ATI Trade-up program

[Electric Amish]

Link

Very impressive!

amish

 

[Beau]

Nice, but where are the prices listed?

 

[Vortex22]

Yeah, how much will they give me for my 8500?

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Beau6183
Nice, but where are the prices listed?

hehe... no prices yet, that I can find.

amish

 

[Occifer]

Sweet! Have you found anything that says how much credit they give you for different cards?

 

[Vortex22]

It says the 9700 costs $350 if I have a trade in, but it looks like you have to fill out the form and everything to find out how much they will give you back for the trade in.

 

[Viper GTS]

If they'll take my Ti4200 off my hands for more than I could sell it for, I'm game.

Viper GTS

 

[mpitts]

I have a feeling they are going to give a flat rate back on ATI-based cards only.

 

[Electric Amish]

Here's the order form

If you can enter a Serial Number for a return product you'll probably get an amount on the next page.

amish

 

[Vortex22]

Originally posted by: mpitts
I have a feeling they are going to give a flat rate back on ATI-based cards only.

Yeah, I just thought of that since the price for the 9700 is $400 on the main page but $350 on the trade in thing.
That sucks... It would be good for someone with an ancient POS card though.

 

[mpitts]

RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION 64MB AGP 100-431050 $149.00 USD

Nice. I have been thinking of getting an 8500 for my G4. I can toss them an old RageIIc and get it for $149.

 

[MustPost]

It doesn't seem like that good a deal. Especially with all the shipping involved

 

[mpitts]

Damn ATI always gets you on shipping. $15 for Ground? That sucks.

 

[Jzero]

I hate to rain on the parade, but they've been doing this for a couple years, and it's a pretty weak deal. For one thing you have to pay their over-inflated retail price, and they'll only give you $50 on your trade ($100 if you buy certain things). For instance, you can get the AIW 8500 for around $220 shipped from other vendors, where from ATI, AFTER your trade-in, it's $249 and you still have to pay shipping.

 

[BDawg]

What will they give you for your Parhelia, Amish?

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: BDawg
What will they give you for your Parhelia, Amish?

Nothing....if I had one.

amish

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: BDawg
What will they give you for your Parhelia, Amish?

He never got one.

He cancelled his order & bought an Nvidia based card instead.

Viper GTS

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Jzero
I hate to rain on the parade, but they've been doing this for a couple years, and it's a pretty weak deal. For one thing you have to pay their over-inflated retail price, and they'll only give you $50 on your trade ($100 if you buy certain things). For instance, you can get the AIW 8500 for around $220 shipped from other vendors, where from ATI, AFTER your trade-in, it's $249 and you still have to pay shipping.

Not for me. The cheapest I have been able to find the Mac 8500 for is around 190-195.

I can shoot them an old-school AGP Rage IIc and get it for $149+$15 = $164. Not spectacular, but a good deal considering I can't get $10 for the video card I am trading in.

 

[PlatinumGold]

prices seem high to me.

i was hoping to trade in my old Geforce SDR but i can get the 9000 pro at encpc for $77.00 why would i send them this card (costs $5.00 to ship) plus pay them $99.00 for the card, $15.00 for shipping and a $50.00 deposit.

not much of a deal if you ask me.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: BDawg
What will they give you for your Parhelia, Amish?

He never got one.

He cancelled his order & bought an Nvidia based card instead.

Viper GTS

Well, I bought a Geforce4 mx420 just so I could play the Asheron's Call 2 Beta. It only supported Geforce cards. Then I bought a Radeon 9700 Pro to replace the Geforce.

amish

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Jzero
I hate to rain on the parade, but they've been doing this for a couple years, and it's a pretty weak deal. For one thing you have to pay their over-inflated retail price, and they'll only give you $50 on your trade ($100 if you buy certain things). For instance, you can get the AIW 8500 for around $220 shipped from other vendors, where from ATI, AFTER your trade-in, it's $249 and you still have to pay shipping.

Not for me. The cheapest I have been able to find the Mac 8500 for is around 190-195.

I can shoot them an old-school AGP Rage IIc and get it for $149+$15 = $164. Not spectacular, but a good deal considering I can't get $10 for the video card I am trading in.

It may work better for the Mac stuff since there's less retail outlets for it, I suppose. I've been drawn to this "deal" quite a few times over the years. There was a point last year where the were offering double trade-in value on one of the older all-in-wonders and I almost fell for it until I did a quick search of prices elsewhere and found that I could STILL get it for less somewhere else.

My old Banshee isn't worth $10, but there's no sense trading it in for $50 if you end up spending more in the process, right?

 

[satori]

An even better deal is to know someone working at ATI. A 9700 for only $200. Yummy...

 

[Stark]

Originally posted by: Jzero
I hate to rain on the parade, but they've been doing this for a couple years, and it's a pretty weak deal. For one thing you have to pay their over-inflated retail price, and they'll only give you $50 on your trade ($100 if you buy certain things). For instance, you can get the AIW 8500 for around $220 shipped from other vendors, where from ATI, AFTER your trade-in, it's $249 and you still have to pay shipping.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Originally posted by: satori
An even better deal is to know someone working at ATI. A 9700 for only $200. Yummy...

So you work at ati, or know someone who does?