UPDATE: Mar. 7, 2024, 11:15 a.m. EST This post has been updated with details on upcoming Drops for the first week of March, including a note on the SpongeBob Xbox that sold out in less than five minutes.
When it comes to shopping, a scarcity mindset is just as convincing as that one friend who always enables you to buy something you don't need. It's why there's often a timer breathing down your neck from the corner of the screen during a sitewide sale. It's exactly why Amazon's invite-only Prime Day deals and Black Friday deals popped off, and why Walmart lets Walmart+ members get their hands on new groups of big shopping event deals hours before the general public can.
And it's probably why Best Buy conveniently announced Best Buy Drops just ahead of the holiday shopping season. We're pleasantly surprised that Drops turned out to not just be a holiday treat, though — it has solidified its spot as the middle tab of the Best Buy app, and we'll certainly be taking advantage of this unique shopping hack as long as Best Buy will let us.
Best Buy Drops is a shopping hack dedicated to giving shoppers a heads-up about upcoming high-profile items and deals in categories like gaming, cheap TVs, fan-favorite toys and merch, high-profile hair tools, kitchen gadgets, and more dropping at Best Buy in the next week. As long as you have the Best Buy mobile app, you can preview what's coming on what day so that you're ready to click "add to cart" when the item or deal goes live.
If a Drop is currently live while you're on the app, a status bar showing the percentage of inventory that has been claimed can give an idea of how fast you need to act. Once inventory for a certain Drop is gone, it's gone.
The Drops tab also keeps a list of past Drops, which have included a limited-edition PlayStation 5 Marvel's Spider-Man bundle, Pokémon Squishmallows, a super cheap 50-inch TV, and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Even if you missed these, you at least have an idea of what similar items could pop up in the coming weeks. To look ahead, check the upcoming tab.
For extra cushion, you can opt-in to Drop Alerts for an extra reminder right before the drop of a product you care about goes live. Joining My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total will unlock even better discounts on Drops than what the general public is getting.
What's dropping at Best Buy March 7 and 8
Best Buy is only revealing the names of the upcoming products — not their actual Drop prices — in the Drop preview tab, so any prices listed below are the current price of the said product as it is on Best Buy's site pre-Drop. Drops go live around 11 a.m. ET on the specified day (usually a string of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in any given week), and inventory is typically fully claimed by 5 p.m. that day.
Dropped: March 7 (sold out as of 11:05 a.m.)
It's no secret box revealing the embarrassing photo of SpongeBob at the Christmas party, but it is a SpongeBob-themed Xbox, which is just as rare of a find. Best Buy's exclusive bundle includes the yellow and porous Series X console itself, a color-blocked controller featuring other crucial Bikini Bottom residents, and a full game download of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2.
Inventory of this special-edition Xbox was claimed within a few minutes of the Drop going live — a prime example of how on top of Drops the public has gotten.
Drops' gaming theme continues, finally spoiling those who prefer PC with a Drop of one of the best wireless FPS mice on the market right now. The Razer Viper V2 wields Razer's wickedly agile Focus Pro 30K sensor, zipping around for up to 80 hours on a single charge. Despite several heavy-duty specs, the Viper V2 Pro itself is more than 20% lighter than the Razer Viper Ultimate, weighing just 59 grams.
Pre-Drop, Best Buy already has the Viper V2 Pro on sale for less than $100 (or $101.99, if you choose the white one) — a $50-ish dip from its MSRP of $149.99. $74.99 feels like the safe prediction, though we're hoping for a full $100 price cut to $49.99.
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