TiVo is running a Black Friday Sale – that lasts six days. Yeah, marketing, what can you do? Anyway it starts today, 11/23, and runs through Monday, 11/28. They’d updated their home page with links, and a Flash app which allows you to hear the TiVo Guy ‘sing’ TiVo-ized versions of holiday songs.
It isn’t really much of a sale though, you can save $20 on the TiVo Premiere. So it is $79.99 instead of $99.99, but there is no discount on the Premiere XL or the Premiere Elite. Since Amazon has the Premiere for $69.99, I’d skip this sale.
However, I think a better deal is www.tivo.com/freeslide – you pay full price for the Premiere, but they include a free TiVo Slide remote, which is a $60 value – or $41.39 at Amazon. I use the Slide as my main remote and I definitely think it is worth it. With this deal you pay $99.99 for the Premiere and Slide, which is less than the $111.38 the two would be at Amazon. So if you’re planning to get a Slide Remote with your Premiere, this deal is worth it.
I think if they really wanted to run a holiday sale they could’ve offered the Premiere + Slide bundle for the $79.99 price. But they probably don’t want to upset their retail partners, like Amazon, by undercutting them too much.
TiVo is also running a new sweepstakes. There are a few prizes:
5. PRIZES. Grand Prize (1): Grand Prize (1): One (1) TiVo Premiere DVR, one (1) year of TiVo service, one (1) TiVo Wireless G Network Adapter, and one (1) 42” Insignia Connected TV. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of Grand Prize: $1,099.85.
Instant Win Prizes: Three (3) TiVo Premiere DVRs with three (3) months of free TiVo service, ARV: $479.88; Ten (10) Fifty Dollar ($50) Amazon.com Gift Cards, ARV: $500; One hundred twenty-five (120) three (3) month subscription to Hulu Plus, ARV: $2,876.40.
That’s worth an entry.
The marketing speak is getting out of control. As if Black Friday and Cyber Monday weren’t bad enough, now we have Black Friday Week? Why not just call it a Thanksgiving Sale? Oh well.
