by CowboySlim on Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:40 am
OK, here is our local Fry's deal.
Normally, outpost.com mirrors the Friday newspaper ad.
However, today they are grand opening a new store in Oxnard, CA, a dump town about 120 - 150 miles up the coast. So the newspaper ad prices were much lower than outpost.
They were all 1 day specials with no rainchecks and limited quantities and opened an hour earlier than normal.
So it was like Black Friday 5 weeks early.
Nero 7 was $19.99 after $30 mail-in and $20 upgrade.
300Gb Seagate PATA @ $70, AMIR.
18 Cu Ft, Top Mount Refrigerator @ $200, NMIR.
Etc.
Screw it, I went to work. I expect tomorrow's paper add to match outpost deals.
I'm screwed too on the Nero 7 upgrade rebate as I bought an upgrade S/N online to Nero 5, full which I bought with an online S/N as an upgrade to Nero 5 OEM.
Upgrade rebate form also wants UPC code. Outpost form for $30 rebate won't download, broken link. But it probably also wants UPC code.
I wouldn't touch that deal with Wiz's 10 foot pole. I don't have any hope of getting both. I'd go for the $20, AMIR, deal if I thought that I wouldn't get hosed on the rebates.
Sooner or later, and nost likely later, Fry's will have it for $20 and hopefully with collectible rebates.
Slim