BestBuy laptop deals

[Chicken]

While looking for a sold out Toshiba, I came across these laptop deals which seem pretty decent (relatively inexpensive Christmas presents)...


Sony - VAIO 2.4GHz Notebook
PCG-FRV31
Our Price: $1,199.99
$200 mail-in rebate
$150 mail-in rebate
$100 mail-in rebate
End Price: $750


Medion - 2200+ Notebook
MD 40812
Sale: $799.99
$150 mail-in rebate
$100 mail-in rebate
End Price: $550


Hewlett-Packard - Pavilion 2.4GHz Notebook
ze4540us
Our Price: $1,099.99
$200 mail-in rebate
$150 mail-in rebate
$100 mail-in rebate
End Price: $650


eMachines - 2.4GHz Notebook
M5105
Sale: $949.99
$200 mail-in rebate
$150 mail-in rebate
End Price: $600


Compaq - Presario 2.4GHz Notebook
2190US
Our Price: $1,099.99
$200 mail-in rebate
$150 mail-in rebate
$100 mail-in rebate
End Price: $650

These are just the cheap ones, all were available at http://www.bestbuy.com

[Robert]

Yep. Before you know it, they will be offering the "Buy 1 , Get 1 Free" deal!

Some of those laptops are for sale for $900 before rebates, stil a great deal!

[Andrew]

Not a bad deal on that Vaio.

Thanks for posting Chicken

[jbiz718]

I stick to Dell Sir Chicken...

[Operator]

Looks good, but do you trust rebates? ;)

[Chicken]

BestBuy is good at getting their's out, though my wife said that Toshiba still hasn't sent the $100 one for the laptop we bought (and probably never will). DELL never sent the $100 rebate for my desktop either.

I don't buy anything with rebates that I wouldn't pay the price without the rebate just in case as it's too much of a pain in the donkey to try to follow up with them if they fail to send it. I have copies of everything, but the effort involved is close to a waste of time, and it will just annoy me.

[politics]

I guess I'm just lucky... never had a problem getting any rebates I was eligible for... got a $200 rebate from Dell and plenty of large and small rebates for products from Best Buy - yes, the $7 dollar ones on the blank CDR media also!

[Barbara]

I usually don't have trouble with rebates either. I got the $200 one from Dell weeks before I was actually expecting it.

[Chicken]

Well, this motivated me to go to the site and look it up (which wasn't too difficult)...
Promotion: DIMENSION MAIL-IN REBATE (Q3)
Rebate Amount: $100.00
Check Currency: US Dollars
Status: We have received and processed your submission. You should receive your rebate or premium item soon. Please check back again to receive the date your rebate or premium item was mailed.
Promotion Type: Rebate
Order Number:
Order date: 09/03/2003
We'll see... we'll see...

[johnallen]

I'm still waiting on a $80 rebate from Seagate. I try to avoid offers with mail-in rebates.

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Chicken:

DELL never sent the $100 rebate for my desktop either.
Update: Got the $100 DELL rebate check today, well, well, well...

Dimension 4600 P4 2.4GHz w/ HT Tech, 256MB 3200DDR SDRAM, 128MB DDR NVidia GeoForce FX 5200, 40GB hdd, 3.5in floppy, XP Home, NIC, 48x CD-ROM keyboard and mouse for $196.62 (after $100 M.I.R.)

:banana:

[bear]

Dang, Chicken..that's some great deal. :bigeyes:

You hear of another of these, please drop me a note. Well worth it.

[Chicken]

It wasn't the fastest thing out there in Sept when I bought it, but I've added another hdd and a DVD burner form the old computer and it's a nice machine now. If I ever hear of anything I'll post it.

I missed a great deal on a Toshiba laptop recently :cry: I thought my $600 and $650 laptops were pretty good, but I guess there were some $500 and $550 ones, which is super cheap.

[markblair]

Originally posted by Chicken:

Update: Got the $100 DELL rebate check today, well, well, well...

Dimension 4600 P4 2.4GHz w/ HT Tech, 256MB 3200DDR SDRAM, 128MB DDR NVidia GeoForce FX 5200, 40GB hdd, 3.5in floppy, XP Home, NIC, 48x CD-ROM keyboard and mouse for $196.62 (after $100 M.I.R.)

:eek: I'm a fan of AMD chips but even I know this is an excellent deal. I wish I would have known, I would have bought a couple. Definitely keep watching for these specials. Was this just something on their site or a promotion you received in the mail?

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by Chicken:

Update: Got the $100 DELL rebate check today, well, well, well...

Dimension 4600 P4 2.4GHz w/ HT Tech, 256MB 3200DDR SDRAM, 128MB DDR NVidia GeoForce FX 5200, 40GB hdd, 3.5in floppy, XP Home, NIC, 48x CD-ROM keyboard and mouse for $196.62 (after $100 M.I.R.)

:banana:

I recently received $1,500 ($300 x 5 for buying 5 Dell Inpsiron 600m centrino laptops) in rebate checks from Dell. Turn around time was an impressive 4 weeks.

I like their rebate status (http://dell.rebatestatus.com), very helpful!

One of the best laptop deals @ Best Buy was right after Black Friday (November 28) where they were offering the Compaq X1050 for $799 (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1206400&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=), this is an awesome loaded laptop.

Of course all my local BB's were out of stock but they had 5 in Anchorage, Alaska but they wouldn't sell them to me over the phone/fax :(

Woohoo this is my very first post on HHO :)

:banana:

[Chicken]

Originally posted by markblair:

Was this just something on their site or a promotion you received in the mail?
I thought it was just a smoking hot deal at the time, but it turns out it was :o: a pricing mistake...

:baghead:

-but I'll take it!

[markblair]

I love pricing mistakes. The only problem is they only usually happen once. I know, that's not good for business but...

Bad Mark, bad... :banghead: