Bought an Elite yesterday - Virgin the best value!

Sidane

If anybody is in the market for an Elite - Virgin Megastore have the best value I could find after buying one yesterday.

It's the last shop I look in when shopping for anything as they always seem to be way overpriced so good thing I chanced my arm yesterday as they had the Elite for 440 euro with 2 games bundled in - I got Crackdown and Gears of War (GoW wasn't offered in the the bundle but they had run out of two of the other games and the manager kindly let me pick any game to replace it).

It was a good 20 euro cheaper than everywhere else - plus you get 2 games instead of one.

Game

Console only = 460
Console + 1 game = 480 IIRC
Console + 2 games = around 500 IIRC

They are taking trade-ins of old XBoxs though.

Smyths Toys

Console + 1 Game = 460

Terminator

Gamestop in Galway have the elite with Gears of War for 460. I also got Bioshock. Coming from the wii (which I hardly play lately) the visuals are absolutely stunning. Screenshots and PC clips don't do it justice.

The only bummer is the disc drive sounds like a little dirt devil hoover.

FutureGuy

Got the Elite in Smyths for 460 plus a free game (chose Blue Dragon, which is suprisingly good) and 2 x 5 euro vouchers. The game was 70 normally.

evad_lhorg

gamestop had the beszt deal. you could get the elite with blue dragon and any other game for 450. dont know it thats still goin though.

game have it for 460 with a free game too. which can be one of 4 but bioshock is the best choice.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Actually is the Elite as noisy as the 360?

wba88

@Sidane: Which Virgin ran out of the other 2games and which games?

thanks

Sidane

It was the Virgin in Blanchardstown - Blue Dragon and Tomb Raider: Legend were out of stock. The other bundle games on offer didn't look any good.

The guy I was dealing with was clearly the on duty manager so another employee may not have had the authority to let me pick another game. Pick your customer representative carefully and be nice to them

The Virgin deal is still cheaper than Gamestop by 10 euro but having the choice of any second game is probably worth the extra few bob.

Antamojo

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

Actually is the Elite as noisy as the 360?

I don't find it as noisy as the normal one


Anyway, I think the deal I got was good

Elite
Extra Wireless Controller
Blue Dragon
+ Any Game Of Your Choice
€100 Worth Of Vouchers

for €500

bucks73

Sidane wrote:

They are taking trade-ins of old XBoxs though.

Any idea what the trade in is for an old xbox?

kensutz

Very little I'd say. Probably best to try and sell it privately through adverts or buy and sell etc.

Pedro Monscooch

Antamojo wrote:

I don't find it as noisy as the normal one


Anyway, I think the deal I got was good

Elite
Extra Wireless Controller
Blue Dragon
+ Any Game Of Your Choice
€100 Worth Of Vouchers

for €500

Where was this deal, Antamojo?

Royale with Cheese

Ibood are doing the console on it's own for €400 + delivery if anybody's interested. Probably won't last too long.

http://www.ibood.com/site/eu/ibood.php

Snake Plisken

I'll wait a few months I think until Microsoft sort out the overheating issue and probably buy a premium when they will come fitted with HDMI as standard! (have a self modded premium already so will survive)

Snake

Antamojo

Pedro Monscooch wrote:

Where was this deal, Antamojo?

Gamestop on Henry St

Sidane

bucks73 wrote:

Any idea what the trade in is for an old xbox?

Can't remember exactly, think it was at least 200 for an XBox Premium.

400 for a PS3 hehe

Give Game a ring and ask them.

Just got Halo 2 in the post this morning (off Ebay). Time to start warming up for Halo 3!

LegacyUser

who paid ya the 400 euro , was it game?? Is that store credit or cash

Sidane

It's a trade in for an XBox Elite.

I didn't trade in a PS3 - I just remember seeing Game with a trade-in offer for xBox Core, XBox premium and PS3.

I *think* the PS3 trade in was around the 400 mark.

AFAIK all Game stores are running this offer.