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

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: 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.

Be careful of the legal tender laws in your state. If they make an arms-length offer to refund your cash, and put it on the table in front of you, and you refuse it, you may have legally given up your right to getting your money back. I'm sure that in the interest of avoiding a PR scandal, they wouldn't do that, but technically legally speaking, they could. Just FYI.

 

[Jawadali]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
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.

Thanks for bringing me back down to earth. $300 for a video card!?! What was I thinking?

Any good mid-range cards to use this deal for (even If I need to PM)? I'm looking for something with around Geforce 4 Ti performance for about/under $50.

Brightside:

Hey, the Radeon 9800 pro's are a year old now, and they have halved in price (from $400 to $200).

Also, maybe there will be a few good deals on the upcoming SLI cards.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: 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.

Actually, generally, many stores DO put disclaimers on "special buy" sales/items, such as "limited to stock on hand / no rainchecks / no substitutions, etc. At least I know that WalMart's sales circulars often do that, as do some others. It depends on the laws in his state, but if one really, really, wanted to press it, if they could prove that: a) CompUSA's ordering computer would accept order/pre-pays for the card, and b) CompUSA had a nationally-advertised sale, discounting *all* cards from that brand/vendor, then they should be held accountable, IMHO.

But I do think that their intention was for the discount to apply to old stock only. All that they really would have to do is change it in the pricing computers so that the 6800 cards show up as unavailable/unorderable, which is what I understand that they've done, from some of the posts from alleged CompUSA employees.

You can't really blame the store for not wanting to lose money, but if they didn't want to make this a loss-leader in the first place, they should have put a disclaimer up-front. They may have actually been caught in the middle here, they may have gotten assurances from PNY that helped them craft the original sales advertisement, and subsequently been told, after people cleverly started to pre-pay for these cards that weren't in-stock yet, that PNY would not re-imburse them their share for the discount that CompUSA were originally offering on the cards, for the new 6800 models.

So PNY may actually be partially to blame here as well. Not certain, but a possibility.

(Think of it this way, it would be like an end-of-year clearance sale at a corp-franchised car dealership, advertising, say, "30% off all Fords! Year-end clearance event!", and then using that to order a new next-model-year vehicle, at 30% off, but not take delivery until next year on the actual vehicle. Do you think that they would do that? Common sense says "probably not".)

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Jawadali

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
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.

Thanks for bringing me back down to earth. $300 for a video card!?! What was I thinking?

Any good mid-range cards to use this deal for (even If I need to PM)? I'm looking for something with around Geforce 4 Ti performance for about/under $50.

Hmm... used GF4 Ti 4200 maybe? That's about the only thing that I can think of, with that performance, in that price range. Certainly nothing new, since NV's low-end FX cards can't touch the GF4 Ti's in raw performance, and neither can ATI's low-end Radeon cards. The closest you will get is probably a 9600Pro or 9600XT, or a GF FX5700 or higher. Certainly none of those you will find for $50, not new. Could try looking for a Radeon 8500 128MB, but that's around the performance of a GF3 Ti, not a GF4 Ti. Sorry.

 

[Devistater]

Is this 30% off sale through the whole week?

 

[Jawadali]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: Jawadali

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
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.

Thanks for bringing me back down to earth. $300 for a video card!?! What was I thinking?

Any good mid-range cards to use this deal for (even If I need to PM)? I'm looking for something with around Geforce 4 Ti performance for about/under $50.

Hmm... used GF4 Ti 4200 maybe? That's about the only thing that I can think of, with that performance, in that price range. Certainly nothing new, since NV's low-end FX cards can't touch the GF4 Ti's in raw performance, and neither can ATI's low-end Radeon cards. The closest you will get is probably a 9600Pro or 9600XT, or a GF FX5700 or higher. Certainly none of those you will find for $50, not new. Could try looking for a Radeon 8500 128MB, but that's around the performance of a GF3 Ti, not a GF4 Ti. Sorry.

Yeah, I've been searching around, and that is what I mainly found.

I think I'll just stick to my trusty old Integrated GF4 MX till the end of the year.

 

[nealh]

I refuse to buy from Compusa anymore ...with there restocking fees...I am also finding BB to suck as well...lousy customer service

 

[YouAreForbidden]

well they changed the status for the 6800 series to (WEB ONLY). hopefully they wont be chodes and refuse to give it to the people that already paid.

*sigh*

dont flame the messenger,
Y.A.F.
:beer:

 

[jm9239]

Originally posted by: YouAreForbidden
well they changed the status for the 6800 series to (WEB ONLY). hopefully they wont be chodes and refuse to give it to the people that already paid.

*sigh*

dont flame the messenger,
Y.A.F.
:beer:

hmm i wonder if they've decided not to ship any 6800's (including GT's) to the stores in order to avoid having to fulfill the pre-pays, or if they changed it to web only to try and get out of having to take any more pre-pays...

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: nealh
I refuse to buy from Compusa anymore ...with there restocking fees...I am also finding BB to suck as well...lousy customer service

THis is true. I NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM, online is less, no rude and stupid sales people, sometimes no tax, and better selection. I cannot remember the last time i even went to a mall.

CRAPUSA SUX always has....where else can you buy a USB cable for 22 bux.

JC

 

[xylem]

Originally posted by: jm9239

Originally posted by: YouAreForbidden
well they changed the status for the 6800 series to (WEB ONLY). hopefully they wont be chodes and refuse to give it to the people that already paid.

*sigh*

dont flame the messenger,
Y.A.F.
:beer:

hmm i wonder if they've decided not to ship any 6800's (including GT's) to the stores in order to avoid having to fulfill the pre-pays, or if they changed it to web only to try and get out of having to take any more pre-pays...

I doubt that they will forego the potential profits associated with in-store sales of NVidia's top-of-the-line, as well as accepting the negative impression that not having them available to interested parties would have, just to avoid fulfilling the relatively few preorders on these cards. For example, I think someone posted here that their cost on a GT is around $325. That equates to a loss of about $45 per GT preorder honored, compared to a ($400-$325=) $75 profit for each one sold at their intended retail price. That means they'd have to sell about 3 at normal retail price for every 5 they fulfilled at the 30%-off GT price, to break even. Anyway, the cost value is hearsay, and even if it's off some, I think taking such a strong measure, which would obviously have a negative impact on their future sales of these cards, wouldn't be a good enough reason to keep these cards out of their B&M stores entirely. I think it's much more likely that it's a temporary move to utterly prevent the right to more preorders at the 30% off price. If they really wanted to, they could just give everyone who preordered the shaft, and refund the payments, without having to do this to justify it.

 

[CU]

No luck at my compusa. The manager would let me prepay but when he entered the 6800 GT into the computer it would not take off the 30% like it was suppose to. He said there was nothing he could do. I showed him the second receipt that was posted here and he said I should get that guy to get me the card if he still could and that it was a very could deal. Is this sale still in effect on Sat. I may go to another Sat. and try again? Does anyone have a number to a manager that will still do this? If so PM or email me please? My 8500 needs to rest.

 

[DustBunny]

deal ended today......

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: DustBunny
deal ended today......

I thought it was till the 3rd? Hmm whatever I got the deal for 301 for a GT. If I get it cool if not I will just wait for the next deal. Not a big deal IMO. If I miss this deal I will most likley find one that isn't as good of a price but might be a better brand such as a BFG etc. IMO PNY sucks esspecially their warrenty. I hope I get the deal but if not it won't be a big deal.

 

[MangoTBG]

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: DustBunny
deal ended today......

I thought it was till the 3rd? Hmm whatever I got the deal for 301 for a GT. If I get it cool if not I will just wait for the next deal. Not a big deal IMO. If I miss this deal I will most likley find one that isn't as good of a price but might be a better brand such as a BFG etc. IMO PNY sucks esspecially their warrenty. I hope I get the deal but if not it won't be a big deal.

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Looks like you cared enough to already have it advertised in your signiture.

 

[Jojo7]

killedradiostar, how about that BBQ in Knoxville? Famous Dave's. Best BBQ I ever had in my life.

We just passed through Knoxville on our way back from DC. We ate at Famous Dave's and then I went and got FarCry from the BB near the motel.

PS- FarCry rocks.

 

[JBT]

Because I will soon have one? Like I said I will just wait till the next deal. But I WILL have one sooner or later. Though I don't think having that in my sig means I REALLY care it takes all of 5 seconds to add or take that out. I really put alot of time and effort into it... :roll:

 

[ZoNtO]

Originally posted by: nealh
I refuse to buy from Compusa anymore ...with there restocking fees...I am also finding BB to suck as well...lousy customer service

How bout you learn wtf you're talking about before you open your mouth. The restocking fee only applies to opened items returned for a refund, because guess what, the store can't sell those items any more on the retail floor. So they either have to mark them down and sell as open box or send them back to the vendor as "defective". In either case, the store loses money so that's why the restock fee is in place. I'm sick and tired of dumba$$es like you coming into work and bitching about the restock fee. Do you hear the CSR bitch to you about how they hate doing stupid people's returns all day and how that is poor customer behavior? I understand that there are some situations in which a restock fee should be waived, and I do it quite often, but you're pompous generalizations are rediculous in merit and quite frankly most people's idea of "customer service" is to let them rent an item til they realize they either don't want it or bought the wrong thing... 3 months down the road. Go shop at Gart Sports if you want that, electronics is a different industry!

 

[LilBuddy]

every retail store i've worked at, when they get a return, they send it back to the vendor for credit. they don't have to eat it

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: LilBuddy
every retail store i've worked at, when they get a return, they send it back to the vendor for credit. they don't have to eat it

Generally, agreed. In fact, once, a long time ago, I had a D-Link DFE-530 PCI network card go out on me, and I took it back (in original box) to CompUSA, and asked them if they could possibly exchange it for me, without a reciept, if they could just send it back to the vendor. They did it, amazingly enough, even though the card was probably several months past the original purchase date. (I do believe that I bought it at CompUSA thought, I think it probably still have the shrink-wrap with the tag and SKU on it.)

Another time, actually several times, I took back a 50-spindle of coasters. They were their house-brand media, which on the back of the box, clearly states that they have a year warranty on them. I was careful to seperate out my other-brand coasters onto another spindle, and didn't try to return those, though. I wasn't planning on committing fraud, only getting what I paid for. I felt slightly bad about it, but justified since they advertised that guarantee. As it turned out, those CDRs really *were* crap, when I switched to a slightly more-expensive but higher-quality brand, I had far less coasters. So most of the "tracking failure" errors really were due to poor-quality media. I only had a 2x burner at the time, hooked to SCSI, so I didn't have to worry about buffer-underruns. Also, this was back when the cheapest CD-Rs were normally priced at $1 each. I would buy 50- and 100-spindles of them when they went on sale for $0.50 each, so it actually was worth it for me to exchange them for another spindle. I'm sure that they still made money off of me though, considering the 100s that I went through.

 

[gunblade]

Originally posted by: ZoNtO

Originally posted by: nealh
I refuse to buy from Compusa anymore ...with there restocking fees...I am also finding BB to suck as well...lousy customer service

How bout you learn wtf you're talking about before you open your mouth. The restocking fee only applies to opened items returned for a refund, because guess what, the store can't sell those items any more on the retail floor. So they either have to mark them down and sell as open box or send them back to the vendor as "defective". In either case, the store loses money so that's why the restock fee is in place. I'm sick and tired of dumba$$es like you coming into work and bitching about the restock fee. Do you hear the CSR bitch to you about how they hate doing stupid people's returns all day and how that is poor customer behavior? I understand that there are some situations in which a restock fee should be waived, and I do it quite often, but you're pompous generalizations are rediculous in merit and quite frankly most people's idea of "customer service" is to let them rent an item til they realize they either don't want it or bought the wrong thing... 3 months down the road. Go shop at Gart Sports if you want that, electronics is a different industry!

Not really, but that is the exact reason that I easily choose Fry, bestbuy or whatever over compusa.

 

[VirtualLarry]

This is interesting. Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that the Nashua, NH store was willing to do the deal. After checking the product link, I punched in the zip-code of my nearest store.

Verto GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR3 - (Web Only) Product Availability:
Product availability at stores around zip 01701 (Framingham, MA)

Store Information Distance Availability
Framingham Superstore
Framingham, MA 01701 (508) 875-8300 0 Miles Coming Soon
Brighton Superstore
Brighton, MA 02135 (617) 783-1900 20 Miles Coming Soon
Woburn Superstore
Woburn, MA 01801-2115 (781) 937-0600 23 Miles Coming Soon
North Attleboro Superstore
North Attleboro, MA 02760 (508) 699-1700 26 Miles Coming Soon
Nashua Superstore
Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 888-2007 29 Miles Out-Of-Stock

Notice something? I bet you might still be able to order it through the Nashua store, as it's only showing OOS, unlike all of the other stores. Certainly YMMV, but it might still be worth a try.

I also noticed that even though they tacked "(Web Only)" onto the end of the product description, they didn't actually "set" the product using the special attributes, which are shown in the footnotes below. Like the product isn't actually registered as "internet only" in their datebase, just someone manually changed the product desc., in order to thwart would-be in-store pre-buys. I don't want to get anyone's hopes up unnecessarily, but I just thought that it was interesting indeed that the Nashua, NH store was showing a different status for the product than all of the rest.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
This is interesting. Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that the Nashua, NH store was willing to do the deal. After checking the product link, I punched in the zip-code of my nearest store.

Verto GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR3 - (Web Only) Product Availability:
Product availability at stores around zip 01701 (Framingham, MA)

Store Information Distance Availability
Framingham Superstore
Framingham, MA 01701 (508) 875-8300 0 Miles Coming Soon
Brighton Superstore
Brighton, MA 02135 (617) 783-1900 20 Miles Coming Soon
Woburn Superstore
Woburn, MA 01801-2115 (781) 937-0600 23 Miles Coming Soon
North Attleboro Superstore
North Attleboro, MA 02760 (508) 699-1700 26 Miles Coming Soon
Nashua Superstore
Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 888-2007 29 Miles Out-Of-Stock

Notice something? I bet you might still be able to order it through the Nashua store, as it's only showing OOS, unlike all of the other stores. Certainly YMMV, but it might still be worth a try.

I also noticed that even though they tacked "(Web Only)" onto the end of the product description, they didn't actually "set" the product using the special attributes, which are shown in the footnotes below. Like the product isn't actually registered as "internet only" in their datebase, just someone manually changed the product desc., in order to thwart would-be in-store pre-buys. I don't want to get anyone's hopes up unnecessarily, but I just thought that it was interesting indeed that the Nashua, NH store was showing a different status for the product than all of the rest.

don't get your hopes up. the 6800U on their website shows out-of-stock for just about everywhere. doesn't mean a thing.

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

Honestly, I didn't feel like looking through all of the posts here, so if this is a repost, sorry in advance, but I remember earlier on people were asking if there were any reviews for the 6800GT to help their purchase decisions. Here's a pretty thorough one:

Geforce 6800GT

I'm an admitted ATI fanboy, but man, those benches on that card and the overall performance in games really surprised me. It has earned my respect, to say it in a few short words. What surprised me most was that for the big price jump to go to either high end card, be it the 6800U or the X800 XT, you get almost literally no performance difference, and the card actually has better features over the 6800U (ie: only one molex connector, quieter fan, and it doesn't take up an extra slot in the computer). For anyone who is still able to order and hasn't, IMO the 6800GT is the one to get.

(as an ATI man I'm honestly surprised I'm saying this... wow, they just said hell has frozen over on the news... )


Edit: The header for the page says it's a preview, but it is in fact a REVIEW. On the homepage it says it's the review and it's also in the reviews section of their website, not the previews section.

I'm also going to be posting this in the BB 6800GT thread, so everyone has the chance to see it, so please, be gentle on me if this isn't allowed, as I didn't see anywhere where it says I can't do this... like I said, I just wanna make sure all 6800GT owners and potential owners get to see this.

 

[chaonatic]

Sorry, this prolly is frowned upon too, but I just wanted to quickly point this out:

6800 Ultra vs X800XT vs X800 Pro

I'm kinda an ATI guy myself, and it looks like, here, the X800XT performs almost identically to the 6800 Ultra, but can do it at higher resolutions (at least with the Athlon64 chips). chrisbtx, you talk about one slot, low power consumption solutions, this just may be the ideal card...