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Title: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: aldo_14 on November 17, 2006, 03:20:12 am
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/deals/100-xbox-360-confirmed-pretty-much-215282.php

In the US, natch, and apparently there's only a thousand units slated.  Still, more than a bit of a barg.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: brozozo on November 18, 2006, 02:29:02 pm
Wow, I think I'll pick one of those up.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Nix on November 18, 2006, 03:56:42 pm
Better be quick on it, I bet those things will sell so fast they'll be gone within 5 minutes.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Inquisitor on November 18, 2006, 05:50:33 pm
5 minutes?

More like 5 seconds :)
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Deepblue on November 19, 2006, 12:39:26 am
Only 1000 units.

Let the best internet connection win.

Mind you this is the core unit, but yeah, you'd have to be crazy stupid to not try for that offer if you have ANY passing interest in video games.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Taristin on November 19, 2006, 01:55:35 am
I bet I missed it already.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Nix on November 19, 2006, 04:22:05 am
Nope, on thanksgiving day, 11am Pacific time, that's when the units go on sale.  That is if the Xbox holds the max amoutn of votes.  The thing is, the xbox is holding 85 percent of the vote... so there ya go. it's pretty much definite. 

Sooo.... who's gonna get one and immediately ebay it and make some dough off of it?
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Inquisitor on November 19, 2006, 08:18:24 am
If I get one, I'm keeping it. Profiteering leaves a bad taste in my mouth ;)
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Taristin on November 19, 2006, 02:21:41 pm
I want one for me, not to eBay.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: brozozo on November 19, 2006, 05:37:36 pm
Well, shoot. I'll be working when they go on sale.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Inquisitor on November 19, 2006, 07:20:05 pm
Don't worry, the asian bots will get them all :)
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Goober5000 on November 23, 2006, 01:12:51 pm
Ugh.  Spent five minutes waiting for the server to respond, and when I finally get in, it's sold out. :(
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Inquisitor on November 23, 2006, 01:46:05 pm
Shocking :)
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Taristin on November 23, 2006, 02:17:15 pm
I slept through it :(
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Deepblue on November 24, 2006, 12:28:57 am
I think Amazon's servers melted.

It sold out in UNDER A MINUTE.

http://zomgztotalfail.ytmnd.com/
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Inquisitor on November 24, 2006, 09:17:43 pm
One of hte electronic retailers (Circuit City maybe?) is doing a "sign up for a phone, get an Xbox for 100 bucks" deal.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Nix on November 28, 2006, 12:15:43 am
Server traffic got really hella heavy right around 2 minutes to 11, and it just went down hard after that.  Does anyone actually know how fast they sold out?  Was it really under 60 seconds?
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: Deepblue on November 28, 2006, 12:29:27 am
People got to the confirmation screen less than 60 seconds after the hour only to be told it was out of stock.
Title: Re: $100 360 (amazon.com)
Post by: aldo_14 on November 28, 2006, 03:02:10 am
I'd be amazed if it lasted 60 secs, given the number of stock and the number of hits Amazon.com probably gets per-second.