$100 360 this Weekend at Wal Mart?

Cygnus · 11-03-2009, 04:42 PM

I dunno.. With the state of the economy, high unemployment, low consumer confidence, etc, stores are having sells before black friday to get consumers in the mood to recklessly spend more money and put themselves in more debt…

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=WMT

Walmart’s fiscal year starts on February 1st, so 41 weeks into it would be this up coming Saturday.

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Originally Posted by Bigloww

What I guessing from the incredibly great prices on all the equipment listed, this is going to be part of the Walmart Black Friday trample freak show. So doubt the price match gig applies there... But wish it did.

**kamspy** · 11-03-2009, 05:24 PM

If true and easily available, will buy another Arcade.

Bigloww · 11-03-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cygnus

I dunno.. With the state of the economy, high unemployment, low consumer confidence, etc, stores are having sells before black friday to get consumers in the mood to recklessly spend more money and put themselves in more debt…

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=WMT

Walmart’s fiscal year starts on February 1st, so 41 weeks into it would be this up coming Saturday.

Hmm, TV's $300 off there already very low price, laptop models not released yet for $289 and a Sony Blue Ray player $50 off as well. Smells like Black Friday to me. But I hope your rite and it is just another Walmart weekend sale without the trample fest. I will be all over it.

Thomas Foolery · 11-04-2009, 01:50 AM

May be a return of the secret sales from 2 years ago leading up to black friday.

II SAL II · 11-04-2009, 08:09 AM

isnt the arcade being fazed out? this may have something to do with overstock or prep for a better version?

railven · 11-04-2009, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by II SAL II

isnt the arcade being fazed out? this may have something to do with overstock or prep for a better version?

I believe it was the Pro that was in the process of being fazed out.

I don't see Microsoft removing the Arcade from their line up. There is no need to.

People buy it cuz its cheap, Microsoft wins.
People get gouged upgrading it, Microsoft wins again.

They should remove the Elite and only sell White and Black Arcades!

Cygnus · 11-04-2009, 09:30 AM

Its legit. Web site is already sold out.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=13044371

Bigloww · 11-04-2009, 10:18 AM

Yep. Man that is 1 sweet pre Black Friday sale. They had the Sharp LC52SB57UN 52'' LCD onsale for $888 and the 42'' for $498.

But sold out bigtime too.

http://www.walmart.com/search/search...ch_query=sharp

I don't see the Panny plasma or Hp laptop anyplace yet though.

Trantzz · 11-04-2009, 12:35 PM

Any idea if that Laptop is worth a crap?

I am going to need a new computer within the next year.

Bigloww · 11-04-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Trantzz

Any idea if that Laptop is worth a crap?

I am going to need a new computer within the next year.

For $298 it looks very good.. 15.6 inch screen, 250 GB hard drive, 3 Gig of DDR2 ram, LiteScribe DVD burner and Windows 7 premium. Only issue is the Celoron CPU. I hate Celorons for the most part, but the 900 series at 2.2 ghz and 1 MB of cache is pretty good for a Celeron (non dual core). But again, for only $298 it is a slam dunk if e-net and wp use is the major function.

Features of the HP 15.6" Pavilion G60-519WM Entertainment Laptop PC include Intel Celeron Processor 900 at 2.2GHz, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB SATA HDD at 7200rpm, 15.6-inch BrightView display with 1,366x768px resolution, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M (shared) with up to 1309MB of total available graphics memory, LightScribe SuperMulti DVD optical drive with double-layer support, Wifi, mode, and 6-cell battery.
The HP G60-519WM runs Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit edition.

Since Windows 7 is not as hardware hungry, the HP G60-519WM might be performing well enough for web surfing, emailing and some office work. If you just need a notebook for basic tasks the price of $298 is a bargain price for a Windows 7 notebook at the moment.

Full story:
http://www.i4u.com/article28120.html

Trantzz · 11-04-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigloww

For $298 it looks very good.. 15.6 inch screen, 250 GB hard drive, 3 Gig of DDR2 ram, LiteScribe DVD burner and Windows 7 premium. Only issue is the Celoron CPU. I hate Celorons for the most part, but the 900 series at 2.2 ghz and 1 MB of cache is pretty good for a Celeron (non dual core). But again, for only $298 it is a slam dunk if e-net and wp use is the major function.

Features of the HP 15.6" Pavilion G60-519WM Entertainment Laptop PC include Intel Celeron Processor 900 at 2.2GHz, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB SATA HDD at 7200rpm, 15.6-inch BrightView display with 1,366x768px resolution, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M (shared) with up to 1309MB of total available graphics memory, LightScribe SuperMulti DVD optical drive with double-layer support, Wifi, mode, and 6-cell battery.
The HP G60-519WM runs Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit edition.

Since Windows 7 is not as hardware hungry, the HP G60-519WM might be performing well enough for web surfing, emailing and some office work. If you just need a notebook for basic tasks the price of $298 is a bargain price for a Windows 7 notebook at the moment.

Full story:
http://www.i4u.com/article28120.html

Just basic surfing for now. Picture/Music management as well.

I may want to upgade to something more powerful in the future. My old laptop is getting tight on memory and would rather spend $300 on a new laptop instead of buying an external HDD for my 5 year old Dell.

II SAL II · 11-04-2009, 01:37 PM

starts at 8:00 AM this Saturday.

Cygnus · 11-08-2009, 07:53 PM

Funny I just saw the ad on TV mentioning the deal, while watching 60 Minutes a few minutes ago. Most walmart stores sold our of arcades within a few hours of opening saturday...

pearl-drum-man · 11-08-2009, 10:09 PM

My bro successfully got an Arcade at his local Wal-mart, said they had at least 30 more units on the floor, and things didn't seem any busier than usual.

I decided to pass, if I am going to spend anything on a console it will be a PS3. Despite the good deal, it kinda pisses me off to think that I need a backup for my current 360 because the hardware is shit from a reliability standpoint.

Pinoy · 11-09-2009, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cygnus

Funny I just saw the ad on TV mentioning the deal, while watching 60 Minutes a few minutes ago. Most walmart stores sold our of arcades within a few hours of opening saturday...

Heheh, wonder how many of those arcade buyers also picked up Forza 3 to go with it.

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11-04-2009, 08:09 AM	#20
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11-04-2009, 09:30 AM	#22
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11-04-2009, 10:18 AM	#23
Bigloww Shitter was full. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 5,135	Yep. Man that is 1 sweet pre Black Friday sale. They had the Sharp LC52SB57UN 52'' LCD onsale for $888 and the 42'' for $498. But sold out bigtime too. http://www.walmart.com/search/search...ch_query=sharp I don't see the Panny plasma or Hp laptop anyplace yet though. __________________ Commit to the Indian.. *In Loving Memory of Junkie, The Rizz, Eagle and the Boys.. They are gone (wasted in fact) but not forgotten..*

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11-08-2009, 07:53 PM	#28
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11-08-2009, 10:09 PM	#29
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