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cornbread
11-16-06, 06:01 PM
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/103-5940099-5778267

Basically they are having a vote, the most popular vote wins. If it turns out to be the 360, 1000 people get a chance to get it for $100.00.

The vote is on the right side of the page.

Excuse the spelling, lol...long day at work.

Must have Amazon account to vote, 360 is leading by 88% of the vote.
blueswitch
11-16-06, 06:55 PM
I voted, yeah 88% is for a 360....so can you stick a HDD in the core system?
z0n3
11-16-06, 08:02 PM
The prime deal would be the best to vote for. That is if I wasn't already a prime member.
NOThelagak
11-16-06, 08:27 PM
I voted, yeah 88% is for a 360....so can you stick a HDD in the core system?


heck yes you can, they would be pretty useless if you couldnt...
mage_x
11-16-06, 08:39 PM
How will we know when they put these things up? I'd definitely get one to resell on ebay.
blueswitch
11-16-06, 09:31 PM
actually getting a core system at this point might not be that terrible of an idea if it's fairly reduced, think about it....we all know 360 is gonna offer up a 70gb HDD soon....might as well just wait till they make a 70gb HDD add on...and boom....thing I wonder is why does the addon HDD for 360 look like a flash drive more than a hard drive.
tenchi86
11-16-06, 09:32 PM
Man I really was not looking for a 360 but if I could get it that cheap then I would defiantly be adding it to my collection.
NOThelagak
11-16-06, 10:01 PM
actually getting a core system at this point might not be that terrible of an idea if it's fairly reduced, think about it....we all know 360 is gonna offer up a 70gb HDD soon....might as well just wait till they make a 70gb HDD add on...and boom....thing I wonder is why does the addon HDD for 360 look like a flash drive more than a hard drive.


pull one apart its a laptop hdd
twEEkerAreUs
11-17-06, 10:01 AM
Voted and I'd want one for that price lol
FudgeNuggets
11-17-06, 10:08 AM
You can plug in a USB HDD to the 360, so there's really no reason to wait for a 70GB drive.
Krome
11-17-06, 10:28 AM
When will these be available? I'm not waiting for the hardware revision if I can get it this cheap.
Uqdroma
11-17-06, 10:48 AM
Voted Xbox. It'd be nice if I could score a cheap one for a gift. But alas, the few games I play are better on the PC. Save for maybe Madden '07 and auto racing. I like the odds though, with the system they implement for claiming.
blueswitch
11-20-06, 10:22 PM
Ok so now that I wasn;t able to get my hands on a Wii...I definatly would love to take a cheap 360 as runner up....anyone hear anything more on this?....how is this going to work exactly?..it sounded like it's going to be a refresh-a-thon...I voted a few days ago...but that link no longer takes you to the page....???
SuperFarStucker
11-21-06, 12:18 AM
I predict about 100,000 requests at precisely 11 am PST on turkey day. I guess amazon wanted to test out their load balancing.
zexmarquies01
11-21-06, 12:54 AM
question...11am PST...wouldn't that be 8am EST? or 2pm EST?

i keep forgetting if EST is 3 hours AHEAD, or BEHIND of PST.....

yeah, stupid question...its one of those stupid little things i always forget.
blueswitch
11-21-06, 10:14 AM
Zex 11am PST=2pm EST

Ok so you can buy a plug in HDD for the core system....can you also swap the HDD in the same manner with a platinum system?....I'm thinking down the road for when they release their 70gb drives.
Will Eatforfood
11-21-06, 11:44 AM
If it's one hundred bucks, who wouldn't pick one up. :/

I am gonna have 5 ppl at 5 computers trying to buy one at 1:59:40 EST. One of us will hopefully check out with it.
rainless
11-21-06, 02:32 PM
Voted. Thanks for the heads-up.

I'll definitely be at my computer since 11am on the 23rd is basically 6pm Paris time. I'll set-up my alarm to remind me in advance.

This would be the ULTIMATE Christmas present! I could ship it to my mom's place and pick it up when I come home for christmas!
rainless
11-21-06, 02:35 PM
Zex 11am PST=2pm EST

Ok so you can buy a plug in HDD for the core system....can you also swap the HDD in the same manner with a platinum system?....I'm thinking down the road for when they release their 70gb drives.

Why the hell would you want a 70gb drive if you can plug ANY usb drive into the thing? Why not get a 200gb drive or a 400gb drive?
itachi2k4
11-21-06, 04:06 PM
i heard about this when the voting first started and now i see the deal posted in every forums, looks like i might not get one now............... this was gonna make a good present for myself :(
rainless
11-21-06, 04:41 PM
i heard about this when the voting first started and now i see the deal posted in every forums, looks like i might not get one now............... this was gonna make a good present for myself :(

You might not win the lottery, either. But it's worth a shot. :beer:
twEEkerAreUs
11-21-06, 04:54 PM
I hope I get one but if not no biggie, I'll just buy the premium package deals this black friday or get one from Micro Center. Amazon I know has really impressive load balancing so maybe they are testing it out again? Lol
n0aH
11-21-06, 06:03 PM
already had seen this on digg... i would love to get it..but wow is this going to be next to impossible to pull off unless you have BLAZING fast internet.

GL HF
rainless
11-21-06, 06:56 PM
already had seen this on digg... i would love to get it..but wow is this going to be next to impossible to pull off unless you have BLAZING fast internet.

GL HF

Blazing fast Internet: Check.
deathman20
11-22-06, 10:12 AM
Well you need there hdd for playing old Xbox games and online if not mistaken.

Whens the rumor of the 70gig coming out?
blueswitch
11-22-06, 11:14 AM
already had seen this on digg... i would love to get it..but wow is this going to be next to impossible to pull off unless you have BLAZING fast internet.

GL HF

could make a good comcast comercial...I pour some of the goop on my mouse finger and click reload so fast I got a $100 xbox 360
blueswitch
11-23-06, 01:07 PM
Ok so it's 2:06 and I can;t even get to the page...amazon.com is crawling and being brought to it's knees:bang head
PLOBBY
11-23-06, 01:18 PM
Yeah amazon basically crashed... there was an https link that worked about 2 minutes after, but it was sold out already.
n0aH
11-23-06, 02:42 PM
More info about this horrible catastrophe on these 2 threads

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=487772


http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=487149
Oni
11-23-06, 03:16 PM
All gone now. Apparently, it was pandemonium, and you could only gain access if you refreshed right at the proper moment, and had all your info ready to go so you could just press the buttons as fast as humanly possible.

Microsoft has also set the record for the cheapest 7th Generation console sale.
Burdman27911
11-23-06, 03:56 PM
Good thing I didn't even try to go for it.

A 360 would have been nice for that price tho.