Whats the best deal you've ever gotten??

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1. 2x WinXP Pro and Visual Studio .NET for free (Microsoft student-only conference)
2. MAG Innovision 15" LCD FP monitor (in 2001) for $229.00 (Black Friday)
3. ~$1600.00 Dell Inspiron 700M for $900.00 (actually got to use the *original* 750 off a 1500+ Dell)
4. Rosewill x800xl PCI-e, $217 shipped (NewEgg refurb)

Tons of blank CDs for free AR when they were "expensive". 100 Taiyo Yuden DVDRs for $20.00. One large deal from OfficeMax that involved 200 pack of CDRs, 256MB ram chip, and a 52x LiteOn CD burner. After coupons and rebates I ended up paying like 30 bux for all of it when the burner alone was worth $100+.

Buy.com used to give out $10.00 off coupons, with either no minimum spend, or the minimum spend as $10.00. Got a bunch of free DVDs shipped free after those coupons.

Ahh the good times.

-Chris
 
theacoustician said:
HOW!?!?!?!?


And how did more than a few of you score Office 2003 for free?
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I ordered the monitor for the 803.00 plus shipping deal so It was around $840.00 with tax. As I read more reviews about it making noise and the issues it has, I decided I would wait. So I emailed Dell customer support and requested to cancel the order. She cancelled the order then went on to offer me a 100.00 off coupon to use on my next order. Then I couldnt resist ordering the monitor up again with this 100.00 coupon using my no interest until 2007 Dell Preferred account!!! Heres a copy and paste of how it broke down. This price is not even including my Fat Cash check I will be getting either.


Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,199.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 33% on select Dell Flat Panels (1905FP sku 320-4113, 2001FP sku 320-1578, 1704FPT sku 320-3952, 2405FPW sku 320-4221) (before tax and shipping) purchased from the Electronics and Accessories site!
Expires on 2005-07-26 10:59:59 - $395.67



ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS



Get free ground (3-5 day) shipping on peripheral items over $49!
Expires on 2005-07-28 10:59:59 - $13.00

Dell Home Customer: This code is good for $100 off any order of at least $100.01.
Expires on 2006-03-01 05:59:00 - $100.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 2% when you use DPA! (Discount applied at Final Checkout) See Details link for complete details.
Expires on 2005-07-30 04:59:59 - $14.07



Sub-Total $689.26
Shipping Discount -$13.00

Shipping and Handling $0.00

Tax $34.46
Total $723.72
 
Fastone said:
I ordered the monitor for the 803.00 plus shipping deal so It was around $840.00 with tax. As I read more reviews about it making noise and the issues it has, I decided I would wait. So I emailed Dell customer support and requested to cancel the order. She cancelled the order then went on to offer me a 100.00 off coupon to use on my next order. Then I couldnt resist ordering the monitor up again with this 100.00 coupon using my no interest until 2007 Dell Preferred account!!! Heres a copy and paste of how it broke down. This price is not even including my Fat Cash check I will be getting either.


Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,199.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 33% on select Dell Flat Panels (1905FP sku 320-4113, 2001FP sku 320-1578, 1704FPT sku 320-3952, 2405FPW sku 320-4221) (before tax and shipping) purchased from the Electronics and Accessories site!
Expires on 2005-07-26 10:59:59 - $395.67



ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS



Get free ground (3-5 day) shipping on peripheral items over $49!
Expires on 2005-07-28 10:59:59 - $13.00

Dell Home Customer: This code is good for $100 off any order of at least $100.01.
Expires on 2006-03-01 05:59:00 - $100.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 2% when you use DPA! (Discount applied at Final Checkout) See Details link for complete details.
Expires on 2005-07-30 04:59:59 - $14.07



Sub-Total $689.26
Shipping Discount -$13.00

Shipping and Handling $0.00

Tax $34.46
Total $723.72
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<-- Jealous
 
I seem to be lucky with good deals, dunno why...(knocks on wood)

Dell D600 for $250, got one two years ago
40GB 3rd Gen Ipod $200, when 3rd gens were still new
9800 Pro w/ r360 for $65, about a month ago
HTPC rig in sig for $100, but has a memory problem
Dell 2001FP for $325, about four months ago
 
I bought a carrying case for my JVC camcorder at Fry's for $1.90. It was on clearance. That's probably the best deal I've ever had.
 
got a case of paper from kmart for like 4 bucks in 2003. the cashier didnt know she had to scan each pack. i still got two reams of that paper left.
 
my speakers, JBL S312II i got them for 300 shipped (came motor coach) and they were brand new. they retailed for like 800 or 900 a piece when i bought them
 
$318 for:

Dell PowerEdge 600sc
Intel 2.4B/533
128MB ECC Registered RAM
2x120GB Western Digital 8MB Cache
(The motherboard has 3 IDE Channels, but no AGP but that's ok, it's a SERVER! it shouldn't have AGP)

Original price was $518 but the snafu'ed my first shipment with non 8mb cache drives and promised me they were 8MB cache so they gave me a $200 credit and sent me those listed above!

I wish I'd bought more of them, and all my friends do too!
 
Duster said:
hands down 1600+ laptop from dell for under 1k...

darn i miss that thing. had for 3 days and it got stolen... but that is a story not for this thread

umm.... well over a year ago a 2001 fp dell lcd for a lil ofer $500 which was good at the time
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omfg.. that's horrible, I'm too paranoid to let anything get stolen :)
 
NuclearFallout said:
How do you get all these freebies? Do you work for a hardware review site? or do you win these?
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The case and PSU were review samples, the rest were either won or donated.
 
i won a cnet auction for a digital camcorder which sold for around $850 at the time,
my auction bid was $150 and i won it. but the sellers were trying to back out of the deal (i bid on two camcorders) so i did some bitching/threatening about auction rules (it was supposed to be a reserved price auction and they messed up) so they ended up agreeing to sell me one camcorder only for $150
 
Thrash said:
About a year and a half back, Dell had a 200GB Western Digital HDD (8mb Cache, 7200rpm, etc) for $120 after a $100 rebate. It got very interesting when someone pointed out that they actually released two $100 rebates, depending on what kind of customer you were. Upon closer inspection, one could see that while they were obviously not made for this purpose, they could use both rebates together. Dell threw a fit made it quite clear that they were perfectly justified in only honoring one of these rebates (which they were), but later agreed to honor both of them anyway. I had to wait about three weeks for all this to get sorted out, but I ended up with said hard drive for just over $20.

Props to Dell for putting customers over profits.
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I got in on this same deal.
 
Fastone said:
My dell 2405FPW for $689.00 plus tax!!! I still cant get over this!!
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Hehe, I got you beat hands down. Paid $520 + tax.

moosenuts said:
Um..... I think i speak for many when I say HOW the F did you get that?
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Let's just say I know how to manipulate Dell's ordering system. Gonna try to get another deal like this today (AIW X800XT for $210 AR anyone?)
 
Eric1285 said:
Hehe, I got you beat hands down. Paid $520 + tax.



Let's just say I know how to manipulate Dell's ordering system. Gonna try to get another deal like this today (AIW X800XT for $210 AR anyone?)
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Dang thats insane!!! :eek: You need to let us in on your secrets!!!
 
I good friend of mine just got given a water cooled Alienware p4 3.8 with ati 800xl and 4 raptors in exchange for building $800 workstation..

WOW!
 
BTW, the puchase price on the alienware was $10,000 he was told. 3 year warrant and all that.
 
Fastone said:
Dang thats insane!!! :eek: You need to let us in on your secrets!!!
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Eh, can't, cause then Dell would probably catch on...which I think they already have. Plus, the method isn't foolproof...just tried to use it on a video card deal and it didn't go through. I'll probably give it one more go tomorrow morning, and if it doesn't work, I'll have to cancel my order and wait for another deal.
 
a free amd 3500+. newegg sent it to me broken, had like 15 pins bent. so they didnt even take it back. and i figured i might as well try to RMA it. so i straighted the pins out as much as possible and sent it to amd. 1 week later and over night fedex i had a free brand new CPU.
 
$3395 for fully loaded other than heated seats and CD player 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Sedan. Retail book $7200 and it's in retail condition and then some.

$2000 for my 96 Camaro in 2K4 when it booked for $5K not including the ZR1 wheels on it

Toshiba Tecra 8200 in 2004 for like $200 when the one I have was going for $800 on eBay. Still a damn good lappy.

$25 at secondhand store for vintage pioneer receiver that I sold off for $700.

$9 at same store for near new Radius Trinitron monitor.
 
my best friend got a 2001 corvette loaded (non-z06) for a dollar. woman was selling it on bargainnews got it in a divorce wanted to piss off her ex-husband. My friend gave her a hundred so he wouldnt hate himself too much in the morning. (pays more each month on insurance than he did for the car.
 
A complete gaming system for 400 bucks:

Raidmax Z Case with 500W Power Supply
Nec 2500A DVD RW Drive
Sony DVD Drive
ATI X850 XT PE AGP8X
Athlon 3400+ Socket 754
Asus K8V Se Deluxe Motherboard
Raidmax heavy duty cables

everything for 400 cash
 
Traded someone the pc game "Toca Race Driver 2" for a completly working 2.4B Pentium 4 and 4x256mb PC2100.
 
Ordered a pair Infinity Overture 1 speakers from Ubid ~6 years ago, got 4 wasn't charged for both pairs. Called them up, they said to not worry.

Ordered the Intel InBusiness 8-port 10/100 switch from Onvia ~5 years ago. Switch was 210, got it for 27 or something on misprint. They sent me two, told me to forget about the other.

Ordered an MX1000, same deal.


People love sending me pairs.
 
If the rebates come through.. a 160 GB Seagate for $18.88. I have gotten lots of good deals in the past, I just remember this one recently.
 
Buying discontinued Apple Macintosh 9600/350 towers for $1895 each...and selling them on eBay for $3600 apiece the next day. Those were the days...
 
1. best buy $400 free stuff
2. 800.com 3 dvd's for $1

#1 - this was back in 2000. http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/07/0827226.shtml. No one really had cell phones, so I only got a hold of my dad using a payphone. We got $800 worth of stuff combined - Diamond Rio 500, Panasonic 27", and a few small things. Stood in line for 4 hours, but well worth it for a college student at the time.

#2 - this was when 800.com first opened for business, like circa 1998 - http://www.smr-archive.com/forum_5/messages/781.shtml. DVD's were expensive back then, and this was their way of advertising. We got in for 4 deals, so 12 dvd's for $4.

And although not a deal, remember AllAdvantage? Get paid to surf - well actually we just ran a macro to make it look like we were. Did it for everyone in the household and got like $100/month for doing nothing. My roommate at the time actually got like $1k/month because he was high up in the pyramid scheme. Those were good days. I haven't kept up with the deals much lately.
 
BFG 6800NU OC for $229 /w HL2 right when HL2 came out

Then I immediately sold my 9800 Pro AIW for $220 on ebay. $9 upgrade for me and free HL2

Unlocked and running at 400/800 speeds too :).
 
forget my old old post, got a new best deal, a free spruce tree!!!

or, a new 2005 acura tl for 33,500 after taxes and stuff
 
50 cdrs for -$7
4 copies of Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (NFR) (Use one)
3 copies of Office 2003 Pro (NFR) (Use all 3)
3 copies of VB.net (NFR) (Don't use any, can't really program)
120gb external hd for $50
Pontiac Fiero for $50 (even though it doesn't run)
 
50 pack of DVD-R's for $7.94 at Staples, a 1972 Mustang flatback that had the radiator and carb missing for $75, and a BJ for free on my birthday. :D
 
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