i work for best buy so i can vouch that even the employees dont get deals on consoles. consoles are sold at whole sale so it doesnt make sense for them to ever discount them. as for bose and apple, they have a garunteed price and are contractually obligated to keep that price. if they discount either brand, they can lose the ability to sell it, we cant even open box discount bose products. some stores do, but they arent supposed to