Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle prices slashed with Dell coupon magic

Xbox 360 consoles are already dirt cheap in the US. Now Microsoft has utterly soiled itself through a series of Dell coupons dropping the prices of the Xbox 360 Arcade, Pro, and Elite Holiday Bundles by $30 (now $169), $50 (now $250), and $70 (now $330), respectively, just in time for the holidays. Better yet, we're talking free shipping and either one or two free game tossed in for grins. Hurry now, the offers expire on Monday Thursday, October 23rd and it's not like you can afford to take the family to grandma's house this year anyway.

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[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 4:36AM]

damn,

really great offer. I'd like to buy it from germany, but it isn't possible. I'll pay here at minimum 179€ for a naked 360 Arcade, without games...that offer would cost for us European without tax 129€ - really great offer...hope that Dell makes an equal offer for us :)
I'll like to play GTA IV =)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 5:56AM]

Are Euro (or in my case UK) folk going to be getting these price cuts.

Anyone know the cheapest X box Arcade in the UK?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 6:52AM]

One of the supermarkets (Sainsburys, I think) is selling the Arcade for £99. Bargain!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 6:18AM]

Look around, good deals everywhere, although the woolworths one is quite good.
I wouldn't advice to a arcade.
At least go pro for £30 quid more.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 6:43AM]

My 360 just crapped out two days ago with the no video playing problem. It is not covered under the new 3 year warranty because there isn't the Red Ring Of Death. Microsoft will want $99 to fix. I think I'll pick up an XBox 360 Arcade and pay the extra just for the HDMI. My current 360 doesn't have HDMI.

Just pisses my off that these hardware problems are not covered just because the 3 Red Rings are not on.

[BBowmanVT Posted Oct 16th 2008 8:54AM]

my friend just got the same problem, but with a newer hdmi model. Mine decided that it would overheat, which is two red lights instead of three, 20 days after the 1 year warranty ran out. Makes me angry that its not covered either.

[Vcize Posted Oct 16th 2008 10:01AM]

All you have to do is tell them it's RROD and they'll fix it for free.

I've had the video out problem and the voltage problem. Both times I just called them up and played dumb and said "after a couple hours of use my 360 freezes up and when I restart it there are these 3 red lights around the power button", and included a note that said the same in the box when I shipped it off.

They fixed both for free (actually I checked the serials, they were totally different boxes, I doubt they even check them before they send out the replacement anymore, I got mine in just over a week).

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 11:45AM]

dude just tell htem its rrod, its the best excuse that works no matter what to get a new console. i did it 3 times

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 7:57AM]

Just bought the arcade bundle that costs $169 with the free shipping but they charged me $13 tax which boosted it up to about $183 but still a good price compared to stores since they will charge tax also

[andykling Posted Oct 16th 2008 9:05AM]

Just bought a Pro. $264 with tax. Free Shipping!

[CatAlvarez Posted Oct 16th 2008 8:44AM]

Just ordered one... It will go next to my PS3 and Wii.
I'M AN IDIOT.
But at that price I need to expirience Halo3, Gears2 etc.
Let's not forget Live cost $$$ but kicks Playstation Network booty.

[RDaneel Posted Oct 16th 2008 9:12AM]

I hope a ton of people jump on this - so those of us who buy next week can try and get a Jasper console! If Dell sells this many, they'll deplete existing stock, wouldn't you think?

[MRCUR Posted Oct 16th 2008 11:24AM]

Just ordered the Elite. I've been using a refurbished Opus Pro (supposed to be a Core) for a while, which has worked wonderfully. I'm ready for 120 gigs again though, so I'll be dumping the refurb on eBay soon. Hopefully that'll offset the cost a bit...

[ytilanigiroon Posted Oct 16th 2008 12:36PM]

Deal's over, it appears... :(

I tried to enter the coupon code and it said the code had already been redeemed...

Just when I had $350 for an Elite lying around, too. Figures.

[narmak5000 Posted Oct 16th 2008 3:02PM]

I just ordered a Pro and it got processed

[axton Posted Oct 16th 2008 1:19PM]

This is such an awesome deal! But i don't want a 360... :( Sony needs to get competitive in a hurry so I can that PS3 i want.

[Acqua206 Posted Oct 16th 2008 9:40PM]

Damn, I just got an email from Dell stating that shipment has been delayed to the 23rd. I hope they don't end up canceling this deal.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 3:02PM]

i too got the "coupon previously redeemed' when I tried to use it for the Elite.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 3:05PM]

Well thats just all kinds of stupid..I want one(sold my old one), but most ppl who Christmas shop dont START until thxgiving or Black Friday, which is kinda defeating the purpose of dropping the price.

They should extend it, or bring it back..NOW THAT would male more sense.

Ahh posted twice..silly system.

[narmak5000 Posted Oct 16th 2008 3:07PM]

I was going to order one on Amazon this weekend, glad I got lucky

[sporkinum Posted Oct 16th 2008 3:21PM]

We hardly ever use the 360 for gaming. It's just too hard to use the controllers. We use it daily as a media extender though. Pretty much all tv we watch goes through the computer and then the xbox,

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 16th 2008 10:45PM]

its a really good deal, but i wonder if jasper is coming any time soon?

[CatAlvarez Posted Oct 17th 2008 1:05PM]

WOW.
I ordered a Pro yesterday morning and guess what UPS just delivered to my house!

Gonna be a great weekend!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2008 11:40PM]

$169 for an Xbox 360? I waited in line for 6 hours to get my Xbox 360 and paid almost double that. All I have now is a smaller hard drive. I really hat Microsoft sometime, my warranty was up and I had to buy repair guide because they wanted $150 plus s/h to fix my Xbox. I ended up getting a repair guide from http://redringxbox360.com but They should have fixed my 360 for free. Microsoft is going down hill and their customer service is horrible.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 2:56PM]

Does anyone know if they have the Liteon drives...

[laptoponly Posted Oct 21st 2008 12:15AM]

Looks like a 30% coupon is valid

[wikiterra Posted Oct 24th 2008 5:41PM]

Piece of shit arrived yesterday and I got a RRoD after 1 hour of Pac-Man. Piece of shit.