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Just FYI for anyone looking to get a GTablet it is going on sale again on Thanksgiving Day at Sears for $379.
Not as good as getting it from Sears Outlet for $200-$250 but it's still better then the normal price of $399. If it's worth standing outside on line all morning to save 20 bucks though, well that's up to you .
http://bfads.net/Sears-Black-Friday-ViewSonic-16GB-10-Android-Tablet
EDIT: Should mention though that for any of us that did pay 399 within 14 days of Thanksgiving Day, we can go in to get a price match.
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Just FYI for anyone looking to get a GTablet it is going on sale again on Thanksgiving Day at Sears for $379.
Not as good as getting it from Sears Outlet for $200-$250 but it's still better then the normal price of $399. If it's worth standing outside on line all morning to save 20 bucks though, well that's up to you .
EDIT: Should mention though that for any of us that did pay 399 within 14 days of Thanksgiving Day, we can go in to get a price match.
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Oh really? Will we get the free case too? Does anyone know if sears usually have a long line during Thanksgiving?
Viewsonic G Tablet for $360.99
Also the Sears Thanksgiving ad states that you get an extra 5% off with a Sears card. My math makes that $19 bringing the price down to $360.99.
There is stock in Office Depot and Staples that is for sale now. Office Depot has a working demo.
Even better deal!
Got mine at Sears for $340 if I bought a $50 2-year no questions asked replacement plan. It even includes wear & tear...
They way we are flashing these days is not a bad option... Scratch it, crack it, drop it, it is fixed or replaced for free....
Cant' wait for more ROMs to make to the forum. It is an absolute fantastic device with the exception of the crappy wrapper Viewsonic put on 2.2. Knowing the XDA developers now (from owning a Samsung Galaxy S) it would be just a few weeks and we will have plenty of choices....
Bought Gtablet 12/2 and returned 2 days later. Bought back today at $379 due to the excellent progress from the Geniuses on this forum. Been following the progress for 2 weeks and finally came back to Gtablet.
Saw flyer for 10% off sale for electronic items for tomorrow. Don't know if the Gtablet will be included. In the small print on the bottom, flyer mentioned computers do not apply. Will go back tomorrow and try to get 10% refund and savings buy 32/64 gb microsd.
Great hardware + great software + great support = great product. The great software support is found in this forum.
Charging Gtab, can't wait to root and flash.
I believe the 10% applied go gtablet. I was at sears yesterday and the sales guy asked me to stop in tomorrow to get the 10% off on $379
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Hold up. So we can get the discount after we already purchased the gtab? I got mine just last week and a little more off would be great!
Does it need to have any flyer to get the 10%?
Of course you should be able to take advantage of the discount even if you bought it last week. Even if they don't have price protection, if you have your original receipt, do the following: buy a new G Tab with the discount, then use your first receipt to return that unopened one for the full, $379 refund. Money in your pocket.
FWIW though, I just tried to apply the online coupon to the G Tab, and it said the item was not covered by the coupon. You may luck more luck with sales associates though, since Sears' own description does NOT call the G Tab a computer (which the coupon excludes), but rather just a tablet. I was able to use that argument at Staples for a discount the other week. Good luck!
Sears 10% off sale 12/18/10
Yes. Just save extra $38.00 .Coupon on sear.com
Online is not accepting the coupon on g tablet.
Save yourselves the trip. I stopped at my local Sears retail outlet in Niles, Illinois, and asked about the 10% electronics sale -- they knew about it, tried to apply it to the in stock g-tablets and said the code does NOT work. They had a copy of the flyer right there and said they've used the code for other electronics today already. They also tried to do a price match on the tablet I purchased last week and the code would not work there either. So no joy here.
Ordering on-line at Sears.com using coupon code: EXTRA10WISHES
10% OFF.
Today only.
Bought yesterday, going back for my 10% refund today.
ByByIpad said:
Ordering on-line at Sears.com using coupon code: EXTRA10WISHES
10% OFF.
Today only.
Bought yesterday, going back for my 10% refund today.
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I just tried to buy one and the coupon does not work. Otherwise,I would be able to get one arounf 300 dollars using my discover card (another 10% from Sears)
Sorry, the 10% off coupon does not apply to Viewsonic Gtablet. It is considered a computer. Did not work for online order.
I went to sears to pick this up and the 10% coupon didnt work. I did get a 5% discount on $379..
On Saturday night December 18 the local Sears near Camden, NJ, had both the gTablet ($380) and the VS case in stock and for sale. I was looking for a network device, to no avail.
trscons said:
On Saturday night December 18 the local Sears near Camden, NJ, had both the gTablet ($380) and the VS case in stock and for sale. I was looking for a network device, to no avail.
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Yea, $379 is the sale price until Xmas. They are normally supposed to be $399.
I managed to get mine for $349 last week. Would have been ecstatic to get it for $315.
The 10% discount does not apply on the gTab, however I managed to get the discount thanks to a mistake the sales person made the day before when I went to pick it up, he told me I should wait and come back the next day so I can save 10% thanks to the "family and friends" sale, but the next day he noticed hat the Tab was excluded, but he honored the mistake and apply the discount anyway!
I love my Vegan moded gTab!
Picked one up today as a gift for my father.
Office Depot, $369 sale price.
Taking it back tomorrow, the thing is SO not ready for consumer use. Tons of force closes on first boot, the handango market is asstacular, the entire experience is a train wreck.
And I can't believe how bad the display is off angle, and how narrow the "on angle" is.
And what did they use to polish the glass with? It is actually rough feeling.
The demo model in the store was locked to the angled display case so it looked ok there, and was so greasy with fingerprints it didn't feel bad.
Maybe I'm spoiled after using a Galaxy Tab for the last month. But frankly I'd be embarrassed to give this thing to anyone. Hell, it makes me embarrassed to be an Android tablet supporter.
And since my dad fell in love with my Tab, I don't think he'd really enjoy the Viewsonic in comparison.
Even the devs here can't save this thing from that display. Shame, because the rest of the hardware seems decent enough.
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Will be available online and in-stores! Get your tents people!!!
http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Points-Policies-Reward/HP-TouchPad-FAQs/m-p/315434/thread-id/3887
They sold out in my area within 20 minutes of "reshelving" them. All three stores in the city.
Some Best Buys began selling them already (around 8pm Saturday night where I live). I got one of the last ones at my local Best Buy before they sold out. I would advise getting there really early if you want to pick one up...
Thankfully I talked to someone I know at a local BB and they said they had a "good amount" and they weren't selling any tonight (even to employees).
Even better is the fact that its only 1 per customer.... no stupid horders ordering 8 or 10 just to resell for a fraction of a profit.
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Thankfully I talked to someone I know at a local BB and they said they had a "good amount" and they weren't selling any tonight (even to employees).
Even better is the fact that its only 1 per customer.... no stupid horders ordering 8 or 10 just to resell for a fraction of a profit.
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Where is your BB?
1 per customer isn't going to stop those who want more (to sell) unfortunately. They'll bring their entire family and friends..
no need for tents sold out. When I read about the price drop lastnight on engadget (around 8pm). I rushed to two bestbuy stores near my place. The first one i went to removed them from shelves for return to HP. The second bestbuy had over 30 of them on the shelf. Bought 3 (would have bought more if I had money), thinking theyll do a refund on price difference if they will sell it 99/149 tomorrow. Around 11pm the new BB touchpad policy popped out in the internet. I was angry and frustrated. I've searched online, all sold out. In the morning I callled all retailers near my place. Sold out. Angry at myself for going bestbuy. Around 7pm, I read online that bestbuy will reduce price and new FAQ from BB states that they will refund difference for any touchpad bought after june 19. Happy and excited. Called a few bestbuy, each with different things to say: we won't refund difference, will be on sale tomorrow but were sold out now (huh?), call hp for a refund on difference (hp don't have my money....hello). This was going nowhere, hopeless. Finally, I called a BB that's 19miles away. Lady I spoke told me they are sold out and that they were sold for 99/149. I asked her if they will do price difference for the touchpads I bought lastnight. With verification from her superiors, she told me that they will honor it. Drove there right away. Got my money back. Hehe. Now I'm a happy camper.
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no need for tents sold out. When I read about the price drop lastnight on engadget (around 8pm). I rushed to two bestbuy stores near my place. The first one i went to removed them from shelves for return to HP. The second bestbuy had over 30 of them on the shelf. Bought 3 (would have bought more if I had money), thinking theyll do a refund on price difference if they will sell it 99/149 tomorrow. Around 11pm the new BB touchpad policy popped out in the internet. I was angry and frustrated. I've searched online, all sold out. In the morning I callled all retailers near my place. Sold out. Angry at myself for going bestbuy. Around 7pm, I read online that bestbuy will reduce price and new FAQ from BB states that they will refund difference for any touchpad bought after june 19. Happy and excited. Called a few bestbuy, each with different things to say: we won't refund difference, will be on sale tomorrow but were sold out now (huh?), call hp for a refund on difference (hp don't have my money....hello). This was going nowhere, hopeless. Finally, I called a BB that's 19miles away. Lady I spoke told me they are sold out and that they were sold for 99/149. I asked her if they will do price difference for the touchpads I bought lastnight. With verification from her superiors, she told me that they will honor it. Drove there right away. Got my money back. Hehe. Now I'm a happy camper.
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for the most part we have really good customer service, its just some managers at different store can be really shady.
Amazon is selling them right now!
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Amazon is selling them right now!
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I'm looking on amazon and it doesn't say $99. Am I missing something?
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I'm looking on amazon and it doesn't say $99. Am I missing something?
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That was awhile ago
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I'm really pissed off, it seems that the concept "discount", "sale" or "lower price" doesn't enter the XPlay game makers' vocabulary. I've been waiting freaking ages to buy Spectral Souls or one of the big titles with a discount, and I've seen nothing like that. The only time I could get advantage of a sale was with Zenonia 2, which I bought for 1 USD.
The Xperia Play is a small market, they don't make all that much money off sales from this device as it is, so I doubt they'd be wanting to offer too much discount!
One thing to take into account is the price of the game against the length vs a console/pc game.
XP games typically cost no more than £3 (there are a few more obviously) but the game play is fairly similar to a consoles and the play time is around the same also.
Backstab - £3, play time ~20 hours. That's pretty good considering halo 2 was about 6 hrs on hard and cost £35 when new and still £20 when a bit older.
Take hot pursuit. Cost me £5, the console version cost me £35. This seems about right to me, play time on xp version was about 6/7 hrs and pc version around 20hrs.
When you think about dev time and return on the investment of making the game, the price we pay for xperia play games is very good and we are getting great value for money. The devs on the other hand are cutting it fine when you take into account how easy it is to copy/pirate a digital game compared to a console game.
Therefore to get a discount would be a great thing for us, but not so good for the devs, if we want the devs to keep making games we need to buy them at the price they are on the market for!
Backstab is such a great game that the Spanish version has no sound . Don't get me started on GameLift for it might get messy. It'll be a great day when those scum fold for good.
I just would appreciate some sort of sale. I'd be happy to buy Spectral Souls for 8 euro, but 12 euro seems scammy.
Gameloft offered all the games for $.99 each in the US/Canada, and before that £1 in the UK or €1 in Europe each a few times, as well as buy one get one free for £3 here a few times. I saw some games having introductory prices for xperia play at launch of the games as well but don't remember exatly which. I hope they will continue all of that in the future.
Depends on the developer. Gameloft has sales ALL the time, however I can't comment if they are worldwide. EA OTOH I almost never see a sale except last Christmas for like 2 days they had all games for $1 on the Android Market.
PSST..
Google that game
and donate the devs the money with the reduced 50/25% !
while i dont encourage you to do any of that,you caaan feel less guility about it >.>
As for why there are no discounts,Xperia Play exclusives are hard to sell =/ So obviously discounts would be quite rare.
I don't get where you're coming from, OP.
Gameloft had a 99c sale on EVERYTHING, and there's all kinds of price drops. Zenonia 2 was free on the Amazon Market (and IS free on GetJar), Guerrilla Bob was slashed in price to promote their new game, Terra Incognito was slashed in price a week after it came out, and there's quite a few Xperia PLAY games free on GetJar (Zenonia 2, Age of Zombies, Happy Vikings).
Google puts up several games on sale at up to 90% off for this weekend
Google has decided to put a pretty awesome game sale on for this weekend, with a pretty nice selection of titles being up to 90% off for a limited time. Between now and July 27th, 2015, you will have the ability to pick up any of the 22 games currently on sale, all of which are heavily discounted.
We pretty much had a feeling this would happen, which is why we did our preliminary rounds-up yesterday instead of today. We spotted some games available for $0.10 and when those appear it usually means Google is putting on a sale... and here we are with that sale starting today.
Games currently on sale at up to 90% off:
Ducktales: Remastered $0.99
Fotonica $0.89
Republique $0.99
Tetrobot and Co. $0.99
Tomb Raider $0.10
TheDark Knight Rises $0.60
Hitman GO $0.75
Age of Zombies $0.10
Marvel Pinball $0.49
The Amazing Spider-Ma 2 $0.99
Goat Simulator $0.99
Limbo $0.99
God of Light HD $0.99
Botanicula $0.99
NBA Jam $0.60
The Room 2 $0.69
Monument Valley $0.99
Valiant Hearts: The Great War $0.99
Unium $0.19
Game of Thrones $0.99
Almightree: The Last Dreamer $0.99
GTA: Chinatown Wars $0.99
Pretty much all of these games are good so you really can't go wrong with any of them. Some of them we mentioned in yesterday's round-up, so it may seem like there are repeats. Either way, this is a pretty awesome sale and a very good time to pick up any of these games that you've been wanting to get.
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