$400 paperweight.. any new deals in local stores?

Why not take advantage of Microsoft 3 year warranty, and get it repaired for free?

Open a red card at Target and get 10% off any purchase. Get the elite there

yeah, the Target in house credit card. Like Sears, Target always has a "10% your purchase if you open a new credit card" deal going on. Standard credit warnings apply of course.

Kmart had a Halo Promo where if you buy any 360 console and H3 you got a $50 gift card.

Gamestop is running a good promo right now. Trade in 5 games or more and get 30% more cash per turn in ,and if you got there trade in membership card you get 40% more cash per game.

I ended up tradeing in my launch xbox 360 and 10 games I never play anymore and got the halo edition 360 for 1 dollar hehe.

Now my 360 has HDMI which is awesome btw, and i got to keep my other HD so now I have 2.

Also the new halo 360 is so much quieter then my launch box , I was quite impressed.

that target deal i think you can't use the 10% off on THAT purchase, but a future purchase, might want to check.

i also got target's 3 year warranty. it was 29.99 or something, and it'll just save me hassle if my elite bricks up.

Ib4l!

you can use your 10% whenever you want, including day of signing up for the card. and its good for a full day of shopping so you can come back later that night and use it again if you want. unfortunately i worked there for 3 years during college.

the warranty only covers red rings, if its something else they will bill you.

Last year I got a 360 premium at Circuit City. It came with an offer of buy any game (GoW) with the system and get a free wireless controller. I saw that the receipt had the console for $350 (was $400) and the controller for $50. I also used one of those $40 off $200 coupons. A few days later I returned the controller. So I ended up with a premium for $310 plus tax. I think the $40 coupon worked because it had GoW instead of just the console which is usually excluded.

Anyway, you may be able to get a bundle and return part of it to bring down the price. Also, Costco has a new premium bundle for $400 in the store that includes an extra controller and play-n-charge kit with no games. It is the HDMI version with the BenQ DVD drive and should have the latest heatsinks. You are basically getting the charge kit for free if that means anything to you.

I think you are confusing it with the MS warranty.

I bet Target would take a return on that memory card

That's exactly what I did with mine (well, actually it still being repaired). I bought an Elite last week.

Target's return policy is also 90 days, which is pretty cool and better than most.

How about the meijer 20% discount i saw floating around here a couple days ago.

How did you you do this. Gamestop only pays a fraction of what things are worth. Post a break down of what they paid for your console and games. I would be very interested in doing this myself it possible. But from my past experiences with them I don't believe its doable.

John

Welp, mine bricked last night. It is just out of warranty (by 2 months). I'm taking them up on their extended 3 ring warranty. If there are any problems/bullsh*t with this process I'll go for an elite. Figures I just picked up Halo 3/Strangelhold/ Bioshock on the way home from work yesterday. What a disappointment...

WOW! thanks for posting this - gotta check it out. hdmi here i come!