A MOST important KEY is to use this link:
http://www.skymall.com/25000 DEAL IS DEAD NOW!
No other links will work! Here are some updates about the terms and conditions:
Now there is good news and bad news with this round. The good news is the price match works and they will price match Amazon as long as it is not an individual selling, so it does not have to be a “brick and mortar” store!
The bad news is we must stay OVER $500 to get the miles after the price match. Also, NO CODES will work or you lose miles. One nice thing for some of us, they will let you submit a tax exempt certificate if you want and they WILL credit you back the sales tax but your PRE TAX order cost must STAY over $500. S&H does NOT count toward the total spent. That will reduce my cost by $44.00. This is the way I will play it. The costs are estimates – YOURS MAY BE MUCH HIGHER.
Buy SAMSUNG Tabs (32gb)———-$665
Ebay fees——————————————25
S&H fees——————————————-15
Paypal fees—————————————20
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Raw cost to buy / sell / ship————–$725
If you sell them for $540 each———-(-540)
Minus price match—————————( -50)
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All in loss -$135
Still not a bad deal to buy 25,000 miles for that number. Even if you end up a loss of $175 per order you are still buying skymiles at $0.007 cents each! I will want to sell mine fast and will post the price at $530 each (but I have my tax exempt status so can take the hit). So my all in number this round should be a cost of $100/25,000!
Here are some links for info on prices and what they are going for on Ebay with BUY NOW.
Ebay 32GB TABS
PriceMatch Info from Skymall
BestBuy 32GB TABS for Pricematch
J&R 32GB TABS for Pricematch < – may not work but BB should? We will see.
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how cruel to make this 3am. i am really not sure i want the delta miles that much to set my alarm clock 🙁
Just to clarify. I need multiple orders of >$500 to rack up points. One order of $1000 will not garner me 50,000 miles, correct?
Yes. One order 25k, Two orders 50k and so on until they reach 1000 orders!
I’m sorry if this has been answered over on FT, but quick question regarding price match…
Am I correct to assume that After I place the order, I can call to have the price difference refunded? As long as the new price is still over $500?
Thanks!
Yes Mike. That is why I am going with the 32GB unit this time as the 499 one + battery will not work as after price match we are under the $500 level for the miles!
Is it limited to just 500 spend or same as last year example you get 25k miles per $500 spend, with no limit.
To be clear. Before tax and s&h it must be $500. You can do as many of these as you want until they reach 1000 orders!
From what I am reading each order will be max 25k miles ,so if one order is $1,000.00 , I will not get 50k miles. I will have to do two seperate orders of $500 as clarified Before tax and s&h.
Correct. 1 – $500 order = 25k miles, 1 – $1200 order = 25k miles, 2 – $500 orders = 50k, 2 – $600 orders = 50k miles
Thanks for all the great info. My only question is this, do you really think you can get the $540 for the tablet? From what I’m seeing, I’d only be comfortable assuming a sale price of $520 as that is closer to the average price over the last 50 sold.
What are your thoughts?
We shall soon find out. That is why you should PLAN to loose more that $135. Maybe $175 or even $200! IMO still a great deal!
Rene, thanks for the great updates on this. I’m still not sure if I’ll end up participating or not, but I really appreciate how on top of it you’ve been. I do have a quick question regarding the price match, both for the Galaxy Tab and other products like the Canon cameras. Are you sure they’ll price match even if the item says it cannot be discounted? Is the “cannot be discounted” simply code for “you can’t use a x% off coupon”?
I can tell you this. Last time I used SAMS CLUB – they are a discount store – and it worked just fine. They will take just about anyone – even ON SALE. The key is it must be IN STOCK for the match to work. There a many places that have the TABs for 550 each like: http://www.pcrichard.com/catalog/product.jsp?modelNo=P7510MAVXAB or http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-10-1-Inch-32GB-Wi-Fi/dp/B00519RWI8 even this one http://www.jr.com/samsung/pe/SAM_MAVXABBK/ save a few more bucks!
*** Also keep in mind the PRICEMATCH comes AFTER the fact. You buy it first. After you have the order placed at FULL price you email and request the match and they credit you back to your credit card. Took about 3-5 weeks for me to get all my credits last time.
I was more asking about the SkyMall listing saying that the Tab cannot be discounted.
That does raise another question though: I wonder if they’ll even price match when the item has to be placed in the shopping cart at another site to see the price, due to MAP requirements by the manufacturer. I was considering getting a P&S for myself as part of a multi-item purchase. The Canon SX230 and Nikon S9100 both get great ratings for their price range, but they’re selling for WAY less than the prices on skymall–and MAP rules prevent them from being listed clearly on other sites without doing the whole shopping cart trick.
I updated my last comment. The match comes after the fact. Read the terms and conditions on match. Also the promo clearly states they will match per there match terms. (sorry if that sounds silly but they will match after the fact).
A little correction:
“you are still buying skymiles at $0.007 cents each!”
should be “7 cents” or “$0.07”
my eyes popped when I first saw that…
No, 25000 / $175 = $0.007
If you take 7 cents x 25,000 you get $1750
🙂
But now you do understand why this is such a good deal!
So how many Ebay auctions for the Galaxy will there be tomorrow? Over 200? I wouldn’t count on being able to sell in the usual price range if Ebay is flooded with them.
There is risk that you may not get the amazing deal but something closer to .01 cpm. I do not want to be a buzz-kill, just giving people fair warning on the risk.
That being said, I still might get in on this offer.
@deltagoldflyer – considering bestbuy’s 32gb galaxy tab is OOS, do you think skymall will pm to tigerdirect’s $549?
I would think so as well as the others I have listed for even less so you get more money back. It must be instock!
trying the link. but it appears to be broken
The requested URL /25000 was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request
We are not live yet. The 3:AM was not set in stone. Thus the “looks” like. At some point today we are live. I will update!
Galaxy tabs are regularly going on ebay for ~$460. I wouldn’t count on more than 450 from it(-50 for fees and S&H). After pricematch the price would be ~$615. So its 25000 miles for ~215+ hassle. Is it worth it when you can “buy” it at 1.1 cents?
Does anyone know if you use a gift card to partially pay for the order, if that voids it?
Great question. I would think not as you are not BUYING a gift card – you are spending one. You can email them and check!
When do we provide our Skymiles number?
At checkout there will be a place for you to put in your number
I called Skymall and the guy said to go to skymall.com/delta the only promotion there is 5 delta points for every dollar you spend. He said to call back later when there would be a supervisor on duty.
Yes. That is whey you have to use the 25000 link once live.
Anyone else unable to get anything at http://www.skymall.com/25000? Was this promotion just an unsubstantiated rumor, or will it take place tomorrow night or some other time?
At some point today we are live. That we do know 100%
6am Eastern Time on 12.1.2011 and the site is currently down for the special link listed above. So either SkyMall has dropped the ball or already 1,000 people have made a $500.00+ purchase on SkyMall.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say SkyMall has dropped the ball. *roll eyes*
Give it time. We will be live soon!
I fell asleep, but got up to try this. The link is not working. What gives?
Hello DeltaPoints Community,
We want to thank you for your continued patience in this matter. I wanted to touch base with the community and try to provide up to date and accurate information regarding the promotion as well as clear up and rumors and/or misinformation.
1. An official promotional email will be sent to our
customer database with specific instructions on how,
when,and where to participate in the promotion.
2. Once the official email has been sent, I will
simultaneously go on the blogs and post the content
of the promotional email for those bloggers who may
not receive the email.
3. The was information provided on blogs regarding a
specific launch time for the promotion. At the time
the information provided was accurate and provided
by myself. However, after further research and other
factors that needed to be taken in consideration, we
made the decision to not launch the promotion at
midnight. I take full responsibility for the
miscommunication and misinformation. I sincerely
apologize to all of you for any inconvenience this
may have caused. I also want to apologize to the
wonderful bloggers who have helped spread the word
on our behalf and have received negative remarks and
comments as a result. I understand you did not have
to do this, but you did and put yourself at risk and
I can not express how grateful we are for your help
and assistance.
As a result of recent developments, we will play this promotion by the book and will make sure all communication going out is OFFICIAL. We strive to give everyone a fair chance to participate in this upcoming promotion and make sure that we have staff available to answer all customer service questions/concerns as well as address any technical support questions that may come up as a result of the large amount of expected internet traffic.
I will attempt to answer all general questions related to customer service and terms and conditions. If you have individual scenario based questions or concerns please email those to miles@skymall.com and an Airline Program Support Representative will be more than happy to assist you further.
Once again, I do want to apologize about any inconvenience.
Thank you,
Aaron Burnette, Sr
Airline Program Administrator
SkyMall, Inc
aburnette@skymall.com
602.528.3271
Thank you, Aaron. I wish more programs stressed customer service like you are doing by posting this message. Please keep up the good work! I think it will pay dividends for SkyMall within the FF community.
Just wondering why people seem to be focusing on ebay/paypal as opposed to craigslist/cash. Is it that much safer?
Yes – No. Is it safe to have someone you do not know come and bring you cash when they know what you have to sell? I will pay for the safety of the US MAIL. Your call.
Thanks for the update Rene and Aaron – good things come to those who wait! Glad I didn’t get up last night for this though – must get my beauty sleep:)
what time tonight ??
We do not know yet. We are all waiting with credit cards in hand! Kinda fun (well not really)! 😉
so skymall has this camera for $800 ( http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=204007019&c= ), and camerapro has it for $570 ( http://www.camerapromo.com/product.asp?id=9976 ), while they are selling on ebay for over $600 ( http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?rt=nc&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=EOS%20Rebel%20T3i%20body&_dmpt=Digital_Cameras&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283 ). any chance skymall would pricematch to that website?
You can always email them and find out. They will match almost anyone who is “real” that is not and ebay or amazon individual seller.
@jesuisxtc:Did you ever find out if that will price match? I sent them an email but have not heard back. Thanks!
Any word on this?
very very soon…. have more coffee and get ready… soon….
Who and when do I send my price match to?
I have the link somewhere in the blog. you do it later. you have 30 days!
You can always return the item to SkyMall if it doesn’t sell on ebay ,right?
Yes. They do not charge a restock fee but your s&h charge you will not get back and you will have to pay to send them back as well. Plus your miles will go bye bye! All good points to keep in mind if you are going to play this game!
@DeltaGoldFlyer – You have convinced me to join the fun! Just found a trip where I will use the Delta miles!
Great! The water in nice here!
Hello – I was looking at your spreadsheet and noticed that you don’t have any gift cards listed which also accrue points if purchased through skymall. Wouldn’t that be an easier method as they ship free?
Gift cards are excluded. You will get NO POINTS if you buy gift cards! I wish we could but no dice!
What do we need for a price match? A link to the site? A screen shot?
Both – or at least that is what I did. I printed to PDF a copy of the site ( you can download free software to do that here btw http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ ) and then also include a link to the site in your email.
Thanks so much. I have a mac, do you know of a program like that for a mac?
Thank you for such a amazing blog. Exactly where else could anyone get that kind of information written in such a perfect way? I have a presentation that I am presently working on, and I have been on the look out for such info
Do you know if SkyMall will notify the individuals who qualify for one of the first 1000 orders?
You will know. it will send you to 3x miles per order page if 1000 gone.
Wow, thanks for the reply. I’m really impressed. Thanks again!
I got 16!
grt no word yet for me…
IT’S OVER FOLKS
Curious to know what tax exempt status you have that allows you to buy and re-sell electronics?
I have run a computer biz for 16 years!
So you are receiving a waiver of sales tax because you are a business that resells the products, correct?
Yes. If you have one you can also send that to Skymall and they will credit you back for the sales tax! It will NOT count against the total for the miles.