Massive Update to previous post due to deal change at Best Buy.
Combination Page Select New/Yes for everything but home audio. Good for $500 savings.
Purchase the following: 1) DirecTV HD reciever (don't worry, you'll return this) 99$ 2) Panny 42" $1199 Edit: Price increased to $1249 4) Installation $200 (may vary) 5) Xbox HD-DVD player $179 (note: NOT specifically excluded from this deal! Alternately get this standalone, adding $70 to your total price below, or simply don't get an HD-DVD player and subtract $79 from the total prices compiled here)
Total price: $1727. Instant savings: $500. New price: $1227
Get 2% back as a reward zone member ($21.56), or 4% back with a BB credit card or as an RZ member with other 2% back card ($43.12). With a new BB credit card, you also get 2 years at 0% interest (see optional savings at bottom) Link Valid thru at least 10/6/07.
New price: $1182
Return the DirecTV set top box and cancel your contract with them. Cancelling the contract is easy and by phone (within the first 30 days, prior to installation!). You may have to sell the box for ~$80 on eBay, Craigslist, or whatever you prefer (these are resellable). Some posters suggest this doesn't work, listen instead to FWers who have actually done it without difficulty (including OP). Some posters in previous thread said purchasing this unit wasn't necessary to get the discount, but this, as the return itself, is YMMV.
New price: $1100
Submit a rebate to Panasonic good for up to a $200 installation (conveniently, that's the charge in many places). Rebate Here It's fun to note you actually made $100 to have BB install it. The link to the .pdf was removed from the Panasonic site, so it might be a good idea to download/print the file ASAP.
New price: $900 ($822 without the HD-DVD attachment)
Awesome YMMV update: there's a 10% off coupon from USPS as detailed here. This will bring the price down another $70-125. (10% on your now $700 TV, or if applied first, %10 off your $1249 TV) Props to NightShopper.
YMMV New price: ~$810
Optional for extra savings: Instead of paying upfront $900, put ~$810 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%!
Final Price: Under $810 (plus tax on around $1027 in most areas)
BONUS: If you do get the Toshiba or Xbox HD-DVD player, you are eligible for 5 free HD-DVD movies. Link valid from 10/1/07
YMMV return possiblity: Since each discount is taken from the TV price, if you get an idiot CSR later and return the HD-DVD player, and set top box, your price for the tv plus installation would be extremely low after the rebate. I leave debating the ethics of it to other, better folk.
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1) Purchase any HDTV $999 and up - could be plasma, LCD, Rear Projection... 2) Purchase a Direct TV HD reciever for $99 - Get a $300 discount on TV, cancel service a day later and return/sell HD receiver. 3) Have Best Buy install the tv (if Panasonic) for $200. - Get a $100 discount on TV. You only save if you are buying a Panasonic which has an additional $200 rebate for having it installed, otherwise don't choose installation. 4) Purchase a Home Theater System for $499 and up and get $100 off the tv - (This probably won't save you anything so I wouldn't do it) 5) Purchase blu-ray or HD-DVD player - get $100 of the tv. (Again - this depends on whether you want one or not. Previous week specifically excluded $179 HD-DVD attachment for the 360, this week's excludes PS3 only.)
Message edited by: FatWalletLurker on 2007-09-30 14:58:09 CDT
I purchased this TV about 3 months ago. I couldn't be more satisfied. I know it is a 720P but the picture is flawless with Dishnetwork HD box. I highly recommend this unit to anyone looking for a good quality decently priced HD Plasma.
dilloninau said:I tried to get in on this today (10-1-07)and it appears that the TV is no longer on sale - price was $200 higher.
It is 200 higher than last week at $1049, but it rings up at $1249 right now. Given that you can get the tv and an HD-DVD attachment (provided you have a 360) for under $900, it's still a decent deal, but not nearly as good as last week's.
osmanullah said:Price match to CC perhaps? They have it for $1249.
Looks like its $1,099.00 at CC now, Im gonna try to get it price matched tomorrow.
EDIT: Wow, looks like its $999.00 at Fry's, even better PM possibilities. Its specifically stated that you cannot PM with the HD advantage offer though so YMMV.
There aren't any Fry's on the East Coast, so is it possible to call BB to have them PM this TV set to Fry's and then call back a couple of minutes later to change my order to In Store pickup (to a local store)? Has anyone ever done this before?
pilotBo said:osmanullah said:Price match to CC perhaps? They have it for $1249.
Looks like its $1,099.00 at CC now, Im gonna try to get it price matched tomorrow.
EDIT: Wow, looks like its $999.00 at Fry's, even better PM possibilities. Its specifically stated that you cannot PM with the HD advantage offer though so YMMV.
If you look at the original posts from Novermber 06 on a similar deal, the whole point was to PM and then to get the flat $600 off. I actually managed to PM Circuit City (TV was 1599) to 1299, use a 10% off Circuit City coupon (1169) and THEN they took the 600 off for a final price of $569 on the TV. This year's deal says specifically that they're not to do that, but it did work last year and is worth trying. I basically got 65% off the Best Buy price on that TV. I'll post my 06 receipt if the scanner gets freed up here at work.
It's still worth a try. Especially if you've got a buddy at Best Buy who isn't too attentive to fine print.
Well, my mission failed horribly but im still hoping to get a successful PM before I just return the damn TV.
1. They wouldnt give me a PM in the store, it was either HD-Advantage or PM. 2. They wouldnt give me the $1259.00 sale price, they charged me the whole $1399.00. assholes. 3. They wouldnt count the Xbox HD player as part of the HD discount. I asked multiple times for the manager to show me where in the T&C's it said that, but he just insisted i couldnt do it. 4. The part I thought would be hardest- the Directv part, was easiest. I got on the phone with DirecTV and actually disconnected it (lol) and was talking to myself.. He asked for a confirmation number so I just made one up, they are 8 digits and he didnt even input it anywhere. asshole.
Im having a horrible time trying to PM over the phone or even trying to cancel the Installation (they charged me 300 bucks, assholes).
Good luck. . If anyone has had a successful PM, could you tell me which store? Maybe I could try calling them.. or maybe post a scan?
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