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Originally Posted by MochaRaf I guess I got lucky afterall, was able to PM this today at Wal-Mart. The first manager I spoke to said sure, but then the white once werent ringing up. So when another manager came I asked if we can PM the Gears of War once, and she said absolutely not. So I looked for tbe manager I encountered earlier and she said sure no problem. When I was being checked out the second manager came over and saw thay I was getting the gears of war one PMed, so she started making a fuss saying that this is unacceptable and I shouldnt be allowed to get them. Luckily for me the first manager came back and said to leave it be that she approved it. So they kinda stood there arguing, the second manager kept saying the offer expired yesterday and if she does give it to me it should only be one. But thankfully the first manager stuck to her word and allowed me to get the once I had regardless. I was very polite the entire time, which I think helped me out with the managers.

WM associate here. I've gotta' say, the manager that was arguing against you was totally following policy while the pro-price adjustment manager was following the familiar, overarching WM policy of "give the pushy customer the store if it makes them happy" policy (even though you claim you weren't one of THOSE).

A bunch of us at work were just talking about how Target was overriding tons of MSP cards for customers when the in-house WM policy specifically says in our bylaws that when doing a price override--either a competitive pricematch or just a "aw cripes someone stocked this in the wrong place" overrdie--we're supposed to give a customer ONE/UNO/SINGULAR item for the adjusted price. But hey, if they want to give away the store, I guess better them than one of us.

And one of the reasons that some of the cards you tried to have overridden wouldn't ring up is because they're properly put in the system as "currency" when their specific UPC was created in the system by the company; that's actually the way it's supposed to be, that it can't be bought for less than it's worth, same with restaurant gift cards & pre-loaded debit "gift" cards. It's actually a flag in the cash register software that denies the override.

Not bitching that you got the deal, just thought some users might like to find out what's going on with these (at WM anyway) and why some CAGs can get associates to do it while others get flatout denied.

Originally Posted by xbox_man I live in Australia so shipping is no good.

Do you have an American friend you can ship the cards to and then email you the code? Would they even work for you? I know not all M$ points are region locked but I think cards sold in stores are. Unless you use them for a U.S. account that you might have?

Originally Posted by Chrono Gear Do you have an American friend you can ship the cards to and then email you the code? Would they even work for you? I know not all M$ points are region locked but I think cards sold in stores are. Unless you use them for a U.S. account that you might have?

yeah i have an american account. I have also heard that the american cards work on australian accounts, have not tried yet though.

It isn't the best deal, but 25% off -- tigerdirect.com has 12 month gold live for $45.

Originally Posted by prophet5590 It isn't the best deal, but 25% off -- tigerdirect.com has 12 month gold live for $45.

Best I have seen in a while, thanks!

I'm curious, why no Bing discussion?

Originally Posted by TommyLove I'm curious, why no Bing discussion?

Bleh!

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Originally Posted by TommyLove I'm curious, why no Bing discussion?

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=273587

12 month live codes (digital) for 39.99 at newegg. not a great sale, but decent.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16874103299

I'd consider 33% off a good deal.

Originally Posted by TheMuffin I'd consider 33% off a good deal.

Less than 2 weeks ago NewEgg was selling them for $34.99.

This is still better than retail though (of course not many people are paying retail anyway).

Newegg has 12 month Xbox live digital code for $39
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16874103299

12 months for $34.99 from tigerdirect via ebay, daily deal

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Xb...99&PID=1225267

Desperately looking for a good deal on MSP.

12 month gold $40
http://www.buy.com/prod/xbox-360-liv...223400383.html

Originally Posted by thereefernander Desperately looking for a good deal on MSP.

I am also looking for a good deal on MSP. I missed the target deal

Originally Posted by Cornelius Just noticed that Fred Meyer is having a 2-day sale, which includes both their legendary "save $10/$20/$30 off $50/$100/$150 off Home/Apparel/Electronics" coupon, as well as another 15% off Accessories coupon from this week's "Dads & Grads" electronics sale flyer. This can make Xbox points as cheap as 30% off, depending upon cart-fillers you find in the Home dept.

Fred Meyer's at it again, with a concurrent 10% off all VG accessories this week ... and tomorrow only during their 1-day sale (Thursday, Dec. 13th), there's a "save $10/$20/$30 off $50/$100/$150 in Home Electronics, Music, Movies & VG's". This will bring your point cards down about 28%, depending upon how well you can work out the numbers. Both the weekly Electronics ad & the 1-day sale flyers on their website today (Wednesday).

The trick is to buy enough cards that when they're knocked down 10%, they're just above the $50/$100/$150 thresholds ... such as $115 - 10% = $103.50 - $20 = $83.50 (27.4% off).

Originally Posted by thereefernander Desperately looking for a good deal on MSP.

Desperately looking for a good deal on Xbox Live subs.

Are you not reading this thread? JaTan just posted a $40 deal at Buy.com.

Originally Posted by GamerChris Are you not reading this thread? JaTan just posted a $40 deal at Buy.com.

I AM looking. I've seen better.