Wow, the headline pretty much says it all.
For those that didn't hear about last year's Amazon Customer Vote promotion, it's a program where mega-Web store Amazon.com lets their customers vote on one of a few preset deals, and the item with the most votes officially goes on sale to selected voters for the predetermined price. The catch is that there is a limited amount of items, and voters have to "win" to be able to purchase their item.
This year the program is back, and the videogame side item choice prices are way lower than last years offerings. The first vote, due on Tuesday, November 20th, asks you to choose between:
- Nintendo Wii -- $79 winning price
- Sony PlayStation 3 (40GB) -- $139 winning price
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade -- $99 winning price
Damn!
The process is a bit more controlled this year as the site crashed from the traffic for a few minutes last year. Basically, 1,000 randomly selected voters of the winning product get the opportunity to buy these items at the special price, and runners-up still get a pretty decent discount. You'll want to check with Amazon for the full rules and details, but if you're looking to nab anyone one of these systems, you're probably already on it.
Also, the full list of offerings for this promotion is mind blowing. Let us peek at your vote!
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10:44 AM on 11.15.2007 | 
Only question, will the Wii on eBay be enough to cover the price of the other?
Also, Round 6 is amazing... 1080P for $719, I know what I'm voting for then.
Although I wouldn't pay $400 for a PS3, $179 is good enough to get my interest.
Either way, I went the PS3 route. I have a 360 and Wii already.
The price the item is available for is determined by which one wins, but then again it might be better to just place second. There are only 1000 Wii's and with the number of votes it is getting the chance of being selected isn't very good.
so if 2,000 people vote on PS3 and it wins, half of them will be offered the deal instead of a first come first serve deal.
It's 669 here in Sweden.
Oh, and I voted Wii, even though I have one.
People still want the Wii?
That 1080p LCD would be nice, though...