Amazon was a Lightning Deal, and it went FAST for being late at night. I actually bought a unit from Wal-Mart too in the event I missed out on Amazon...I'll never forget returning the extra machine to the store. The supervisor at the customer service desk demanded that the rep cut open the brand...
Bought the 360 version around release through BB w/ GCU for $199. Sold the sealed game on eBay for about $40 after fees, then bought the PC version on sale for $30-35. No regrets about this one, the statue is EPIC! It looks great next to my tower on the desk.
Success! Just left around quarter to 1, was able to get Madden bundle + $50 GC + Free game. Traded in my 360 E 4 GB for $100, had $150 in GCs from the $10 game trade-in. Total out of pocket was a shade under $180 with tax.
Thanks again OP!
THANK YOU for posting this in a new thread, the current deal thread is a sprawling disaster of venom and idiocy. This is the exact question I would have asked in that thread, and you managed to succeed in your attempt in a NJ store as well!
I'll be stopping by the Bridgewater Commons store at...
I may have gotten less scrutiny because I ran in 15 minutes before they closed, but the entire transaction with my 2010 Arcade took about 5 minutes. I was asked if I had a HD, but once I pointed out that it had onboard memory and the rep took a look at the machine, he proceeded without any...
No luck here at the Jersey Shore, I went to the Seaview Square Mall location around 6 and did THIRTEEN separate transactions with preorder cards, CoD koozies, Pac Man figures, even a couple actual games. Nothing.
After the third trip to CS, I couldn't face the poor girl again to do another...
Unless the employees were BSing me, I grabbed the only other G155 in Princeton last Friday (other than yours, which was already off on the side to be transferred).
Very happy with the purchase, no complaints at all about the screen given the size - P4A looked great on my PS3.