Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon in Console Tech http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17330914 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:15:08 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:15:08 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17345342 Post Op : I bought the xbox 360 premium at a Micro Center store 30 minutes from my house. The price was the usual $399 but they are offering the $100 rebate as mentioned above. It came with a wireless controller, headset, etc... I have it networked and connected to the HD DVD addon and my Samsung 4095. Installed Zune so I can stream my music files, now I have to figure out how to stream DVD files. I don't have Media Center XP just XP Pro.
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said by justin See Profile :

said by dave sz See Profile :

56kers? I have 6mb dsl and I couldn't access the site starting 5 minutes before 11am PST came around until 10 minutes after teh fact...
I think many of the winners used https rather than http. Although normally slower, if everyone was flooding the http gateway with requests, https would have been faster at least while the database was still working.
Next time I will know about https. Somehow I didn't know this time. :huh:
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said by ScottJr See Profile :

I think people are bitter. I did not get one, but I did jump back in and got the bike, so it is not a total loss. There were literally millions of people in there trying to get it at once. That means each user had less than a one in a thousand chance at getting the 360.

Wait 'til next week. Portable DVD player for $25! I will be trying again! :)
Less chances with the POS server NEVER loading. I clicked refresh at 12:57p.m. Central time(3 mins before the deal started and I got one response from the server at 1:03p.m saying it was sold out. For 6 damn mins the page didn't even load. :uhh:

It didn't start loading normally till about 30 mins after 1p.m.
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sold out in 29 seconds.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17339907 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:32:24 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17339373 justin :
said by dave sz See Profile :

56kers? I have 6mb dsl and I couldn't access the site starting 5 minutes before 11am PST came around until 10 minutes after teh fact...
I think many of the winners used https rather than http. Although normally slower, if everyone was flooding the http gateway with requests, https would have been faster at least while the database was still working.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17339373 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:42:11 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17339284 dave sz : 56kers? I have 6mb dsl and I couldn't access the site starting 5 minutes before 11am PST came around until 10 minutes after teh fact...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17339284 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:20:17 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17338798 JohnnyG101 : I'm sure people are pissed, but also do not think people would go as far as that.
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said by Fox McCloud See Profile :

What would be insanely funny is if a lowly 56Ker managed to nab one. *chuckles*

Even though I was not up for this deal, at all, I am still disappointed in Amazon for not having sufficient enough servers.
Wanna bet they amp server load for Christmas and next Thanksgiving and Xmas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17333823 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:57:26 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17333114 Fox McCloud : What would be insanely funny is if a lowly 56Ker managed to nab one. *chuckles*

Even though I was not up for this deal, at all, I am still disappointed in Amazon for not having sufficient enough servers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17333114 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:35:15 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17331677 tommy3rd : yeah, i gave up too. tried logging in 5 minutes before the event and could not even get to the main page.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17331677 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:37:10 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17331163 rob2421 : I got one and I only had one tab open I had to refresh twice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17331163 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:30:00 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17331026 Gandalf4503 : Yea, we all probably refreshed at the same time. I, admittedly, was using the auto-refresh function in opera. All 6 of my tabs (ok ok..I know..but I know some people had multiple computers setup for this thing) timed out and I couldn't even access the page until around 11:15. I was just like WTF! Really, amazon was NOT ready for this at all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17331026 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:45:43 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330914 Sebastian :
said by ScottJr See Profile :

I think people are bitter. I did not get one, but I did jump back in and got the bike, so it is not a total loss. There were literally millions of people in there trying to get it at once. That means each user had less than a one in a thousand chance at getting the 360.

Wait 'til next week. Portable DVD player for $25! I will be trying again! :)
it's not about bitter, it's about amazon not being able to keep their site functional during the event.

i would have found it more acceptable to have been able to get a page load with "sold out" rather than looking at "loading..." for 5-10 minutes followed by "sold out".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330914 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:15:00 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330737 marine1 : Yep....Browser crapped out trying to get the Xbox, but I got the bike and and the doll for my daughter....
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Wait 'til next week. Portable DVD player for $25! I will be trying again! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330670 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:01:00 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330448 Sebastian : maybe i can get a chance next time and get the diamond earrings for my nipples.

i can get that drill at walmart for $20. nothing really interesting..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330448 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:01:53 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330424 Straphanger : That was a useless attempt. Refreshed the page 2 mins before 2PM EST and the page timed out after 5 mins. Gave up after waiting for it to refresh and just played Halo. Seems like the entire world went online just to get this deal. Next week might not be so bad because the best thing looks to be the cordless drill for $10...
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330298 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:27:26 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330246 JohnnyG101 : I never expected to get one BUT to not even be able to move off a page gives you no hope at all.

I did get one of the bikes though, i have been waiting to checkout for almost 10 mins now...

UPDATE: It seems that my code for the bike was stolen and redeemed before I could check out. Geeze people are crazy!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330246 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:19:53 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330222 Gandalf4503 : Yea, I didn't even get to see the button. It's 11:15 and the page just finally loaded for me..I'm on broadband, 3 hours from the amazon servers and couldn't access it. That was pretty retarded.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330222 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:15:43 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17330187 JohnnyG101 : Well that was utterly usless, I never even got off of the front page and I was there for a full 10 mins before hand. Page finally comes up "sold out at this price" Eat shit.
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said by Dennis See Profile :

Personally, I think this is a better option for anyone who'd want a premium system (component, HD, and wireless)

»[HOT Deal] Xbox Premium $299 A/R, Core $199 A/R at Microcenter
I have a feeling that when the feces hits the fan at 11am Pacific when I click to buy the $100 Xbox that I will be unsuccessful due to extreme competition. There is a Micro Center 30 minutes from my house who has confirmed that they have an ample supply.
When I bought 2 of my sons an Xbox several years ago, there were different versions available. Earlier version had DVD drives that were problematic and there were also issues with power supplies. The later the version you got, the less problems you were likely to incur. With the Xbox 360 are there different versions on the market which one should avoid?
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That Microcenter deal is good through December 5, so it works out as a perfect backup plan (assuming stock is sufficient).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315960 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:31:57 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315788 justin : but it is more fun to line up with 10,000 other people ready to stress test amazon web servers, then be grouchy all the way through thanksgiving dinner because you didn't make it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315788 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:59:48 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315765 Dennis : Personally, I think this is a better option for anyone who'd want a premium system (component, HD, and wireless)

»[HOT Deal] Xbox Premium $299 A/R, Core $199 A/R at Microcenter]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315765 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:54:58 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315395 vinnie97 : The more sites and forums this is posted to, the further my chances dwindle. :huh:

Yes, I'm selfish.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315395 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:51:44 EDT Re: xbox 360 core system for $100 on amazon http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17315112 Anonymous_ : »Scorching hot: Xbox 360 Core $100 @ Amazon

some all reday beat you to it

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If you are really quick. Your window is about 60 seconds, 2pm EST thanksgiving.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17314592 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:18:28 EDT