nxcess said:dono222 said:I hope they don't charge tax? If they charge tax separately, that would make the whole purchase $283.50 + tax on $399. So total cost would be $316.42.

They didn't. Tax was included. This is a good deal depending on how you look at it. The $150 credit is instant. There's no waiting for Sony to credit you $150 or for microsoft CashBack to clear. That takes what, 60 days I'm not sure so don't quote me on that. Total for me out the door was $343 because I got a game with it. Needed something to put it over the $299 promotional offer so I have 12 months to pay it off w/o interest.

Buying it from a B&M with tax only saves me $3. That's not including gas to go to the store and time spent to buy the PS3. And it's an 80gb PS3.

Tax wasn't included. If you look at the check out and your email confirmation. They charged 3401 point for shipping which comes out to 28400 points total, less 50 points which makes it 28350 points that they charge to your credit card = $283.50

They also state in the checkout and email confirmation that "Sales Tax: Assessed on catalog price before use of points." They didn't add any tax yet. I don't see anywhere that they already included tax. I just hope they don't include it.

The best thing about using the PS3 as a Blu Ray player is how fast it loads the movies. It literally takes about 10 seconds for a movie to start on the PS3, where it can take 30 seconds to up to 2 minutes to start on some stand alone Blu Ray players.

is it me or wasn't ps3 (60 gig) going for $299 a couple of weeks ago? did they stop making the 60 gig and now only sell the 80 gig for $100 more? i'm pretty sure i saw it for $299 did anyone grab it for that price and is 20 extra gig realy worth $100 more?

Been waiting for this one. Placed an order. Thanks OP.

SirVeyer said:Does anyone know how the PS3 blueray player compares with the better stand alone blueray players on the market? What features does it have or doesn't have compare to the others. Thanks.

Money Magazine rated the PS3 as the best player for the money

Check the review here

Website says 60gb. Will these play PS2 games? If not, is there a download to get them to play PS2 games?

The link isn't working for me...anyone help!!

Thanks! Works for me!

shawnsl65 said:The Playstation Card is having 2 promotions. 1 for the blue ray and the other one is for buying at ANY authorized dealer. I'm thinking of signing up for the other promotion so I can "try" and buy the $199.99 PS3 Pirate Cbean. Little Big Planet bundle. (if I'm invited and can buy on Amazon). So it'll come out to $49 dollars with no tax and free shipping. *crosses finger*

Where on Sony reward website shows that PS3 purchase from Amazon is allowed for 150$ credit?
I dont see anywhere it shows any other authorised retailer for ps3 purchase to get the credit

thanks,

double post sorry.