{"id":7197,"date":"2009-09-22T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7197"},"modified":"2015-06-01T22:40:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T05:40:22","slug":"netflix-360-rebate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/netflix-360-rebate\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix 360 Rebate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8944 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Netflix-rebate-S-e1433223566669.jpg\" alt=\"Netflix rebate-S\" width=\"400\" height=\"118\" \/>SEPT. 22, 2009 \u2022 Although no reason was provided, Netflix is sponsoring a $50 mail-in rebate for purchases of Xbox 360 Elites between Sept. 22 and Oct. 5. Although Microsoft did recently reduced the system to $299, the previously included HDMI cable was eliminated. Most mainstream retailers sell the cable from between $30 and $50.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Impact: The $50 rebate was a quiet promotion that effectively reduced the price of the Xbox 360 to $249 for a two-week period. Sony has offered a similar rebate of $100 to PlayStation 3 purchasers that applied for a Sony Visa card. There is clearly a price war going on and sponsored rebates may be a way to offer consumers value without the immediate loss that an actual price drop entails. Microsoft has already had to cut several corners to get the price to $299. It is unclear how many people realize that the Xbox 360 no longer ships with an HDMI cable. This was one tactic to get the price down. The PlayStation 3 does not have an HDMI cable so it really is not a big difference. However, both Sony and Microsoft are losing money from their game business and every penny saved makes a big difference.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEPT. 22, 2009 \u2022 Although no reason was provided, Netflix is sponsoring a $50 mail-in rebate for purchases of Xbox 360 Elites between Sept. 22 and Oct. 5. Although Microsoft did recently reduced the system to $299, the previously included HDMI cable was eliminated. Most mainstream retailers sell the cable from between $30 and $50. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14232,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197\/revisions\/14232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}