Costco has for its
Members: 1TB Xbox Series X Console w/ Additional Controller on sale for
$529.99.
Shipping is free.
- Note: You need to be an active Costco Member and signed in to your account to purchase.
Thanks to Community Member
doyama for finding this deal.
Specs:
- Processor: 8x Core 3.8GHz Custom Zen 2 CPU + 12 TFLOPS 1.8GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU
- 16GB GDDR6 Memory
- 1TB Custom NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
- True 4K Gaming Resolution w/ Up to 8K HDR
- 4K UHD Blu-Ray Optical Drive
- Dolby Digital 5.1/TrueHD w/ Atmos
- WiFi 802.11ac Dual Band Connectivity
- Inputs
- HDMI 2.1
- 3x USB 3.1 (Gen-1)
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Source? I asked Costco to check what the policy is in their system. The system says these items are not electronics.
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Notes rebates get 40-60%
As far as data at Costco in particular, no I have none, but the fact that they have a window for match policy indicates a sweet spot for where a low enough percentage of people will generally deal with the hassle of the return that their return metrics would still show positive.
You are correct, the effect of large numbers of people doing this in the long term would be that they may change their return policy like other brands which used to have no questions asked lifelong policies. Since they haven't yet, it is a reasonable assumption that this is not enough of a widespread occurrence that the cost of restocking occasionally outweighs the savings they get from saying no outside the match window and seeing what happens. The other thing to know is that they are a membership club, which means they track your purchases to your account. If you are always doing this, and they feel your actions are causing them to lose more than they feel comfortable with, they can deny your membership. Not that they will for a one off per year, but if they are anything like the retailers my spouse has done purchasing work for. Their metrics drive their policy, and you probably still have a positive profitability score in general. But if this occurs at a level that drops you to net negative overall bans are an easy way to stop policy abuse without changing a policy that generates a ton of good will from its members.
https://www.investopedi
Notes rebates get 40-60%
As far as data at Costco in particular, no I have none, but the fact that they have a window for match policy indicates a sweet spot for where a low enough percentage of people will generally deal with the hassle of the return that their return metrics would still show positive.
You are correct, the effect of large numbers of people doing this in the long term would be that they may change their return policy like other brands which used to have no questions asked lifelong policies. Since they haven't yet, it is a reasonable assumption that this is not enough of a widespread occurrence that the cost of restocking occasionally outweighs the savings they get from saying no outside the match window and seeing what happens. The other thing to know is that they are a membership club, which means they track your purchases to your account. If you are always doing this, and they feel your actions are causing them to lose more than they feel comfortable with, they can deny your membership. Not that they will for a one off per year, but if they are anything like the retailers my spouse has done purchasing work for. Their metrics drive their policy, and you probably still have a positive profitability score in general. But if this occurs at a level that drops you to net negative overall bans are an easy way to stop policy abuse without changing a policy that generates a ton of good will from its members.
I don't get the comparison to rebates. A return is not the same as a rebate. Go to any b&m store in a couple of weeks and the line for returns will be insanely long. Tons of people return things all the time. I don't think it's comparable to rebates at all.
I don't believe there is any evidence to suggest Costco is revoking memberships because people return things and rebuy due to Costco not price matching after a certain period of time. I googled it and it seems like the cases are EXTREME. Like really extreme. Not buying something, it going on sale and Costco refusing to honor the price match, so the customer returns the item and rebuys. I doubt Costco would do that.
And I mentioned it before, but look at those hot dog and pizza prices. Still very cheap even with inflation where it is. They haven't changed the price. That is not improving their bottom line. But they keep those prices where they are. So that is not a net positive to them. So we cannot assume that their return/price match policy is a net positive to them. There is plenty of evidence to show that people will deal with the hassle of price matches, returns, etc. I've price matched several times, and only once had to return something and rebuy. Costco has never said anything to me. No threats. Nothing.
I imagine Costco will eventually change their policy, much to your point on how other retailers have. It's only a matter of time. Talk to any CS rep and they will tell you they know it's crap but they can't override it. They must hear this all the time.
https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/784960
2x $100 Microsoft Xbox Gift Card (Email Delivery) $79.99
2x 4-Pack $25 Microsoft Xbox Gift Card (Email Delivery) $79.99
Total $320 - GC value $400 = $80 saved?
then for Xbox X $500
= $ 180 remain to pay.
Is this the best deal currently?
I do every single thing on the computer, the phone, the console to get that. It's my morning ritual haha. I get my son to do the game pass quests I do all the reward app stuff.
I usually get a $20 card every 2 months and still accumulate pts. Once I get the console I planned on what you do with the GPU. I'm stacked now till 2024.
Source? I asked Costco to check what the policy is in their system. The system says these items are not electronics.
Side note, i would love to work in Costco returns when people being stupid old stuff back. "You're cancelled. You're canceled. You in the back - you're canceled".
You know what.. what's your membership number, I have a surprise for you đ
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