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Zune Price Smacked. Coupons Stacked: Act Soon

July 11, 2008

I continue playing around with my Microsoft Zune, and I continue to be generally quite pleased with the player (an 8 GByte green unit) and service. About two weeks back, OfficeMax had the 8 GByte model in black for $119.99 (MSRP $199.99) and I thought about picking up a spare, but the deal had expired by the time I got around to visiting the website. On a hunch, seeing several in-store OfficeMax coupons trickle through Dealnews this morning, I revisited the site and saw that the deal was back on!

The closest OfficeMax to me is in Reno, 30-ish miles away, so I rang up my friend Keith in the Bay Area and he was able to snag me one for $108.24 inclusive of sales tax. Here’s how to mimic his success:

  1. Here’s the page for the 8 GByte Zune. If you click on the words ‘Click here for a $40 In-Store Only Coupon‘ it’ll launch a PDF that’ll let you print out the promotion.
  2. Visit your local OfficeMax and hope they have units in stock (you might want to call first). This is an in-store-only deal; you can’t even order online for in-store pickup.
  3. Here are two more coupons, one of which (per Keith’s experience) you can stack with the earlier-mentioned one: $20 off $100 (and $10 off $40, and $15 off $75), and up to 20% off.
Posted by Brian Dipert on July 11, 2008 | Comments (3)

July 13, 2008
In response to: Zune Price Smacked. Coupons Stacked: Act Soon
Kappa commented:

If Microsoft drops the retail price to $19.95 and Office Max promoted a $30.00 off New Retail ($19.95) I believe the Zune would indeed be a IPod Killer. Kappa


July 12, 2008
In response to: Zune Price Smacked. Coupons Stacked: Act Soon
Brian Dipert commented:

Dear lynnbr2, did you point out to them that the coupon link goes directly to OfficeMax's own website, and that the promotion is listed right on the product page on OfficeMax's website?


July 12, 2008
In response to: Zune Price Smacked. Coupons Stacked: Act Soon
lynnbr2 commented:

The Office Max in Stafford TX refused to honor the Zune coupon - they claimed the barcode was invalid.

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