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Get Cash Back On Your Xbox 360 Elite

By Mike Fahey, 8:40 AM on Tue Sep 22 2009, 1,980 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)

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Microsoft sweetens the deal on the newly $299 Xbox 360, offering a $50 rebate on all Elite consoles purchased between now and October 5th.

It's 14 days of savings! Simply purchase an Xbox 360 Elite at the regular price, visit http://www.xbox.com/eliterebate (once it goes live), jump through whatever hoops they require you to jump through in order to qualify, and BAM! - eventually you'll receive a $50 check in the mail, which you'll probably accidentally throw away!

Can you tell I don't have much faith in the rebate system? It's a mechanic based on the fact that many people won't take advantage of the offer, or won't follow instructions properly. Perhaps I am just bitter that my own instruction-following skills are so lacking. Perhaps I just hate checks.

Interesting...

Is this US only? Cause in Canada we have a 360 elite with Wifi and Halo 3 for 329.

Getting that bundle for 279 is just stealing from Microsoft.

They are probably doing this to offset the PS3 pricedrop, and figured by the 5th of October the roughest of it will be over.

I am getting a page not found error when clicking that link.

Me too.

Are you trying to set up a a pyramid scheme TWesterm?

Which link? The source link and the rebate link both work for me.

They work for me as well

Now it works for me.

Link works guys, seems legit to me too - good deal for new buyers - well, who actually know about it at least.

Did anyone notice the brought to you by NetFlix thing?  The 360 might be driving enough NetFlix adoption that they are willing to spend a few sheckles for helping the 360 out.