What was the best deal you got?

ynot167

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There are so many hot deals listed in the forums. What was the best deal you ever got from these forums?
 

Sluggo

Lifer
Jun 12, 2000
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An $89 Targus laptop bag at Office Depot for a penny.

It was marked at $9.99 (clearance) but rang up for $.01, so the guy asked me for a penny, I walked out with the bag.
 

RossMAN

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Feb 24, 2000
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$400 free @ Office Depot from the MSN fiasco a few years ago

VA.com

Reel.com $4 DVD's shipped

BigStar.com

CDNow.com

Kozmo.com

Accompany.com/Mobshop.com

Whatshotnow.com

Mercata.com 20% off, referral bonus of $500 max, 20% off MSN, free shipping AND 10% eBates

Notice a trend here? They're all outta business :)
 

Smolek

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Aug 30, 2001
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Keep hearing about it but never asked, what was the big thing with ValueAmerica ?
 

Lars

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Jan 10, 2001
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Over $2000 worth of stuff from Staples for ~$40 with stackable coupons a while back :)

(too bad they cancelled all the remaining orders worth a lot more)
 

Scootin159

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Ti4600 for $29 (remember the whole deal about that? yeah I got mine & $100 in gift cards from different ppl @ BB trying to get me to shut up = $29+tax).

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A car that could easily resell for ~$8k (I've actually had SERIOUS offers for $7.5k before) for $2500 + ~20hrs labor (my own).
 

Kenazo

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Sep 15, 2000
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my best deal ever is not from these forums, but a local deal

Purchased in 1998: Chrysler Daytona for $2200
estimated value of daytona in 2002: $400 b/c of almost shot engine and tranny
Smacked a dear in 2002 and insurance company gave me $2300 for replacement value :D
 

FoBoT

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Apr 30, 2001
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fobot.com
i don't frequent hot deals, but i heard about the dell $0.99 Belkin NIC's about 1 year ago, i bought ten
with shipping, it was <$15 for 10 NIC's
 

ElFenix

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Mar 20, 2000
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compaq p910 for $200
the reebok friends and family coupon for 50% off or something nutty like that.
if i'd have wanted to buy a car that day x-plan would have been the best, woulda been several grand under invoice
 

dquan97

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Jul 9, 2002
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ValueAmerica was a website that gave points according to the user's opinion. The more "things" that you reviewed, which is nothing more than click on the Yes/No box, the more points you got, which was redeemable for discounts off goods. That's how I got several Dreamcasts for 1/2 off price the day they came out.
 

dquan97

Lifer
Jul 9, 2002
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Originally posted by: ElFenix
compaq p910 for $200
the reebok friends and family coupon for 50% off or something nutty like that.
if i'd have wanted to buy a car that day x-plan would have been the best, woulda been several grand under invoice

I used the Adidas 50% off coupon to buy several shoes at the outlets. With what I bought, I got enough shoes to rival Imelda Marcos!

I got in early with my dvd collection...800.com 1cent sale, outpost free overnight shipping, reel.com's various sales.
 

iamme

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Jul 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
i don't frequent hot deals, but i heard about the dell $0.99 Belkin NIC's about 1 year ago, i bought ten
with shipping, it was <$15 for 10 NIC's

hehe, i remember those. :D
 

biffbacon

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Feb 22, 2003
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10 cases of bottled water 35$ shipped from office depot. it p!ssed everyone off. The delivery man, The concierge at my apartment complex, etc