Creative 30gig Zen Xtra mp3 player

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kevman

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bastards refused to sell it to me. They said it was a "bad business decision to sell these"

BTW its clearance, not a Price mistake so It's a load of BS.

I am going to complain to corporate, if they could not sell it at least tell me before I drive an hour out of my way to come get it.
 

jesusbonjovi

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Same with me, called and they said they had 2 in stock, went and they said they didn't have any and it was a glitch in the system that said they had them. Yeah right more like a glitch in the system that said they were 20 bucks.

So then I said well ok just sell me the display one and she made up some other excuse.

Honestly though, no way these things are on sale for $219, at that price they will never ever sell one of these things. The thing is generations old and even looking at it in the store it's sitting right next to a handful of 20-40gig name brand MP3 players that are around that $220 price and half the size.

Seriously the thing is drastically out of place sitting on the shelf as it's the only monstrously sized one still around, no way they could think they're gonna get rid of it by selling it for $219.
i bought my 20gb one 2 years ago for $230 and that was a good deal then!
 

Enfer Singe

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Originally posted by: JACKHAMMER
Is scored three today! Yeah for me. Good Luck to all you guys.

damn, you are from chicago, right, where did you go? Juice Box and I went to the best buy in ford city, right near midway and their story went from having 6 on the phone, not having any when we got there, to "we have 6 but can only sell them for $220" Oh well, I already have an mp3 player and so does he so it wan't a huge loss or anything, just a nice long drive.
 

gibster

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Went to Denver Mills Best Buy. At first, they said they had none - sorry. Then I looked at a side display, and they had like 8. So an employee grudgingly took one out, verified the price, and called the manager. The manager made him call some 800 number, and the employee did. He never spoke with anyone, just listened for about 1 minute, and magically came back with a story that it was a price mistake. I tried asking them for just 1 at the price they show in their checkout computers, they wouldn't budge. I should have made a scene, I guess, as I don't see this any different from a tag on the shelf mistake, which they honor. This one was even in their system, and they would not honor it. Typical Best Buy, congrats to all who have gotten them, with my luck I have to run into "righteous" employees, sheesh.

BTW, I also went into a different store earlier, where I called ahead, and had them set 2 aside for me. The puke on the phone said they have 4, and when I came in about 30 minutes later, they magically "disappeared" - apparently he was telling me the stock from his computer, without actually checking the units. Yeah, like I really believe that story.

Long story short, I got screwed 2 different ways in 2 different stores - BB is really working on their reputation here...

I did manage to snag a dated price check, though, which CLEARLY states the date and time and price. This may yet come in handy...
 

BraveSirRobbin

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Thanks Xed for posting this. This has been BY FAR the BEST hotdeal I ever got from this forum. They only had the demo unit available at the store I went to, no CD, cables, power adapter, but I already had the mini USB cable from another Creative MP3 product, and had a power adapter laying around that I got working, so all is well.

BTW, Best Buy marked remaining three (at another store) as DEVO or some code like that, which means (at least the BS from the sales guy) that they are not to be sold and are to be shipped back because its a discontinued product and they can't sell them (even though they have them in stock).
 

cambo357

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Mar 16, 2005
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I went back to my local store, price tag is gone from the display. talked to my inside contact, he checked stock, it said none, and that there was a hold on selling them. I guess it really is a FUBAR somehow, and they just put it on hold for now.
I also went to the CC across the street, and tried to get them to PM. the first person, an average floor/sales, was OK with it. but then a higher up got involved, it got shot down fast. she had a great line of BS, too. she claimed that "legally, we can only price match up to 25%. more than that is a price fixing crime of some sort." it took all I had not to laugh in her face.

-Cambo
 

JACKHAMMER

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Originally posted by: Enfer Singe
Originally posted by: JACKHAMMER
Is scored three today! Yeah for me. Good Luck to all you guys.

damn, you are from chicago, right, where did you go? Juice Box and I went to the best buy in ford city, right near midway and their story went from having 6 on the phone, not having any when we got there, to "we have 6 but can only sell them for $220" Oh well, I already have an mp3 player and so does he so it wan't a huge loss or anything, just a nice long drive.


Ended up going to the BB on Addison. No more left though. Sorry.
 

Jawbreak

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Just got back from checking stores in San Diego, they had 5 in stock at one store and 10 in stock at another, saw on the computer myself. Sales person couldnt find any, so i got the manager who informed me it was a price mistake and they pulled them off the shelve. I asked about the other store which he said they were on a conference call with them in the morning about it who also pulled them off the shelve. Sooo close. I even saw on the computer Clearance: $20.00 being discontunied. So what you guys think? Price mistake is what really happened?

If anyone willing to sell one PM heh
 

YrFc123

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I called all my local stores in socal. The West Covina store told me they didn't have any in stock, but said that Lakewood had 10 and Chino Hills had 4. I called Lakewood to ask about it, and the guy said "ok sure hold on". Then I hear him talking to his coworker "this HAS to be a mistake, I'm going to pick a bunch of these up after my shift". Then he gets back on the phone with me and says "The SKU number isn't showing up". And I said "uhh, I just HEARD you talking to your coworker". Then he hangs up. Sigh. Should've gotten his name.

Chino Hills ran out by the time I got there. Sigh. I lose.
 

BraveSirRobbin

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Never, never call a Best Buy store with something like this, you just alert the employees to get the deals for themselves!
 

YrFc123

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Originally posted by: BraveSirRobbin
Never, never call a Best Buy store with something like this, you just alert the employees to get the deals for themselves!

Unfortunately the only ones that even had them in stock are over 45minutes from my location. The closest one to me was OOS, my main concern was checking to see if they even had them in stock. I'll know next time not to call about the price, damn them.
 

dav2287

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Jun 2, 2005
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i picked up one today! in Wisconsin. The guys in the store didnt believe the price. they had to look it up on the computer to make sure it wasnt fake. I got damn lucky.
 

Avalon

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Originally posted by: BraveSirRobbin
Never, never call a Best Buy store with something like this, you just alert the employees to get the deals for themselves!

So how do you find out if a store has any in stock or not? One might be willing to drive pretty far for a great deal if he knew any were in stock, but would not go otherwise if he didn't know.
 

cambo357

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Mar 16, 2005
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that is the luck of hot deals such as this. I saw this post very early today, and went down within the first hour of them being open. I didn't want to risk a call. I took the SKU, asked if they could see if they were in stock. I saw the screen as others did, and there were 7 in stock. I said gimme one, and checked out ASAP. much like a good commando ambush, you hit the target and leave the area right away.

-Cambo
 
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