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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/04/09

In reply to Walmart Selling $200 Xbox 360 This Weekend with Free $100 Gift Card
I don't see the ad for the 46" or 52" tv's... #walmartblackfriday
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/04/09

@Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Oh right, that's because that is the normal price for those two units right now. They're not actually on-sale. Got it. #walmartblackfriday
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DennyCrane
11/04/09

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The turkeys may be my favorite deal of all. Mmmmm, tryptophan ..... #walmartblackfriday
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Hello Mister Walrus
11/04/09

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So, you can pay $200 for the XBox and get back $100. Then, use the $100 gift card and $100 in your own money to get another XBox + gift card. This way you get... infinite XBoxes!!

(As long as you don't mind a growing proportion of your net worth being in Walmart gift cards.)

Also, they might have some stupid rule like limiting it to one per customer. Stupid sensible rules always messing up my shit. #walmartblackfriday
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/04/09

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$298 is not bad at all for that HP laptop. #walmartblackfriday
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Kaiser-Machead
11/04/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: lol, that's the first thing I noticed as well. It's a celeron, but at Netbook price, that's not bad.
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kernel panic
11/04/09

@Kaiser-Machead: hackintosh? #walmartblackfriday
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Kaiser-Machead
11/04/09

@kernel panic: You actually might be able to, but with an HP I can't imagine you'd be able to get away with it without losing something important, like all of the audio capability.

Here's a good place to start to find compatible systems, though I'm not sure how up-to-date this is.

[wiki.osx86project.org]
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/04/09

@Kaiser-Machead: I think I still like that $800 MacBook deal better. #walmartblackfriday
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BergenCountyJC
11/04/09

In reply to Walmart Selling $200 Xbox 360 This Weekend with Free $100 Gift Card
I forget, the arcade version of Xbox 360 is or is not able to play games OTHER than those you download from Live. I always get mixed up with all these 'editions'. #walmartblackfriday
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BergenCountyJC
11/04/09

@BergenCountyJC: So then what's the point of the arcade as a standalone? My head is hurting. This is what I get for trying to keep in touch with my long-distance love. #walmartblackfriday
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szrimaging
11/04/09

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Oddly enough, it is as cheap for me to buy the $300 xbox as it is the Arcade through this deal.

For this deal, I have to spend the $200 and $40 to get the xbox and hard drive (I have a 20gig already, and it is too small). Now, add onto that the price of a headset.

Now then, I get 10% off at an unnamed other retailer, so it is $270 for the next up in the line. Subtract from that the money you could sell those games on craigslist (say $25 combined) and you are at $245, and you have the headset already. So yeah, if you know anyone who works for a retailer, see if they can get you their employee discount. Might work out better than this. #walmartblackfriday
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Mike Aschenbrenner
11/04/09

@szrimaging: I believe that 10% your referring to is from Target. Better hope they dont find out or your "friend" is out of a job. #walmartblackfriday
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szrimaging
11/04/09

@Mike Aschenbrenner: Nope, not target. And in this case, it is a member of the same household, so I am legal by the terms of the company.

I should add, 10% is a pretty common discount for big box retailers to give their employees.
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vozroth001
11/04/09

@szrimaging:

No it wouldn't be cheaper because if you buy this Arcade you get a $100 gift card. And with the $ 100 gift card you can by the 120 gig HDD and still spend 100 dollars less then buying a $ 300 or $270 system. The selling point is the gift card not the system which already costs $ 199 for the arcade model.
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szrimaging
11/04/09

@vozroth001: $240 is the total price of the $199 system + $140 hard drive - $100 gift card applied to the hard drive. Follow the math there? #walmartblackfriday
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nutbastard
11/04/09

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oooh im gonna do some investing and profiteering on that xbox. i think i'll get three and sell 2 of em for $150 each. i pretty much break even with a new xbox, the only downside is having $300 tied up in walmart gift cards.

i dont think you could buy 2 of em and use the two gift cards on the third and come away with a gift card. they prolly thought of that. #walmartblackfriday
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szrimaging
11/04/09

@nutbastard: Wouldn't be too surprised if the gift cards aren't active until the day after the sale. #walmartblackfriday
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nutbastard
11/03/09

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so: buy 2 xbox deals. sell them both on CL for $180. take the 2 gift cards and buy another, and you've got yourself a $40 xbox. #xbox360
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JCWhitless
11/03/09

@nutbastard: In six months time though you would then have a $40 brick with a red glowing circle. #xbox360
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szrimaging
11/03/09

@JCWhitless: Jasper chipset. Takes at least 1.5 years. #xbox360
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Xeno
11/03/09

In reply to Xbox 360 With Free $100 Gift Card Deal Might Be Hitting Walmart This Weekend
I might just do that to get another WMC extender. Tough call between new with $100 gift card and used with higher RRoD possibilities. #xbox360
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szrimaging
11/03/09

@Xeno: So....last weekend I went to get my first 360, and being cheap, I went and got a used unit from Gamestop. First unit froze every couple of minutes and wouldn't read my Forza 3 discs (the whole reason I got a 360), and the second one didn't have HDMI. So after returning 2, I just got a full refund.

My lesson here, don't buy used. I'm either doing this or getting one of the Elite units. I have a 20GB HD, but boy would a 120GB be nice. #xbox360
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nutbastard
11/03/09

@szrimaging:

seriously. i made the mistake of buying a refurbished 360 elite. turns out it wasn't refurbished by MS, and the warranty seal was broken, so when it E74'd on me i was shit out of luck. #xbox360
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phunnyballs
10/23/09

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The windows 7 fail was actually a sony fail and I have no idea why it is labeled a windows 7 fail #gizmodoremainders
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met2art
10/23/09

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My, my, my, my
Ego hits me so hard,
Makes me say "Oh my Lord!"
Thank you for blessing me
With cash for fines and big hyped feats
It feels good when you got Menino
And a superdope homeboy from Cupertino
In cahoots this much
And this is a billboard, you can't iTouch

Every time I see it,
It's like a dollar sign
It's dope on the wall
And I'm happy to pay fines
Now why would I ever
Stop doing this?
With others makin' billboards
That just don't hit
I toured around the nation
From Sunnyvale to Back Bay
It's "Banner, go, banner! No Beantown banner!"
but the rabble can go and play.

You can't iTouch this
You can't iTouch this
You can't iTouch this
Yeah, Y' can't iTouch this
I told you, can't iTouch this #gizmodoremainders
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Zac Terrones
10/25/09

@met2art: iPod Touch. i hated people like you when i worked at the apple store. #gizmodoremainders
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met2art
10/26/09

@Zac Terrones: Really? It's elitist and humorless attitudes like that that keep me from going inside an Apple store. Touche, zing, booyah. ;) #gizmodoremainders
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/17/09

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Where's Lauren?? #microsoftstoreopeningoctober22
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bigbaddaddy
10/16/09

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We need the same competition in health care!!! #amazon
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bigbaddaddy
10/16/09

@bigbaddaddy: oh, wait I forgot McCarran-Ferguson. Never mind. #amazon
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Canoehead
10/16/09

Well, maybe SOME competition?
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rinightensum
10/16/09

In reply to Walmart's War on Amazon Could Obliterate the Publishing Industry (Even More)
Given that wallmart as far as Im aware is US only I dont think itd make much of a scratch on Amazon; which is completely international.
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Canoehead
10/16/09

@rinightensum: Yep, just in the US of A....

"What operates in 44 countries, has 2,276 stores outside of the U.S., has more than 100,000 associates (their term for worker) in Mexico alone and does $56.3 billion in sales overseas?"

[www.msnbc.msn.com]

Wal-Mart around the world:

Country Stores
Mexico 744
Puerto Rico 54
Canada 263
Argentina 11
Brazil 295
China 56
Germany 88
United Kingdom 315
South Korea 16
Costa Rica 10
El Salvador 57
Guatemala 120
Honduras 32
Nicaragua 30
Japan 15
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AriellaDrury
10/16/09

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There was a Microsoft shop at the San Francisco 'METREON' complex that Sony built. It was unfocused and unhelpful. Apple went to stores so they could tell their story their way. Microsoft has no such need or drive.
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EBone
10/16/09

@AriellaDrury: Yeah, that was a pretty sad store. The people in the store and the employees all had this "What am I doing here?" look on their faces. #microsoftstoreopeningoctober22
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