Deal of the Year nominations...

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: AMEXplat

Originally posted by: tazmania99Excuse my ignorance on the $70-ish Dell 8250, what the heck was that? Could someone provide the link?

How could you miss it?

Dell Dimension 8250 for $70

 

[EvilYoda]

Gotta go with the Dell 8250...I'm on the family computer as I type, and it's fast, it's quiet, it's cheap. Can't do much better than that.

 

[sil0net]

I totally forgot about the MS deals.

I got in on that $40+ w/ BobbleHead (MY EX-Gf said I looked like it too. She's gone now.)
How about the Free XP Pro CD and Visual Studio.NET Academic @ VS.NET Launch Events.

That was hot.

I also got a Free Visioneer Paperport 8100 Scanner ($80 Rebate from Staples).

Dixiesys?

I feel sorry for whoever sorts this thread. Is it gonna be a poll?

 

[npohnl]

I know it won't win but I really enjoy my two maxtor 40g/7200 133 drives plugging away in raid. $20 + tax after rebate for the pair

 

[Squisher]

Not nominate-able for Deal of the Year, but since some have discussed their own private deals, I'll talk about the 2002 Z28 with leather, t-tops, and chrome wheels we got the wife for $21k because of my employee discount and $2800 taken off from the 3% of my GM card purchases.

$7K OFF MSRP!

 

[pinoy]

in case somebody voted for the DELPHI SkyFi, i agree. its 175 bux saving right of the bat. plus you can take it with you wherever you go!!!

 

[odoreater]

For me it was definitely the dell 2000fp 20.1" LCD for $797 inclusive of tax and shipping...
Reenforced when i called my friend the day after i got it and found out he paid $1299 for it only three months beforehand.
- abe

 

[yatolik]

My 6 Logitech Keyboards, free.

Free is better than a dell deal, regardless of how cheap it was.

 

[SingleMalt]

Fried Michael Dell and Ro$$Man's Balls !!! the latter for being a Dell Brown-noser!



seriously, it's gotta be ze1210 $1200 notebook for $500 w/ free USB floppy $50 value!



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SingleMalt,

Your personal attacks put you about one post away from being history on our forums.

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[Gaard]

The free shipping deal at EMS!!! Oh, wait...


As a side note...I received my $30 rebate from Maxtor yesterday.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: SingleMalt
Fried Michael Dell and Ro$$Man's Balls !!! the latter for being a Dell Brown-noser!



seriously, it's gotta be ze1210 $1200 notebook for $500 w/ free USB floppy $50 value!

Just no reason for an attack on Rossman like that. This along with most of your other posts are just plain outrageous.

Dell 4550, the 19" LCDS from Dell, BB 120gb 8mb drives for $99, the Go Pro kit from MS for $50, and all the deals where you got paid to buy something.

 

[Showtime]

Free 2 year subscription to STUFF magazine. No CC no hassle.

or pick a dell 4500-4550 deal. Selling them for less than any of could build em is a good deal.

-show

 

[Chuck2]

The best deal I had was the Compaq FS740 monitor. Originally $449. at Sears eventually dropped to $149 and because the box was opened dropped to $100 and that Saturday was 10 per cent off for a final price of $90. Rebate $150 so I was paid $60 to take it home. Flat Screen 17" works and looks great. Found the $149 price and the $150 rebate here at Anandtech!!

 

[Zeeeter]

My Humvee (per Jokersmoker) purchase still ROX.



OH MY GOD - THAT WAS LAST YEAR, YOU MEAN ANOTHER YEAR HAS GONE BY? WHAT HAPPENED TO 2002??? <disappears off to have nervous breakdown

 

[misterj]

Value America's.. no wait nevermind

 

[moks78]

Value America's.. no wait nevermind

...real Hot Deals! Those were the good old days.

 

[geckojohn]

Rossman's deals!!

 

[MaxTS]

Ipaq 3835 for 130$ (retailed for 450$ at the time)

 

[tigerbait]

no better deal to me than getting paid $20 to take home DDR.

 

[Noner]

6 free logitech wireless keyboards on the 20th...

2 copys of Xp pro (full) for 39.99 each from microsoft..

Paid 50.00 from Voicestream to get a cellphone + 1 month free + 25.00 BB gift card. (side note, sold that phone for 89.99 after 6 months of use, and got another free phone and 50.00 back)

WOO HoO for me.

-Jason

 

[brtspears2]

Hmm, lets see what damage I've done this year

120gig WD SE drives at dell
This 9.98$ after MIR office chair I'm using right now from office depot
Free wireless combo from logitech (when it comes)
$50 free from ING direct
Various freebies from test drives
XP Pro kit for 39.99 + shipping.
Loads of free after MIR CD-R's.
Those great staples sub $25 cd-rw drives.
Columbia House DVD buy 3 for $22 with nothing else to buy


And good old cyberwings, honorable mention. Best .... $2.90 I spent for so much entertainment factor. Not that I needed the hosting, but watching everyone get sucked in, buying many accounts, then suddenly finding out they were out cold. Then people on both sides of the issue, the nay-sayers and the supporters. It was surely a great few months of hilarous events.

 

[nikko]

Got in on a few good deals this year. Probably missed a bunch that were better. I'll go with my favorites from the ones I remember actually getting in on this year:

- Canon A40 + 128 MB Lexar CF for $210 before tax from OfficeMax after PM and coupon during special promotion.

- 2 120 GB Western Digital SE drives from Dell for $60-$70 each (assuming the rebates come through)

- Free Lite-On 32X CD-RW from Staples after $50 rebate

- Free Artec 16X DVD from Staples after PM and $20 rebate

- Max Payne for $5 from CompUSA isn't too shabby either, though I haven't even bothered installing it yet.

- Too many free subscriptions to keep track of that I got for me and my friends including: Rolling Stone, Esquire, Men's Journal, Outside, Source, Blender, Electronic Gaming Monthly and Sports Illustrated (ok, that last one was in late '01, but it didn't start showing up till this year).

Thanks to all who posted hot deals. And cheers to all.

 

[rich123]

$238.00 for 27" Panasonic "Tau" flatscreen TV from BB or price-matched at CC.

 

[Pliablemoose]

DVD X Copy or @ least it's parent company to have the cojones to take on Hollywood.

AMEX gold for it's BVG PMing

MSN $ for their universal application to so many websites & allowing 2 accounts per household.

Staples for opening their doors to all of us Ferengi...

Anandtech for allowing HD forum to continue.

Circuit City for the Palm m515 mis-price (for those that were quick enough)

 

[dr wily]

6 keyboards..
figures why i ended up not getting one, all yoos are doing some oldskool take everything tactics..

Although Dell deals are a dime a dozen, Id really have to say the 4550 I got incl the free 15inch LCD in october was the best one..

honorable mention goes to all them free subs i get, specially the ones with the bestbuy coupons!