AMEX offering free Xbox with the purchase of Dell PC

[DI]

In my statement it says if I purchase a Dell PC with Windows 7 for $699 using my AMEX card, I'll get a free Xbox.   Is that a good deal? 

[visorboy1974]

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@DI wrote:

In my statement it says if I purchase a Dell PC with Windows 7 for $699 using my AMEX card, I'll get a free Xbox.   Is that a good deal? 

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If it's not a bottom of the barrel Dell, it's a good deal. 

[DI]

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@visorboy1974 wrote:

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@DI wrote:

In my statement it says if I purchase a Dell PC with Windows 7 for $699 using my AMEX card, I'll get a free Xbox.   Is that a good deal? 

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If it's not a bottom of the barrel Dell, it's a good deal. 

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I just checked a couple of websites.  You can get a 4GB Xbox for $299.  You can get a Dell, not necessarily the same, for about $300-$400, too.   So one really isn't getting anything free. It's more of a convenience.

[unlucky_hove]

I have seen those commercials on tv. Originally it was a deal for students, purchase a windows 7 based pc for $699 or more get a free xbox. I guess Amex picked up on it. 

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/may11/05-19mspcxboxpr.mspx

[Anonymous]

Walmart has a special on the 4gb harddrive xbox right now, 99 bucks or something. So not a very great deal.