$200 off PS3 (or *anything*!?)

[tracerbullet]

Just make sure to pay your bill.

Sounds obvious, right? I've had my other credit card for over 20 years now, and have a perfect record, because I'm anal retentive and I do things like - pay my bills. But - when I had my Sony card, I had to go look for my bills online, I never received anything in the mail, no emails, not a peep from them, i had to go look for it. And when I made a small charge (gas station), and this card escaped my memory since I pretty much never actually used it, that charge sat for several months and didn't do anything nice for my credit score. THe first time I even knew of it was when a collection agency called, at which point I paid it right away. It was like $20-ish or so for the original charge.

So yeah, remember to pay your bill. Sounds obvious, but even the best of us can forget or not know. I'd give them back their $200 to undo what it did to my credit.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: tracerbullet
Just make sure to pay your bill.

Sounds obvious, right? I've had my other credit card for over 20 years now, and have a perfect record, because I'm anal retentive and I do things like - pay my bills. But - when I had my Sony card, I had to go look for my bills online, I never received anything in the mail, no emails, not a peep from them, i had to go look for it. And when I made a small charge (gas station), and this card escaped my memory since I pretty much never actually used it, that charge sat for several months and didn't do anything nice for my credit score. THe first time I even knew of it was when a collection agency called, at which point I paid it right away. It was like $20-ish or so for the original charge.

So yeah, remember to pay your bill. Sounds obvious, but even the best of us can forget or not know. I'd give them back their $200 to undo what it did to my credit.

yeah they never mailed me anything either.

the only reason i remembered i charged like a month of netflix on it, wasb ecasue i had a chase freedom so this card showed up on the online web pay thing with my other chase card (since the sony is a chase card)

 

[Mrliggums]

Yep. That is how this Sony card thing works out in their favor. They give you the 200 bonus cash or whatever, but if you forget to pay your bill, then the super high interest rates will get ya. But for those that are careful, (like me ) Yay for 200$ cash back!

 

[jlee]

Damn. :Q

I passed on the $250 deal earlier..I really want a good TV first, though.

 

[Terabyte]

Best place for me to buy a PS3 - http://www.amazon.com/PlayStat...&qid=1236912785&sr=8-1 No tax / free shipping, but no 12 months of 0% apr

 

[Kyle]

Just got in on this deal this morning- ps3 is on the way.

 

[BustaBust]

So, if I buy a PS3 from the Sony Style website, will this $200 be deducted from it?

1) Apply for the card
2) Use the card for a PS3
3) Pay for PS3 minus $200 ?


Is this what the thread is saying?
I've read it twice, if I'm wrong I'm sorry

EDIT- Do you have to buy the HDMI cable from them?(proprietary)

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: BustaBust
So, if I buy a PS3 from the Sony Style website, will this $200 be deducted from it?

1) Apply for the card
2) Use the card for a PS3
3) Pay for PS3 minus $200 ?


Is this what the thread is saying?
I've read it twice, if I'm wrong I'm sorry

Its more like

apply for card
spend 349 or more on 1st purchase within 45 days
get credit for 200, pay difference.

 

[BustaBust]

So can that credit apply to that month's bill or do I have to spend the $200 on something else?

 

[Terabyte]

Originally posted by: BustaBust
So, if I buy a PS3 from the Sony Style website, will this $200 be deducted from it?

1) Apply for the card
2) Use the card for a PS3
3) Pay for PS3 minus $200 ?


Is this what the thread is saying?
I've read it twice, if I'm wrong I'm sorry

The $200 is a statement credit. If the credit gets applied in time (site says 8-12 weeks, but people have gotten them on their first statement), then yes your balance would be ~+200, which means you bought a PS3 for only $200! But if they actually take 8-12 weeks, then you would get the credit on a later statement, which means your PS3 costs $400, but you get to buy $200 worth of stuff for free (due to the -$200 balance). It depends on how you think of about it.

 

[BustaBust]

I'd really like it to apply for the PS3 bill. I could find used games or whatever elsewhere.


Thanks for the help.

 

[Terabyte]

If you buy the PS3 at Sony Style, you get 12 months of 0% apr with the Sony Card, so I'm guessing you can pay the minimum balance every month till the credit gets applied (with zero interest/fees)? I'm not 100% sure as I've always paid my balance in full.

 

[BustaBust]

I believe in buying things that I can pay for and afford. It would be nice if the credit didn't come in time and I could do it like that though

EDIT- I WANT SF4!!!

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: herkulease

Originally posted by: BustaBust
So, if I buy a PS3 from the Sony Style website, will this $200 be deducted from it?

1) Apply for the card
2) Use the card for a PS3
3) Pay for PS3 minus $200 ?


Is this what the thread is saying?
I've read it twice, if I'm wrong I'm sorry

Its more like

apply for card
spend 349 or more on 1st purchase within 45 days
get credit for 200, pay difference.

Yeah...

you DONT have to buy the ps3 from them.

Hell you could buy 2 xbox 360s and get it over $400 from say dell or amazon and you will still get the $200.

As long as there is 1 single purchase on your first 45 days that is $349 or more, you will get a credit of $200 in 8-12 weeks (though i got mine within 2 weeks... )

So if you dont care about the 0% apr, or want a ps3 you can still take advantage of this deal.


I would assume this deal is partially sony paying for it and partly jp morgan chase paying for it. Jp morgan chase i doubt cares what you buy.

 

[james1701]

If you don't want your ps3 right away the best deal would be to use Dell's 20 percent off coupon for gaming, get a ps3 for 319.99 shipped, and then buy a game to get you over the 349 mark to get your money back. That would make you saving close to 300.00 instead.

 

[nanobreath]

What is the 20% off coupon? Didn't know there was one currently active.

 

[james1701]

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I have not tried it since I bought one, but give it a try.

 

[james1701]

It woks.

 

[tbogstad]

Originally posted by: james1701
It woks.

Yup I could get a 80gb PS3 for $136.00 including tax and shipping, after the $200.00 off, thats the price of a PS2.

shipping is free, and tax is $16.00 for me.

If I didn't already have a Release 60gb PS3 I would be all over that deal.

still $200.00 off anything else is tempting.

 

[Insomniator]

We have to wait until we get the card in order to buy from somewhere besides the sony website though right?

 

[ivan2]

im in, gonna use the money to get a newly marked down nvidia or ATI card with a PSU =)

 

[filetitan]

hmm I just signed up but paypal didn't allow me to use the card (incorrect information) anyone know how long it takes for this card to activate.

 

[JTsyo]

Originally posted by: Insomniator
We have to wait until we get the card in order to buy from somewhere besides the sony website though right?

You have to purchase from sonystyle to get the $200 back, at least that's my understanding from the terms and conditions.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: filetitan
hmm I just signed up but paypal didn't allow me to use the card (incorrect information) anyone know how long it takes for this card to activate.

You can only use is at the Sony site until you actually have it in hand to activate it.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: JTsyo

Originally posted by: Insomniator
We have to wait until we get the card in order to buy from somewhere besides the sony website though right?

You have to purchase from sonystyle to get the $200 back, at least that's my understanding from the terms and conditions.

Where does it say that?

Last time I did this deal with a friend, it worked perfectly buying from a different site.