EVERYTHING Xbox 360

[Redlum08]

yeah shivadee had mentioned the DLC to me a while back, i hear it includes some cool vehicles. I was a fan of the first Forza btw.

I actually played a bit of Midnight Club LA recently and i thought it was pretty cool, i like the open environments.

Next question is, what about headsets... should i stick with the microsoft one or by like a plantronics or something?

From experience, I find that the headset that comes with the 360 is a bit flimsy, don't get me wrong, it works perfectly, but I bought the 360 wireless headset which works great for me. Its up to the individual on preference. If you plan on using a fight pad for SF IV perhaps the wireless headset is the way to go..just my $.02

[shivadee]

agree with the wireless headset and use the microsoft one no thrid parties of any kind, it also only has about a 10ft range, eh no biggie. But the regular wired one is fine and you dont have to charge it, runs off the 360 controlers power. Good idea to buy rechargables for the 360...better to have 8 rechargables (if you have 2 controlers) or 4 if you have 1 so you always have a charged set of batteries when you  need. Reg batteries run down realllllllllly fast on the 360 esp. with rumble on.

[vapotrini]

Hey guys, can anyone tell me where I can purchase an Xbox in T&T for a "reasonable" price?

[ViCe]

probably zero media....already modded etc

[Arcmanov]

Trinidad and 'reasonable price' is an oxymoron.  You wont find a new Xbox 360 for anything close to resonable
in this place.  Better to import it yourself.  Even with all freight/Customs charges, it will still be less than what
most stores would charge for it here.  If you can get someone coming in to bring it for you, even better.

I refuse to buy a console in Trinidad because of the ridiculous pricing.

[woodyear99]

Trinidad and 'reasonable price' is an oxymoron.  You wont find a new Xbox 360 for anything close to resonable
in this place.  Better to import it yourself.  Even with all freight/Customs charges, it will still be less than what
most stores would charge for it here.  If you can get someone coming in to bring it for you, even better.

I refuse to buy a console in Trinidad because of the ridiculous pricing.

Was now about to post the same thing. I guess everyone's definition of "reasonable" is dfferent tho, hence the markup from the local sellers :p

[ViCe]

Trinidad and 'reasonable price' is an oxymoron.  You wont find a new Xbox 360 for anything close to resonable
in this place.  Better to import it yourself.  Even with all freight/Customs charges, it will still be less than what
most stores would charge for it here.  If you can get someone coming in to bring it for you, even better.

I refuse to buy a console in Trinidad because of the ridiculous pricing.

how much customs duties an vat customs does charge arc?
i wanna bring in an arcarde model for christmas nah

[woodyear99]

40% of the value so a $200 US 360 should have $80 US or so in duties.

I paid 40% when I brought in my old Elite...

[disciple]

it cost me about 800 TT shipping and duties  to bring in mine, with 5 games and a peripheral



saw an elite bundle ( resident evil ) for 4000 yesterday, btw.

[ViCe]

40% of the value so a $200 US 360 should have $80 US or so in duties.

I paid 40% when I brought in my old Elite...

280US aint bad at all na 360 immc lol
christmas go b nice this year man 

saw an elite bundle ( resident evil ) for 4000 yesterday, btw.

why wud any1 buy an elite???
better to take d arcarde or Pro models
me i takin d arcarde since i gettin gettin a 60GB HDD, Headset, and 3 months XBL for 93US still 7US cheaper dan d Pro plus some XBL time as well

now games gimme sum good MP games (preferably competitive altho coop wont hurt either)
takin Halo 3, Gears 2 & L4D das a muss.
wat else rel bad on d MP side of things........doh say cod cuz cod is lal imo

[vapotrini]

Trinidad and 'reasonable price' is an oxymoron.  You wont find a new Xbox 360 for anything close to resonable
in this place.  Better to import it yourself.  Even with all freight/Customs charges, it will still be less than what
most stores would charge for it here.  If you can get someone coming in to bring it for you, even better.

I refuse to buy a console in Trinidad because of the ridiculous pricing.

About the pricing... Too true fellas, too true. I was feeling just like you, then I did the math and asked myself if it's really worth all the hassle. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I want to bring in a pro shouldn't it cost:

$299 = $1884 TT
+ 20% = $376 TT
+ 15% = $339 TT

Total: $2599 TT + what ever freight is.

I've been told that there's a place in town that has the pro for around $2650 (without the 2 bonus games, surprise surprise). Now granted they probably aren't paying duties to bring it in, but that doesn't help me as I'm going to have to pay the duties. So, would you guys say $2650 is still too much?

[ViCe]

http://www.sheltechelectronics.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

note d orginal price eh cuz it hav 15% OFF sale (dunno if da still goin on hadda check wen i pass monday)
d normal price is around 3100, if d discount still on better act now

[woodyear99]

http://www.sheltechelectronics.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

note d orginal price eh cuz it hav 15% OFF sale (dunno if da still goin on hadda check wen i pass monday)
d normal price is around 3100, if d discount still on better act now

U giving urself an early Christmas gift or what lol.

[TriniXaeno]

I wouldn't say you can't get a console locally @ a good price. I bought all of my consoles from JK, granted I know the owner personally but still, the pricing wasn't that bad and I liked the peace of mind knowing if anything went wrong, could send it back to him for warranty/repair.

Agreed, I could have saved a few dollars doing the import but not enough to offset the peace of mind of local support.

Even bought my recent ps3/sf4 from them.

[ViCe]

U giving urself an early Christmas gift or what lol.

LOL ah wish eh hadda wait till christmas for d earliest dred, if ah fall behind it go b after carnival.....CYAH mess up meh wine an grind money LOL

if ANYTIME during E3 da price drop further ah takin for sure this year. November is ah tricky month since sony tryin to broken meh again this year wit all dem good games coming out

[Arcmanov]

I wouldn't say you can't get a console locally @ a good price. I bought all of my consoles from JK, granted I know the owner personally but still, the pricing wasn't that bad and I liked the peace of mind knowing if anything went wrong, could send it back to him for warranty/repair.

Agreed, I could have saved a few dollars doing the import but not enough to offset the peace of mind of local support.

Even bought my recent ps3/sf4 from them.

...and that my good chap is the key part of your statement there.
'Fyah bun' as they say, ALL local merchants when it comes to purchasing a console.

I want to think they feel there's no other way to buy a console.  Well f@#k em.

[vapotrini]

http://www.sheltechelectronics.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

note d orginal price eh cuz it hav 15% OFF sale (dunno if da still goin on hadda check wen i pass monday)
d normal price is around 3100, if d discount still on better act now

Thank you. That is the exact place I'm talking about. Will call them tomorrow as the price is better then everywhere else I've checked.

[woodyear99]

I wouldn't say you can't get a console locally @ a good price. I bought all of my consoles from JK, granted I know the owner personally but still, the pricing wasn't that bad and I liked the peace of mind knowing if anything went wrong, could send it back to him for warranty/repair.

Agreed, I could have saved a few dollars doing the import but not enough to offset the peace of mind of local support.

Even bought my recent ps3/sf4 from them.

...and that my good chap is the key part of your statement there.
'Fyah bun' as they say, ALL local merchants when it comes to purchasing a console.

I want to think they feel there's no other way to buy a console.  Well f@#k em.

Lol Arc.

Oh and E3 price drops unlikely....

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090529-716492.html

[TriniXaeno]

lol, arc, that simply means I don't expect a price gouge from the man.

Remember, he is running a business.

Like every other business out there. It is cheaper to buy a car, tv, designer clothes, *insert commodity here*, etc... from the internet.

The reason we don't buy 95% of everything online is because of convenience, confidence in the vendor and warranty/support.

Again, I'm not saying you won't get it 10% cheaper if you go online but don't write off local game shops completely out of consideration.

They're not all trying to ream us a knew one with some overridiculous outlandish pricing schema.

[ViCe]

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/formats/xbox360/xbox-secrets-the-truth-about-xbox-360-relaunch--$1305320.htm

interesting






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