[TimboSliceGB]

I don't know what's funnier: Best Buy's website or people thinking they'll get this deal.

what's more funny is that in the past best buy has giving deals when they made mistakes. plus if i don't get it i don't really care lol im still getting the hard edition (which is all i want) i could care less about the camera and the live i have like two years worth of live waiting to be activated so it's really no big deal.

[alljoy214]

I didn't get in on this for a number of reasons, but the biggest is that the game isn't coming out for another three months. Does anyone have an example of where Best Buy committed to a preorder glitch?

[TimboSliceGB]

I didn't get in on this for a number of reasons, but the biggest is that the game isn't coming out for another three months. Does anyone have an example of where Best Buy committed to a preorder glitch?

it has happend alot with price mistakes but really what does it hurt to try? you act like you pay for the product right away lol stop bashing people for trying ot get a amazing deal. after all this is cheap ass gamers you are talking about we do anything to try to get great deals.

[Kojubat]

I didn't get in on this for a number of reasons, but the biggest is that the game isn't coming out for another three months. Does anyone have an example of where Best Buy committed to a preorder glitch?

 

In recent memory, yes: http://www.cheapassg...-buy-pre-order/

[Akridsky]

In recent memory, yes: http://www.cheapassg...-buy-pre-order/

Yeah, I thought they would cancel these for sure.  They didn't.   To be fair, I think we're dealing with a whole lot bigger loss on this COD deal.   Still, I believe there is a chance.

[alljoy214]

I'll do whatever I want. Great example, Kojubat.

[TimboSliceGB]

I'll do whatever I want. Great example, Kojubat.

lol at this dude

[TimboSliceGB]

hey i think i will bash people trying to get a amazing cheap deal on a website for cheap ass gamers 

[MochaRaf]

it has happend alot with price mistakes but really what does it hurt to try? you act like you pay for the product right away lol stop bashing people for trying ot get a amazing deal. after all this is cheap ass gamers you are talking about we do anything to try to get great deals.

I agree, depending on how you paid it doesn't hurt to try at all. I bring up the method of payment as a factor simply because Best Buy likes to have a revolving authorization charge on your credit card until the product is released. Which is why I paid with all reward certificates (excluding the tax), worst case scenario they cancel the bundle and I get my points back.

Just a heads up, you may want to use giftcards or reward certificates on deals like this whenever you are able to, as the revolving charges tend to get pretty annoying. Best Buy claims that you are "not charged" until the product is shipped, but what they tend to ignore is that their revolving authorization charge still removes that amount of money from your available credit card balance.

They also removed the remaining "Hardened Edition" bundles that still existed earlier this morning, the only bundle offers that remain now is for the standard edition.

[DealSeeker4U]

I don't know what's funnier: Best Buy's website or people thinking they'll get this deal.

Lol somebody is mad they missed out on the deal!

[nJoy7]

Got an order in earlier, but I can absolutely guarantee this will be canceled. The hit Best Buy would take by fulfilling these orders would be far too great.

[JamesKelly09]

I don't see why a Billion dollar company wouldn't fulfill a few orders instead of having angry customers complain at them lol

[D.Choy]

I'll be honest, I was kinda sad that I missed out on this deal / glitch. I was busy all day yesterday so I didn't see the deal get posted and by the time I checked it was dead. I mean I have the prestige edition preordered but it would nice to get it for that much cheaper.

 

With that being said, the likelihood that Best Buy will honor this deal is slim to none. They would be losing $80+ dollars on each order. For some perspective, if they allowed 100 orders to go through that is $8,000, 500 orders would be $40,000, and 1,000 orders would be $80,000. From someone who works in the business world (accountant), what would they attribute a $45,000 or greater loss on their books to? Cost of goods will be higher while sales or income will be lower, resulting in less profits or a net loss. How do businesses function? Profits. Why does Best Buy need to honor this when they can easily cancel it. I am sure that there is some clause in their online agreement that says they have the right to cancel orders due to pricing errors as well.

 

For those of you who believe heavily in tl;dr, this deal is not going to happen.

[Johnnybeachboy]

Theres so many wet blankets. Best buy has honored worse. Also youre not thinking about how much do they pay for these. They could be buying them cheaply. Ever see how videogames arrive in bulk shipments?

[nextisland]

not sure if i would get this anyway , i got over $800 on preorders at GS on the X1/games. if i was 12 id spend 2 grand on next gen but not at 22

[Mostly Human]

The first test will be the free GTA glitch, the game is supposed to be out in 3 weeks so if those get cancelled these probably will too.  I ordered both since I lose nothing either way.

[D.Choy]

Theres so many wet blankets. Best buy has honored worse. Also youre not thinking about how much do they pay for these. They could be buying them cheaply. Ever see how videogames arrive in bulk shipments?

Seeing how limited the prestige edition is, they will not be getting a ton of them. Even Amazon and B&M GameStop locations have stopped taking preorders. Yes you have a point about the actual cost of the product but you forget that if they sell these for lower than MSRP they are losing on higher potential profits. If these are already sold out at multiple locations what benefit do they have to sell them at a lower cost rather than MSRP? To keep some CAGS and Slickdealers happy?

 

Call me a wet blanket all you want, I am speaking from a business standpoint and from that stance it makes ZERO sense for them to fulfill these orders. Have I seen products arrive in bulk? Yes. That doesn't mean you sell the products close to cost though. Activision needs a cut, Infinity Ward needs a cut, and Best Buy needs a cut. And what have they honored that was worse? The Disney Infinity deal which was an $18 dollar loss? Give me a break, we are talking real dollar signs here.

 

If they honor this deal that's great for everyone that got in. I already said that I was sad I missed out on it. I'm just being a real pessimist here and stating the cold hard facts. Don't go insulting others just because you didn't like what I said.

[Pliskin]

My order is still alive! I really feel like this and my GTA V order will go through! I dont have a 360 or plan on getting an Xbox Juan anytime soon, but my little cousin is an xbot and this would be an amazing X-mas present!!

[Johnnybeachboy]

Seeing how limited the prestige edition is, they will not be getting a ton of them. Even Amazon and B&M GameStop locations have stopped taking preorders. Yes you have a point about the actual cost of the product but you forget that if they sell these for lower than MSRP they are losing on higher potential profits. If these are already sold out at multiple locations what benefit do they have to sell them at a lower cost rather than MSRP? To keep some CAGS and Slickdealers happy?

Call me a wet blanket all you want, I am speaking from a business standpoint and from that stance it makes ZERO sense for them to fulfill these orders. Have I seen products arrive in bulk? Yes. That doesn't mean you sell the products close to cost though. Activision needs a cut, Infinity Ward needs a cut, and Best Buy needs a cut. And what have they honored that was worse? The Disney Infinity deal which was an $18 dollar loss? Give me a break, we are talking real dollar signs here.

If they honor this deal that's great for everyone that got in. I already said that I was sad I missed out on it. I'm just being a real pessimist here and stating the cold hard facts. Don't go insulting others just because you didn't like what I said.

Sorry if you felt insulted. I wasnt directing towards anyone. I'm just saying that we should be more open to the possibility of this going through. I understand the business perspective and I understand the possibility of net loss and gain the company could incurr.

Lets just see if cancellations start coming in soon.

Like I said never meant to accidently be offensive.

[Johnnybeachboy]

My order is still alive! I really feel like this and my GTA V order will go through! I dont have a 360 or plan on getting an Xbox Juan anytime soon, but my little cousin is an xbot and this would be an amazing X-mas present!!

Xbox JUAN! FTW

[Liquid Metal]

Deal graveyard. Every time this gets bumped i feel like its back in stock.

 

Kill this thread please mods.

[247]

they had a glitch were all pre orders were $5, all orders got cancelled. dont know if you guys remember that glitch.

[GeorgeCostanza]

Well best case this works, and worst case I have free xbla points.

[MochaRaf]

I'll be honest, I was kinda sad that I missed out on this deal / glitch. I was busy all day yesterday so I didn't see the deal get posted and by the time I checked it was dead. I mean I have the prestige edition preordered but it would nice to get it for that much cheaper.
 
With that being said, the likelihood that Best Buy will honor this deal is slim to none. They would be losing $80+ dollars on each order. For some perspective, if they allowed 100 orders to go through that is $8,000, 500 orders would be $40,000, and 1,000 orders would be $80,000. From someone who works in the business world (accountant), what would they attribute a $45,000 or greater loss on their books to? Cost of goods will be higher while sales or income will be lower, resulting in less profits or a net loss. How do businesses function? Profits. Why does Best Buy need to honor this when they can easily cancel it. I am sure that there is some clause in their online agreement that says they have the right to cancel orders due to pricing errors as well.
 
For those of you who believe heavily in tl;dr, this deal is not going to happen.

Yes I believe almost every company has a clause nowadays that allows them to terminate a promotion or bundle at any time for no specific reason, as well as a clause that allows them to cancel orders placed due to pricing error. Unlike previous pricing errors, Best Buy actually acted pretty quickly in removing this bundle product error which somewhat prevented this from becoming a heavily abused deal. By their own clause, they most definitely do not have to honor any of the placed orders, but by no means does that mean they won't end up honoring them. Best Buy has taken some very big hits over the years due to pricing errors or system glitches, and in my personal experience they have always fulfilled those orders (even when the games ended up being completely free). In this specific case, most of their loss will stem from the physical content and not the digital content included in this bundle. I wouldn't doubt that Best Buy lost more money to the pricing error of the Disney Infinity packs (since from what I read people heavily abused that error) than they would with this bundle being honored (then again there is no real way of knowing because we don't have the sale figures).

We all know what Best Buy should do in regards to their own terms, but what makes this a gamble is the fact that we don't know what Best Buy decision will be. You may absolutely be correct with your assumption that they will cancel these orders, but if they don't it wouldn't be the first time people swore that there was no way Best Buy would ever honor these orders and they ended up doing it. I personally am all for taking this gamble, as worst case scenario I end up with free points. Which is another reason why this may work in our favor as per their own system these orders are "partially" completed, and they are less likely to reverse a transaction that has partially been completed opposed to one that hasn't been processed at all. Once again, there is no science behind my statements, just speaking from personal experiences.

Everyone knows that Best Buys system is flawed, to the point that people have been calling it the next "Circuit City" etc. Best Buy's business model suffers so tremendously because they compartmentalize their departments (they also out-source specalized departments) so much so that they are completely isolated and do not efficiently communicate with one another, which causes a lot of the mistakes as well as the prolonged time in fixing those given mistakes. In the end of the day, the majority of Best Buy's revenue stems from service plans, extended warranty, and protection plans so regardless of whether or not they fulfill these orders Best Buy will make up for the lost profits.

[CaseX]

Deal graveyard. Every time this gets bumped i feel like its back in stock.

 

Kill this thread please mods.

 

I second moving this to the graveyard.

 

 

I personally am all for taking this gamble, as worst case scenario I end up with free points. Which is another reason why this may work in our favor as per their own system these orders are "partially" completed, and they are less likely to reverse a transaction that has partially been completed opposed to one that hasn't been processed at all. Once again, there is no science behind my statements, just speaking from personal experiences.

 

Same.  There's no downside to going in on this deal.

 

Also, to add to your thoughts on BB, I feel like their prices (with the exception of some one-off deals) are not competitive to justify shopping there.  I know people who window shop there and then end up buying elsewhere.  I understand the higher overheads of operating a physical store, but until they give people a compelling reason to shop there, I don't see that side of the equation helping them financially.

[Johnnybeachboy]

Ive been expecting cancellations all day. I figured this would be an imperative. Good sign?

[JamesKelly09]

Deal graveyard. Every time this gets bumped i feel like its back in stock.

 

Kill this thread please mods.

The bundle at that price isn't coming back anytime soon. But they might put it back in a few days with the correct price on it. Which is still good if your looking for Xbox live and point savings

[Perfect*Ending]

Cool, let's see how this goes. 

[panda911]

, this is one of the most torturous threads ever for me. If Amazon gives me the credit owed for my trade ins, I'll have around $800 Amazon credit. I should also have a little over $250 Gamestop credit. I liquidated all of my Best Buy credit 2 days ago and transferred it to Gamestop because people in the Gamestop TIV thread said there will be a B2G1 on Friday. I want to Buy Saints Row 4, Splinter Cell Blacklist, and The Last of Us (among many other games, but I didn't know it was just a 1 time use B2G1 coupon. I thought it was a legit old-school B2G1).
 
In my bank account tonight... not so much... in a couple days... enough. Damn it. First world problem, but I'm not going to be sleeping well tonight missing out on this deal. I have a very very very good feeling that this deal will be honored. Congrats to everyone who gets in on this and gets it honored.

How'd you move credit from BBY to GS?

[YBX87]

they had a glitch were all pre orders were $5, all orders got cancelled. dont know if you guys remember that glitch.

i remember that, people are actually expect bestbuy to fulfill 100+ orders of call of duty ghost  prestige bundle. LOL