SabertoothRetro Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Yes, Microcenter is updated and the price is back to $399. So apparently it wasn't a dump of stock as had been suggested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, SabertoothRetro said: Yes, Microcenter is updated and the price is back to $399. So apparently it wasn't a dump of stock as had been suggested. Yikes, I've got a reservation for one that I'm planning on picking up today. I hope they honor the $249.99 price that's on my confirmation! Will report back. Btw, I wouldn't say that just because it wound up being a limited time sale (Tuesday 11/23 through Sunday 11/28) that it was not an effort to dump stock. $150 off a $400 product is pretty close to a closeout price. What will be telling is if the seven Micro Center locations currently sold out of the VCS restock or not. If they don't restock, I think we'll have our answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 18 minutes ago, sixersfan105 said: Yikes, I've got a reservation for one that I'm planning on picking up today. I hope they honor the $249.99 price that's on my confirmation! Will report back. Btw, I wouldn't say that just because it wound up being a limited time sale (Tuesday 11/23 through Sunday 11/28) that it was not an effort to dump stock. $150 off a $400 product is pretty close to a closeout price. What will be telling is if the seven Micro Center locations currently sold out of the VCS restock or not. If they don't restock, I think we'll have our answer. If you reserved when at $249 they have to sell it to you for that price 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 I wish I'd picked one up this weekend...regrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 32 minutes ago, eightbit said: If you reserved when at $249 they have to sell it to you for that price That's what I was hoping. Phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 They moved a bunch at the 249 price. My store went from 12 in stock, that were sitting there for months, down to 4 after that temporary price drop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 There's still one left at the Houston location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 41 minutes ago, Flojomojo said: They moved a bunch at the 249 price. My store went from 12 in stock, that were sitting there for months, down to 4 after that temporary price drop. Agreed. My store stock followed a similar pattern: 12 in stock last Tuesday, 5 in stock today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Mine went from 10 to 0 last week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_q_atari Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: There's still one left at the Houston location. It's either a restock or they are playing games. I attempted to reserve the 1 available in Saturday only to be emailed on Sunday it was out of stock, and at which the stock listed online was updated to 0, only to see there is 1 listed again on Monday. So either it's a restock or its phantom stock. Actually I suppose its possible someone reserved it at $249 and let the reservation expire. Who knows... Edited November 29, 2021 by john_q_atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, john_q_atari said: Actually I suppose its possible someone reserved it at $249 and let the reservation expire. ^^ This ^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorphy Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 $50 off at best buy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Neon Wraith Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/products/atari-vcs-800-onyx-all-in-system-bundle/202627.html Game Stop is now $279.00! And they are now offering shipping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 2 hours ago, john_q_atari said: Actually I suppose its possible someone reserved it at $249 and let the reservation expire. Who knows... IIRC, they give you three days to pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: IIRC, they give you three days to pick it up. The offer went live last Tuesday though, so there's been plenty of time for that to happen. Ah well, you've got the GameStop offer now at least. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: IIRC, they give you three days to pick it up. Right, so someone's reservation expired COB Saturday and it was put back into inventory on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Matt_B said: Ah well, you've got the GameStop offer now at least. Yeah but who would want all black when you can have WOODGRAIN?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, sixersfan105 said: Yeah but who would want all black when you can have WOODGRAIN?! I guess someone could always place it next to their original 2600 Vader. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 7 hours ago, eightbit said: If you reserved when at $249 they have to sell it to you for that price Not that I doubted you, but I can confirm that I had no issues picking up my $249.99 Black Walnut VCS All-In Bundle at Micro Center (St. Davids, PA) this afternoon! Gonna have to add this bad boy to my AA signature... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_q_atari Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, sixersfan105 said: Yeah but who would want all black when you can have WOODGRAIN?! Yeah I agree. Woodgrain is an easier sell than onyx. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy2D Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 $250 does make the VCS tempting, especially with the two controllers. You could conceivably sell the controllers and you might wind up with the system for under $200. ~$200 for a light-gaming mini-pc, in an attractive case, is compelling. Even if you treat the Atari OS and included games as either a minor bonus or negligible, it would still be a viable candidate for an HTPC. I could see it filling a niche as an aesthetically pleasing / small footprint streaming client, if you wanted to stream games from your larger/uglier rig, in another room. I've been thinking about replacements for my ancient HTPC, so a discounted VCS would be a contender. I'll probably go with with a docked Steamdeck or a used business PC but at $249, the VCS certainly merits consideration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djmicklovin Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 My local Microcenter down in Georgia had 8 of them in stock and they are all sold out after the price drop. $250 bucks seems to be the sweet spot for this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Djmicklovin said: My local Microcenter down in Georgia had 8 of them in stock and they are all sold out after the price drop. $250 bucks seems to be the sweet spot for this thing. Nice! Interesting that your store (Duluth) is sold out but the Marietta location still has 10 of 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy2D Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/23/2021 at 12:09 PM, sixersfan105 said: Micro Center doesn't sell the console a la carte, just the bundle with the console, joystick and gamepad. They do sell the joystick and gamepad a la carte. You could always sell your joystick and then pick up the full bundle. Then it would be like picking up the bundle for $200, assuming you find a taker on the joystick for around $50. It looks like we had the same idea . I wonder if there will be an uptick in VCS controllers, for sale, on Ebay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 7 hours ago, joeatari1 said: https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/products/atari-vcs-800-onyx-all-in-system-bundle/202627.html Game Stop is now $279.00! And they are now offering shipping. This is equally a good deal. It's only $30 more than the Microcenter deal which is of course now over. If I had missed that I would have definitely jumped on this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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