Sidewinder Strategic Commander Controller - free after $30 in rebates.

[Loqutious]

SideWinder products achieve Windows XP certification:
The following SideWinder products have all recently been tested and accredited as being Windows XP compatible:
Game Pad Pro, Freestyle Pro, Game Pad USB, Plug & Play Game Pad, Force Feedback 2, Precision 2, Joystick, Force Feedback Wheel, Precision Racing Wheel, Game Voice, and Strategic Commander.

Link to Microsoft

 

[uwannawhat]

Picked up the last one on the shelf @ my store today~!

Thanks for the post Telstar.

 

[warthogah]

If anyone can burn me a copy of the software and mail it to me, I will appretiate it alot. PM me if you could.
Thanks

 

[SupaCh1nk]

compusa seriously has product allocation problems, the store i went to tonight has 39 of them in stock, but the town has a population of only 50,000.

 

[StrayKnight]

this was difficult to find in NYC today, so i searched the web and found it for 30.70 after shipping at the gateway accessory store

Link

I read the fine print of the 30 dollar MS rebate.. and if you buy it from here, i think it should work? If someone else gave their opinion, i'd appreciate it.

 

[GetReal]

<< this was difficult to find in NYC today, so i searched the web and found it for 30.70 after shipping at the gateway accessory store

Link

I read the fine print of the 30 dollar MS rebate.. and if you buy it from here, i think it should work? If someone else gave their opinion, i'd appreciate it. >>



$30 Rebate is a Microsoft manufacturer rebate and is valid with a purchase through any Microsoft reseller including the Gateway Acces Store/NECX.

 

[lebowsky]

Argg. Shouldn't let you post an empty message.

 

[lebowsky]

I got one of these yesterday. Tried to set it up to play UT and it is funky but I think I could get used to it. I know that it is supposed to be for RTS games and I have AOE and EE so I can use it for that too.

One thing to note is that I have Win98 and in order to get the drivers to install correctly, I had to copy the file from the CD (I think it is in the setupdir\win98 directory) to my hard drive and then rename the file from .in_ to .inf. Pretty crappy install but once I got the drivers installed, it worked fine.

 

[FreakyGuy]

They say in stock near my store half a mile down the road. I'm gonna have to check it out for the cost of tax and a stamp.

 

[warthogah]

Can someone PM me if they can burn me a copy of that installation CD?

 

[HellMutt]

Sold out on Compusa's site now..
Guess I'll have to make a trip and hope they have some, my Compusa is always "out of stock" of everything on sale.

 

[spinn]

You may be able to make some money off this still....

Buy.com has this for $20.95.

Use AMEX Blue (if you already bought it w/AMEX Blue) to pricematch it from $29.99 to $20.95.

Or buy from Buy.com and use MS Rebate form (is not store specific) for $30 rebate.


Also..can pricematch Nostromo with Buy.com, if you bought w/Blue....$29.99 to $22.95.

 

[Eugaet]

I ran out and purchased one at my local CompUSA during lunch. There were 6 left in stock when I left.

The PDF rebate has been taken off the CompUSA web site, but I have it if someone wants to host it. The offer expires March 31 (CompUSA's site claims March 9). I called the MS rebate center and they said a printout of the PDF counts as an original coupon.

 

[vcarpio2]

Microsoft isn't finicky with rebate coupons in my experience. About a year ago I bought the MS Sidewinder Freestyle. MS had a rebate going on for it at the time but my Sidewinder Freestyle didn't come with the coupon inside the box. I called their rebate # and was told to submit my mailing info on a regular 3" x 5" index card. I got my rebate promptly like all my other past MS rebates.

 

[spinn]

Eugaet - didn't they raise the price of the Sidewinder back up? There was orig. a $20 discount last week. Did you pay $29.99 or $49.99?

 

[Eugaet]

I paid $29.99 + tax. $32.36 total.

 

[Lanyap]

The MS $30 PDF rebate form is still on the CompUSA website: Rebate Form

 

[LawBeefaroni]

This link, as well as the one at the CompUSA site are for the MS Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel. Does anyone have a link to the Strategic commander .PDF?

It looks like CompUSA has a bad link and I can't find the form in-store or on MS's site.

EDIT: Ok, link is fixed but it's only US$20/$30 Canadian. Leave it to CompUSA to charge you in US$ and give you a rebate(andswitch) in CAN$.

 

[mikeford]

Correct link, working anyway

I put this in the other thread, missed this one. sorry.

 

[spinn]

re: AMEX PM policy...

won't let you PM a product unless it's a $10 or more difference. O well.