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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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Is this a good deal?

Week old Xbox 360 (premium bundle), which includes HD cables, 2 wireless controllers and call of duty 2 for $400?
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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If it was all new, game and extra controller would be free.
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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that's pretty good actually, that same bundle except with PGR3 is $479 @ Costco (assuming that it IS ONE week old)
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Very good deal... Do you know for a fact that it is a week old?
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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It's actually from Craigslist. I was communicating with the seller back and forth. He's selling it because he's moving to an condo that already has one:

The only thing with that is that I am moving
on Friday so everything is packed up. Otherwise I can go to Best Buy and
get it reprinted. I used my credit card there so they have record of it.
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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There is also this on sale for $325, brand new still in the box and $275 without the hard drive.


- Microsoft XBOX 360 console
- 20 GB Hard drive
- wireless controller
- HD AV cable
- ethernet network cable
- wired XBOX Live headset
- white faceplate
- XBOX Live Silver service
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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Definitely a good deal if it's only one week old.

As for the second offer...that's pretty much the regular premium bundle isn't it? I would never ever buy it without the HD though...you would definitely be missing that.
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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So I went ahead with the first seller, and it was actually a female college student that was selling it.

Anyway, I'm getting it chipped this weekend by someone, and he's also offering me any game for $15. He said I will still be able to play on xbox live with the modification.
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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You can get better deals. Here's what I got off of eBay in July/August when I bought my system...

360 Premium Bundle
Additional Wireless Controller
NCAA 2007 (you had your choice of any game)
XBOX Live Gold 13 month membership

Think it was $425 shipped. May have been $430 shipped.

And everything was brand new and sealed.

If the one you're looking at is truly only a week old, then not a bad deal, but how can you verify it was really only just purchased unless you see the receipt? But if you trust her, then there's nothing to worry about. Otherwise, you can get some killer deals on eBay... especially now with the focus shifting to the Wii and PS3... those 360 sellers are doing whatever they can to sell units.
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 11:47 AM
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I actually told her that I wouldn't buy it without an actual receipt, just in case something goes wrong and it needed to be fixed. She went to best buy to get a receipt before we met up.

That deal that you got looks great.

Originally Posted by juniorbean
You can get better deals. Here's what I got off of eBay in July/August when I bought my system...

360 Premium Bundle
Additional Wireless Controller
NCAA 2007 (you had your choice of any game)
XBOX Live Gold 13 month membership

Think it was $425 shipped. May have been $430 shipped.

And everything was brand new and sealed.

If the one you're looking at is truly only a week old, then not a bad deal, but how can you verify it was really only just purchased unless you see the receipt? But if you trust her, then there's nothing to worry about. Otherwise, you can get some killer deals on eBay... especially now with the focus shifting to the Wii and PS3... those 360 sellers are doing whatever they can to sell units.
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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^ Cool. If it really is that new... then it's a sweet deal. I mean, 1 week is basically brand new...

You still may want to check eBay though before you commit. Like I said, tons of deals out there now and you may be able to find something better. And if not, well, then you still have the Craigslist deal...
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by juniorbean
^ Cool. If it really is that new... then it's a sweet deal. I mean, 1 week is basically brand new...

You still may want to check eBay though before you commit. Like I said, tons of deals out there now and you may be able to find something better. And if not, well, then you still have the Craigslist deal...
I actually already picked it up on Tuesday
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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Sorry of this has been covered elsewhere but how much is it to "chip" the 360 and what are the advanatges?

I'm a 360 Noob, just bought it a few weeks ago. First console I've bought since Genesis.
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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Sorry of this has been covered elsewhere but how much is it to "chip" the 360 and what are the advanatges?

I'm a 360 Noob, just bought it a few weeks ago. First console I've bought since Genesis.
Actually I'm a noob too when it comes to that. I'm not sure if it's a chip, they just called it a "mod." I was looking at Xboxes on craigslist, and the guy was offering to do the mod for free if you buy 5 games from him for $15 each...

I think that with the chip you can play backup games and store games on the hard drive and still paly games on xbox live...
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by dom
Sorry of this has been covered elsewhere but how much is it to "chip" the 360 and what are the advanatges?

I'm a 360 Noob, just bought it a few weeks ago. First console I've bought since Genesis.
Well, yesterday a friend took my xbox to get it modded. I think he said all the other guy did was connect the xbox to the PC and do a reflash.
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