$200 Sennheiser Surround Headphones - $60
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007QN18U/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Nice.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007QN18U/?tag=neogaf0e-20
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Black Friday Retail Musings
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Jive Turkey
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I thought I was scoring a major deal when I got them for just over $100. That's awesome.OuterWorldVoice said:
...Though this isn't exactly the right thread for that.
~Kinggi~ said:
Ditto here as well
Thanks OuterWorldVoice! At $60 I'm willing to take a risk on some wireless headphones.... BTW on a more thread related topic, why were DS's seemingly flying off the shelves today? Was there a really good deal on DS's or DS bundles? Or was it simply a case of demand for DS's being high? Just curious.
My local Gamestop was doing mad business today. All 3 home consoles were selling well with Wii's in first, PS3's in 2nd and 360's close behind. DS Lite's were sold out in both new and used before noon. SMB Wii, MW2, AC2, etc. were all doing very well and I saw people walking around with stacks of used games from the B2G1 sale.
The line was to the back of the store pretty much the whole time I was there although most everyone was being very nice and polite. It was very, very busy but not a bad experience all in all.
The line was to the back of the store pretty much the whole time I was there although most everyone was being very nice and polite. It was very, very busy but not a bad experience all in all.
That's what I figured. I was just a little worried I might have missed out on a some sort of awesome DS BFD. I'm still GBA SP'ing and just haven't taken the plunge and thought at this point I might just wait until the DS's successor arrives unless there's some sort of insane deal on a DSi/DSi bundle.Amir0x said:
Was just at Best Buy, saw 3 people with PS3's in the line and another person with a 360 bundle, but that guy was waiting for something, don't know maybe a price match or something, they called in some people from the back to deal with the issue. I didn't witness the conclusion to that though.
kafka rock opera
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Just got of work(8am-6pm) and after cramming some much needed food and water into my system i can now chip in my 2 cents from Target. Definitely sold a shit ton of DSI's. Id imagine if we had more of the bundles with the games the difference would have been astounding. Didnt sell to many PS3's but thats probably because we didnt have any of the 299 packs in. Just sold a shit ton of modern warfare 2. Like. Every other person. Also some strange dude from out of hte country who bought LITERALLY every system, but not a single game for any of them. Weird but hardly the weirdest thing of the day.
Just got home from a 12 hour shift (5-5). Had a pretty big line to start the day and we were sold out of all 12 PS3 bundles in the first 10 minutes. System wise for our store (new not used) PS3 was the top dog for the day as I left with Wii right behind it. 360 was doing ok, but people just weren't biting on the elite deal though we sold quite a few used 360's. We sold all of our Used DS's within the first hour (over 50) and sold out all of our Slim PS2's by noon :lol
Game wise NSMB Wii was by far the biggest seller followed by L4D2 on 360. MW2 was doing pretty good, but not as big as the other two. I'd say the next biggest seller was God of War collection...sold our last copy around 4 (we had quite a few in stock too).
edit: Forgot all about Ass. Creed 2 for some reason. It sold better than MW2 and GoW: Collection so just add that in between those two
Game wise NSMB Wii was by far the biggest seller followed by L4D2 on 360. MW2 was doing pretty good, but not as big as the other two. I'd say the next biggest seller was God of War collection...sold our last copy around 4 (we had quite a few in stock too).
edit: Forgot all about Ass. Creed 2 for some reason. It sold better than MW2 and GoW: Collection so just add that in between those two
kafka rock opera said:
As someone who used to work in a videogame store, I'd say you guys got owned on this purchase. Chances are he's working a credit card scam. Everything looks legit, but it's not. Same thing happened to us about 9 years ago and I'm sure it still happens, especially at this time of year.
MikeE21286
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OuterWorldVoice said:
jesus I want these....Is there anything I should know before ordering?
kafka rock opera
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Eh if we got scammed its cool im not to bent outa shape by it seeing as its not my money and im not allowed to accuse anyone anyhow. We get A LOT of fake travelers cheques all the time and we cant do shit about it unless our "security" manager is right next to us. Either way he was at least a nice criminal just sorta goofy.CFMOORE! said:
kafka rock opera said:
Yeah, I hear ya. We were the same way back then. We had an idea it seemed too weird and good to be true, but we can't do much about it. Besides, it's not your money as you mention. Who cares if the store gets ripped off
When everything looks legit you can't tell them "no" just because it's weird.AwakenedCloud
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After picking up the PS3 Slim from Bestbuy I went over to Gamestop and saw some teenage Twilight girls thinking of getting it. Can't remember if they did or not, I was too busy laughing at them. :lol :lolDrkirby said:
Lots of mad people at a local best buy this morning. The line was wrapped around the building almost twice. Many didn't know about the vouchers so they waited in line for nothing cause all the good deals were gone by the time they got in. I can't believe how many people I saw buying a PS2 though
kafka rock opera
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Yeah I dont mean to sound like i dont care but it was a long day and 90 people behind this guy so i was just like w/e lets do this shit. But it was funny when i hit him up for a warranty he told me he didnt want one because he lived out of country. It actually sucks that i cant do anything about it.CFMOORE! said:Yeah, I hear ya. We were the same way back then. We had an idea it seemed too weird and good to be true, but we can't do much about it. Besides, it's not your money as you mention. Who cares if the store gets ripped off
8-12 (Gamestop) from what I saw the Ps3 sold (by 9am we sold out of ps3 bundles) the most followed buy ds (most used note one DSi bought while i was there) and wii. people were still buy used ps2's as well.
But game wise there weren't a lot of new games sold (U2,MF2,NSMBwii,Dragon Age were the only new games i saw bought) but used DS and Wii games were flying off the selves (due to b2g1) and most of the used games bought were aimed towards kids younger then 10 and females.
side note- We had the wii station going. People young and old lit up when they saw NSMB wii. This older lady was sold on just NSMBwii alone showing that no matter what mario is universal.
But game wise there weren't a lot of new games sold (U2,MF2,NSMBwii,Dragon Age were the only new games i saw bought) but used DS and Wii games were flying off the selves (due to b2g1) and most of the used games bought were aimed towards kids younger then 10 and females.
side note- We had the wii station going. People young and old lit up when they saw NSMB wii. This older lady was sold on just NSMBwii alone showing that no matter what mario is universal.
not that i work there, but i went to best buy to peruse some movies and price match radio shack's ad on DS3's (29.99!!) and i went back to the game section with a long ass line (my best buy moved their game section to a different part of the store with a completely separate checkout, etc). As far as random observations there were tons of ps3's being sold, lots of 360 games and lots of wii games. The PS3 and 360 sections where the games were 34.99 were basically ransacked, the only things left were EA Sports games and Brutal Legend.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
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Truespeed said:
What do you mean by that? Would this be good for handheld gaming and iphones and such cause if it is i will buy one right now.
AdventureRacing
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One things for sure the DS is gonna fucking own this holiday season.
Will be interesting if it can post as big numbers as last year.
Will be interesting if it can post as big numbers as last year.
Karma said:
Where I went there was one line for the PS3 and 360 bundles, but the people at the counter apparently knew how much better the PS3 deal was because they didn't even ask before handing each person who came past a PS3, wishing them a Merry Christmas, and sending them straight out the door.
MikeE21286
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Truespeed said:
that's fine...let them listen to my
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OuterWorldVoice said:
These headphones are not good at all!
Just a heads up to anyone looking at those headphones, I have a pair of Sennheiser RS130 wireless headphones and they are awful. There's so much interference I have to get positioned just right to get decent sound - and then if I move at all I hear the high pitched "wheeee" of static for a split second. It's really irritating when trying to watch or listen to something. I'm using a regular pair of 40 dollar wired headphones with a really long extension cable, instead.
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vicissitudes
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Went to Fry's and Walmart.
Walmart was insane. The line wrapped around several blocks and then around the parking lot. The store opened at 5 and by 5:30 most people were still outside. Said screw it and went down to Fry's.
At Fry's, Wii's were selling out, I saw one left. PS3's were really hot too, only one 250GB model left, no 120GB models. Tons of 360 arcade and elite bundles left. The Uncharted 2 kiosk drew a large crowd and the game itself was sold out. PS3 Batman AA kiosk always had someone playing but no crowd. No one went near the 360/Forza kiosk or the PSP kiosk. Surprisingly only one PSP Go was left. DS Lite nowhere to be found, DSi nearly sold out.
Non-gaming wise, the $77 blu-ray player was gone by about 6:00am. Half the people in line for HDTVs had one, some people had two in their carts. The 52'' 1080p LCD Samsung for $994 was the hot HDTV item, tons of people bought one. Lots of 46'' and 40'' and 32'' TVs selling too.
Walmart was insane. The line wrapped around several blocks and then around the parking lot. The store opened at 5 and by 5:30 most people were still outside. Said screw it and went down to Fry's.
At Fry's, Wii's were selling out, I saw one left. PS3's were really hot too, only one 250GB model left, no 120GB models. Tons of 360 arcade and elite bundles left. The Uncharted 2 kiosk drew a large crowd and the game itself was sold out. PS3 Batman AA kiosk always had someone playing but no crowd. No one went near the 360/Forza kiosk or the PSP kiosk. Surprisingly only one PSP Go was left. DS Lite nowhere to be found, DSi nearly sold out.
Non-gaming wise, the $77 blu-ray player was gone by about 6:00am. Half the people in line for HDTVs had one, some people had two in their carts. The 52'' 1080p LCD Samsung for $994 was the hot HDTV item, tons of people bought one. Lots of 46'' and 40'' and 32'' TVs selling too.
thaOwner said:
Yep. About five people behind me cut in front of about 20-30 people and one of those five people nabbed the PS3 ticket and gave it to me (I didn't ask him to do it, we were just talking about what we were in line for). I had ticket #30. It looked like there were about 40-50 systems and about ten less 360s.
I got out the door 20 minutes after the store opened. It was crowded, but not so much you were suffocating or anything. The line moved at a steady pace too.
jamesinclair
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CFMOORE! said:
Not necessarily. He might just be buying them for purchase abroad.
Brazil, for example, adds a 70% tax on video game consoles, so if he gets them past customs, hes gold.
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