Score an Xbox 360 for $100

101 Comments by Kevin Kelly Nov 22nd 2006 9:30PM
Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360

Amazon has a love/hate relationship going with us right now. We hate that they made it so hard to get the Wii, but we love the fact that they put the deal offering an Xbox 360 for $100 up for the democratic vote, and it won hands down. Granted, the competition was a bike, a Barbie doll, and a one year Amazon Prime membership, but who's complaining? A one hundred dollar console is still sweet.

Starting tomorrow at 11AM PST, keep your fingers poised over your keyboard and be ready to swoop in and buy it, even if it means tearing yourself away from Aunt Mary's sweet potato pie. They'll be offering up 1,000 of these suckers, but you must wait until Thursday at 11AM (again, Pacific time, folks) and buy it via the Amazon Customers Vote Page in order to receive the discount, not the regular product page.

Remember that Amazon had the Wii go on sale on Sunday and it sold out in one minute, so make sure you're properly adrenalized before this sale. We recommend doing some strong finger workouts tonight in preparation.

Tags: $100, Amazon, sale, Thanksgiving, Xbox, Xbox 360

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Fish: Nov 22nd 2006; 9:36PM

Stop telling people about this!!!! :P

Video: Nov 22nd 2006; 9:39PM

I don't care who you are or what console you are "allied" with, if you don't at least try to buy this, you do not like video games.

It's a 360 for less than a DS. I'm tempted to try to buy one just on general principle so I can sell it to someone who actually wants it (for the same hundred dollar price) to take one out of Ebayer's hands.

Dave: Nov 22nd 2006; 9:42PM

I HATE THE BLOGGER FOR POSTING THIS. Out of fear of getting deleted, I won't curse you.

Matt: Nov 22nd 2006; 9:51PM

You want to talk about love/hate with Amazon?

I had been checking Amazon not stop every minute from midnight on 11/17 to the afternoon of 11/18 for a PS3. On that Saturday evening, they put up the PS3 20GB's. I ordered one, my mom ordered one, my girlfriend ordered one, and a shitload of people (from the Amazon discussion boards) ordered one. Then - what happens? THREE, count it, 3 days later, I get an e-mail (as did everyone else) saying the PS3's were put up by accident. WOOPS! And all the orders were being cancelled.

What's even more rediculous is after my girlfriend and I purchased one, they stopped selling. THEN, later in the night, they were put up again when my mom ordered one. WOOPS x 2?

Nomi: Nov 22nd 2006; 9:53PM

This sucks, they dont ship to Canada...

tim: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:12PM

what is 11am Pacific in Massachusetts? I am in eastern time, so is it a 3 hour difference?

AndrewNeo: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:12PM

Way to ruin it. I say you guys should get me one.

Remox: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:13PM

Thanks ! Now ... um.. its not too late for you to take this post down, hopefully not *that* many people have seen it. thanks. :)

Easy_G: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:20PM

Question: Can you upgrade the core system with a hard drive? Even if it is crazy expensive for being proprietary it should still be cheaper overall than the good 360. No hard drive is the only reason I wouldn't want to buy this.

tim: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:20PM

haha yeah right, this has already been dugg to death, hundreds of thousands of people are gonna try and snag a 360 on the cheap

n42: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:21PM

A friend of mine has been gathering anyone he can find to help him get one. He has about 3 people helping him. He's more dedicated then me... and i want it more then him heh. Gl Reuben. XD

CipherHawk: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:27PM

Easy_G:

Yes you can upgrade the core system with the 360 hard drive. With this deal, you can actually upgrade the core to match the premium and it still be less expensive than the core at normal price.

Area51: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:38PM

Everybody and their mother knows about this promotion now. As big as Amazon.com is... i have my doubts on whether their site will be able to handle the traffic all at one time. Ive got a 360 and dont really need another one, but im going to visit the site just to see if it slows down severely or even shuts down tomorrow.

Leto: Nov 22nd 2006; 10:52PM

Hell for $100 bucks I'm getting me an Xbox 360 :D

clay: Nov 22nd 2006; 11:06PM

AS THIS WAS ON DIGG, DON'T GET MAD AT THE 'STIQ FOR POSTING THIS. MORONS.

Judd: Nov 22nd 2006; 11:19PM

First of all, Joystiq posted this story earlier in the week for voting. By putting it up in the first place, they allowed the system to get more votes.

Secondly, I SENT IN THIS TIP. Right before this post went up I sent this story to you guys. I guess it's not that big of a deal, it's just cool to get acknowledgment.

Lastly, I am so picking this up. Does anyone know where I can get a hard drive for under $100. Will PC HDD work on the 360?

Anonymous: Nov 22nd 2006; 11:37PM

Sorry Judd, it don't.

Md: Nov 22nd 2006; 11:46PM

Worse yet.. it's on Amazon's homepage now. I'm certainly going to try, but I'm not entirely optimistic.

Aex: Nov 22nd 2006; 11:49PM

Hey guys, I just heard Amazon is stopping this deal thing now. So don't even bother checking tomorrow morning >_>

Yea, don't load amazon.com tomorrow, just sleep in. Oh, and 11am pst is 3pm est.

That said, I wish this deal was still going on, cause I have like 3 pcs setup, and 4 other friends at their own places that would be trying if it wasn't canceled... Oh yea, dont even goto amazon.com to confirm, just trust me :)

B: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:10AM

#19

As Fujin says: LIES!

Jau_Peacecraft: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:10AM

Joystiq you fucking retards. If you read the stupid offer more clearly you'd read that its only open to people who actually VOTED for the idea of an xbox360 for 100. How so? People who voted get a special code automatically attached to their amazon account, and are notified of qualifying on the same day when they log in and access that page. great heads up, dumbasses, next time think before you give countless other retards hard-ons for thinking their special. No offense here, the 360 can kiss my ass, but the retards underestimated is a grave tactical error :D.

SoL: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:23AM

Reading comprehension probably wasn't (isn't?) your best subject in school, was it jau.

Nowhere does it say that you had to vote to get the deal.

Shut IT: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:38AM

Dudes delete this post, only a 1000 can be sold and it will be hard enough to score one as it is...

Mr Dick: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:41AM

Hey poster number 2 can I get your email address?

Scott: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:42AM

I heard Amazon is delaying this deal until Black Friday. Sleep in, eat some turkey, and watch some football.

Scott: Nov 23rd 2006; 12:44AM

#2, if you score one let me know. I'm trying to get one for an aunt that wants to give it as a Christmas gift to her daughter. I'm going to have to try the Microcenter $100 rebate route if this doesn't work.

velcrocore: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:13AM

I can't wait to get GoW. Please let me get one!

socrates: Nov 23rd 2006; 7:51AM

Y'all upset that this was posted = morons...

there's already over 100,000 people who have posted their time calibration thing at amazon already. your chances in getting one are already less than 1/100. My only hope is that angry mothers/family tear away a lot of the kids from their computers, and my paganness is rewarded.

Andy: Nov 23rd 2006; 8:19AM

@#21. Where does it say that specifically? As far as I can tell, you only need an Amazon Prime membership.

Pixelbox: Nov 23rd 2006; 10:16AM

Ahh crap, the deal isn't good anymore. So don't even bother going over there to check. Too late. Yup, you missed out on this one.

Leto: Nov 23rd 2006; 1:57PM

wtf, the page isn't loading for me anymore...

Brian Irelan: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:01PM

Amazon.com is completely DEAD, hahahahaha

Ralod: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:02PM

Amazon.com crashed

RotJ: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:02PM

Amazon's completely down right now, probably thanks to people reloading that XBOX page every 5 seconds. I wonder how much money they're losing from their customers not being able to buy anything from them.

busydoingnothing: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:04PM

I would be shocked if anyone got this...and very confused. The site became unresponsive 5 minutes prior to the deadline. 1,000,000+ people refreshing the site non-stop == dead.

Gerwurztraminer: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:04PM

Well that was an uneventful 3 minutes. I didn't really want a 360 anyway. Time to find a line for the Wii now...

TopaZ: Nov 23rd 2006; 2:04PM

F**K AMAZON. Didn't even get to SEE the page, and now the deal is over.

Way to prepare for this, idiots.

3rd deal they've screwed up in a row (after PS3 & Wii).
Ready to say goodbye to their stupid asses forever.