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

[killedradiostar]

just got a call from the KNOXVILE compusa about my 6800GT. they told me they received a company-wide email saying to refund the money used to prepay these cards. nocard4me.

sigh.

 

[nycxandy]

Looks like this is dead.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: killedradiostar
just got a call from the KNOXVILE compusa about my 6800GT. they told me they received a company-wide email saying to refund the money used to prepay these cards. nocard4me.

sigh.

CRAPUSA SUX

 

[MatthewF01]

time to head over to eVGA!

is that the best deal thus far???


sure its no 30% off, but its card-in-hand!

 

[killedradiostar]

Originally posted by: Chunkee

CRAPUSA SUX

haha, yep! although really, the managers were quite nice to me when i was ordering.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: killedradiostar

Originally posted by: Chunkee

CRAPUSA SUX

haha, yep! although really, the managers were quite nice to me when i was ordering.

sure, nice when TAKING YOUR money.

 

[hysperion]

compusa f-n sucks, I vote we all stop buying products from them.....then again does anyone here shop there regularly anyways?

 

[MangoTBG]

I'd love to see them cancel my cash payment. I am just picturing them throwing my money at me as I stand, arms folded, waiting for my card. Goodthing I didn't pay with a creditcard where they could just cancel without my awareness.

 

[MangoTBG]

Originally posted by: Chunkee

Originally posted by: killedradiostar

Originally posted by: Chunkee

CRAPUSA SUX

haha, yep! although really, the managers were quite nice to me when i was ordering.

sure, nice when TAKING YOUR money.

You realize they really aren't taking his money. They payed $389.99 for that card he just spent ~$300 for.

...Yeah

 

[Atomics]

Sorry for not responding to people's PMs sooner. I don't get on AT as much as I used to. I responded to all those received so far.

I would be interested to hear if anyone else has gotten a response (or order) from Richard. I left a voicemail and email asking him about posting his number, but I haven't recieved a response from him. Hopefully he still has a job

 

[lowenbotten]

Originally posted by: HumblePie
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.

Why is it BS if they hold the new cards until this sale is over? That's business and the sale was intended to get rid of the older cards. You're just whining at this point.

Willing to drive 900 miles out of state to make a pre-order for this? You must have too much time on your hands. Not only that, but any money you save will be lost due to travel thanks to the high gas prices and our idiot president.

 

[IHYLN]

OMG politics involved with video cards! AIEEEEEEEE

 

[spikemasta]

lol

 

[jm9239]

Originally posted by: lowenbottenThat's business and the sale was intended to get rid of the older cards. You're just whining at this point.

then their ad should say something like IN-STOCK ONLY, NO RAINCHECKS, PRE-ORDERS OR PRE-PAYS, instead of saving 30% on ALL PNY cards.

none of these companies are held accountable anymore; they just cancel orders and honor advertisements whenever they feel like it.

 

[dirtrat]

Shouldn't this be COMMON SENSE? You are expecting them to have disclaimers for every possible circumstance?

Originally posted by: jm9239

Originally posted by: lowenbottenThat's business and the sale was intended to get rid of the older cards. You're just whining at this point.

then their ad should say something like IN-STOCK ONLY, NO RAINCHECKS, PRE-ORDERS OR PRE-PAYS, instead of saving 30% on ALL PNY cards.

none of these companies are held accountable anymore; they just cancel orders and honor advertisements whenever they feel like it.

 

[jm9239]

sorry that i didn't make it clear enough for SOME people, but any of the four that i listed would have sufficed.

 

[ZoNtO]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mr. 49 gettin' bent all up in here!

 

[GeneralGrievous]

Zonto is there a realistic shot that this deal will be honored? If what you say is true it is retail suicide.

 

[killedradiostar]

i'm telling ya - there was allegedly a company-wide email about this issue, in which they were told to refund the money, and refuse the deal. i got two calls from them today to coordinate my refund. i saw at least one other person on FW saying that this happened to them as well.

 

[Devistater]

I'm a little confused here. Was this sale only over the weekend? Or is it the whole week long?

 

[cownipples]

I just talked to richard, to whom I placed my prepay for and he told me that he has been instructed not to take anymore orders for the 6800 series cards from the corporate office. Those that made thier orders or paid for them will recieve this deal! Just no more orders will be taken by anyone! They made a note on the store computers to not take anymore orders!


So Hopefully if this is true I'll get my cards in the future!

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: cownipples
I just talked to richard, to whom I placed my prepay for and he told me that he has been instructed not to take anymore orders for the 6800 series cards from the corporate office. Those that made thier orders or paid for them will recieve this deal! Just no more orders will be taken by anyone! They made a note on the store computers to not take anymore orders!


So Hopefully if this is true I'll get my cards in the future!

TIME WILL TELL

 

[cownipples]

I made a copy of my sales reciept without my personal info to prove the purchase


SKU Description Fulfillment Price Qty
Total
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50638385 NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800/DVI Delivery $336.31 2
$672.62
CTLR /TV/256MB DDR/AGP
8X
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$672.62
Shipping:
$0.02
Sales Tax*:
$52.13

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Total:
$724.77
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[killedradiostar]

Originally posted by: cownipples
I just talked to richard, to whom I placed my prepay for and he told me that he has been instructed not to take anymore orders for the 6800 series cards from the corporate office. Those that made thier orders or paid for them will recieve this deal! Just no more orders will be taken by anyone! They made a note on the store computers to not take anymore orders!


So Hopefully if this is true I'll get my cards in the future!

oh wow. this richard guy kicks arse huh?

glad to hear it worked out for you. hope your cards show up soon!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: HumblePie
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.

Looks like this was a co-marketing promotion between CompUSA and PNY, with PNY footing a good portion of the bill for the discount, in order to move older stock to make room for their newer cards, of which I'm sure that CompUSA was happy with too, if it moves old stock off of their shelves. Looks like "Corp" is now well aware of this deal. Good luck to anyone getting in on it from hereon out. :|

Originally posted by: HumblePie
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...

In some ways it's frustrating, but it also makes sense, at least from the POV of CompUSA. These promotions aren't haphazard, you know. They are often "carefully" planned months in advance, and sometimes they forget small details, which is what Hot Dealers use to their advantage some times.

I wish I had done what someone else had the sense to do, they had BB PM CUSA (didn't know that they would PM percent-off discounts, was surprised to hear about it), and then with BB MIR, got a lower-end FX 5200 128MB card for under $35. I got in on that Microcenter FIC Radeon 9200 deal for cheap too, but that's only a 64MB card, and it looks like most FX 5200 cards have more OC headroom than those cheapy Radeons.

Originally posted by: HumblePie
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.

I wish you luck man, that's a helluva deal on a super-duper high-end card, but even at a discount it's way out of my price range. Oh well.