Nominate the "Deal of the Year Award" - what was the best?

[Shippy]

My FREE Raite DVD Player from Value America... I ordered it the day before they went under...

 

[qacwac]

The 256MB buy.com deal was about the only one I've gotten in on from here. I did get a Helly hansen jacket that rules for 49.99 from fatwallet(Great for hiking).

My best buy altogether has been Office 2000 Premium for $99. But I didn't get it from here.

I wish I had gotten in on the recent 19" monitor and the Nomad II.

But for the best deal overall I'm going to have to vote for the free $400 for the Cali folks.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Dreamcast w/ 2 games from JCPenny

$169.99
- %30 (instant online discount)
- %10 (for applying for a JCPenny CC)
- $10 ($15 off coupon from $5 catalog)
- $50 (rebate from Sega)
---------
= $54 (with tax and shipping to store)

 

[Royboy81]

I would have to say that the WinTV deal was the best. I don't remember the details, but basically 155% pricematched three of them at OD for like $24 each - regular price was like $79. Sold two on Egay for almost retail and returned one at CompUSA for full price and exchanged for new motherboard. I came out well ahead on that one! Woohoo, thank you Anand!

Oh yeah, and how can I forget the Nikon CoolPix 800 digital camera that I got from MobShop (they were called something else at the time - does anyone remember?) for $335, shipped when they were still selling for over $600 everywhere else.

 

[Wedesdo]

too much to list - everything in my system, really -

I vote for the free HP 936 - although i didn't get in on it - too risky for me. I got a Epson Stylus for -$11 instead (better to make money than lose, it, right? although it was an accident - the system credited me $20 twice )

also, I think the recent staples $20 RAM was a good deal - it uses inferon chips, and running at 140 FSB @ cas 2 in my system right now.

 

[Edward]

How about the $60.00 Palm V I got from our friends at Staples?

 

[bhn_ack]

For me the Officemax LCD for $300 and the OD $38 Win98se full PM. Can't complain about the Buy.com $95 256MB ram.

 

[SiberianTiger]

ValueAmerica until it's death in the summer
MSN 20% passport, 800.com tv/dvd, ebates deal
USB TV tuner

 

[FatDragonn]

sega dreamcast for $14.50 @ jcpenny. i'm still waiting for my damn $fiddy rebate

 

[goog40]

Best deals I got in on were: free Tivo(first day of the contest when everybody won), free hp 930c, free stuff from $50 buy.com coupon, Compaq 19" monitor for $150 shipped, $400 free from MSN deal in CA, dvd player for less than $65 shipped, the equalfooting 64 mb ram for $2, OD PM for 32 mb ram for $0 out the door, free ibm pc camera pro pack(except for S&H), D-Link mp3 player for $0 after rebate, mp3 players from that Altavista promo, and those 4 portable cd players from buy.com for about $14 shipped total.

 

[UberNeuman]

Gosh, VA... R.I.P... Got my retail PIII 500 from them for 113.99... sniff... I do miss them so.....

 

[zogar]

the 5 for a dollar ramen noodles

 

[Nightwatch]

My best deal has to be on the Canon BJC-6000.

Best Buy had the printer on sale for $79.99 before a $50.00 rebate bring the total down to $29.99. I went to Best Buy and they were out of them so I got a raincheck for 2 of them but the sales person screw'd up and wrote the raincheck for $29.99. I was called a few days later to pick it up and of course I got some trouble at the register but I argued that the price on the raincheck is what I should have to pay. They called over the manager, some 19 year old, and he said that they would sell it to me but would have to throw out the rebate. Of couse I agreed. Got home and sold one to a friend, printed the rebate off the Canon website and each of us ended up making $19.99.

That's a deal!

 

[SUOrangeman]

I'm glad at least one person mentioned Accompany (pre-MobShop). Remember the About.com and other coupons there? Waiting for the next Toshiba 6109C DVD Receiver cycle! I also got a $80 S-VHS VCR from them (too bad it has disappointed me).

I also got in on the $50 Nomad ][ from Emusic and the $45 45GB HD from CompUSA.

Although I didn't jump in, I think there was a way to make your own coupon value at Staples or Office Depot web fronts.

Oh yeah, Value America was LAST YEAR folks! Good deals, but so 1999.

-SUO

 

[Branded]

I am not sure I got it from this forum, but my best deal was the %50 percent casino bonus depositing $1000 in an online casino. I played the bonus at roulette mostly, and got my $1000 deposit back 3 days later and the $500 check a week later. Not much risk, and I didn't have to know much about gambling. Of course, I have not played since then.

 

[Branded]

Double post, ignore.

 

[godsgift]

Lets see the Estamp printer,free 30 hour Tivo the first day,45 gig hd for $45 from CompUSA,$400 MSN Deal,free 3Com webcam & a Intell webcam from digimarc,the OM LCD for $299,the $ 400 off ETRADE-Winbook deal,2 sound cards from Mobshop,an the $10.00 VTECH phone shipped with a $20.00 rebate = + $10.00 to buy the phone.

 

[pshlortz]

i just love the one day only 14hr tivo for free from circut city after pricematch... on my birthday no less

EDIT:

and heck; i forgot the damn emusic 2 mp3 players for 75$, and my first decent digicam the fuji dx-9 for 129 back in march.

and now; i can't fight the nikon coolpix 950 i managed to swing off a pricematch for 329....

I have a spreadsheet going... I got a nikon cp950, a 21' kds trinitron monitor, 128 megs of compactflash, a tivo, and a ipaq mp3 player for 927$,.. beat that sucka!

 

[jbaj007]

EStamp deal on HP 930c. I mean, c'mon' it was a total net = free

 

[pinoy]

MSN passport deal, for me is one of the BEST. No matter what the price is, you'll still get something back. ( Now, that Bill Gates' got all our CC nos., what is he gonna do next? ... Just asking!)
And for the worst deal( just in case ya'll wanna know), let's vote for Staples' HP CDRW-drive! They left me hangin'......man, I hate that! @^%#$*&!

 

[MuffD]

I think i had a couple of good deals. There was this deal at a local staples having a grand opening. I picked up 5-100 pack spindles of Imation 8x cd-rs for 1.80 ea. spindle. They were priced 79.99 at office depot and 29.99 or i think 19.99 at office depot. Also, that day i picked up a couple of pp zips external for around 20 bucks as well.
I think next to this was that office max misprint where they had those hp cameras for like 129.99 or something. I bought a couple of those at office depot for under 80 dollars

I forgot about MYPOINTS.COM...1,500.00 worth of gift certificates to circuit city!!!!!

 

[RossMAN]

1) $400 Free from MSN (California/Oregon only) Yes of course the deal has expired already.

THANK YOU BILL GATES FOR MY 77 CENTS Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer, you da man

2) Free HP 930C color inkjet printer after rebate from e-stamp.com

3) $95 for 256MB PC100 Kingston ValueRAM courtesy of Buy.com's DOTD - Which I have no use for, eGay time!

4) $5.88 Panasonic FRS radio after rebate.

5) $50 off $200 Onvia with 10% PC Got my Plextor 12/10/32A for $193.50 shipped.

6) Free $150 Amazon GC for switching to MCI Small Business [wink wink]

7) $215 ReplayTV 3030 from Mercata although I will either be eGaying or returning mine to Mercata.

8) 800.com $20 off $100 plus 10% off plus Free Shipping plus MSN Passport 20% off

9) and this leaves me at my most recent debt, err deal Free $100 off, Free DVD 8x, Free Shipping PLUS 20% off Dell Inspiron 4000 notebook loaded for $1,596.80 after MSN.

My various credit card issuers know me rather well by now

 

[Bohemian]

There were hotter deals, and bigger savings, but the Buy.com coupons that got me my 1GHz Durons have made me the happiest of all the deals.

 

[Hawk]

Sorry, didn't bother reading the whole thread, anyone mention the Staples coupon stacking deal? I personally didn't get in on it, but I know some people who did--$5 for a printer, a burner, a mouse, a keyboard and 100 CDRS...etc.

 

[dealgod]

yep, i recall getting a hard drive for like $60 with stacked coupons at staples....
regular like $160

ebaged it though