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    Sony Z13 for $999 at the Microsoft Store.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by travfar, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. travfar

    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    already dead
     
  3. travfar

    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow. Did they only have 2?

    A whole bunch of their laptops are roughly 40% off.

    Here's the X201T.

    Lenovo ThinkPad X201t - Buy from Microsoft Store

    Turns out people on SD were buying like 10 Z13s at a time.
     
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    gdansk Notebook Deity

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    I wonder if I would've pulled the trigger... I'm not even sure.
     
  5. eddieaus

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    that's really cheap, didn't last long though, now it's back to 1599 :mad:
     

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  6. travfar

    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    About 40 mins after you posted, the price dropped back down to $999. It's $999 right now.
     

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    tktk Notebook Evangelist

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    But can you get an order placed? Mine does not get past the 1st page.
     
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    dead again
     
  9. travfar

    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    It seems to be coming in and out of stock at the $999 price point. This is nothing new with Microsoft. They generally allocated only so many units at a certain price. So if people cancel orders or they time out, it frees up machines at that price again. Either that or they find more. When they did the Z12 blow out, they literally shut things down so they could do a physical inventory in the warehouse. Then they came back with a bunch more machines they said they "found".

    Anyways, the best thing to do is to check it from time to time and then jump right on it.
     
  10. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    ^^^ Seems like the case. It is still available for sale now at the $1,599 price & the following is the Microsoft store message when placing the notebook in the cart:

    "Sorry—this discount code has already been used the maximum number of times. You can buy more, but they will be at the regular price."
     
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    612kimx1853 Notebook Consultant

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    Out of stock now. I snagged one last night for 999. :)
     
  12. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    Good for you & congrats. :)

    I thought I had finally managed to get such a deal for once. I had managed to get one of those notebook into my cart at the $999 price earlier today & I got to the last step of checkout before they charge the card and the price was raised back to $1,599. :mad: Although I hate to admit that it s**ks, but I guess s**kers like me are just destined to have to pay the full price every time. :( What really pisses me off is that if I had been successful, I would have kept it for my own use, unlike some of those buyers who simply tried to snag as many as they can get their hands on & sell them on ebay for profit. :mad:

    I can only hope that next time I'll be lucky & finally get my first significant discount instead of the usual meager 5%-10% that everyone are easily able to get. :(
     
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    612kimx1853 Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry to hear that. Yeah, that happened to me a few times. My strategy was to register with MS and have all my info saved. So as soon as the deal popped up, I pulled the trigger with literally 2 mouse clicks.

    I was in front of my computer 40 minutes refreshing the page...but i guess it was worth it.

    Btw, I only purchased one - for my personal use. Upgrading from the TZ.
     
  14. extragooey

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    I'm waiting for Microsoft to realize that the VPCZ134GX is just the VPCZ133GX with mobile broadband built in and put that on sale too. I can dream, can't I?
     
  15. Anzial

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    133gx was put on sale because it's being replaced by 134gx... so when MS gets the new version of Z (whenever that happens), it'll discount 134gx as well..
     
  16. SPEEDwithJJ

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    The way you're saying is sounds a little bit like the Z134 is "newer" than the Z133. :confused: To avoid confusion for others, both the Z133 & Z134 were released at the same time.

    However, I understand what you're saying. ;) It seems like MS is trying to keep just one VAIO Z model in their offerings & in their case, it looks like they prefer to keep the more upgraded model, Z134 (whose only "upgraded" part as extragooey had mentioned is the addition of the GPS/WWAN modem).
     
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    You are taking my words out of context. I was answering somebody else's post, wasn't I?
     
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    It was a nice deal. Does it happens every Feb at M-Store? I mean such discount for Z?
     
  19. Anzial

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    I think it happened like 4 times in the last 12 months... Usually, MS is just clearancing the stock for new models... and if check the site, 133gx is no longer listed.
     
  20. travfar

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    It happens all the time. This isn't the cheapest. The Z12 for $849 and change + $300 Sony tradeup making it $549 was the cheapest.

    Microsoft has a lot of half off sales. Some last a while, some last a few minutes. It depends on how fast people find out and how many get sold. There are only a set number. It seems to be more than 10 but less than a 1000. Probably a few hundred at a time.

    The best deals are in store if you have a local store. They will match the online price and they have the occassional $150 GC if you buy a laptop bonus.
     
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    Oh. Don't forget to trade in old cell phones for $25 each, limit of 2, if you do this in store. Better than throwing them away.
     
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    there's also a student discount if you have a .edu email.
     
  23. travfar

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    The Sony X was $599. I thought they blew these all out last year. It's OOS now. It also qualifies for the Sony $300 tradeup.
     
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    only $100 trade up, pointless if you don't have a free oldie to send in. Only Z as a premium notebook qualifies for $300
     
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    Maybe a little bit off the topic, but what's "cashback"? The site looks more like a rip-off-site rather than trustworthy.

    Besides that, are those offers (Microsoft) available for Europe as well?

    EDIT
    Seems like these offers are just available in the US :(
     
  26. travfar

    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    Cashback is exactly what it sounds like. Say a site offers 10% cashback on a $1000 item, you get back $100.

    That site is legit. Regardless, they don't give cashback, they just list all the sites that do.
     
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    Nice... :) Come on MS, please offer to us your super discount again ASAP! :D