"Open-box: Excellent" Lenovo 11.6" Ideapad 110S (white) $154.99 + tax @ BestBuy on ebay

[VirtualLarry]

Edit: Here's their new listing, now it's down to $154.99:
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Open-Box-Ex...0s-11-6-Laptop-Intel-Celeron-2GB/201952453022
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Open-Box-Ex...0s-11-6-Laptop-Intel-Celeron-2GB/201952453022

Seems BestBuy is flogging their own open-box laptops, now that Cowboom isn't around. (?)

Cheap enough for a "CloudBook". Hopefully they are in decent condition as per the description on ebay.

Edit: I've seen these on ebay, new, for around $150-160. So that's the kind of savings you're getting.

If they're anything like the Lenovo Ideapad 100S models (the red ones, with the Bay Trail Atom quad-cores), then you're in for a mini-treat. I picked up a few of the 100S in red a couple of years around around BF / Christmas, and gave one to my Mom, and that's all she seems to use now. She doesn't use her desktops any more. I hope that this white one is as good as those, although it's only a dual-core Cherry Trail CPU.

Edit: Update 2017-07-23:
BestBuy cancelled their prior listing, and have re-listed these for $179.99.

I guess, you snooze, you lose. I got in on one at $117.

 

[BenJeremy]

Ugh, WTF was BestBuy thinking when they got rid of Cowboom? My guess is that some executive hated Cowboom and plotted until they were able to squash it with a "promise" of delivering deals through their existing (and very useless) outlet store... and their outlet store never changed.

 

[Zim]

Cowboom was pretty darn good. However it's against BestBuy policy to provide good deals on anything so it doesn't surprise me that it's history. My prediction is that BestBuy will be history within 3 years and Amazon will be the portal for 90% of all tech sales. Adios BB, you will not be missed.

 

[SKORPI0]

Yes they had some nice prices in Cowboom like blu-ray players and tablets, compared to their Best Buy prices. Was pissed that they closed it. BB open box prices are ridiculous.

 

[VirtualLarry]

However it's against BestBuy policy to provide good deals on anything so it doesn't surprise me that it's history.

BB open box prices are ridiculous.

Does anyone here remember the BestBuy Outlet Store site? I'm not talking about the sub-URL path of bestbuy.com, I'm talking about the completely separate site, that had brand-new (but decent deal) merchandise not open-box crap and took ONLY paypal for payment, no credit cards?

I got some deals on that site, let me tell you.

Unfortunately, it went away too.

Edit: It was basically where they hawked their clearance electronics, before the rise of ebay, while Cowboom handled their pre-owned and open-box deals.