20360%20Core%20System&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.html//ref=reftaggoeshere/104-9766789-9031956?ie=UTF8&id=cv%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

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 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/amabot/?pf_rd_url=%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2FB00073JU2E%2Fref%3Damb_link_3962932_7%2F102-9592934-1893745&pf_rd_p=260380801&pf_rd_s=center-13&pf_rd_t=2001&pf_rd_i=cv/homepage&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1TXEKZ8EWPKGQAMM9E0T).

FrogMan

11-23-2006, 10:06 AM

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. (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/browse/-/468634/pop-up/ref=ord_cisa_isr/002-1328346-8631255)) ***

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

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

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.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5673/360kk9.png

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

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/discussionboard/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp/103-0783799-8283014?ie=UTF8&cdForum=FxG25YX6U23CQ1&cdThread=Tx2OZ1YMRNMVV79&displayType=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

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.:eek: