Buy an Xbox 360 Elite between 9/22 & 10/5 and get $50 Back (US Only)

CPAESQ said: This is super hot if you can combine it with the Dell deal
I don't see why not. Nothing on the rebate form, as far as I can see, says anything about having to pay full price. This IS super hot. Almost makes me want to buy a 2nd console.

PMonkeyDishwasher said: Butcherboy said: Beginning today through Oct. 5, when you purchase an Xbox 360 Elite for $299
Booooooo....I want to buy it cheaper through Dell! I saw that, but that's only a line from the article the OP links to. I don't see any mention of that $299 on the actual xbox website or on the rebate form. Do you?

I want a 2nd console, too. Is there a way to transfer my data from one elite hard drive to another so I can have my games on an upstairs elite and a downstairs elite, or would I have to chose which games to play where, or just use one hard drive and carry it to the elite I am using?

274$ with coupon what a hot deal!!!! NOT!

you could also use this to preorder the new ELITE MW2 BUNDLE coming out in NOVEMBER... the $50 mail in rebate has a postmark date of Novemeber 20... the bundle comes out around november 10

Not as good as the Dell deal.. but still something to think about if you want the 250 gig HD, mw2 and a extra controller

PharmerNate said: Can someone clarify what the "D3ll deal" is? Just did a quick search and nothing seemed to pop out. Must be missing something stupid.

Edit: Unless it's just the fact that it's $30 cheaper on D3ll.
(However, that appears to be OOS)
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/949080/
They have it for ~$250 after coupon code with free shipping. That, minus the $50 mail in rebate would bring it to ~$200 + tax. I'm still able to add it to cart right now, but I haven't tried checking out.

Well...D3ll is famous for cancellation emails...but I was allowed to order. Will see what happens. $229 once all is said and done. Not too bad if ya ask me!

QTY: 1 $299.99
Sub Total $299.99

Total Discounts -$45.00
Sub Total $254.99
Shipping & Handling $16.99
Shipping Discount -$16.99
Tax $24.22

Total $279.21

dufzor said: I want a 2nd console, too. Is there a way to transfer my data from one elite hard drive to another so I can have my games on an upstairs elite and a downstairs elite, or would I have to chose which games to play where, or just use one hard drive and carry it to the elite I am using?
I'm sure there are others who are more knowledgeable on the subject, but my understanding is that the transfer tool deletes the contents of the host drive during the transfer, and that games are tied to console (not hard drive). If you want to play Castle Crashers (for example) upstairs and downstairs, you need to buy it twice or do a lot of gamertag recovering.

If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear how to work around it!

Of course, anything you play off a disk you can play anywhere. However, if you install the game to your downstairs elite, take the hard drive to the upstairs elite and try to play it, your XBox won't play off the hard drive upstairs.

I love my 360, but I really wish they'd implement something for multi-console households like the PS3 does.

simmias said: dufzor said: I want a 2nd console, too. Is there a way to transfer my data from one elite hard drive to another so I can have my games on an upstairs elite and a downstairs elite, or would I have to chose which games to play where, or just use one hard drive and carry it to the elite I am using?
I'm sure there are others who are more knowledgeable on the subject, but my understanding is that the transfer tool deletes the contents of the host drive during the transfer, and that games are tied to console (not hard drive). If you want to play Castle Crashers (for example) upstairs and downstairs, you need to buy it twice or do a lot of gamertag recovering.

If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear how to work around it!

Of course, anything you play off a disk you can play anywhere. However, if you install the game to your downstairs elite, take the hard drive to the upstairs elite and try to play it, your XBox won't play off the hard drive upstairs.

I love my 360, but I really wish they'd implement something for multi-console households like the PS3 does.

I have a memory card for arcade games and user profiles so I can go between multiple systems. Not the most elegant, and requires you be connected to live on any systems other than the one the content was originally downloaded on (due to DRM). not the most elegant solution but it works for me and the wife.

Is anyone worried that if you order from Dell, it has an estimated ship date of around October 9th (from someone who just bought one on other site), thus being after the rebate date of October 5th? Would rather do this deal than the Microcenter one, but not if I miss out on the $50 rebate...

geebeebee said: Is anyone worried that if you order from Dell, it has an estimated ship date of around October 9th (from someone who just bought one on other site), thus being after the rebate date of October 5th? Would rather do this deal than the Microcenter one, but not if I miss out on the $50 rebate...
You're confusing the purchase date requirement with the shipping date.

b534202 said: geebeebee said: Is anyone worried that if you order from Dell, it has an estimated ship date of around October 9th (from someone who just bought one on other site), thus being after the rebate date of October 5th? Would rather do this deal than the Microcenter one, but not if I miss out on the $50 rebate...

As long as you order it before the 5th and mail the rebate before 11/20 I don't see what the problem would be.
Rebates always go by order date, not ship date.I understand that, but was worried that, since it's back-ordered, that Dell will not charge you until they receive them and the date they charge you will be the bill date. And it could be like October 6th or 7th.

So if I order today, it should show today's date on it, and not when they actually charge me?

Thanks.

geebeebee said:

So if I order today, it should show today's date on it, and not when they actually charge me?

Thanks.

Excellent question! Will wait to hear from the experts.

dufzor said: I don't think the ship date matters as long as you receive the item well before you need to send in the rebate. However, on a preorder for the 250 g elite, since Amazon.com does not charge your card until the ship date, in Nov., I don't think the rebate would be applicable.Right, but the problem is, it's back-ordered at Dell, so you might not get charged for this one until after the 10/5 deadline. The question I'm asking is how does Dell's receipt work? Do they put the order date as today, or when they actually charge you?

Re: Status.

Got my email conf. ~1 hours after I placed the order.

faloun said: It's definitely a pain to try to move your saves from an old box to a new one. Easiest suggestion is to get a memory card you can save them to, and use that. You'll pretty much have to go with a third party card, though. The pricing/memory on the cards from Microsoft seem to be stuck somewhere in the early 2000s. ($29.99 retail for 512 mb? Seriously?)

Even the third party cards are a bit of a ripoff, but that transfer cable mentioned earlier is only available on eBay (by the ToS on the cable, you're actually supposed to destroy it after one use). Should you manage to find one, it requires you install software on a computer, and it will only make a transfer once.

You can swap the hard drives, but that's also a pain, and requires a lot of gamertag recovering.

FYI, I found all this out after my xbox got the RRoD. I absolutely love the xbox and xbox live, but it is a microsoft product, and sometimes the reminder on that is fairly painful. Great deal, tho.

I looked into this a bit last night, and on Microsoft's website, it says you can't copy information from a 120 gig HD with their product. On eBay, however, there are tons of devices for sale that seem to be Microsoft branded, which will allow you to do this. These things ship from China, so I don't know how legitimate they are. At less than $10 shipped, it can't hurt to try. My problem is that I upgraded my 20 gig HD to a Western Digital 120 gig. It works wonderfully, but I plan to sell it after I get my Elite. With the Chinese product, I think you just transfer the data to your PC's HD, then from the PC HD to your new XBOX HD.

Thanks to everyone who responded! All the info you gave clarified things for me. I thought it would be so simple to have two and just copy info or switch one hard drive between 2 consoles. Maybe I will just carry the whole xbox upstairs and call it good!

mungbai said: I bought one the day the price dropped last month at Best Buy. Think I can pull off the return and rebuy?Probably -- if its a nice CSR just let him/her know the truth that MS is giving a $50 rebate for a few days so you just wanted to return and rebuy it to get some extra money back, or you can try the "I wanted to charge it on a different CC" thing but this usually works well for recent purchases

does anyone thing Bing CashBack at Dell/eBay considering that's MS will kill this rebate?