Recent content by optimalprimer

Then how, dear friend, will I then ever dare to dream the impossible dream?! Bah, I'm just miffed because I got all excited. Hey, it's Monday, and I got nothing else fun to look forward to right now (other than barely making it through to Friday)...

Well, your argument is assuredly valid and understood, but now it seems that we've gone from "the customer is always right" to "the customer is a pain in the ass". Retailers want to make good deals and, as a result, obtain repeat business. But how is pissing off honest customers good business...

Man, I remember a time of honesty and integrity in stores when a price mistake occured: they'd either honor it or do their best to give you a legitamite deal. From what I'm seeing, Fry's/Outpost is just blowing people off and saying either "too bad" or "here's a worse deal" or "catch the deal...

No deal. It's 30% or $30, whichever discount you reach first.

Reading the rebate (http://image.compusa.com/pdfs/0025282.pdf), it looks like this is valid for in-store purchases as well... sweet deal!

Damn, I'm in Nevada. Oh well. Someday... someday...

Good god, where are you? I can't find xbox's in my town, let alone used ones! Those'd last 2 seconds around here...

I don't know if this applies to everyone, but beware buying these consoles from ebgames. I got mine, and it won't read *any* disc I try. No games, no cd's, nothing. I've tried cleaning the lens and blowing canned air in it. All it does is come up with the menu, and when I go to the icon to...