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TiVo Series2 40 Hour DVR FAR CompUSA PM to CC or BB YMMV

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ams30gts

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TiVo Series2 40 Hour DVR

$199.99 - $100 IR - $100 MIR = FAR

I'm going to try and get this B&M tomorrow morning.

You can't add it to your cart online so it seems to be B&M only
 
sweeeeet deal!! now we just need to get TIVO's monthly subscription for FREE (w/o paying the lifetime price) and this'd be a fantastic deal...
 
Just a quick warning about the Tivo $100 rebate.... They honestly can take forever and require that at the time the rebate is processing that you have service...

So even though there arent any contracts, if you wanna cancel after 4 months (like i've been trying to do) and your rebate hasnt processed, you cant (unless you wanna give up the $100). People over at TivoCommunity.com report the same problems, with some waiting ever over 6 months for the rebate.

Nevertheless, this is a truely awesome deal.. If you can stand the $100 rebate 😀
 
This is very good deal... We have one and had made our mind to get one for my sonas for Christmasi. I was thinking the best I could do was to get the Tivo rebate, so this is $100 on hand. Procrasttination pay! I may even get the second one for me, but I'll have to think about this one.
 
On the Web site it shows as N/A. I wonder if they will honor this offer at the B&M stores. The one close to me shows them in stock.
 
edit: The advertised price in today's circular is $99.99 so they should give it to you in store for that and then there's the $100 rebate.
edit again: over at FW the word is that this was a price mistake. Was supposed to be in the circular for $199.99 less $100 MIR not $199.99 less $100 instant rebate . Of course that still leaves the website which then also was in error. Some stores have signs up saying error. YMMV.

Told my son and he jumped in the car and hightailed it to the nearest store (Norfolk VA)where he got their only one. It rang up as $199.99 but he showed them the circular which shows $199.99 less $100 instant rebate (no mention of MIR in ad). They rang him up at $99.99 and the $100 rebate printed out as well. Hope the rest of you fare as well as he did!
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Just a quick warning about the Tivo $100 rebate.... They honestly can take forever and require that at the time the rebate is processing that you have service...

So even though there arent any contracts, if you wanna cancel after 4 months (like i've been trying to do) and your rebate hasnt processed, you cant (unless you wanna give up the $100). People over at TivoCommunity.com report the same problems, with some waiting ever over 6 months for the rebate.

Nevertheless, this is a truely awesome deal.. If you can stand the $100 rebate 😀
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Really? I got my rebate in 6 weeks. Guess it's luck of the draw.
 
Worked for me in Lawrenceville NJ. Price rang up as 199.00. I showed the cashier the price in circular and she adjusted to 99.99. Then when she printed my receipt, she stated it was my lucky day cause the rebate was from manufacturer. After she was done with me she went calling for the manager though so i suppose she was gonna alert him to the error.
 
This is great. Same thing happened a while back at BestBuy. Online price mistake was $99.99, so I bought online and picked up locally. Just got my $100 rebate so this was FAR. (Rebate did take forever, but it came)
 
I too just got my $100 rebate from TiVo from the BB deal a few months back, making my second TiVo FAR.

If you can swing this deal at CrapUSA or PM at a competitor, do it! I'll give up my TiVo only when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!
 
I went to CompUSA to pick this up. Picked up a flyer at the stand and looked at all of the error notifications. There wasn't one posted for the TiVo. So I proceeded to the back where the last one was sitting. Brought it up to the front, the cashier rang it up at $199.99 so I showed him the flyer. He said "Oh, yeah" and changed the price and called over the guy to make it final. The guy finallized it, then realized what he was finallizing and cancelled it. He said that there were notifications up saying that this was wrong. I said I looked everywhere they should be and there wasn't one posted for the TiVo. I finally talked to a manager who said that he was the one that put up the notifications and they were there. I should have asked him to show them to me but I was too mad. I also left the flyer there when I left so I can't pricematch at BB. That was a waste of gas. Nice deal though if I could have gotten it.
 
Southern Cal store, opened at 10, I thought it was going to be 11. I realized and got there at 10:30. Asked about the TIVOs. Guy walked me over. Picked it up. Then to get the price right. If I hadnt had the printout from the website, which has been corrected now, they would not have done it. But I walked out the door with a S2 40 Gigger Tivo SA for 108 and change. Rebate good if I do the tivo thing. I already checked the link above. COMPusa has corrected it. And by now, all stores may be aware. YMMV. The circular does say instant rebate, so I imagine there may be cases where you will get the price dropped.

Good Luck

I would have had my son by one, but I only made one copy of the LINK price stating it was F.A.R.

Thanks,

Now I wonder if I can drop that 160 from another TIVO right into this one, and sign up with the Compusa one, and return the other more expensive one I bought last week.
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: aphex
Just a quick warning about the Tivo $100 rebate.... They honestly can take forever and require that at the time the rebate is processing that you have service...

So even though there arent any contracts, if you wanna cancel after 4 months (like i've been trying to do) and your rebate hasnt processed, you cant (unless you wanna give up the $100). People over at TivoCommunity.com report the same problems, with some waiting ever over 6 months for the rebate.

Nevertheless, this is a truely awesome deal.. If you can stand the $100 rebate 😀
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Really? I got my rebate in 6 weeks. Guess it's luck of the draw.
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Wow, thats surprizing... My has been 'Pending Approval' for over 3 months on the website.
 
i made a printout of the web site last night. anything i can do with this? i wasnt able to get one earlier today. PM to CC?
 
I saw this deal this morning and decided to stop by CompUSA before church to see if they had any. I was at the store at 10:05 but the web site had already been corrected by the time I got there. I showed the clerk the flyer though and he agreed that I should only have to pay $100 so I got my parents a really cool Christmas gift for less than $10 (tax). I'm going to get a 3-month TiVo gift subscription to round it out.

Thanks for the notice!
 
Originally posted by: ams30gts
i made a printout of the web site last night. anything i can do with this? i wasnt able to get one earlier today. PM to CC?
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I was able to PM to CC. They gave me 110% PM so I only ended up paying $90 for the unit - $100 rebate so even with tax, I get paid for it. Works out pretty nicely. It's also my second TiVo which means I only pay $6.95 a month for service.

I'm trying to set this one up without a phone line and it's not working at all. It's making me dial in which I obviously can't do. Is there some trick that I'm missing?
 
I'm trying to set this one up without a phone line and it's not working at all. It's making me dial in which I obviously can't do. Is there some trick that I'm missing?

As far as I know you have to have a line for the initial setup. After that, you can go to network. You might have to impose upon a friend or neighbor to do the setup at their place, then change over to your network.
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
I'm trying to set this one up without a phone line and it's not working at all. It's making me dial in which I obviously can't do. Is there some trick that I'm missing?

As far as I know you have to have a line for the initial setup. After that, you can go to network. You might have to impose upon a friend or neighbor to do the setup at their place, then change over to your network.
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I got it. If you want to configure your TiVo without using a phone line, buy a wired ethernet adapter (I used the Belkin F5D5050 but I hear the Linksys USB200M works too) then put in ",#401" (comma pound four zero one) for the dialing prefix. You need to connect the adapter prior to starting up the unit the first time. If you screw that up, go back to the beginning by using the back arrow and then select "set up as demo unit". Once it's playing the demo, unplug it and plug it back in. Make sure that the adapter has already been connected. Then select the option to use it as a consumer model and make sure to input the dialing prefix. Works great for me. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Originally posted by: allisolm
I'm trying to set this one up without a phone line and it's not working at all. It's making me dial in which I obviously can't do. Is there some trick that I'm missing?

As far as I know you have to have a line for the initial setup. After that, you can go to network. You might have to impose upon a friend or neighbor to do the setup at their place, then change over to your network.
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I got it. If you want to configure your TiVo without using a phone line, buy a wired ethernet adapter (I used the Belkin F5D5050 but I hear the Linksys USB200M works too) then put in ",#401" (comma pound four zero one) for the dialing prefix. You need to connect the adapter prior to starting up the unit the first time. If you screw that up, go back to the beginning by using the back arrow and then select "set up as demo unit". Once it's playing the demo, unplug it and plug it back in. Make sure that the adapter has already been connected. Then select the option to use it as a consumer model and make sure to input the dialing prefix. Works great for me. 🙂
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Good to know!
 
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