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Future Shop drops price on Zune

14 November 2008 23:47 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 8 comments

The popular Canadian retailer Future Shop has announced they have dropped the price of the Zune 8GB to $100 CAD, down from $150.

The deal will last for the next week on all colors and will prove to be a large undercut on American retailers and other Canadian retailers' current prices. As of September, Microsoft's official MSRP for the product is $150 CAD.

It is unclear whether Microsoft or Future Shop prompted the deal but it is odd to see a product at such a high discount while it is still relatively new and not a clearance item.

Future Shop is also selling the 120GB model Zune for $234 CAD, $16 CAD lower than the MSRP.

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TBandit (Member) 15 November 2008 3:09
Make me wanna get one from them now. [ + quote]
SSSJDanny (Junior Member) 15 November 2008 5:15
I want one, but my first Gen Zune is still good. Maybe I'll still get it. [ + quote]
ThePastor (Junior Member) 17 November 2008 15:01
These guys don't ship to US??? So, what's the point? A handful of Canuk's get Zune's for $81 bucks? Big deal. [ + quote]
ThePastor (Junior Member) 17 November 2008 15:03
And Oh, by the way... They're out of stock. [ + quote]
deejizzle (Member) 17 November 2008 22:27
*Originally posted by ThePastor:* These guys don't ship to US??? So, what's the point? A handful of Canuk's get Zune's for $81 bucks? Big deal. sorry if we like saving money. we should be throwing away our money in such an economic downfall. and no we dont ship to the us because futureshop = best buy and you guys have your own bestbest. [ + quote]
Mez (Senior Member) 18 November 2008 7:02
Hold on to your britches! This is only the beginning of the price wars. Apple has slashed their prices in the last few months by 30-40% and over 60% for the year. Sansa is comming on line with cheap and good mp3 players. This was before no one was buying much. [ + quote]
ThePastor (Junior Member) 18 November 2008 14:45
I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers, my point was that while an $81 dollar price is good, it's hardly an indicator of the future. The deal is limited to Canada only (hardly an international marketplace) and there are none in stock. I was wondering why it was newsworthy... And a bit peeved that I couldn't get one... <grin> [ + quote]
Mez (Senior Member) 19 November 2008 7:07
I have seen them for 89USD and the 30G for 100USD. I think the prices will continue to slide. There is way too much competition and the echonomy is at a 50 year low. [ + quote]