specials at compUSA for us

[kny3twalker]

129.99 for a 250 GB harddrive
7200 RPM and 8 MB cache

a pvr 250 for 99.99 after 30 Mail in rebate

a pvr usb2 for 149.99 after 30 Mail in rebate

[ErsatzTom]

I have ruined myself for buying new hard drives. Not too far back I picked up on a deal at Circuit City from SlickDeals.net that pointed out that they were ringing up (but not mark so in the stores) 160GB drives for $110 at a time when they were offering $40 + $50 mail in rebates. So I ended up getting the drive for $20 plus tax. Which is great, don't get me wrong, but I'm like the least cheap person in the world however now now matter how good the deal is on a hard drive I always think its way to expensive. *grin* I guess there are worse problems to have. Maybe the 250GB drives will start coming down in price more once the 400GB drives are widely available.

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[Frunobulax]

Hmm -- I wonder if I can use CC's price guarantee, since I'm sure I bought my PVR 250 there less than a month ago...

Aw, crap -- never mind. I didn't read close enough to realize that the deal was from CompUSA. Still, shouldn't the price guarantee still cover it?

[carmat3]

Where do you see it for 99. Im their website and all I see is 149.00.

[kny3twalker]

20 dollar instant rebate and 30 dollar mial in rebate

it may be in store only
i get the Sunday paper

[Opus4]

Are you sure it was CompUSA? I was checking their Sunday circular for something else, but it doesn't list those Hauppauge products. If it was CompUSA, perhaps it was for your local store only -- a grand opening type thing? (There was one near here recently & the ad was for that store only.) The national circular on their site doesn't list it either.

- Andy

[kny3twalker]

I have the ad right in front of me and it is for CompUSA and it does not say anything about local stores only and there is grand opening kind of thing either

I wish I had a scanner

I went to their website but says closed for restocking

[Bathel]

What page is it on? ... the online ads show no WinTV cards on any of the 8 page mailer.

[kny3twalker]

I went to the website and look through it as well
it is suppose to be on page 7
I do not know why they would change one page
If you really are worried about I would call the stores to make sure they are putting them on sale

It is compUSA though and I really do not believe that it is not a local thing

[Grey_Goose]

That CompUSA deal is regional.

[Opus4]

Yes -- I bought something at ours & that's what I was told too.

- Andy

[kny3twalker]

ok regional I can understand
but it was not just a Dallas thing though I figure

[ToonGal]

4 days worth of effort wasted as I wasn't able to make it happen from CA. Here's the post-mortem and full detailed info. Was hoping to post a 'how-to' success guide, but such is life.

Not just a Dallas thing, but just a Texas thing. Called Hauppauge to find out where the PVR-250 was rebated in CompUSA. Here's the list of store #s (which you can cross reference on their home page): 121 127 101 717 731 747 725 729 139 730 361 327 678 447 601 373 107. All of those stores are in Texas. -sigh-

1) Called my local CA CompUSA to find out if they would honor an out-of state ad. No luck. They did say they found a national $30 rebate which could be applied to their $120 price from the MFG. Minor good news.

2) Called corporate CompUSA to find out if they would honor that price as either a web sale and/or a TX sale. Neither, although they said I could call one of the TX stores and they would sell it to me over the phone and could ship it to me.

3) Called a TX store in Abeline (121, I think) and talked to a really nice store manager. Turns out that it is an 'in-store' ad, a BIG loss leader, and can't be sold via shipping only locally. Very nice guy, but no-go.

Thought I could find a way to swing this and get 2 of them, but no luck. Hope this info is useful to anyone in the TX area at least.

The good news for those in the market: my friend in the Hauppauge rebate dept said that the cards will be on sale in Fry's from Jul 9-15. Hopefully CA's Fry's included in that list. Probably only the $30 off though of Fry's $150 price.

This is now a quest. A quest for fun! GL to all you happy shoppers.

[Grey_Goose]

Yeah, I spent a lot of time looking in Houston.

Ended up getting them from PC Alchemy for $116 ea.

121 Arlington
127 Mesquite
101 Webster
717 Dallas
731 Plano
747 Lewisville
725 Dallas
729 Irving
139 Ft. Worth
730 Frisco