[DEAD] 6800, 6800GT, 6800Ultra all 30% off @ CompUSA

[NightFalcon]

Originally posted by: chaonatic
It's a go in Omaha NE. I don't live there, but my mom does, so I sent her in, armed with printouts of receipts and special flyers, and all the info she could handle. From what I could gather from our conversation after she got it, they were not going to let her have it until she whipped out the printed copy of the receipt. Then they called a manager over and she said that they would honor it, holy sh*t! I thought for sure this would be a futile trip for her, but she was out the door with a receipt for a PNY 6800 Ultra for $374.02 after tax (7% here in NE.) I don't have the receipt, and she dosen't have a scanner, but as soon as I can get my hands on the receipt (and find some image hostin) I'll put a link up...

Good luck to the rest of you!

What receipts did you use? The two that I found in this thread both have the phone number and store number blacked out, so how did the manager give them a call?

 

[chaonatic]

No, they beckoned to the manager to come over and help them out (they didn't actually "telephone" anyone.) And I only emailed my mom the first receipt posted, cause I hadn't seen the other one at that time...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: wetcat007
Print off repceits from the image links on here, and just dont let them not do it refuse to leave if nessisary lmao.

Just a friendly word of warning - I assume that you were joking in that comment, but legally speaking, the store is still private property, and if the manager does actually ask you to leave, I suggest you listen, because if you don't, then they do have grounds to call the cops on you. Not that I've ever experienced something like that personally, because I haven't, but that is what I know/believe to be true.

I'm just posting this so that someone doesn't take you literally, and get put in jail. Some people might get a little crazy over such an awesome (but highly YMMV) deal like this.

Not a good place for an ATHD'er, since I don't think that they have internet access to AT forums in jail.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: wetcat007
Print off repceits from the image links on here, and just dont let them not do it refuse to leave if nessisary lmao.

Just a friendly word of warning - I assume that you were joking in that comment, but legally speaking, the store is still private property, and if the manager does actually ask you to leave, I suggest you listen, because if you don't, then they do have grounds to call the cops on you. Not that I've ever experienced something like that personally, because I haven't, but that is what I know/believe to be true.

I'm just posting this so that someone doesn't take you literally, and get put in jail. Some people might get a little crazy over such an awesome (but highly YMMV) deal like this.

Not a good place for an ATHD'er, since I don't think that they have internet access to AT forums in jail.

haha i know once they ask you to leave, then it's a different story, i meant just being persistant in the hopes they might allow it out of annoance, although i dont do that some people might. But yes i was joking hence the lmao

 

[iman00b]

For anyone that was counting on me i couldnt get any sorry ive been lied to 3 times in a row with different excuses from manager on why i cant get it with rebate. The first one was actually: its 399 with the 30% off... i had to go straight to work after so i just got back right now. time to read whats been going on.

EDIT: i guess its still hard to get in on this deal... so like the others if someone could help me out ill really appreciate it

 

[ZoNtO]

Guys I do apologize for all the confusion on this deal. I work at CompUSA and I've tried to get a couple people in on the deal at my work but the status on the 6800 Cards is I01, which basically means it's in the system but a release date is not guaranteed and they MAY not come in at all. Of course I don't know why they wouldn't, especially since the online site had the cards posted as well, but just to keep perspective, I01 is the same status that Doom III currently has as well...

I tried to go in yesterday and order the card, and my manager told me that they were not allowed to do preorders on items that have that status, simply because they are not guaranteed to be in stock and the store hasn't receieved a date on the arrival (if any). I wish I knew more about what the crap Nvidia and PNY and CompUSA were doing with the 6800 and X800 cards, but I simply don't have an explanation. I know it means nothing and a lot of people hate CompUSA, but I do apologize for all the hassles and "shady" deals that go on there. I'm not 100% satisfied with the company, not even close, but try and bear with the managers and customer service reps that help you out. I know that this is a huge deal at a huge discount, but sometimes there are more important things in life than saving a few bucks and getting a videocard that will be replaced by a new one in 6 months to a year...

Just a thought, PM me with any questions! Good luck to those who've gotten theirs in and those who are yet to succeed, I wish everyone the best. I hope the cards get in soon!

 

[MatthewF01]

zonto...thank you for the insight.

at this point, do you think its worth the hassle? theres a compusa near me, but it seems like a lot of people are striking out...although no one in my area


should I just move on the eVGA deal instead for the GT with FarCry?

Sure $100 in savings is nice though, but what are the odds. Plus I wont walk out with the card, and chances may even point to DoomIII coming out FIRST, then Im screwed with a GF4 and a piece of paper that cost me $300.

 

[ZoNtO]

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
zonto...thank you for the insight.

...

Sure $100 in savings is nice though, but what are the odds. Plus I wont walk out with the card, and chances may even point to DoomIII coming out FIRST, then Im screwed with a GF4 and a piece of paper that cost me $300.

First of all, you're welcome for the post. I hope that it answered some of your questions and hopefully some other people's as well. At this point, I would say that everybody should try their damndest to get the deal. Please keep in mind that you have a 14 day return policy, and it might not be a bad idea to discuss lengthening that at the time of your preorder. Speaking from personal experience, when I've done a prepay (mostly during Holidays, on the PS2/Xbox bundles) we rang out the item and wrote in pen "PREPAY" on the receipt right above the item. This basically meant that whenever the item came in stock, we would pull one for every person that preordered and give them a call to come pick it up. They had to have their original receipt with that pen message on it, no copies or store lookups were accepted simply because you know people would have worked the system to get two for one.

EDIT: After I received a PM from darkswordsman17, I remembered something else about the prepays we did on the console bundles during the Holidays. There are raincheck forms at Customer Service and we had every person we did a prepay for fill out their name, address, and phone number on that form as well as their receipt number (the store employee will know which numbers are which, if not they should be fired). My advice for anybody that gets a prepay is to MAKE SURE that you get put on a list and you voice your concern to the manager about holding enough stock to cover all the prepays first, before the cards are stocked on the shelf for a regular customer. If they didn't prepay but the store doesn't pull them, they could get the card before you did and that would suck! Thanks for jogging my memory dark!

Now for the reason behind that story. On those items, the status was A01, or in Laymans terms, something the store was selling on the retail floor, but the quantity on this particular item was 0 at the time. We could also look in the "On Order" column on the front computers and check to see how many of the item were going to be coming in. However, the 6800 cards have the I01 status and therefore no stock in store and no "On Order" amount for the CSR's (customer service reps) or managers to see. I wonder if all these preorders are going through are going to be processed at a particular store location, because obviously if the store has more preorders than cards shipped in initially, the people that don't come in first will get screwed until another shipment comes in.

What you basically have to decide is this: Is it worth the risk and possible long wait to get a great price on a new gen card? Nothing is guaranteed to anybody, not even the people that preordered, unless atomic PMs me back with different information than I've heard already. On the other hand though, I do NOT see a reason why CompUSA would suddenly cancel all of the 6800 line simply because people were interested. If anything, they'd order more! Nvidia might be the slacker in the situation too, not putting out enough chips to supply all the retail stores, but I'd care to guess that all the high-end cards are the I01 status when they come out, and those cards made it to the floor...

To sum up the 3 paragraphs, try and get the orders for your cards if at all possible and just see what happens. I'd recommend though that you make sure to talk with a manager about the length of time issue, because the Return Policy is 14 days. I would hate to hear about someone getting screwed out of their money if the card never came in, but if you take care of these issues before they arise, you'll have nothing to worry about! If all else fails, go for that eVGA deal. I haven't heard anything about it but it sounds decent enough I suppose but as for me I'd take the 30% off.

Good luck everyone, my offer still stands for PMs and IM contacts if you have any questions. I'm more than willing to help you guys out anyway I can. I'll check into this more at work tomorrow.

 

[Wag]

To sum up the 3 paragraphs, try and get the orders for your cards if at all possible and just see what happens. I'd recommend though that you make sure to talk with a manager about the length of time issue, because the Return Policy is 14 days. I would hate to hear about someone getting screwed out of their money if the card never came in, but if you take care of these issues before they arise, you'll have nothing to worry about! If all else fails, go for that eVGA deal. I haven't heard anything about it but it sounds decent enough I suppose but as for me I'd take the 30% off.

I seriously wonder what the legality is of CompUSA not refunding your money if they don't get the card. You're entering into a contract for a specific item. If CompUSA doesn't get it I'm fairly certain they're required to refund your money regardless of what their policy states.

At worst you can dispute it with your CC company- I don't see any of them making it hard for you to get a refund.

Actually, I don't think I'd want to do business with a company that won't refund money on a pre-order they never receive.

 

[Udomann]

Originally posted by: Genesys
anyone try this in dallas, tx area stores?

I posted previously that I was able to get a 6800 Ultra for $350 at the Lewisville,TX store. Not sure what part of dallas your in if you want to drive that far. Bring a copy of the receipt with you though, they tried to give me the "we dont' do presales" line, but quickly changed their mind after I submitted proof. The manager was Julio, customer service was Ashley, and it was Nick who was able to get the thing going for me. Jsut whatever you do...don't botch it for me

 

[MaxFusion16]

why are you all having trouble getting the ultra for $350?

my friend and I waltzed into a compusa store on tuesday, grabbed an AD from the guy at the door and my friend walked out with a preorder for the ultra for $350 plus tax.

the whole process took about 30 minutes because the CSRs were clueless and finally a guy in the business center personally went to the GM's office and had him OK the order.

I was going to order one as well but we were in a hurry and didn't want to go through the process again, so I just told the guy that i'll be back on saturday to order it and he said fine.

let me see if i can get my friend to take a pic of the recepit, anyone wants to host it?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Wag

To sum up the 3 paragraphs, try and get the orders for your cards if at all possible and just see what happens. I'd recommend though that you make sure to talk with a manager about the length of time issue, because the Return Policy is 14 days. I would hate to hear about someone getting screwed out of their money if the card never came in, but if you take care of these issues before they arise, you'll have nothing to worry about! If all else fails, go for that eVGA deal. I haven't heard anything about it but it sounds decent enough I suppose but as for me I'd take the 30% off.

I seriously wonder what the legality is of CompUSA not refunding your money if they don't get the card. You're entering into a contract for a specific item. If CompUSA doesn't get it I'm fairly certain they're required to refund your money regardless of what their policy states.

At worst you can dispute it with your CC company- I don't see any of them making it hard for you to get a refund.

Actually, I don't think I'd want to do business with a company that won't refund money on a pre-order they never receive.

I was under the impression that hte comment about the 14-day return policy, was to point out that it is probably from the date of "actual purchase", which means when you pre-pay, not when you finally recieve the goods. The implication is that the cards might not come in for some time, which means that they would be effectively non-returnable. I have a feeling that they might be lenient about this, and to be on the safe side, when they do finally come in, ask them to write on your reciept the date that you pick up the merchandise, and have the salesperson initial it. If for whatever reason the card is DOA, I would use that to exchange it for another one, etc.

I would also assume, that by pre-paying, you are entering into a legal contract for the reciept of the goods, and if they are not or cannot be provided to you under the original terms of the contract, then they should refund your money in full. I would be utterly amazed if that wasn't the case.

 

[Zerilos]

Originally posted by: MaxFusion16
why are you all having trouble getting the ultra for $350?

my friend and I waltzed into a compusa store on tuesday, grabbed an AD from the guy at the door and my friend walked out with a preorder for the ultra for $350 plus tax.

the whole process took about 30 minutes because the CSRs were clueless and finally a guy in the business center personally went to the GM's office and had him OK the order.

I was going to order one as well but we were in a hurry and didn't want to go through the process again, so I just told the guy that i'll be back on saturday to order it and he said fine.

let me see if i can get my friend to take a pic of the recepit, anyone wants to host it?

host it = http://www.imageshack.us

I'm gonna check out the store on Westheimer in Houston, TX in a bit.

 

[nycxandy]

July 1st!

I just visited both stores in Manhattan, NYC... neither had the 6800's in stock. Neither knew when they were going to arrive.

 

[MangoTBG]

I still want to see a picture of a 6800 ultra receipt. From my understanding, not every store is even receiving the Ultra, which makes it even harder to come by.


Btw, to those that are checking if they have the 6800s, I highly doubt they'll put them on the shelves until the absolute earliest of the Fourth of July. Think about it. Everyone's had THIS much trouble receiving the 6800 prepay/preorder w/ 30%, do you think that they'd actually put it on the floor where they HAVE to put them up for 30% per the coupon?

I'll let you think about it. To those that have tried already, I feel shame.

 

[nycxandy]

Hey, it doesn't hurt to try. There isn't much to lose except for some little time.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: Wag

To sum up the 3 paragraphs, try and get the orders for your cards if at all possible and just see what happens. I'd recommend though that you make sure to talk with a manager about the length of time issue, because the Return Policy is 14 days. I would hate to hear about someone getting screwed out of their money if the card never came in, but if you take care of these issues before they arise, you'll have nothing to worry about! If all else fails, go for that eVGA deal. I haven't heard anything about it but it sounds decent enough I suppose but as for me I'd take the 30% off.

I seriously wonder what the legality is of CompUSA not refunding your money if they don't get the card. You're entering into a contract for a specific item. If CompUSA doesn't get it I'm fairly certain they're required to refund your money regardless of what their policy states.

At worst you can dispute it with your CC company- I don't see any of them making it hard for you to get a refund.

Actually, I don't think I'd want to do business with a company that won't refund money on a pre-order they never receive.

If dont recieve one for me within 2 months, they told me I would be refunded. I don't think this applies to their normal return policy, and unless their is a shortage, it shouldnt be too hard for them to get some in.

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
should I just move on the eVGA deal instead for the GT with FarCry?

What eVGA deal?

 

[Zerilos]

Originally posted by: nycxandy

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
should I just move on the eVGA deal instead for the GT with FarCry?

What eVGA deal?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1330311&highlight_key=y&keyword1=evga

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: Zerilos

Originally posted by: nycxandy

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
should I just move on the eVGA deal instead for the GT with FarCry?

What eVGA deal?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1330311&highlight_key=y&keyword1=evga

Oh... that one. Doesn't seem like much of a deal if you're not a Far Cry fan/have Far Cry already. :frown:

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: Zerilos

Originally posted by: nycxandy

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
should I just move on the eVGA deal instead for the GT with FarCry?

What eVGA deal?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1330311&highlight_key=y&keyword1=evga

damn beat me to it...

http://www.evga.com/products/prod_list.asp?switch=1&family=GeForce+6800+Family


its not so much a DEAL per say, but at least they are ACTUALLY SHIPPING.
plus recent game included

 

[MangoTBG]

How's this for an update. I just got off of the phone with David as seen here, the Manager that "Okayed" my purchase. I wanted to call to thank him again, and also ask if he was updated on the possible "ship date" of the card being that his store on compusa.com was updated from saying "coming soon" to "out of stock" I figured he may have gotten a shipment in and may be holding it for a while. I also wanted to talk to him about purchasing another card.

It turns out that he let one or two other people in on the deal yesterday, (PM me so we can keep each other updated if this was anyone here) and got introuble for doing so. There is a strick ruling on NOT letting people do this. I think what many will find out that if you've read that "STORE **insert city** ALLOWS FOR PREPAY!" and you go to get in on the deal, you may be turned down for the this very reason. Uninformed managers are allowing these things to be done. He told me that I was really lucky for getting in on this deal and laughed.

As to when the cards will be out. He "honestly" *note, this is coming from a COMPUSSR Sales Manager...ranks up there with defense lawyers* doesn't think they'll be in for weeks (yes, that's plural). Just like the CompUSA employee up top said, this item is labeled I07. They have no clue when they are getting them. The 6800 is labeled A07 and I really think that those that payed for those (if they really did get in on the deal) will have a hard time doing so. I'd love to see proof and be wrong, however.

He said I wouldn't hold your breathe because it may be until early August that you get the card.

I'm in no rush, my two rigs sport a 9800pro and 9800xt I was just jumping at a few less bucks. Sorry to those that have to wait a while and were depending on the card, however.

 

[ZoNtO]

Originally posted by: wetcat007

Originally posted by: Wag

To sum up the 3 paragraphs, try and get the orders for your cards if at all possible and just see what happens. I'd recommend though that you make sure to talk with a manager about the length of time issue, because the Return Policy is 14 days. I would hate to hear about someone getting screwed out of their money if the card never came in, but if you take care of these issues before they arise, you'll have nothing to worry about! If all else fails, go for that eVGA deal. I haven't heard anything about it but it sounds decent enough I suppose but as for me I'd take the 30% off.

I seriously wonder what the legality is of CompUSA not refunding your money if they don't get the card. You're entering into a contract for a specific item. If CompUSA doesn't get it I'm fairly certain they're required to refund your money regardless of what their policy states.

At worst you can dispute it with your CC company- I don't see any of them making it hard for you to get a refund.

Actually, I don't think I'd want to do business with a company that won't refund money on a pre-order they never receive.

If dont recieve one for me within 2 months, they told me I would be refunded. I don't think this applies to their normal return policy, and unless their is a shortage, it shouldnt be too hard for them to get some in.

I just wanted to inform people about the return policy so that they discuss the length of time before shipment with the manager that approves the preorder. That way you have ways to deal with issues of getting them in stock and shipment delays BEFORE they happen, rather than becoming irate and yelling at everybody because that gets you nowhere....

 

[Jawadali]

MangoTBG, did he say anything about the GTs (are they A01 or something)?

 

[HumblePie]

I haven't posted here in quite awhile... military life does that. I get back and see this great deal and think to myself, I need to hop in on it. I head over to my CompUSSR store here in San Antonio, TX of which there is only one store. Been trying all week to get in on this deal but keep getting turned down right and left. From excuses that we don't do pre-paid orders to that is an online only deal to you name it. I finally headed over there 9am today, 7/1/04, and got to finally speak with the general store manager. He said they received an email from corporate 2 days ago stating they are NOT allowed to do the 30% off unless they physically had the card in hand because PNY would refuse to give CompUSSR back their money for the discount. He said I could do a pre-paid order for the FULL price if I wanted it that badly. I think he was mocking me.

This was funny because I was talking earlier to the stock guy and he said he was told even if they get the cards in this week, they aren't allowed to put them on the shelf UNTIL 7/4/04 by the general manager's order. Basically, it's a crock of the biggest BS I can think of...

If anyone knows anywhere I can still get in on this deal, hell I don't mind driving 900 miles out of state if I have to and taking a day of leave (I've done much worse), then PM me and let me know please.