It’s not often we do “retailer selling ‘X’ for ‘X’ amount” articles here at TSA, but this one is a right corker. Right now retail giant Tesco is allowing you to pre-order the Nintendo 3DS for £157. No, that’s not an error; a brand new 3DS for the price of a DSi XL. Tesco are also promising launch day delivery.
Let the price war commence!
Update 3: We’ve just been on the phone with Tesco’s customer service and they have indeed cancelled our order. It looks like Toys R Us is still the cheapest place to pre-order your 3DS then, by a few pennies.
Update 2: Eurogamer are now reporting that Tesco have said the deal was a mistake and they have contacted those customers who were affected and offered a full refund. As of this moment we have still not been notified of any issues with our order but that might just be a delay in the email delivery systems.
Update: Tesco’s website now carries a disclaimer exempting the 3DS from their 20% discount promotion on all (other) gaming stock but according to Eurogamer, their PR department says the deal is genuine. We’ll let you know if our pre-orders are cancelled by updating this story.
Source: Tesco
Smallville2106
Definately going to have to check this Tesco 20% off sale.