Sony Giving Away 35,000 PS3 Blu-rays (In Australia)

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suthland

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#24227 18-Jul-2008 15:00

http://clearnet.co.nz/games/newsc39a9fee-15c5-f112-bc1a-cf4828a49f97.html

What do you think the chances are that we get a simlar promotion here with the new Bravia V & W series?

I am waiting for the new KDL 46" W4000 to arrive in store but might wait a bit, would be gutted if simlar promotion started after I purchased it.

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#149175 18-Jul-2008 15:11

Have a ring around, as they should already be instores.

Also, Sony NZ are giving you a $200 cashback instead.

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#149187 18-Jul-2008 15:44

rscole86: Have a ring around, as they should already be instores.

Also, Sony NZ are giving you a $200 cashback instead.

The W Series 46" & 52" are not being released until August

http://www.sony.co.nz/bravia/news.jsp

And $200 v PS3 ? No contest I will take a PS3 please.

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#149195 18-Jul-2008 16:01

AFAIK, the 46 should be instores either this week, or early next. With the 52 not due until early August.

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#149198 18-Jul-2008 16:16

rscole86: AFAIK, the 46 should be instores either this week, or early next. With the 52 not due until early August.

Thanks - I will have a look around this weekend.

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#149200 18-Jul-2008 16:23

I hope they do this here as well, for people that buy from now onwards. Would really suck if they didnt give the promotion for early buyers (if they do it here).

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#149451 19-Jul-2008 13:38

Be careful with the 200 $ price reduction, it is in fact an offer of a 200 $ price reduction if you buy within 28 days a compatible set of equipment, e.g. a home theatre.
Has anyone tried to negotiate in individual shops, e.g. Noel Leeming and an idea what can be achieved by that?

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#149460 19-Jul-2008 14:41

I think they did this back at christmas time as well. My mate moved back to melbourne and scored a PS3 when his father in law bought a Sony LCD telly. Pretty good bonus$ when you consider that you still negotiate the price at the shop and the PS3 is supplied separately by Sony and the PS3 is a great DVD/Bluray/entertainment centre.

Its a pity over here we get a crappy dvd player etc etc

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#149476 19-Jul-2008 15:33

Imailed Sony today, probably will get the standard reply and get pointed out that they offer a 200$ rebate if I buy more Sony stuff, something I am not going to do.
What would be in it in individual dealing in the shop? 10% ?
I am also looking at the Viera mdels, very nice picture too !

Cheers

Johan

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#149985 21-Jul-2008 19:46

Sony evidently prefers its Aussie customers, as shows from their email I received today:

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Thank you for contacting Sony NZ.

The Australian promotionof the free PS3 if for Sony Australia only as Sony Australia’s marketing decided to have that spacific promotion. We had a similar promotion last year but since the Intergrated Digital tuner Sony Bravias have just been released in New Zealand we aren’t looking at having the same promotion any time soon.

I hope this helps resolve your query. If not, or more information is required, please contact us on 0800 SONY NZ (0800 766 969).

Kind regards,

The Team @ Sony

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#150057 21-Jul-2008 23:21

I got a similar reply, but they added "but we wouldnt rule out a different promotion" or something.

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#150241 22-Jul-2008 13:01

thanks ExDee, that makes me even more convinced to wait a little more and not be an early adopter of the Bravia V and W series. thinking about it, they all will very soon come with freeview tuners built in and I like the Panasonics just as well.

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#150412 22-Jul-2008 17:43

Have some exact wording:
"There are currently no plans to run a PlayStation and BRAVIA promotion in New Zealand. However, we cannot rule out a similar promotion in the future."

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#150441 22-Jul-2008 18:56

eXDee: Have some exact wording:
"There are currently no plans to run a PlayStation and BRAVIA promotion in New Zealand. However, we cannot rule out a similar promotion in the future."

Guess that will happen when,

1. The econoy goes down the toilet and sales slow.

2. The new 80Gig PS3s come out at the same or lower price than the existing 40Gig models and the can't get rid of the old ones..

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#150842 24-Jul-2008 09:16

Hi all, just registered to post the reply I got, I messaged them through the mysony site and after not recieving a reply sent another a week or so later and got this reply

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Hi ******,

Thank you for your email and our apologies that no one has emailed you sooner.

The PS3 and BRAVIA promotion is run by Sony Australia and there are currently plans to run a similar promotion in New Zealand.

Best regards,

The My Sony Team
Customer Communication Marketing Division

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So judging by that, just a typo or a misinformed team member??

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#150915 24-Jul-2008 12:17

Sounds like a similar replay to what some of our guys here at work got when they asked Sony early June when sets with DTT tuners were coming out. They said " Not before Xmas" so they bought 40v300 and 3 weeks later the 40V4000 comes out..

Regards,

Old3eyes

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