The deals thread

[jewishcarpenter]

Anyone looking to get a huge DLP HDTV?
Mitsubishi 65" 1080p DLP HDTV $1599 + shipping at TigerDirect.

[Minnesota]

Well Amazon has a sale on refurbished merchandise right now (ie; opened box items from the holidays )
http://www.warehousedeals.com/

Among other things... a DivX certified DVD player for 17 bucks (eligible for free ship on orders over 25)
http://www.warehousedeals.com/Toshiba-SD4000-Progressive-Scan-DivX-Certified/M/B000MXB0TK.htm

[gbeenie]

Anyone looking to get a huge DLP HDTV?
Mitsubishi 65" 1080p DLP HDTV $1599 + shipping at TigerDirect.

Alas, already gone.

But two reasons not to fret:

1) That price is not too terribly uncommon for that set. If it's not available somewhere for that price now, it will be.

2) Some of the reviews I've seen for this set indicate that it suffers from excessive color wheel noise (a problem not shared by its more expensive 73" counterpart).

[gbeenie]

Check out today's Woot! deal:

http://www.woot.com/

Go on; I dare ya!

[Minnesota]

Although I haven't gotten around to upgrading my x-box cables beyond the RCA I'm pretty impressed with it so far. It was absolutely worth the 90 dollars.

ps: the sale on the divx player I posted has ended... hope some of you lurkers got in on that.

[gbeenie]

Bear in mind that for the coax digital inputs (which this one appears to have), an RCA video cable will work just fine. Try it when you get the chance.

[jewishcarpenter]

Pre-order Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii on walmart site $19.82. Get it now, because I'm sure this is a screw up! There is a possibility of them canceling all orders for this price but it's worth trying to get rather than pay $50 for it when it comes out. They fixed the price, back to $49.82.

[dignan]

Annnd, it's back to 49.82.  Glad I saw this thread ten minutes ago and already ordered mine!

[jewishcarpenter]

Annnd, it's back to 49.82.  Glad I saw this thread ten minutes ago and already ordered mine!

Yeah , now I just hope they honor the price we bought it at.

[dignan]

Yeah, that'd be nice.  Not a HUGE deal in the long-run if not though, as I was gonna buy the game anyway.  But it'd still be nice.

[jewishcarpenter]

Now I'm seriously pissed, rather than say they could not fulfill my order they're pretending I tried to cancel the order.

We have received your request to cancel the item(s) listed
below from your order (#************.

We will attempt to cancel this order, however, we may
already have processed your order for shipping. If you need
to contact us about this order, please call us at 1-800-966-6456
between 6 a.m. and 1 a.m (CT), seven days a week.


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ITEM(S) REQUESTED TO BE CANCELED
-----------------------------------------------------------
Order Date: 11 JAN 2008 08:52
Order Number: ************


ITEM                                             QTY   PRICE   TOTAL
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii                      1     19.82   19.82


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[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Now I'm seriously pissed, rather than say they could not fulfill my order they're pretending I tried to cancel the order.

We have received your request to cancel the item(s) listed
below from your order (#************.

We will attempt to cancel this order, however, we may
already have processed your order for shipping. If you need
to contact us about this order, please call us at 1-800-966-6456
between 6 a.m. and 1 a.m (CT), seven days a week.


===========================================================
ITEM(S) REQUESTED TO BE CANCELED
-----------------------------------------------------------
Order Date: 11 JAN 2008 08:52
Order Number: ************


ITEM                                             QTY   PRICE   TOTAL
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii                      1     19.82   19.82


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What a bunch of bastards!!!!!

Did you print out anything when the website had the first price?  If so, I'd go to whichever of your local TV news broadcasts has a Consumer Affairs segment and bring that to them.  After the post-Xmas Gift Card screw-up, getting this exposed to the public would be great.

Typical Wal-Mart.   

[jewishcarpenter]

Panasonic 56" 1080p Rear-Projection LCD HDTV $996 at Best Buy.

[Minnesota]

Sony SA-FT1H 5.1 Flat Panel Speaker System -
$99.96
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-SA-FT1H-5-1-Flat-Panel-Speaker-System-SA-FT1H/sem/rpsm/oid/165424/catOid/-16881/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Wow, great price. Available in store only. Its in stock for my area ... kinda tempted even though I already have a pioneer 5.1 system.

[jewishcarpenter]

Sony SA-FT1H 5.1 Flat Panel Speaker System -
$99.96
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-SA-FT1H-5-1-Flat-Panel-Speaker-System-SA-FT1H/sem/rpsm/oid/165424/catOid/-16881/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Wow, great price. Available in store only. Its in stock for my area ... kinda tempted even though I already have a pioneer 5.1 system.

How's that sound for a $100?