(Price in Title originally came from Panny 42" started at $1099 on 1/27/08. Now reflects a generic $1000 TV price.) ALERT 3/2/08: This deal was, until page 130 or so, a $700 off a $1000+ TV deal. It is NOW a $400 off a $1000 TV deal, and BB is offering to pay $30/month for DirecTV for you (a $360 value). While the totality of the deal has changed, many of the ideas and processes remain the same. See recent posts and contribute to the summary below to continue to help the community get the most out of this offer.
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Then you proceed to return each of the items other than the TV. (Tip: Returning can be done in any order. If returning install, return this FIRST, as posters indicate problems with doing it later. Again, OP recommends leaving this out entirely.) Return the Blu-Ray player. Posters have suggested that attempting these returns separately proves most successful and that going in with the item and credit card in hand, but not the receipt, has brought about easier returns. Alternatively, you can exchange these items for others (ideally placing the new item on a different credit card) to make even the most challenging returns possible. New price: $1800 Return the home audio equipment. New price: $1300 Return the DirecTV set top box and cancel your contract with them. (OR, alternately keep the service and take them up on their $360 of savings.) Cancelling the contract is easy and by phone (within the first 30 days, prior to installation!). You may have to sell the box for ~$85 on eBay, Craigslist, or whatever you prefer. FWers have done this cancellation without difficulty for months (including OP). Many report not having to buy the box at BB anyway. New price: $1200 Cancel installation. (MANY will not get this discount!) Do NOT try to return this at the same time as all your phyisical purchases. This is a YMMV. FWers have posted success with cancelling at night, due to different (and possibly less attentive) staff. Return PS3. Possibly exchange for an Xbox 360 or other model, placing the charge on another card, then returning the "exchanged" item. New price: $600 Get 2% back as a reward zone member (~$15), or 4% back with a BB credit card (~$30). With a new BB credit card, you also get a 0% interest for x time offer (see optional savings at bottom) Limited Time Link, 18mos 0%. There is also an offer for purchases up to triple points, allowing you to get an extra $20-40 off. Link New price: $585 Complete YMMV price with all returns: ~$585 If you use the DirecTV offer, and were planning to get the service anyway, you will save an additional $360, taking your effective price to ~$225 on that $999 TV.
Option 1) Use a 10% coupon * to bring the initial (pre-DTV) price of an $1149 or $1200 TV very close to $1000, and your final price under $600. This HAS been done successfully by some FWers, but is very YMMV. Option 2) Instead of paying upfront $585, put ~$520 in a high yield savings account and pay your new BB card from this account, gaining the remaining balance as earned interest. Remember, two years at 0%! UPDATE: LTO for Panny TVs only, 3 years at 0% Option 3) Using the 12 month $30 credit from Best Buy towards a DirecTV bill to save $360 more.
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