Best buy has sony Z for 1699.99

This looks like a good deal esp. with 5% bing cashback

Ugh, link doesnt work but, if you go to sony laptop section, they have a new one at the end

or use this SKU number 9740911 in the search section

 

hmm... 18 months no interest financing... will have to wait til they have a model in store soon... hope the 1699 price stays a while...

 

at first glance it seems to be the same model i paid $1899 at sony for last night! Returning isn't an option as its a 15% restock fee if opened which mine ofcourse is. That would be aweful if sony is supplying bestbuy with the same model at $200 cheaper. The model number is the same except bestbuy's as a /S at the end. Time to go take a deeper look and hope best buys is missing something


appears to be identifcal, unless i am missing something what a slap in the face for getting it last night hehe

 

there is one difference... the bestbuy model has windows 7 professional on there, correct me if i am wrong but the base model has home premium... you werent able to get a discount off the price when initially ordering, ihtc?

 

Are you certain you will have to pay the restocking fee? When I purchased mine from the sony store, the sales rep told me that they would only charge it if the laptop showed signs of use or damage, or if there were missing items like manuals, cds, etc..

 

Yes if opened it says so on the sony receipt. I remember in November when i purchased a Z880 i was told the same thing. It wont hurt to ask i did spend a bit of money at the same sony style store in the last few months, maybe they will work with me.

 

Mine did come with Professional, i believe the entire Z line-up comes with pro.

 

sonystyle webstore charges $50 for win 7 pro

i think this is a good deal if you are ok with base config, although i want at least a premium carbon fiber option

 

I guess that is if your building a custom one? the $1899 Z112 i got from sony style came with pro

 

I'm sure they are the exact same model. The "/S" simply means "Silver" in Sony's book. I'm sure you'll see your full model name/number on your packaging box stating "...../S" since your new VAIO Z notebook is silver in color & it is a "pre-config" model.

 

cool...anyone know if they'll carry the carbon model?

nm, it'd be there on the website if it were.

I will just have to buy a customized model off the Sony site then.

 

I bet they stick 2gbx2 instead of 4gbx1 on its ram and with this price im sure it's a none CF

 

Tempting Omg No.

 

I didn't see an S anywhere on my box labels or the machine. But i'm sure you are right since the /S is listed on the $1899 model on sonystyle US store. So it appears that sony has a lot of markup in the machine to let a third party retailer sell it for $200 less and still earn.

Even at the same price iid rather buy from bestbuy for reward zone coupons and I am premiere so no restocking fee's on electronics! However, this machine isn't going anywhere near a return line..


@ DrewVL

The Ram config. is 2 x 2GB, I would be very happy if it was 1 4GB dimm id goto 8gb much faster if that were the case.

 

Why not go over to the Sony Style store you bought your VAIO Z from & ask if they'll be willing to do a price match or something? I mean you have nothing to lose, do you?

You can at least let them know that you're unhappy that BestBuy is charging for $200 less for your exact same model. Maybe you can even insist on returning your notebook without being charge a restocking fee. If they don't allow that, it isn't any big deal since you'll be keeping your purchase either way. However, if they do, then you definitely have everything to gain.

I'll kindly urge you to give my suggestion a try. Good luck.

On 2nd thoughts, if you succeed in doing this & happen to live close to me, you can even buy me a cup of coffee for the $200 that you saved. Just kidding.

 

I purchased my Z for $1899 last friday from a retail sony style store and they applied additional discounts when they bundled the warranty. Anyway, I called today and mentioned that bestbuy has it listed for $1699. They adjusted the price and still applied the original discounts as well. Hopefully, all went well, because they said they would fax over the receipt or i could pick it up, but I haven't received it yet.

$1699
- $246.36 discount
$1452 for the VPC112GX/S

plus extra for tax and warranty

 

sweet deal man

 

i got 10% off for bestbuy being cheaper. They wouldt combine any EDU discounts or anything of the sort. Im glad you got yours for this price i will be writing to sony corperate.

means i paid $1709.10. I do qualify for Educational pricing too but they wouldn't combine. If you were in fact in a sony retail store and they did this for you they should do the same. I will let you know how i make out i emailed corporate and also sending snail mail.

Also which promotion was that? buy 2 accessories and a warranty and get $250 off but you said $246.36. Just wondering which promotion. They said that promotion didn't exist anymore anyway.

 

For that price I'd rather get it locally from a BestBuy, just in case it needs to be exchanged (or whatever).

 

My reason for getting it from BestBuy will be their Rewards points.

 

I had reward points from buying a $2,000 TV, then found out they had EXPIRED just 3 days after the expiration.

 

Congrats. Great to hear that getting SonyStyle to do a price match works for you.

 

Oh man. That s**ks...

 

my point exactly i mentioned that in my letter to sony. I will let you know how i make out.

 

Hopefully, Sony at least do a price match of BestBuy's prices for you. Good luck.

 

Go to the post office and find the moving package and get the 10% off coupon for BB.

I got the SR and I am thinking of getting the Vaio Y. I am downsizing as I want longer battery life vs power.

 

I ordered one from BB today. This is the most expensive WOW mobile raiding laptop but...it only money cant take it with me...

I hope it helps my GS

-Cipro

 

Yes, I think its the best computer out the right now as far as weight and power goes and its not a finger print magnet.

The only thing is the hd is SS and its kinda small.

 

the bestbuy moving coupon is on computer accessories and not for bestbuy.com orders, i believe the Z is online only ontop of being a computer not an accessory anyone have success?

 

Yep. Don't think that coupon works. However, when ordering online from BestBuy, don't forget to use Bing cashback.

On a side note. If only I can sell my (old) VAIO Z690 for a "decent" amount of money, I may be able to "squeeze out" an extra couple of hundreds or something to buy this base config new VAIO Z from BestBuy. I guess it's also time for me to start my Spring cleaning, in hopes of finding some spare change being stashed somewhere around the house (yeah, wishful thinking, I know).

 

I just get everything reinstall on my SR. It is still a great computer. Sometimes I am asking for too much.

I use to have a Z that was only around $1240 doing the J&R and bing thing. I have no idea why the Z has gone up so much.

Then I sell it and bought the SR and after all that and the free battery, travel charger and bag thing that I sold on ebay, I got it for around $150.

 

Wow. A VAIO SR notebook for just $150. Now, that's a really GOOD deal!

 

Thats after selling my Z and selling those free things that come with the SR and selling them off on ebay.

Is Sony going to do this free things again?

 

i just ordered the bestbuy z today and chatted with a sony rep and he would only match the 1699 and wouldnt gimme the edu discount too one or the other.

 

The price is actually even lower from compusa.com after bing cash back if you have to pay tax in your state. Price is 1900 w 12.5% cashback ($200 cap) = ~1700 with no tax in most states.

 

@stauffer4918, yes same thing for me.

@Chong67 - I Remember i believe december 08' i got a Z from a sony retail shop with a coupon and an EDU discount, then i sent for the portable one (all resellers i guess) rebate for the fre docking station, extended battery, and mobile mouse. I got it too. That was my biggest score with sony never anything like it since.

 

Are the brick and mortars going to carry a more powerful version or even one with a graphite case? I remember years ago when CompUSA would sell a few models in their BM's. I'd buy this one today, except for the Silver and TINY hard drive.

 

i think as of right now only Sony Style stores carry them in store. Bestbuy is online only according to their website and compusa doesn't have retail stores, atleast here.

 

The only differences i can spot between mine and the bestbuy one is the cpu (520 vs 540) and color.

 

bestbuy never offer a single coupons for computer , like notebook, desktop,

I am a premier reward member, bestbuy sent me lots of junks coupon every month. worth less

 

Actually plus tax in most states. Almost all states that have sales tax also have "use tax", where you have to declare out-of-state purchases and pay a use tax instead, normally identical to your local sales tax. If you don't declare and pay the tax, and you get audited, the sum of fees, fines, penalties and compound interest can be quite severe.

 

What a buzz kill.

 

hey, what kind of discount you got? 246$? in sonystyle site it says 7% discount for students. 7% doesnt even close to 246$... so how did you get this crazy price?

 

I pickup up the BestBuy unit sunday from SonyStyle retail store they price matched BestBuy ($1699.99) online store price.
I wanted to purchase it at a retail store just in case the unit had any issues.
Very happy so far with my purchase machine is really well built powerful, and beautiful.

 

so i understand now the lowest price on sony retail stores is 1699 (before taxes) as well. if i buy from a retail store, can i get the 7% students discount as well? what is this Bing Cashback thing? how do i get it?

 

I tried, it's one or the other, but for me anyway they wouldnt give me the student discount and price match.
It was difficult enough to get the 200.00 pricematch.

 

what is this cashback thing? i saw some people claim it gives you 5%-10% cash back. how do i use it? i went to bestbuy site. i don't see any Bing cashback option.

 

the price match was easy to get for me but yeah i couldnt get student discount with it

 

Go here: http://www.bing.com/shopping/pages/stores.aspx?scope=cashback&FORM=R5FD1

Look for BestBuy and link through the store through Bing Cashback. You have to link through Bing in order to get the cash back. You also have to set up a Bing Cashback account before linking through to the store.

 

I ordered my Z last night from Best Buy. Today I got confirmation it shipped and it should be here on Friday. I did it through bing.com/rewards too, and today got an e-mail that $85 was credited to my bing account.

I got free shipping (Silver member) and used my reward zone cert ($75), so it was $1730 with Tax. With bings $85 and eventually get another $35 in reward zone certs from this purchase it brings it down to $1610. Not bad, plus I used x-mas gift cards to pay for $128 of it.

I just couldn't pass that deal up vs. customizing one on the SonyStyle site. I wasn't crazy about Silver, but I would rather have a functioning machine at a decent cost than care about color. Plus I am never looking at the cover and I liked the silver model's keyboard.