Maxtor 120 Gb w/ 8 Mb cache for 79.99 after MIR at Best Buy

[Wolverine27]

Originally posted by: neomits
Just went to best buy and it was listed as 129.99 and had 2 30 dollar rebates for a grand total of 79.99 out of the store


rocking deal

I think you mean $69.99

 

[CherryBOMB]

Originally posted by: dryKill
Where'd the original thread for this deal go?

It got deleted Last Night!...... I asked a Mod here at AT if he would Remove a Link I had Posted that was quoted by 2 Members in that thread,they were off line at the time, and they could not help me.....I tryed to explain in that Thread, that I was only going to Leave that LINK up for a VERY short WHILE!The link was to my Personal Account @ Yahoo and had been crashed on there server from heavy hitting......So

MOD's reply was.......... "I have a better Idea. I deleted the whole thread! It was a HOT DEAL when the Rebate was good, but now,Its just a bunch of Vultures trying to get in on a deal that is OVER."
So there you have it..............

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: billbillw
I picked up the last one in stock at my local BB yesterday. The price rang up as $129 and it printed 2 rebates for $30 each. I think BB quit giving the $50 rebate when the lowered the price. The only link on BB website shows only the 2 $30 rebates. At $69, thats $0.58/GB. Amazing.

same here

 

[conehead433]

"MOD's reply was.......... "I have a better Idea. I deleted the whole thread! It was a HOT DEAL when the Rebate was good, but now,Its just a bunch of Vultures trying to get in on a deal that is OVER."

The deal wasn't over. Best Buy just kept changing the price and the rebates. All the vultures just wanted to get the best possible deal that they could. Bunch of Vultures? We're not after dead stuff, just nearly free or FAR.

 

[dryKill]

tryed to explain in that Thread, that I was only going to Leave that LINK up for a VERY short WHILE!The link was to my Personal Account @ Yahoo and had been crashed on there server from heavy hitting

Couldn't get in to delete the file?

 

[CherryBOMB]

No,I couldn't get in to My account at all it had been droped.... I only left for one hour after I had posted the LINK,When I got back it was down,so I went to remove the link,and thats what happend........

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: CherryBOMB
No,I couldn't get in to My account at all it had been droped.... I only left for one hour after I had posted the LINK,When I got back it was down,so I went to remove the link,and thats what happend........

what was the link exactly? if it was an image, next time you should consider using of the the many picture hosting sites that a few AT members run.

you have to realize that this place gets ALOT of traffic. what do you mean your account got dropped?

 

[Defender77]

The BestBuy I went to still have the $59.99 AR sign, so me and a friend got 1 each and went to the checkout. 2 $30 rebates printed out instead of a $30 and $40, so the 3 of us walked back there so she could see grab the sign and they gave us back $10 to our credit cards. So now I paid $120+tax for the drive and can I still send in the $50 rebate form I printed instead of the $30? That would make it $50 AR's for me and my friend. Should I take the chance?

 

[CherryBOMB]

Originally posted by: dakata24

Originally posted by: CherryBOMB
No,I couldn't get in to My account at all it had been droped.... I only left for one hour after I had posted the LINK,When I got back it was down,so I went to remove the link,and thats what happend........

what was the link exactly? if it was an image, next time you should consider using of the the many picture hosting sites that a few AT members run.

you have to realize that this place gets ALOT of traffic. what do you mean your account got dropped?

My account link to my Photo storage @ Yahoo........And yes I know how much traffic hits here a AT thats why I wasn't going to leave the link up for Long I asked some one to garb the Info to Host.........and when I got back it was dropped.........

 

[The Sauce]

Originally posted by: Defender77
The BestBuy I went to still have the $59.99 AR sign, so me and a friend got 1 each and went to the checkout. 2 $30 rebates printed out instead of a $30 and $40, so the 3 of us walked back there so she could see grab the sign and they gave us back $10 to our credit cards. So now I paid $120+tax for the drive and can I still send in the $50 rebate form I printed instead of the $30? That would make it $50 AR's for me and my friend. Should I take the chance?

As I had mentioned in the prior, censored thread. Look at the bottom of that bloody $50 rebate and you will see the words "Rebate valid for online purchases only." It says that on the bottom of every Bestbuy.com rebate form. If you want to take the chance sending your original UPC in with a rebate form that has that statement clearly printed on the bottom and forfeit a potentially legitimate rebate then you, my friend, are mad. Especially considering that this is their stated policy and they have never approved such a thing in the past. That $50 rebate form with your UPC will get filed in the waste-bin.

 

[Defender77]

Due to the thread being deleted, I didn't see your previous post, so don't give me any crap about it. I will look over the rebate form again though. Thanks for the *KIND* advice. 50cents a gig is still a pretty good deal.

 

[dryKill]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
If you want to take the chance sending your original UPC in with a rebate form that has that statement clearly printed on the bottom and forfeit a potentially legitimate rebate then you, my friend, are mad.

Well actually, the BB rebate only requires a copy of the UPC. So you could send in the $50 rebate with a copy of UPC, and then send in the $30 BB rebate with a copy of UPC. I'm just debating whether to do it or not. I already sent in the $50 BB rebate because in the original thread there were at least two people who said they spoke with someone at the rebate center on the phone, and confirmed that the $50 rebate would in fact work.

What harm could come from sending in the $30 rebate a day later? Besides of course getting $20 less. They would have to honor at least one, right?

 

[Sesopedalian]

Originally posted by: dryKill

Originally posted by: Snatchface
If you want to take the chance sending your original UPC in with a rebate form that has that statement clearly printed on the bottom and forfeit a potentially legitimate rebate then you, my friend, are mad.

Well actually, the BB rebate only requires a copy of the UPC. So you could send in the $50 rebate with a copy of UPC, and then send in the $30 BB rebate with a copy of UPC. I'm just debating whether to do it or not. I already sent in the $50 BB rebate because in the original thread there were at least two people who said they spoke with someone at the rebate center on the phone, and confirmed that the $50 rebate would in fact work.

What harm could come from sending in the $30 rebate a day later? Besides of course getting $20 less. They would have to honor at least one, right?

No, they can deny them all because you sent too many rebates in. You are just giving them a clear out, and I bet they take it. They will deny VALID rebates, so you think they will pick and choose what you send in? Rebate companies are scum, bottom feeders, and they know it, everybody else knows it, so therefore they could care less.

 

[dryKill]

Well the $30 BB rebate has until 8/19 to be postmarked, so I can wait a few weeks and give the rebate center a call and hopefully be able to determine if the $50 rebate was rejected/received/processed and then decide whether to send it in.

 

[Sesopedalian]

If you bought in-store, they will probably only accept the rebates that printed out with your purchase. If you bought on-line, there may be more leeway. I am going to bring my two drives back and get a refund, because I am sick of this bullshit.

 

[SpazzyChicken]

Picked one up at my local store yesterday. Works great in my xbox!

 

[yinanchen]

Here is what I think the story of the price and rebate.
1. In Sunday' ads, it shows the drive is $159.99-$60MIR-$20MIR. So that is $159.99-$80MIR. The store price is actually $149.99 and the Maxtor rebate is $30, so BB offer a $40 rebate to make it $149.99-$70 MIR to match the ads price.
2. And then BB tried to match Staples's $129.99 price on Wednesday, then here came the first deal for $129.99-$70 MIR=$59.99
3. Later, maybe someone works for BB website tried to match the $80MIR in Sunday's ads. With the Maxtor $30 MIR, BB then offered the $50 MIR on the web, make the deal hotter for $129.99-$80MIR= $49.99
4. And then, the website guy thought the price is too low, he then explained the $129.99 price is $149.99-$20IR. So the $80 MIR in the ads is like $30 MIR+$30MIR+$20IR. So the deal now is $149.99-$20IR-$30MIR-$30MIR.

My concern is, the three $30,$40,$50 rebates have the same rebate number #37772. I am worried that even using the $40 store print-out rebate form will be honored for $30 only.

 

[dryKill]

As far as sending in the $50 rebate printed from the website, before they replaced it with the $30 one, they had "(Store Only)" next to the rebate. So in the terms of the rebate where it states "BestBuy.com rebates are valid with online purchases only," makes no sense at all.

The $30 rebate that's on the website right now says the exact same thing. It has (Store Only) next to the rebate link, and in the rebate TOC it states that "BestBuy.com rebates are valid with online purchases only."

 

[ernestovarga]

I hope this isn't considered a brag, but I bought the hard drive the week before (July 05) $159.99-$60MIR-$20MIR=$79.99. Took my reciept to the register and they gave me the new shelf price of $129.99. So I guess that's $49.99 after rebates. So if you were lucky enough to get in on this early, an all legit price of $50.00 (assuming both rebates go through). I even got offered the new rebate forms but no sense in trying to scam a company that's giving you a hard drive for less than $0.50/GB

 

[dryKill]

Originally posted by: Sesopedalian
If you bought in-store, they will probably only accept the rebates that printed out with your purchase. If you bought on-line, there may be more leeway. I am going to bring my two drives back and get a refund, because I am sick of this bullshit.

Well just for the record, Best Buy did honor the $50 rebate that was printed out from their website. I got my check a couple days ago. I bought the HD in-store, also.

 

[SuperMAC]

I went to rebateshq and only found the 30.00 rebate to my name in there.. what rebate company did the 50.00 rebate come from? I cant find it anywhere...

I think I am getting screwed over on this deal.