UPDATE: XBOX Silent Scope Complete Deal(s), Rebates, Light Rifle PIX

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Mr. Rhee

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reg price: $40
ships 2/11/04

EB instore coupon, trade 4 (non-sports/blacklisted) games in for XBOX Silent Scope Complete Game. but must do trade BEFORE game ships as a pre-order before 2/09 or 2/10.

BB will also get the game for $40, so $35 after GGC

now here's the most important part:

BB currently has the Sniper Rifle Light Gun available in stores for $50/$45ggc, but the game has not shipped yet. but less than 5-10 rifles per store and possibly far less, I checked the instore BB regional inventory and out of 20+ BBs in my region, only 75 guns.

Gamestop is offering a $10 rebate if you buy the bundle (game$40/gun$50) from them as a pre-order but they have no idea how the rebate works or where the rebate form is. The rebate deal is listed in their recent magalog (not GI), instore circular, but no rebate details are available. and they do not have the GUN yet.

keep this part in mind, at this point in time EB stores WILL NOT be getting the sniper rifle in. In fact, the EB employees are going to BB to buy the guns.

so if you've been waiting for this game/gun bundle act now.

here's what I did:

bought the rifle from BB for $45.
pre-ordered the game from EB by trading in 4 games for it. They did not take haven or jrsf/segagt from me, but they took gungrave, freaky flyers, etc.

now to get more bang for your buck, if you haven't bought the other XBOX light gun game "House of the Dead 3", wait till 2/18/04 because it is being re-released at a new low price of $19.99. Not sure if it's going to be a platinum hit, but it will be only $20 new, online and instores and perhaps $15ggc@BB. Smart move by Sega milking the release of Silent Scope.


here's a link/pic for the light rifle and $10 rebate info (thanks metroidkiller9)
https://shop1.outpost.com/product/3931958
 
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how is the shipping from video game deals? How do they ship the item? for instance will it ship just in the box itself or will they put in another box so it prevents any damage?...and how reliable are they...i am a first time buyer but if the service is good i defintely have my eyes on a few other things too
 
I've got mine. Don't buy it online, too many bad ones. Just go get it at BB with 2 GGCs. Mine connects, but loves to send the B button signal when I'm not pressing it, and the scope sensor is way off. There's no monitor, but it works well enough that I would consider it a suitable replacement.
 
I bought my rifle from BB and the first one kept saying reconnect controller then press start. I brought it back to exchange it for another one and it does the same thing once in a while, also after the calibration screen, the crosshairs wouldn't move smoothly at all through the black box. Another defective rifle?? Gonna call pelican tomorrow I must have the worst luck :cry:
 
"Of course, if you hate using controllers for shooting games, Silent Scope Complete does offer light gun support. You can use any standard Xbox light gun, but if you really want to go all out, Pelican has released a sniper gun for use with the game. Ironically, I found using the sniper gun made the game more frustrating, especially because it's not mounted to a cabinet. The gun is not small by any means, so the reticule would drift quite a bit as I tried to hold it steady. The size also makes the gun pretty heavy. Extended play with it really wears on the arms, and very quickly too. Additionally, calibrating the gun to work just how you want it to was more difficult than it should have been. This isn't a review for the gun, but in my use with it and the game, I always went back to using the controller because of precision."

this is what kaiser hwang said in his review at IGN.com of the game
 
So Defender, are you going to test these before shipping them out? You've got Best Buy beat by enough that I would order, but I don't want to risk a faulty gun.
 
If you request that your gun be tested then yes. We will open it up and test it with a store copy of the game. We will send you a sealed copy of the game and the gun that we have tested for about 10 minutes to make sure it functions.
 
Defender, you said that there are LOTS of coupons that can be applied to this order.....can you more than 1 coupon in an order?? If so, how do I do that?
 
Okay, bought it today from Best Buy with the Silent Scope... I have 2 Xboxes... 1 on projection TV and one on a cheap 27". Tried gun on both TVs with Starsky and Hutch which I already had. Did not open SS.

Had same issue with "Please plug in controller" issue on the Xbox on 27" tube. Totally unplayable as message kept coming up.

Projection TV sort of worked with no "Please plug controller..." error. Calibration and aiming on the projection stunk.

The gun had a nice feel, but the error tells me there could be typical Pelican quality issues... Did not try Silent Scope as I am going to return the game and gun to Best Buy tomorrow. I give up.
 
I seem to have a problem now..

Pelican is shorting me on a preorder.

I hope to fill all the orders but it may take a couple extra days. I may have to cancel a few orders if I cant fill them by Monday.

Pelican says a reorder wil be available in 2-3 weeks.

Sorry about this ... Pelican messed up. Konami told them it was going to make 35,000 Silent Scope Completes. Pelican made 25000 guns...Konami ended up making 75000 of the game and of course there isnt enough hardware to go around now.
 
I am sure it will work out...

hopefully minimun problems and of course I will keep everyone informed. If you want to cancel your order please lmk now.
 
Is anyone else having problems with the silent scope light gun? I tried calling pelican today but all they do is force you to leave a call back number and still no reply from them so far. Still cannot calibrate the gun, does anyone else have a problem like this with the gun? Also when I do get the gun partially working, the crosshairs are really twitchy when it moves through the screen. It's a pretty crappy gun compared with the ps2 guncon2 so far. Someone else who's having problems with the gun please reply. :?
 
it seems everyone is having some major problems with these guns...unfortunately these arent made by namco...dont know why they made a terrific guncon2...anyway buyers beware of this gun...also if you check at a previous post that i submitted here...you can read about how an editor at IGN.com had some problems too
 
[quote name='bmac1632']it seems everyone is having some major problems with these guns...unfortunately these arent made by namco...dont know why they made a terrific guncon2...anyway buyers beware of this gun...also if you check at a previous post that i submitted here...you can read about how an editor at IGN.com had some problems too[/quote]

Hi eveyone, I'm new here, but I just picked up and returned the game & gun today. It's HORRIBLE! The tracking is way to loose and there is at least a 2 second delay from when you put your eye up to the scope to when it zooms in on screen, and another 2 seconds when you move your head away to zoom out. On the controller it is instant. Crappy crappy gun, not worth $20, much less $50. I'm telling you all a honest opinion, it's a bad product.
 
[quote name='defender']I seem to have a problem now..

Pelican is shorting me on a preorder.
[/quote]


You list things as "in stock" when you don't have them? Wow.......
 
Umm...not really.

I delisted the inventory the second I found out.

Can you please tell me why you think it says "in stock"?
 
I returned my 2nd light rifle to BB today. 3rd one works. perhaps over half of the rifles are defective, which will make "working" rifles more expensive and rarer than most people originally thought. I'd gladly pay $50 for a working one, but taking into consideration my drive time back & forth to BB twice, I ended up paying much more than that.

JCDenton, have you ever run your own business or online/b&M retail store? many companies do exactly what defender does. nothing wrong w/ it. even EB, GS, BB, AMZ etc online do it. even Car Dealers do it. defender's passing on huge savings to everybody and even agreeing to test the rifles before they ship out, that takes lots of time for barely any profit or recognition. if a supplier screwed him, big deal, it happens. if pelican realizes there's a demand for "working" rifles, they'll make more and fill back/re-orders. Even Capcom is re-issuing the "once-in-a-lifetime" limited run of Steel Battalion because the demand was strong. I'm sure Pelican will have no problem producing another run of rifles, especially since there are so many defective ones being returned.

maybe Pelican will have a sale on refurbs like capcom did with SB.

;)

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Mr. Rhee does your 3rd gun work perfectly, as in, you can configuure the light gun w/ no problems, etc. Also are there any delays when you move the crosshairs around or any delays with the scope? I would exchange my 2nd gun as well too but no BB has the gun in stock anywhere near me.
 
[quote name='suga']Mr. Rhee does your 3rd gun work perfectly, as in, you can configuure the light gun w/ no problems, etc. Also are there any delays when you move the crosshairs around or any delays with the scope? I would exchange my 2nd gun as well too but no BB has the gun in stock anywhere near me.[/quote]

It dosen't matter if it works, I got a working one, they suck WHEN they work. Slow tracking, slow switching from regular view to zoom, it's not a good product. It is much easier and more percise with the controller, which we all know is not fun. How about anyone else that has the product in working order post their review also? I consider it a $80 toy, as I would not have bought Silent Scope Complete without the gun, I am glad my local store gave me a refund. (I told them it didn't work on my TV) which it does, it's just a very cheap gun. I would gladly pay $150-$200 for a quality gun with a monitor in scope, but the Pelican one is terrible, I'm warning everyone, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
 
The gun said "in stock" when I ordered it. Why would he be apologizing for not being able to send orders out until later unless he sold items that he didn't have in stock? Now when I look at my order history, it says I have made no purchases so I assume my order has been cancelled since the invoice was taken down. If by some chance it hasn't been cancelled, please cancel order 2103. I tried to give VGD a chance but the operation is just too shifty for my tastes. I guess that's what's to be expected from someone who tried to convince people that chaos legion is better than devil may cry to get a few sales.
 
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