Wal Mart+ Amazon $99 Xbox 360 deals today alone may sell 140K+ Xbox 360's!

[Alby_da_Wolf]

ironman said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

dsgrue3 said:
Wait a minute. You're telling me that a $200 dollar product purchased that yields a gift card for $100 dollars is equal to a $99 dollar product? I see why you own a 360.

As I wrote before in the thread, they let you buy $299 stuff for $199. You save 33% (NOT 50%!), if you planned to buy all that stuff or more anyway, but you still must spend at least $199. I hope that besides me, you and kowenicki, there are others that realized it. 

That's the reason why I buy only articles of wide consumption (and with shelf life long enough) with offers like this one.

 

Ah, well I see your point, but what everybody is saying, is that you are technically only paying $99.00 for a console that usually sells for $199.00 It's all in perspective. Both you and the OP are right.

Right, also because usually, if you buy your first console, you need games for it. The only ones really wrong are people believing it's a 50% discount and those mistaking it for an unconditional discount to $99. As kowenicki and maybe others noticed, it's a common marketing technique, it's just that in this particular form, people with very low math skills may mistake it for a 50% unconditional discount. And the fact that this times it involves XB 360 is purely incidental, I think we all saw this kind of offers before on the most different items.