Dead: Leadtek 6800GT (orders cancelled)

[CrazyGamer]

Edit: Dead (all orders cancelled), price raised and now showing special order only. 0 qty available.

Leaktek 6800GT @ Iocombo

Leadtek End of Inventory Sale (1 day only) limit 2 per order
Price and availability seem to be changing randomly so I have removed the price.
Shipping is a little high compared to most other retailers but not bad (approx $10).
There is a $10 off coupon found on their front page - Thx Chunkee (update: coupon looks to be removed)

This looks to be one of the best GT models available considering the huge copper cooler, note that occupies 2 slots due to the massive size of it. Also should include Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow bundled.

Another edit: Beware of the Leadtek 6800GT 128mb they have listed if you go looking at their video card lineup, its a standard 6800, and up till today it was not showing GT on that model. With all the price fluxs and questionable availability seems like they have some weird stuff going on. Just note that if you see that 128mb model it is definately not a GT.

 

[Chunkee]

there is a 10.00 off coupon on their site as well making it 309. plus shipping.

dont know about their ratings as a reseller

jC

 

[usernamemax20charact]

They seem to have a good reseller rating too.

six-month rating = 9.07 (based on 43 six-month reviews)
lifetime rating = 9.14 (based on 96 lifetime reviews)

Anyone ever buy anything from these people before?

 

[Tylanner]

seems like a smokin deal to me.

 

[Tylanner]

there is only 1 left

 

[schuang74]

Nice

 

[superfob99]

It's sold out now I think. Says backordered when you click buy.

 

[memize]

just ordered thx for the link

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

sold out

 

[rwutang]

wow i actually got in on this deal... checked the forums at the right time i guess.

$319 - $10$ coupon + $27.00 CA tax + $9 shipping = $346 shipped

I just ordered a eVGA 6800 GT from Monarch Computers last night too... good thing it didn't ship yet so I was able to cancel that order and get in on this one.

Just a side note: Although this deal would be SMOKIN for people outside of California, if you live in California don't be to sad if you missed out on this one. If you order the eVGA 6800 GT from Monarch Computers
link and sell the free box'd copy of Doom 3 it comes with, you end up getting the card for only $4 more than this current deal.

$379 + $0 outside of GA tax + $0 shipping - $30 Sell Doom3 on Ebay = $349 shipped

Great find, thanks OP

 

[memize]

Products Value : $309.95 ($0 Sales Tax)
Total S+H : $8.75
Points Redeemed : ($0)
Other Information : Paypal User

TOTAL CHARGE: US$318.70

:0 hope it ships today

 

[SocceRich20]

It's showing as $298.00 for me now,and in stock!

 

[fzaba]

Just ordered for $296.95 + $8.35 = $305.30 SHIPPED to Chicago! Seems too good to be true, but we will see now won't we...

 

[superfob99]

Still OOS to me.

Edit: Price now shows $321.95 and out of stock.

 

[Tylanner]

lol its now OOS and up to $321 lol

 

[fzaba]

LOL! Within 5 minutes, the price keeps jumping around as well as the availabilty of stock.

 

[Trey22]

Trying to get in on the deal... F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5!

Showing up for $439.95 and in stock, wth?!

 

[superfob99]

List Price: $599.95

Our price: $439.95
You save: $160.00 (26.7%)

Is it just me or did the list price just go through the roof? Status went from backorder/out of stock to special order, whatever that means.

 

[CrazyGamer]

So far my status shows order/payment received as well as now being updated with an invoice number. So I'm assuming they have actually made the charge. Otherwise just says in process and instock orders shipped in 24-48 hours.

Edit: Possible cancellations coming, heard 2 late placed orders have been cancelled already. Will update if mine is cancelled or I have further news/information.

 

[memize]

they just refunded my money :*(

 

[fzaba]

Of course, my order has been cancelled. :thumbsdown: It's not like I couldn't see this coming though...:roll:
*****************************
Order status: Order is cancelled. Payment was voided/refunded.

What happened earlier:
09/27/04 14:25 | al
Status: Process -> Cancelled
Reason: Order has been cancelled by ioCombo.com. Payment has been voided/refunded.

Mispriced item.
*****************************

 

[CrazyGamer]

Mine was also cancelled, for a company with such a high reseller rating they sure have some shady tactics. My order as well as a few others was fully charged, not just the normal hold, and now have to await a refund credit. Considering the price was apparently the same or nearly the same all weekend long they had more than enough time to cancel orders and or change the price prior. Oh well on to the lookout for the next deal, sorry guys.

 

[Rage187]

Make sure to rate them on Reseller.

 

[CrazyGamer]

Yeah I think I'll rate them on resellerratings, but as long as I get the refund ok I wont mess with the BBB.

For fun I contacted them via email just to tell them I was dissatisfied with their company/service and that I was going to rate them negatively on Reseller Ratings. Here was there response:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your inquiry. Please understand that even though an
online store opens 24/7, we, the human who actually works behind the system do
need some time off on the weekend like everyone else.

We noticed the problem with the system using the 128MB price on the
256MB version on the first day of the week and we fixed it as soon as
we humanly can. I know you would expect us to ship it anyway, lose $150 on
each card so you can enjoy the good deal. But if you can see it in your
heart that doing so would mean that we have to probably close down the
company, losing us close to $15,000 in one single day and make me have
to go look for another job, then I would plead for you to do so in hope
that you could see it from our end about the disappointing situation we
had to deal with today.

Online business is not the easiest thing to do; I have angry,
disappointed, hard-to-bargain-with and senseless customers coming at me
on almost daily basis to satisfy. I just want you to know that we, in
ioCombo, are doing the best we can under the circumstances given to
satisfy our customer and to maintain our business (and to do that, we
DO need profit). If that is not enough for some of our customers, we just
have to bow lower and apologize. I hope this email will shed a light to
the situation that you and I have faced today.

As for the ratings, I guess we deserve it. After all, it
is indeed our system's fault. I just hope that you won't lose your
confidence in ioCombo, because we do clean up after ourselves even
though it may not always be using the way that would satisfy our
customer the most.


=====================================
Sincerely,


Al Wijoyo

 

[CrazyGamer]

Definately not a consumer oriented reply, the whole reply was how he would be affected, how the company would be affected and the only important thing to them was profit first then pleasing the customer was after all the above.