HOT! Microsoft XBOX console for $245.00 plus tax

[Wolverine27]

This is no doubt a great deal...I just can't bring myself to buy the games at $50 a pop :frown:

Thanks for the post sphereman.

 

[HyTekJosh]

There is a coupon for: Free $10 Gift Card with $50+ order Code

 

[xcela]

too expensive, wait 'til it's $199

 

[Carolina]

How long before they email the giftcertificate ?

 

[Keego]

I got the $250 GC today from them (after they called me to confirm billing addy) but I never got the $50 one. When it was in my shopping cart, I added the code and it said "$50 coupon" so I dunno where the $50 is

 

[HyTekJosh]

The $50 comes about an hour after the $250.

 

[Keego]

Great, thanks

 

[winter]

<< The $50 comes about an hour after the $250. >>

Mine came pretty quick:

Fri 12/28/2001 7:14 PM Welcome to GiftCertificates.com
Fri 12/28/2001 7:28 PM GiftCertificates.com order confirmation (xx)
Fri 12/28/2001 7:38 PM You have received a gift
Fri 12/28/2001 7:48 PM Your order has been sent (xxx)
Fri 12/28/2001 7:48 PM Your Free SuperCertificate

The above are (1) Creating an account with GC.com, (2) Placed order, (3) $250 GC sent to receipent (me), (4) Notification $250 had been sent, (5) My $50 bonus GC

 

[Keego]

12/30 4:28pm: Order Confirmation
12/31 9:38am: you have received a gift
12/31 9:48am: your order has been sent


That's it
so it's 11:23 now, I'll call them at 1 and see what's up.

 

[wasssup]

i'm in the same boat as you guys...got the $250, still no $50..i guess they just got overwhelmed.

 

[Keego]

Deal is dead also AFAIK, the URL on the first post doesn't work (says it's over)

 

[SendTrash]

<< too expensive, wait 'til it's $199 >>

when will that be?

 

[SendTrash]

<< Deal is dead also AFAIK, the URL on the first post doesn't work (says it's over) >>

You can still get a used psx2 at ebgames.com for $250.. and there is a ebgames coupon for 15% laying around some sites

 

[Keego]

used.. ick :disgust:

I emailed them, if I don't get a response in an hour, I'll call em up.

 

[sphereman]

looks like this deal is dead.
the promotion has expired.

sorry for those of you who didn't get on this deal !!

 

[roth]

***DEAL IS DEAD***
Giftcertificates.com free $50 with $250 purchase is expired.

 

[netalie]

$200+ for a toy? too rich for my blood.
Got anything under $50?

 

[SendTrash]

<< $200+ for a toy? too rich for my blood.
Got anything under $50? >>

$200 for hardware.. the games are the toys

 

[ScuzSter]

Kyguy, did you get the $50 Free one and if so, did you have to call them ???

 

[Keego]

sent email yesterday, called today (1-866-858-0073) but it's closed

 

[PsychoAndy]

Crap...I did mine on the 28th, I think, and I haven't gotten anything in email. I did another one using US Mail, cuz i f'ed up, which hasn't come either.

 

[Scorpi0]

• 
  GiftCertificates.com order confirmation Fri, 28 Dec 2001 22:05:43 -0500 (EST)
  Your order has been sent Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:16:16 -0500 (EST)

No word on the extra $50 certificate till now :disgust: I don't feel good about it :|

 

[falconx80]

whynot just wait for a emulator to come out.??

its practically a pc with a geforce card....

 

[ScuzSter]

Have emailed and called, At this point, am not sure anyone knows whats going on. They told me it can take a week to get the $50 certificate.
Not buying that answer. Will wait a while longer..

 

[Tehra]

NOT TO WORRY GUYS! I'm was in the same situation as you guys, I ordered on the 29th, and only got the $250. I emailed them Monday complaining that I didn't get the bonus $50, I called them and emailed them about this. This morning, the sweet $50 Supercertificate was in my Inbox, so I redeemed it for KBtoys as I had already done with the $250 earlier!!! Man this is a SCORCHER of a deal, the Xbox won't be this cheap for a long time, thanks guys!

falconx80, why don't you stop trolling around in this forum. People are talking about giftcertificates, and you're talking about emulators. Let me you give you the 411, I own a fast PC (19" Trinitron, GeforceIIGTS) and nothing I've played even comes close to the graphics of the Xbox, and by the way, I will be getting my RADEON 8500 graphics card today, so I will have one of the fastest PCs gamewise you can get. Now about emulators, where's the emulator for the 2 year old Dreamcast? Its PC based (PowerVR 2) and yet I don't see any emulators, how about the PS2, they have one for the PS1 but why not the PS2? And thirdly, the Xbox is not just a PC, its graphics card is superior to any PC graphics card available today (it has 2 Vertex + Pixel shaders compared to Geforce 3's 1 Vertex +Pixel Shader). And how many games on the PC so far have taken advantage of Vertex and Pixel Shaders? NONE! And how many on the Xbox? Probably 10 or 12! And this despite the fact that the Geforce 3 has been out way longer than the Xbox. There's PC gaming for you, it takes a year for a game to come out to properly utilize the latest technology, while platforms games always utilize every bit of it. There's nothing like playing a game in front of a nice big tv with awesome home theatre system, with a bunch of your budies, you simply can't do that on your PC. And finally, what PC can you get for $244 with Dolby Digital encoding in games, dvd playback, the worlds most advanced Video card, 10 gig hd, 10/100 ethernet, and upcoming games like Metal Gear Solid, Tony Hawk 3, Halo, Panzer Dragoon, Crazy Taxi sequel, Ridge Racer 6, NBA 2K2 etc. ? You can't.

Sorry for the long post, as a PC and Platform gamer, I had to set the record straight.