The no good reason your looking for is that the topic title is misleading. Again, it's really not a big deal, but it's annoying to see you defend something so blindly.
I realize my opinion doesn't count though since I don't have a kick-ass picture of some guy holding a gun next to my post...
I don't know what's wrong with what you call "thread crapping". The reason I read through topics is to get context on the deals.
I also think this topic was misleading. I don't really care or anything because I have nothing better to do than screw around on the internet, but when you suck...
I just bought one. I tried the chat, but they told me it was $429 with 2 games, so I called and they got me the $299 one.
She said the controllers were $49 though. I didn't get one.
The shipping was free, but the tax made it $325.
I asked if I could use "my" EPP discount, but she said it...