$99 for Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on

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Gamplay adds are the dumbest ads ever. I'm fairly sure thats a misprint, as I was just in a gameplay this week and saw it there for 200.00.
Their ads also feature games they do not carry. Games like PanzerDragoonSaga for Saturn and what not. They just put all the best games next to the console in the ad as if they'll have 'em.

Anyway if there is a store that pricematches, someone may be able to snag one due to this misprint. that'd be sweet.

Is this ad in the LA TIMES circulars? Or any other newspaper i can get inland for that matter?

I must buy this

DAMN i gotta go buy this, hopefully Best buy or circiut city will believe I didnt photoshop this.

"consumermas"

Wow....that really piss me off, just say Christmas. It's not going to kill any one if you say it.

#5. >> Why does it piss you off?

It's true, Christmas is just a consumer rush these days. Black Friday and Christmas Eve-Eve sales prove it. Especially now that some stores stay open 3 days straight up to Christmas Eve.

"It's not going to kill any one if you say it."

If I'm not mistaken, it almost seems as if you are confusing mockery of a holiday with the recent imaginary "anti-christmas movement".

If this *is* true, say it with me now: "xmas" is merely shorthand, not 'x-ing out christ', "seasons greetings" and "happy holidays" both INCLUDE Christmas, along with several other ones celebrated around the same time.

Relax, Jim.

Best Buy and Circuit City are not going to price match this. First, they usually only price match within your area. You can't bring in an ad from a store that only exists in LA if you live in Florida...they won't match it. Second, they will be making a call to this store given this variance in price to verify, so if it is a misprint you are out of luck anyway.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did it. I used one of these ads and went to a Best Buy in another city(which I just happen to be going to anyway) and snagged one of these HD-DVD drives for X360. I wasn't going to get one before, but for this price, I took it.

The Best Buy sales clerk computer wouldn't accept the price. She had to get the store manager to overide it and approve the additional 10% off.

Hell to the yeah, baby.
This my kinda $#!t!!!
You know it baby, the train is at home on the rails!!!
Hey @$$hole, Up Here! Up Here!
Mama said I can't die!
Whoo! Thats what he Cole Train would do baby!
Man, I can't believe we missed this!

Hint: Gears of War

Damn and I just ordered one from CompUSA yesterday.

Pitt,

are you anywhere close to the LA area?

guy edited the 1 out of the photo, its a fake. check the link

No the explanation of the fake doesn't make sense, that box where the "1 was" would be where the dollar sign would be. Still might be legit.

5. mariofan14,

I'm as annoyed as anyone when the Christmas season is demoted to a genetic "Happy Holidays", but "Consumermas" doesn't bother me. In a way it's just mocking how the true meaning behind Christmas is overshadowed with the purchasing of stuff. That can be taken either pro-Christmas or anti-Christmas actually.


However....

7. Fortyseven,

If you don't recognize that there's a movement (in the US at least) to remove Christmas from Christmas, then you've got a pretty hefty pair of politically correct blinders on. One of the most laughable examples was on one of these video game sites describing Nintendo's VC release on Dec 25: the article specifically mentioned the date and the fact that it was a holiday (numerous times I might add) but it still refused to use the word "Christmas". Has political correctness gotten so bad that we can't even refer to December 25th as Christmas?

Like it or not, an overwhelming majority of people celebrate Christmas including those who don't recognize the religious meaning behind it. I've been to a Jewish friend's house that had a huge Christmas tree in their living room and just a few days ago was at a Christmas party with three Muslims! Think about how strange that one is; Pakisani Muslims are more tolerant than your typical celebrity-obsessed American liberal!

Another interesting fact about the so-called holiday season is the truth about most of the other holidays that are thrown into the pot. First of all, many of these holidays aren't really celebrated at this time:

1) The Indian "Festival of Lights" occurs before Thanksgiving.
2) Ramadan occurs before the "Festival of Lights"!
3) The Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February

There's a Buddist holiday that falls in December, I forget its name, but it occurs on the 8th - still before the core period known as the "holiday season".

And Kwanza? Don't make me laugh. Read up on it and you'll find that it's about as racist a celebration as "Klan Day". It's not worthy of being recognized.


In short no one celebrates "Holiday". People celebrate "Christmas". Between the fact that an enormous portion of the country celebrates Christmas (stats are always between 84%-95%) and that fact that it's an official holiday, removing Christmas from Christmas is just blind political correctness.

The most laughable aspect of these genetic references to "the holidays" is that it's supposedly done to promote tolerance and diversity. It's hysterical that you promote tolerance and diversity by erasing a major holiday celebrated by hundreds of millions so that you can shield the few who do not celebrate it from being exposed to a different cultural celebration.

Take a look at the photo, to me, you can see a "deeper" red in between the the wireless headset and the hd dvd player. Also, the text for the hd dvd player seems "off" or not centered properly. I call fake, someone just trying to get a better deal than the bargain that it already is. If you OWN and xbox 360 already, $200.00 for an HD-DVD player is a BARGAIN as it is! Now, if you still have to buy the 360 and the hd-dvd player I could see why you would want it cheaper, but either way, still a good price.

Steve, Ramadan is not a holiday, we celebrate Eid. There are two Eids by the way, and we just celebrated Eid today, December 30, so it would be around the "Holiday season", but Eid doesnt matter because the time of Eid changes because we follow a lunar calendar. So you can't say Ramadam or the Eid that follows it will always be before thanksgiving. It usually differs about 10 days every year, but you are right we don't really try to say happy holidays, I tell all my christian freinds Merry Christmas. People need to stop censoring words that don't have a bad meaning. I mean you would not want to cuss in public, that would be rude, but saying the name of a religious holiday should NEVER be considered rude or offensive.

I'm a Christian. I celebrate Christmas. But if someone said, "Happy Hanukkah" or "Kwazy Kwanzaa" to me, I wouldn't get all butt hurt about it. I would take it in the spirit in which the greeting it intended.

It just seems to me that the whole "generic" holiday greeting is LESS about eliminating Christmas, and more about making other faiths feel included.

And the whole "Xmas is X-ing Christ out of Christmas" thing is just plain stupid. I wish people weren't such whiners...

DO you guys really have to make a videogame blogs comments a political discussion?

price is for real. i called gameplay and they said they had them for that price but they sold out in 5 minutes. printed out the ad and took it to best buy in woodland hills, CA and they price matched it! Like previous poster said, the girl had to call a manager for an override because the price was so cheap! that best buy still has several HD-DVD drives in stock.

Ok...I just called the Long Beach store and he said it is the real deal ($99.99), but that all 3 of their stores are out of stock right now.

"I'm a Christian. I celebrate Christmas. But if someone said, "Happy Hanukkah" or "Kwazy Kwanzaa" to me, I wouldn't get all butt hurt about it. I would take it in the spirit in which the greeting it intended."

I'm jewish so when someone wishes me a merry christmas I wish them a happy hannukah. if they get offended then i tell them i'm not christian and to go fuck themselves

Can anyone re up the pics the bandwidth is exceeded.

heres the ad from forum in slickdeals.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=26458&d=1167381481

Does anyone know what newspaper this ad ran in?
LA Times?
OC Register?

This didn't work
I went to Best Buy, I live in LA. and They wouldn't match the price. They told me that Microsoft Price Protects all of there items and it wasn't possible this was a "new Item" , I was told that the item must be refurbished and that they can't match the price of a refurbished item. Although I ain't much of an ass hole and didn't push it too hard. He didn't know the actual price of the item and continued to price it at 399, tell me that it was 70% off in the add. thanks for the info I might go and check up on the Item Myself.
PS the Links worked fine for me

It is clearly a bait and switch if the store says they are all sold out...

Just to let you guys know, Best Buy will not accept this. I had a customer bring this print-out into the store, and I asked a manager and they were like "Hell no!".

Worked for me! Best buy priced matched it no problem, just finished watching King Kong, looks fantastic!

Just wish the universal remote would have worked with my Olevia T.V. better...

Gyah, I think it says something about the HD format wars that I may have the chance to get an HD player (either format) for $100 or less, I have an HDTV, I have a 360, and I'm *still* not interested. Strike one: HD-DVD media start from, what, 30 bucks? I'm not willing to pay 10 dollars for a DVD; what retard would think I'd pay 30 just to make it look better? Besides, for ~60 bucks I can add HD Comcast to my cable internet (I'm already shelling out for basic Digital Cable, so it would actually only be ~10 bucks extra). I can use the included HD DVR to record movies and watch them whenever I want, and I rarely if ever go back and re-watch movies I've bought. Strike two: format wars. Nobody wants to bet on Sony (c.f. Mini Disc, UMD, Beta, Memory Stick, etc.), but still... well, I guess I only needed two strikes ;-)

called the store price is real but they were sold out.printed out the ad went to circuit city and had it price matched with no problem.

I went to the Circuit City in Lakewood,CA and they matched the price with no problem. The girl didn't even bother calling the store. She tried to look it up on the web but got a European site by mistake.

The Best Buy at Northgate in Seattle had no drives but said they would honour the ad.

The Best Buy at Southcenter (just south of Seattle) had 4 drives but refused to honor the ad. The manager told me they don't honor ads out of state. I said I had been told otherwise at another store. He said they didn't know what they were talking about but would give me $30 off a drive.

The CompUSA next door to Best Buy at Southcenter said they would honor the ad but only if the originating store still had them in stock. They didn't. No discount.

The Circuit City said they would honor an ad out of state but after the clerk called a manager and told him how much the discount would be he changed his mind and they do not honor ads out of state.

I went to the Circuit City in Montebello and they would not honor the ad, saying they don't honor "all advertised prices." What kind of bullshit is that?

Could anyone point me to a Best Buy/Circuit City in the area that will?

What have yall shown to the stores to get the price match? Did you just print the picture out?

What are yall showing to the people for the price match? Just a print out of the ad? Would they accept that? Has anyone tried walmart?

I printed both pages and took it a Best Buy in Vegas. She looked at the ad and called a manger to approval it. Went real smooth. Might've helped that they were really busy and a lot customers waiting. Good luck : )

Being an ex-CCity goon, you would have to meet these conditions for a price match (this was as of 1 year ago, dunno if the policy is still the same)

-The competing store has to have the item instock
-They must be a local store (local = within a 50 mile radius)
-You must have proof of the lower price (i.e. ad, photo copy of tag off shelf)
-The store should call to check

Sometimes you can get managers that just dont give a shiot and they will change it, other times you will get the tool that follows policy to the 'T' and you will be SOL.

#36 - I can't figure out why people think HD-DVDs cost so much. I buy 'em from Amazon.com and they're generally $18/each. Yeah, maybe still higher than you want to pay, but a far cry from $30. (if you buy 3 from Amazon, you get a 10% discount on all HD-DVDs for a year; since most are $20, the discount makes it $18).

HD-DVD is awesome. I've had one since summer (standalone).

Can anyone from out of state price match?

Im tempted to price match at my local Best Buy if they will let me.

I got it price matched at walmart... In Statesboro, GA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i tried the CC and BB in city of industry and the CC in lakewood without any luck. my sister walks into a CC in orange county and walks out 10 minutes later with one for 89 bucks after the price match and 10% difference, no questions asked. never underestimate how much nerdy male salespeople will give in to an attractive girl buying video games.

I just got this to work at a Best Buy in Overland Park, KS. It was the last one they had in stock. I just printed out the one side of the ad, took it in store, told the cashier it was from a store in a nearby town (Lawrence), and was on my way. The ONLY reason I got this to work is because they were super busy. After the cashier made the change, and it needed manager approval, a manager came over, and didn't even look at the screen and put her password and stuff in. Anyone trying this should do so when a store is swamped, as they are less likely to scrutinize the ad and pricematch. This combined with the 360 premium i got for $300 from Microcenter makes a pretty nice deal.

Can someone who got a price match send me a scan of your receipt. i need a receipt from a local store sych as a Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart, etc to get the match here. They will only do it if I have a receipt they said. PLEASE PLEASE help me get this deal. you can blacken out your personal info such as Credit card etc

send to inbox72@comcast.net

Somone pllllllllease help me get this deal

This worked for me at a local Best Buy in Las Vegas.
No problems or hesitations on their account at all. One of the guys even knew about the ad. Maybe I got lucky, but I got 3 without any problems.
Thanks Joystiq!

#36 - Ever hear of Netflix?

Got Walmart to price match today...they said they needed to call and see if the sale was still going on, so I gave them my wife's cell phone number and she just answered as Game Play and said they had them for $99. Good luck.

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