Smokin Hot!!! XBox360 with $100 rebate from MicroCenter

[superHARD]

You sir are a good man...I would not have held my tounge...I would have ended getting kicked out of the store I'm sure...

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: Chunkee

Originally posted by: klingsor
A nearly surreal experience for me in Denver.

All the employees there were (seemingly) loveable nerds. And there were the token 2 hot girls in this Nerdfest. "Just classic", I thought when I walked in. Perfect, there's nothing worse than going into a tech store and being hounded by someone who knows less than the product than I do. In general, folks were very knowledgeable and helpful, or just left me alone.

But when it came time to check out I handed my credit card app (for the $200 off XBox 360 deal) to one of the hotties. She was new so she gave it to her big mouth-breather of a manager. He walked around huffing and puffing with my application in hand for about 10 minutes doing 20 things at once, so I said "I'll come back in a while"
Hottie: "Ok, 15 minutes"

20 minutes later my application is on the counter, the ADD chain-wallet manager had just set my app down and gone on to other things.
"Come back in 15 minutes", he expels.

"Ready?"
"Uh, we forgot to put your application in."
"Come on, man."
"Sorry, another 15 minutes"

By this time the store is getting ready to close, I hear a constant cacophony of the employees huddling in circles and talking bad about their customers, (not the hotties by the way, it was the )and really hitting below the belt.

I go over to the PS3 to check it out and kill some time. The chubby game center guy comes over, takes the guitar from my hands and says "I'm actually pretty good at this" He plays a song, he's got no rhythm, and is having one hell of a time scoring points, but it looks fun.
He actually says "If I had some pizza my fingers would be greasier and I'd be owning this song"
He finishes the song and clicks off the machine "Closing time!"
I'm thinking, "Thanks a lot buddy, I didn't walk over here because I wanted to watch you play the game."

Exasperated, I come back to the service desk and they couldn't process my Microcenter credit app because the credit center closed 5 minutes ago.

"Sorry, we can't process your app, it's too late"
I held my tounge, but there were a hundred things I wanted to say. The guy didn't even acknowledge what had happened. I just left.

It's odd, but I went back the next morning and had a quick, easy time of it. I was out the door within 10 minutes.

are/were you an English major?

Lots of descriptors here...not the norm for many of these forum dorks..

jC

He may be a writer or a newspaper columnist.

 

[ArchAngel777]

I am filling out my rebate form now... They basically say they can void it if the form is not filled out legibly or is incomplete. I am pretty cynical, so I made sure to fill out the damn form with the best hand writing known to man... But one question I had for all of you. The UPC code itself is on a sticker on the box with several other bar codes. If I just sent in that sticker, would they void it because it has 'too much information'?

 

[edro]

I got mine this weekend. I cut the UPC off of the box using an Xacto knife and taped it to the rebate form.

I highly doubt the 360 will drop $100 in the next 12 months. This is a great deal.

 

[PizzaDude]

This should be bumped in liu of the fact the deal has been extended till the end of the year...

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: PizzaDude
This should be bumped in liu of the fact the deal has been extended till the end of the year...

The OP should update the thread title with the extension of the deal.

 

[ockky]

i signed up for the bank of america/microcenter/WorldPoints CC when i bought the 360; anyone know how to get the 100$ back for it? or was that the wrong card to sign up for lol. as far as i can tell, i've only got 622pts, which equates to be about 3$

thx for the help

 

[Godsend1]

I had to call the credit card company and complain. They promised to add the 12000 points by the end of this week.

 

[ockky]

thx godsend. do you remember where is it stated/written down that we are supposed to get the 12000 pts? i'm just curious so that if/when i call i dont sound like an ass?

 

[RKS]

When I applied for the card/xbox 360 purchase I was told the purchase had to be that day. Was your?

edit: I got my 12K or 13K points as expected...

 

[ockky]

i used the piece of paper that was printed out about 10mins prior to making the purchase that day...hrm, i may need to call them when i get home from work today

 

[ArchAngel777]

I activated my Micro Center credit card and gave them a call. Said I had the 13,000 bonus points pending and would show on my statement that is send out on the 17th of this month. He also said I will have a balance of 17,580 or so when the statement comes... Not sure what that would be for, but I guess maybe you get 10 points for every dollar spend at Micro Center? Not sure... Still a teeny bit leery, but I am betting it will come through.

 

[Godsend1]

My 13000 points showed up last week.

 

[ForgetCassettes]

I just checked the status of my rebate online and it said this:
"Error(s): Purchase was made outside of the qualifying period"

Let's see, I went to the store and bought it and I sent in the rebate paper that was TAPED TO THE BOX. How the hell can they do this?? Anyone else getting the shaft from them on this rebate??

 

[RKS]

Got both my $100 rebate as well as my $100 points redemption last week.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: edro
I got mine this weekend. I cut the UPC off of the box using an Xacto knife and taped it to the rebate form.

I highly doubt the 360 will drop $100 in the next 12 months. This is a great deal.

So very short-sighted! I love playing analyst. Of course it will, or at least it will receive an upgrade. Otherwise, that would be over two years without a price-drop despite having raised the entry-costs of the next-gen consoles. Not a chance of that happening.

The imminent 65nm CPU die shrink will make them cheaper to produce. Rather than hold out on HDMI and risk introducing another major revision, they will want to make the majority of their changes at once, so expect HDMI, IPTV, larger HDD for IPTV recordings, & 65nm CPU all in one unit at the current Premium price point (possibly including standard WiFi like the competition). Expect the Core to be discontinued and the Premium unit to fill that price point. Heck, if they are ever going to include an HD-DVD drive standard, it would make sense to do that at the same time as the major revision, but I highly doubt this will happen due to Blu-Ray's very-real threat (just to say, it is possible).

In short: Mark my words. Any XBOX360 for $400 come this holiday season will be upgraded (HDMI, larger HDD, WiFi) or include additional packaged value (games, HD-DVD drive, etc). Mark 'em.

 

[ForgetCassettes]

I had to call the rebate center. The woman I spoke to tried to tell me the rebate offer expired one day (how convenient) before I bought my xbox 360. I made my purchase on Novemver 16 so I know that was a load of crap. I had to ask to speak with the woman's superior and then argue with her for a few minutes before she agreed to give me my rebate. That's the last time I buy anything from Micro Center that involves a mail-in rebate. I'm glad nobody else is having the same problem.

 

[Ipno]

Got my $100 rebate. Fast. No issues.

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: CZroe

Originally posted by: edro
I got mine this weekend. I cut the UPC off of the box using an Xacto knife and taped it to the rebate form.

I highly doubt the 360 will drop $100 in the next 12 months. This is a great deal.

So very short-sighted! I love playing analyst. Of course it will, or at least it will receive an upgrade. Otherwise, that would be over two years without a price-drop despite having raised the entry-costs of the next-gen consoles. Not a chance of that happening.

The imminent 65nm CPU die shrink will make them cheaper to produce. Rather than hold out on HDMI and risk introducing another major revision, they will want to make the majority of their changes at once, so expect HDMI, IPTV, larger HDD for IPTV recordings, & 65nm CPU all in one unit at the current Premium price point (possibly including standard WiFi like the competition). Expect the Core to be discontinued and the Premium unit to fill that price point. Heck, if they are ever going to include an HD-DVD drive standard, it would make sense to do that at the same time as the major revision, but I highly doubt this will happen due to Blu-Ray's very-real threat (just to say, it is possible).

In short: Mark my words. Any XBOX360 for $400 come this holiday season will be upgraded (HDMI, larger HDD, WiFi) or include additional packaged value (games, HD-DVD drive, etc). Mark 'em.

I agree, but it's undeniable that these guys got a great price. Time changes everything. I do hope that the upgraded unit comes out sometime before the end of summer, so I can have one for my college apartment next year (right now my dorm mates and I share one).

 

[ArchAngel777]

Received both my rebate checks. One from the Credit Card and one from MicroCenter. So, $200 bucks, not bad... What a great investment! I love the console.

 

[ockky]

I just got my rebate from microcenter today, and i called bank of america, and they said my $100 worth of points should show up on my next billing cycle...

btw, geometry wars is awesome!

 

[maximusfarticus]

I moved to a place with a microcenter (Denver) January second.

If this popped up again, I'd be all over it.