Caught this buried in this thread. Thought this deserved it's own thread because it's a smokin' hot deal. I've been looking for 50" TV and this got me jumpin'.

Bestbuy has the Samsung 50" Plasma TV on sale this week for $999
Link to TV

You get $400 off with combined purchase of this Samsung plasma HDTV and DVD home theater system - Home Theater System is on sale for $379. Samsung - 1200W 5.1-Ch. XM-Ready Home Theater System with Upconvert DVD Player HT-TZ512
Link to Special offer

Combined price for TV and Home Theater is $977. When you purchase TV rings up for $597, home theater rings up at full price, I'm sure you can see the real deal here. I just picked up my TV, made purchase so I picked up at two different stores, have receipt for TV at $597, I still haven't picked up my Home Theater, might be a long while before I do

Thanks to MysticMan1 who pointed out the sale on Samsung and edscholl for mentioning the special pricing discount w/home theater.

Other useful info found within this thread, posting here to make it quick to find
Thanks to billybabe3883, the HT is on sale at CircuitCity for $15 less ($364.99). For those who want to keep the HT you can get price adjustment: Link to Cir City's

From rhkanmt: You can get a 3 year warranty thru SquareTrade for $59.50 using the code FIFTYOFF. I used $600 for the TV cost. SquareTrade Warranty Link

From TrueKnight: Here is a $20AR tilt wall-mount at RadioShack:$59-$40=$19. Free shipping or pickup at store. Linky-LouUpdate:Looks like RatShack caught the error in their pricing, price is now $59 AFTER rebate. Thanks rshaslam

From funkxl: official forum for this tv over at AVS OFFICAL PN42A450 forum

Wow - good buy! Wonder if you can take back/return the home theater system as I see this is an online deal only. You mentioned you weren't going to pickup the the home theater for a while...doubt they'd just "refund" your money if you failed to pick it up. So you purchase both items online, pick them up at local BB, go back the next day and return the home theater system at full price?

So does anyone know if they will refund the full price of the HT system if you return it later or never pick it up?

this looks very doable. you could even get the TV shipped and order the HTS for pick up and never go get it

How YMMV is something like this? Will this lead to harassment from Best Buy calling to ensure pick up of both?

I see no way around this. You must pay the Subtotal: $977.98 + tax to get this. WHen you return the home theater system, you will pay the full price. If you dont pick it up, you still ended up paying the full price to place the order

This is an Extremely huge YMMV....I am guessing very few if any will get this deal

Just my 2 cents worth...without crapping

Edit to add. Good Luck to all and congrats if you are successful..it would be a good deal

Flame away all you want, it wont change the fact that this probably won't happend the way the OP hoped

Not too long ago I ordered a Kodak C613 + one DVD movie from Bestbuy; as a bundle-deal, the camera cost less than $50 (don't remember the exact number).

The DVD never shipped. Instead I found a charge of $25 something from Bestbuy to my AMEX card a few days later. I figured that they don't have the DVD to ship, and decided that I should pay them for not shipping the movie I purchased.

I called AMEX and they suspend the charge and said they'll discuss with Bestbuy. No further notice yet.

cfeifei said:Not too long ago I ordered a Kodak C613 + one DVD movie from Bestbuy; as a bundle-deal, the camera cost less than $50 (don't remember the exact number).

The DVD never shipped. Instead I found a charge of $25 something from Bestbuy to my AMEX card a few days later. I figured that they don't have the DVD to ship, and decided that I should pay them for not shipping the movie I purchased.

I called AMEX and they suspend the charge and said they'll discuss with Bestbuy. No further notice yet.

And this relates to this deal how?

Thanks for posting OP. I have absolutely no use for a 50" Plasma, so naturally I've ordered one. I suppose I have some time to figure out if I really care to keep it or not before they deliver it.

arkleseizure said:
And this relates to this deal how?

Well if you read the OP about "not picking up the Home Theater, you'll know how this is related.
I was charged an additional $25 to make up for the full price for the camera, only because BB failed to ship part of the bundle.
And now the OP is talking about intentionally not picking up part of a bundle. Very YMMV.

BB does charge you the full amount before you pick up the item. However if you fail to pickup the item after 8 days, BB will cancel it. The question is whether they will refund the whole $379. I would suspect it is just YMMV. Some people might get. Others not. You simply take your chances & hope you are charming enough to convince their CSR's if you happen to have a problem later.