Big savings on PS3?
From time to time, I get Best Buy discount coupons in the mail. This week, I received a coupon for 20% off All Blu-ray disc and HDDVD high-definition players, which is good January 25-28, 2008.
The coupon has standard restrictions, which are “Excludes Pioneer Elite, Xbox 360 HDDVD players, all HD DVD and Blu-ray computer drives; special order, clearance, demo and open box items; gift cards; taxes”
Do you note a specific exclusion missing, such as the PlayStation 3, which is a Blu Ray player? No one ever discounts consoles, and I think Best Buy screwed up. If they didn’t 20% of $400 = $80 off! And they don’t ban combo units, which again is a shock so $800 x 20% = $160 off or $640 for a combo unit + 4% back using your Best Buy card = another $25 off.
If any if you have tried to pick ‘em up, please let me know what success you’ve had. I’m very curious….
January 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I could see them having issues when they go to ring up the PS3. If it rings up as a console, I can see the 20% not working. I’m sure that with a manager’s involvement you can get the discount, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t work right off the bat.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:05 am
I have the same mailing. The exclusions all have one thing in common: their sole function is to play movies. Judging by that, only hardware whose sole function is to play movies are discounted. (Note that my PS3’s sole function at this time is to play movies. Looking forward to some MLB.)