[Temp. Dead?]Xbox 360 Console w/ Free Gears of War or Viva Piñata - Free ship, No Tax [Mobile/Archive]

regisphilbi0

10-03-2006, 02:23 AM

UPDATE: This deal is (hopefully temporarilly) dead.

At Amazon.com, when you order an XBOX 360 you get a pre-order for either Gears of War or Viva Pinanata. The system ships immediately and the game will ship when it comes out. A pretty darn good deal, from a very reputable vendor. I might bite on it myself.

Choose Premium or Core System (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ffeatur e.html%2Fref%3Damb%5Flink%5F3732782%5F1%3Fie%3DUTF 8%26docId%3D1000010981&tag=cheapassgam08-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325)

(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FRS9II/)Gears of War (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FRS9II/)
OR
Viva Piñata (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HCL5QO/)
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HCL5QO/)

Quick question- anyone have a 360 hooked up through RF cables or an RF adapter? I only have a TV with coax but it serves well for DVD's and the original XBOX, and I am in college so if the TV would work with a 360 that would be sweet. Thanks in advance.

jaso

10-03-2006, 02:38 AM

Is there a link for this deal? I checked Amazon.com, and I didn't see anything.

chodax

10-03-2006, 02:40 AM

wow this will be a great deal with a coup or something, it might get me to buy a 360 finally.

lawdood

10-03-2006, 02:55 AM

Is there a link for this deal? I checked Amazon.com, and I didn't see anything.

Just go to the main videogame page...it's right there in the middle of the page.

gunm

10-03-2006, 03:10 AM

not bad. i bit on the TRU deal this week, though. i figured i was going to get the 12 month live sub anyways, why not get it cheaper and w/the extra arcade disk too?

thrustbucket

10-03-2006, 03:16 AM

Ok I've been looking all over Amazon for this deal, still can not find. I see it nowhere on the video games portion of the site. Nobody can linkify?

vdawg5

10-03-2006, 03:30 AM

Ok I've been looking all over Amazon for this deal, still can not find. I see it nowhere on the video games portion of the site. Nobody can linkify? http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_3732782_1/102-1094050-7470519?ie=UTF8&docId=1000010981 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ffeatur e.html%2Fref%3Damb%5Flink%5F3732782%5F1%3Fie%3DUTF 8%26docId%3D1000010981&tag=cheapassgam08-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325)

gunm

10-03-2006, 03:31 AM

It should be on the XBox 360 page:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_3732782_1/104-8578687-8250325?ie=UTF8&docId=1000010981 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ffeatur e.html%2Fref%3Damb%5Flink%5F3732782%5F1%3Fie%3DUTF 8%26docId%3D1000010981&tag=cheapassgam08-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325)

thrustbucket

10-03-2006, 03:32 AM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_3732782_1/102-1094050-7470519?ie=UTF8&docId=1000010981 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ffeatur e.html%2Fref%3Damb%5Flink%5F3732782%5F1%3Fie%3DUTF 8%26docId%3D1000010981&tag=cheapassgam08-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325)
Worked. Thank you.

Eastsidecracker

10-03-2006, 03:50 AM

THats a pretty sweet deal. Would be nice if you can add 10bucks to get LE.

Brian9824

10-03-2006, 09:01 AM

Thats about what I was expecting to happen. I figuired around holiday's you'd start seeing either system bundled with a good game or a $50 price break. Will be intresting to see if they do anything else after holidays

wolverinefactor

10-03-2006, 09:13 AM

Awe... I thought my 343 shipped was a good deal. This comes out a smige cheaper if you want one of those games which I do but I can just order GoW LE for the $60 on cduniverse.

KaneRobot

10-03-2006, 09:22 AM

Nice deal for those still on the fence.

tacroy

10-03-2006, 10:06 AM

what type of warrenty / return policy does amazon have for the 360? I was planning on buying one at sams club since you get a free 1 year warrenty and an extra year for 15 bucks. Does amazon just do the standard 90 day? Is there a warrenty that you can buy via microsoft?

MadFlava

10-03-2006, 10:10 AM

Nice, Free Shipping, No Tax, Free Game. Pretty good deal if you ask me. Though I'm more inclined to make all my major purchases at Costco these days because of their awesome return policy.

Maddgief

10-03-2006, 10:12 AM

Ugh. This is very tough to resist....very tough.... very very very tough.

dkbags_214

10-03-2006, 10:38 AM

Good Deal! I finally caved in and bought a 360. Quick question, when I checked out I got a message that said, " Estimated ship date for these 2 items: November 13, 2006" Is this a misprint, or am I going to get my 360 at that date? Thanks.

icecubedx5

10-03-2006, 10:53 AM

Don't know whether to bite. It comes out as $399.99 shipped. Subtract $65 (the cost of Gears of War and tax if you bought it in stores) = $334.99 and if you subtract $30 (if you bought 360 in stores, you'd pay about $30 in taxes), then you'd be buying a Xbox 360 for a total of $305 which > any price cut. The only thing I am holding off on is the chance MS may release a 60 gig HDD to compete with PS3's HDD.

JohnnyDrama

10-03-2006, 11:01 AM

very nice deal

Bretts31344

10-03-2006, 11:13 AM

Awesome, but I was going to wait until Microsoft used the smaller CPUs. Are the newer 360's working fine?

thrustbucket

10-03-2006, 11:33 AM

Awesome, but I was going to wait until Microsoft used the smaller CPUs. Are the newer 360's working fine?

Even with the smaller CPU's, I would get an extended warranty. Awesome powerful system, but too many things that can go wrong. Just get the 360 now, spend an extra $60 for the 2 year warranty and be done with it.

Caliburn

10-03-2006, 11:43 AM

Better nab the Viva Pinata bundle, you know that's going to go fast.

Because they're filled with fun and you get to shake it, shake it, shake it like a party animal. :wave:

Eh, I'll still hold out.

Danimal

10-03-2006, 12:00 PM

This deal is making it very, very hard for me to continue to hold out and cry poor. I'm thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to falling off the fence into Microsoft's yard. But still I cling to that fence.

Ma12kez

10-03-2006, 12:10 PM

Wow good deal! You're saving more or less than $100 with a free game and no taxes rather than picking up a 360 in-store. Seems cheaper than that deal Overstock had a couple weeks ago. If you guys missed out on that, don't miss this one too!

icecubedx5

10-03-2006, 12:13 PM

Yeah and the beauty of it is that they are giving you a game that you'll buy anyway, so it truly is saving $100 bucks.

For kicks I tried adding the GoW: Collector's Edition to the cart to "fool" Amazon. Unfortunately it comes out to $470 so that's a no go.

icecubedx5

10-03-2006, 12:14 PM

Posted this in another topic but I want everyone's thoughts here.

Basically your buying a 360 for $305 as opposed to $400 in stores. But for consoles is it best to buy in stores even if you pay MSRP? If something goes wrong with the console, its easy to just return/exchange for a new one. Plus if you buy it at Best Buy, you can get a 2 year extended warranty for $50.

The great thing about that is that they will give you a full refund if you return it to due to "faulty hardware." My friend got a 360 at launch with the warranty. In one year when his warranty is about to run out, he tells me he's going to return it, apply the $400 to a PS3, and re-buy the 360 for $250 (or whatever it drops in price to 2 years after launch).

That itself seems worth it (even though you are ripping off the store). So my question is, is it best to buy new expensive consoles in stores rather than online, even if it means you miss out on saving $100?

GrimNecroWizard

10-03-2006, 12:17 PM

thrustbucket

10-03-2006, 12:24 PM

Damn, this is good. I would but I'd still need $60 for online, $40 for another controller, then $60 for a game for now...And that just sorta kills it when I think about how much more I'd need to spend >_<

$30 for the wireless controller shipped at buy.com with google checkout.

13 month live subscriptions are often easily found for $35

So your saving another $45 from what you said. Better do it :)

icecubedx5

10-03-2006, 12:27 PM

Damn, this is good. I would but I'd still need $60 for online, $40 for another controller, then $60 for a game for now...And that just sorta kills it when I think about how much more I'd need to spend >_<

When you get the 360, you can probably stretch out a month on demos alone until GoW comes out (lots of good demos like Smackdown vs. Raw, Dead Rising, FEAR, Fight Night, Saint's Row).

You can get an extra wireless controller for $30 shipped using the Google Checkout method (thread is on first page).

360 Premium comes with 30 day free Gold trial (I assume in one month when Gears of War comes out, it should come with a 30 day free Gold trial as well considering GRAW came with one).

Problem solved! :bouncy:

spwango

10-03-2006, 12:28 PM

There are lots of decent deals out there right now (30 GC with game purchase at BB)...this one is good, but I don't like to roll the dice on prerelease games too much.

Ma12kez

10-03-2006, 12:31 PM

360 Premium comes with 30 day free Gold trial (I assume in one month when Gears of War comes out, it should come with a 30 day free Gold trial as well (considering GRAW came with one).IIRC, recently 360 games that do come with free trials are limited to 48-hour trials now.

FurryCurry

10-03-2006, 12:31 PM

I hope that Amazon realizes that they are better off without TRU. I don't have the money so I'll just be waiting till the new chip 360s/price drops.

But for anyone else intrested in Gears and a 360, you really can't go wrong. What's in the LE Gears anyway? If the shit don't come with a soundtrack I don't think it's worth it (cause stuff like interviews and behind the scenes looks at the development team can be squeezed on the regular disc).

thrustbucket

10-03-2006, 12:31 PM

There are lots of decent deals out there right now (30 GC with game purchase at BB)...this one is good, but I don't like to roll the dice on prerelease games too much.

Even if gears of war ends up boring you, the trade in value on it will be awesome for a good while.

I really want to pull the trigger on this deal for a gift. But I want to time it so the free month of live doesn't run out till well after GOW comes out.:)

Dead of Knight

10-03-2006, 12:41 PM

Nice deal, but I will laugh if Gears of War ends up sucking. All the hype kind of reminds me of other much-hyped title that ended up sucking on the Xbox- Brute Force.

msdmoney

10-03-2006, 12:41 PM

I am thinking about this since I am planning on picking up a 360 soon anyways, but I may hold out for the Limited edition Gears of War. No tax is enticing, but I am thinking about using saved up Gamerush credit.

spwango

10-03-2006, 02:09 PM

Even if gears of war ends up boring you, the trade in value on it will be awesome for a good while.

...and that is what got me to pull the trigger :)

Of course, CC having PGR3 for $20 next week didn't hurt either.

rvr2k3

10-03-2006, 02:21 PM

Does anyone know if you can use Amazon.com certificates to order the 360? I have $275 of them and if I can use them, I am ordering.

brainiac

10-03-2006, 02:44 PM

Nice deal, but I will laugh if Gears of War ends up sucking. All the hype kind of reminds me of other much-hyped title that ended up sucking on the Xbox- Brute Force.
that's uncalled-for. have you never heard of unreal tournament. the developer of gears of war has an excellent track record. (http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025194.html#Developer)

Pinnacle

10-03-2006, 04:03 PM

This deal would be better if t he games didnt release in November.

icruise

10-03-2006, 04:09 PM

Does anyone know if you can use Amazon.com certificates to order the 360? I have $275 of them and if I can use them, I am ordering.
Why wouldn't you be able to?

Maddgief

10-03-2006, 04:13 PM

Awesome powerful system, but too many things that can go wrong. Just get the 360 now, spend an extra $60 for the 2 year warranty and be done with it.

Sorry guys: I'm a 360 noob. Is that warranty through MS or through Amazon?

Bergley

10-03-2006, 04:18 PM

Sorry if someone already said this, but it was taking forever for this page to load on dialup.

I ordered the premium system and added Gears of War and Viva Pinata and got them BOTH free.

Maddgief

10-03-2006, 04:28 PM

Sorry if someone already said this, but it was taking forever for this page to load on dialup.

I ordered the premium system and added Gears of War and Viva Pinata and got them BOTH free.

That was the icing on the cake. I did the same thing and just ordered it.

gamehunter101

10-03-2006, 05:05 PM

when i added the game and 360 to the cart it gives me 459 isnt it suppose to be 400 or do i get the discount at check out

Mr Durand Pierre

10-03-2006, 05:15 PM

This deal is super tempting (if true), but I'm not sure I can justify spending $300 on a system where there's only 2 exclusive games that interest me (Gears of War and Bioshock) and neither of them are out yet.

gamehunter101

10-03-2006, 05:21 PM

did any of u get it yet

Maddgief

10-03-2006, 05:25 PM

when i added the game and 360 to the cart it gives me 459 isnt it suppose to be 400 or do i get the discount at check out

Discount at check out.

gamehunter101

10-03-2006, 05:26 PM

Discount at check out.
thanks you man8-) lol where is the button and is the standard shipping free or do i hve to select free shipping

thespamofpower

10-03-2006, 08:02 PM

damnit i wasn't going to even think about this thing for at least a year... guess i'll be one of those with the PSWii60...;)

xplode427

10-03-2006, 08:05 PM

dead right now. maybe they are fixing the glitch or maybe they just cancelled it altogether

spwango

10-03-2006, 09:22 PM

Hope we don't get canceled...you know, i was wondering...why do they call it xbox 360 w/ 20 GB drive instead of "premium"?

rly723

10-03-2006, 09:33 PM

are you sure this will go through???amazon.com is very strict with glitches/price mistakes. they rarely, if ever go through and send the typical email of cancellation

papalatistudios

10-03-2006, 09:35 PM

Was going for it, then it still says 459.00 and it says submit order. So I get through the whole thing, even signed up for prime so I can get free 2 day shipping on both items and it still says 459.00. Does it change it when charged or is this thing really dead?

icecubedx5

10-03-2006, 09:51 PM

Deal is dead papaltistudios. On the last page before you "Place Order," it should show the discount.

papalatistudios

10-03-2006, 09:57 PM

So the deal is permanently dead? How can anyone run a promo for all of October and then kill it? Thats just Fucking wrong. :bomb:

lord_ebonstone

10-03-2006, 10:20 PM

I doubt it's permanent. Chances are they're just fixing the glitch that allowed you to get both Viva Pinata AND Gears of War for free with your preorder.

papalatistudios

10-03-2006, 11:22 PM

I sure hope so.

Jewelz23

10-04-2006, 12:35 AM

this is a SWEEET DEAL MAN.

chicodeazn

10-04-2006, 01:56 AM

I ordered the Premium with both games but I just found out they cancelled Gears of War AND Viva Pinata. My premium is still shipping at $304.22 with both promotion applied.

spwango

10-04-2006, 02:29 AM

I didn't even try to take advantage of their mistake and they still canceled the game. They better not attempt to charge me full price... :chainsaw:

SleepyJD

10-04-2006, 03:32 AM

Gee, such a tough choice on which game I should get, lol.

lord_ebonstone

10-04-2006, 03:52 AM

k, on the final confirmation screen the deal is still not coming up. Guess I'll have to wait til tomorrow, (er, later today), since it's 2am and I'm tired.

All the banner ads and stuff are still up, though. I looked for a way to email Amazon and ask them about the promotion's status, but couldn't find one.

Maddgief

10-04-2006, 06:58 AM

Deal appears to be dead. My order was cancelled and I cannot get it to push through at all even with just GoW now. Any tips anyone?

rvr2k3

10-04-2006, 07:33 AM

I am praying it reactivates. The original offer is still on Amazon, so I hope that when the day crew comes to Amazon they will reactivate. Otherwise, i have saved the offer as a pdf and will call Amazon customer service and try and get them to put in the offer manually.

Maddgief

10-04-2006, 09:53 AM

Indiana

10-04-2006, 10:09 AM

Posted this in another topic but I want everyone's thoughts here.

Doesn't MS have a $60 warranty that is better than other warranties anyhow?

papalatistudios

10-04-2006, 10:13 AM

I GOT IT!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!:bouncy:

OKay here is what I had to do....to get my 360 with GOW for free.

I emailed amazon to let them know I could not do the promo. They responded by saying we have no clue what promo you're referring to.

Then it asked if i didnt like the service to have them call me. So I did and I got an awesome girl on the phone.

I alerted her to what was going on that it wouldnt let us do the "legit" promo. She immediately said, "where is the promo code?" I said I dunno. She said then we'll do this manually. So this is what happened, while she was on the phone with me.

1. I signed up for Amazon Prime Trial. 2 months and its free, then i will cancel.

2. I added the 360 Premium to my cart, plugcharge, and GOW.

3. I completed my order with free 2 day shipping bc of prime.

4. She went in manually and zeroed out the price of the game. And said there you go.

5. Check the amount under recent orders and all items were there with ship date of today on 360 and charge kit and GOW date of 11/7/06.

Total: 414.81 = 360, playchargekit, Gears of War

She said that she will let them know immediately that the deal is not working. She said they will probably simply add a promo code to fix the problem.

Good luck to everyone else I hope you get in on this deal.

Maddgief

10-04-2006, 11:03 AM

Just got off the phone with amazon and they've said the deal should be back in 2-4 hrs.

rvr2k3

10-04-2006, 11:16 AM

Just got off the phone with amazon and they've said the deal should be back in 2-4 hrs.

You rawk!! Thanks. I am at work and am ready to order, but have no time to call Amazon.

lord_ebonstone

10-04-2006, 11:22 AM

Just got off the phone with amazon and they've said the deal should be back in 2-4 hrs.
Righteous. Thanks for the heads up.

icecubedx5

10-04-2006, 11:54 AM

SWEET! Ordered my 360 yesterday with the 2 game glitch, it came today! One freaking day! Total came out to $304.22 and although they cancelled the games, the "promotion glitch" still took off nearly $100 off the price.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/icecubedx5/360_final.jpg

Pinnacle

10-04-2006, 02:21 PM

They shipped my console too. They charged me 304 for a premium pack but canceled the games being free. Now I've got two full priced pre-orders. I didnt notice this until I sent them an angry letter. I basically asked for the original deal of one console and a free game. I even threw in a mention of the Better Business Bureau. Now that I see they sent me a cheap Premium pack, I'm satisfied. lol

I dunno how they will reply to my letter. I was basically mad at about having to send it back and wasnt satisfied that they would fully refund me given the hassle I would be put through.

icecubedx5

10-04-2006, 02:28 PM

Lord Omega Yagami

10-04-2006, 02:43 PM

I sounds like I'm in the same boat. I did the two game glitch thing. Then I got an email saying they cancelled the games, but then they only charged $304 for the system. I guess I'm just gonna have to let this play out to see what happens.

But no matter what, this still seems like a really good deal.

Tequilla Gundam

10-04-2006, 02:44 PM

Yeah, you're going to end up paying $100 either way.

Pinnacle

10-04-2006, 02:48 PM

You possibly screwed yourself. They gave you 2 full priced pre-orders because they took the discount off the price of your 360. Since Amazon doesn't charge for games until they ship, they knocked the $100 off your 360 since it shipped first, and will charge you $100 when your two games ship. Either way, its still $400 for a console and 2 games. Anyways, don't go for the original deal, as a $400 360 with 1 free game comes out to $340 for the 360 while in your situation, you were charged with a $300 Xbox 360.

Well they can't go back and charge me more for a console they already shipped right?

I figure all they can do is either:

"Sir, all we can offer you is a full refund according to our policy and refund the shipping costs" (but I'm keeping the console so that option dont matter)

or

"Pick a game."