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

[emaij]

OH MY GOD! I missed every on of those deals. I think I'm gonna cry.

 

[Frglss]

db, that UPS deal was before I discovered AT HDs. I'll gladly pay you on Tuesday for any spare you might have!

 

[Wango]

Definitely the Egghead Micron 256MB PC133 deal. Who got in on it? Hands?

 

[fitzm]

Come on people, mountainZone's genuine stainless steel mug for sure. Pretty sweet huuuuh! The 2 free printers we got from E-stamp/HP weren't bad either though.

 

[fr]

Best Deals this year were the $50 Nomad II, staples coupons, and QuestLink/NetBuy $175 off $200.

 

[Yuniverse]

I'd say the shopss computer deal and the "free" hp 930c printer deal. Thanks

I almost forgot Accompany(Mobshop). 20% coupons worked out great for me. I bought 4 digital cameras and sold three of them to pay for the one that I kept(Olympus 2020z), making it virtually free!!! (yes, those smartmedia cards came in handy <$10 per 8mb)

 

[badtz42]

I've only been here for a month... but I love this place! for me it is the 256MB ram for 70 bucks and a scanner for 10!

 

[wjones]

I know the $400 free from MSN is the best but it only applies to people in CA and OR.
For me, it is the e-stamp + HP 930C.

BTW, how about those FREE CONDOM you guys received?
(I never received a thing from the free condom

 

[trikster2]

My nominations:

The $432 Dell PIII 800 Mhz
(One of the few deals that made the online press)
(using it right now. Thanks Anandtech forums!)

The $148 Compaq 19&quot; monitor
(on it's way, should be here tomorow)

Pretty soon I'll have an entire system built using anandtech forums. Well almost, pleas for laser printer info/deals went unanswered; anandtechers are more interested in FPS than they are in Pages Per Minutes! So I just did pricegrabber. Still looking for a good scanner and video card deal...

 

[crazyman]

TIVO 14 hr for free (o.k. free after tax and 3 month sub. so ~60)
p3/800 for 150 (equalfooting) when pricewatch was 225(not awesome but worked for me)

ps2 for 800 (j/k)

 

[Lemondrop]

I liked 2 ,
Bestbuy.com Bond DVD set for 20 some odd bucks and Dusk Till Dawn 3 Disc DVD set for $22.99 .
Also I really enjoyed the Pizza Hut promo , as I cashed in 5 codes for Toys R Us for 5 , 15 buck Amazon GC's . That was after I received 5 , $10 buck GC's from Amazon for my Toys R Us coupons under a different account

 

[AndrewR]

$50 Nomad II (sold my Rio 300 for $45!!) and HP/eStamp printer.

 

[MISTER 2 U]

have been so many and yet so few dollars to spend

1. compaq 19&quot; monitor (new) w/ mercata,passport&amp;ebates
2. staples 155% price match

missed out on the hp printers
It looks like there was a lot of deals this year that I missed out on.

Also the Anandtech's hot deal anonymous (must not spend - must resist )

 

[fitzm]

O.T. - Has anyone seen the trouble e-stamp is in right now? No wonder after giving away all those printers. I think their stock closed at .28 cents today. They hovered around 44.00 this summer! At the risk of sounding callous, I hope the thirty bucks I still have in my vault doesn't become worthless.

 

[slunk]

For me, definitely the HP 930c/E-stamp deal

 

[Heifetz]

The Dell %20 off deal is good, I just ordered a Inspiron 8000 series that will probably come to about $1700 after over $400 off.

Also, anyone remeber all those Giftcertificate.com deals? Where you sign up, refer friends (lol) and get free giftcertificates. Awesome deals.

Heifetz

 

[Lex Luthor]

I'm going for the E-stamp HP deal first, 2nd the Amazon / MCI $150 x 2 deal (only because that one has yet to come though) and 3rd the JBL sweet subwoofer system for like $9.

Lex

 

[MISTER 2 U]

Can someone post a link to the e-stamp/printer deal
I would like to read that one seeing how I missed out.
thanks
did a search but could not find it

 

[Krodge]

My microsoft sidewinder game pad was one of my best deals ever. I got paid about $7 S&amp;H and tax included to be the proud owner of one. I forget the details, but it was about $22 from buy.com plus $20 from buy.com plus a $10 rebate from microsoft it came to about $3.00 before the rebate so I got a sidewinder game pad plus $7. I told everyone about it and all my friends got the same deal.

 

[DuneMaster]

i got 2 30GB maxtors 7200rpm retail boxed for $90 both, so i guess that was the best deal for me

 

[VivYip]

Though i was unable to get in on it, I would say the nomad II for $50, the leather chair for a little more (sigh I was only able to get one for 75 ) and the 45 gig hard drive from compusa for under $50 since most of you were able to pricematch bestbuy AND use those rebates. I must confess enjoying the fact that staples is losing money from the pricematching and the coupons (my plextor cdrw and the v5 5500 made me a happy person) oh well. The only one that also really made me happy was the $130 scanner that after coupons and rebates turned out to have final price of $20, or was it 10? either way,it was cheap!

 

[LarryS]

My FREE Philips portable CD player w/ car kit and AC adapter from BUY.COM

Still use it every day.. it's great!

 

[MoleMan2000]

The $50 off $50 buy.com fiasco.

 

[Ark]

D-Link DMP-100 MP3 player from OfficeMax $29 plus free 5&quot;TV.

 

[CounterStryke]

The #1 deal was $400 MSN Rebate for CA residents. Account cancellable without penalty! I drove 30 miles even with a 100 degree fever/flu to get my Digital 8 Camcorder and my fiancee got a 32&quot; TV. Woohoooo!

The next best thing was the FREE Shopss.com computer. Came out free after that damn company folded and had to give everyone's money back. Got to keep the computer as compensation for services not delivered.

The last great deal I got was this board! 100% no-catch, no-frills, FREE HOT DEALS advice! Thanks to all Anandtechers for another year of awesome deals!