Recent content by boblinds

TGS does work. And don't forget SAVER to get free shipping. Damn. They got me. I had no intention of buying Move today, but $15 off, free shipping, and a $25 gift card that I just received overcame my sales resistance...

Uncharted 2 (when it starts to appear as used) inFamous

Great deal. Mega thanks to bullet time.

(Sorry if this was posted and I missed it.) Hit the local GS today for 20% off used 360 and saw a number of used titles for several consoles at 50% off the used price. Mostly older titles and lesser lights, but it's hard to argue with 360 R6:V1 for $7-8 or, even, 360 Prey for $4.

Earlier this year, I tried to purchase a refurb 360 from the Geeks. First one RRoD'ed within 10 minutes. No problem with the Geeks, they sent another with prepaid return shipping for the first. Second one RRoD'ed within a day. Returned to the Geeks and got a full refund. (Also, MS was willing to...

Went to a local K-Mart to buy this yesterday. The clerk knew nothing about the sale price and the item came up at the standard $50 when he scanned it. Guess the Sears/K-Mart "computerized" system isn't very good.

NewEgg has a refurbished Netgear WGT624 router for $15 right now. You can configure it as a wireless access point and use that instead of the overpriced Xbox wireless adapter. http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965

Westwood

My RE5 Elite has been working fine this weekend. No lock-ups. No problems. Even a little quieter than my two-month old 360 Arcade. My pack-in disc was defective; but returned it to BB today for an exchange and the new disc works just fine. Man, what a great looking game RE5 is.

FWIW I picked up an RE5 Elite at BB today. I have the "unreadable disc" problem too. Taking the disc back to the store tomorrow for an exchange. Maybe I'll get lucky. (Also tried clearing the cache. Got a little farther. Made it to the infinite loop recap of the game. Couldn't install to HD...

Fry's has been running in-store specials on the HD DVD sets of Battlestar Galactica S1 and Heroes S1 -- $9.99 per set.