E8400 Dual Core Processor for $140?

[plion]

damn it I just checked also got the same thing

 

[Zauber]

Intercepted also! WTF? I've never seen this before!

 

[plion]

ok now it changed to "in transit" and Rescheduled Delivery: 05/16/2008

 

[Nessism]

Mine showing "THE SHIPPER HAS REQUESTED A DELIVERY INTERCEPT FOR THIS PACKAGE / RETURN TO SENDER PENDING"

Thought for a second that they were going to let these slide...

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: Nessism
Mine showing "THE SHIPPER HAS REQUESTED A DELIVERY INTERCEPT FOR THIS PACKAGE / RETURN TO SENDER PENDING"

Thought for a second that they were going to let these slide...

I feel bad for you guys. Nothing like thinking you got the deal of the year only to discover it was a farce. My initial feeling about this deal was that maybe they wanted to launch the "new" Compusa with a bang so they were getting some attention. Logic was telling me, however, if they were losing $40/unit on 1000 units that equals $40,000.00. That is a big price tag for some online publicity.

The "intercepting" thing is a little extreme. This will cost them pretty handsomely as well... I'm thinking probably twice the shipping cost per unit. The "ship to" cost for wherever the package landed and the "intercept cost to get the package back." Shipping is billed as soon as they scan the package.

The smart thing for Crapusa to do would have been to honor the deal and chalk it up to advertising expense. I guarantee many of you who purchased these cpus would have checked their website on a regular basis for deals... more traffic, more purchases. The result now will be a massive boycot.

Not a well thought out solution Compusa.. sorry! :thumbsdown:

 

[jdogg707]

Mine too has been intercepted...apparently they are saying it is due to a manufacturer recall. I could deal with it if it had been canceled before it shipped due to a price mistake, it's the chance you take on these deals, but for them to go as far as to ship the thing then intercept it kinda sucks. I'll now cringe a little more than usual when I see the little UPS guy on the commercial talking about delivery intercept...asshole.

At least my Q9450 from Micro Center will be here tomorrow.

 

[imported_Bee]

Originally posted by: Serradifalco
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The smart thing for Crapusa to do would have been to honor the deal and chalk it up to advertising expense. I guarantee many of you who purchased these cpus would have checked their website on a regular basis for deals... more traffic, more purchases. The result now will be a massive boycot.

Not a well thought out solution Compusa.. sorry! :thumbsdown:

I couldn't agree more. Bummers. Now they're not selling a single CPU, they must pay for shipping AND intercept, they're wasting a lot of time/material and, worst of all, customers are all but happy about this recall. Not wise.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: plion
ok now it changed to "in transit" and Rescheduled Delivery: 05/16/2008

That means it will be delivered on 05/16.

But delivered to CompUSA, not you.

 

[Lithan]

Wow... I didn't even know that was legal. Seriously, if private parties can do that, can you IMAGINE the mail-fraud consequences? Hell I usually stick up for retailers in price-mistake situations, but damn, that just strikes me as really damn crooked. I was also pretty sure that it was illegal for a retailer to reverse a sale even after they charged your card, much less after shipping.

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: Lithan
Wow... I didn't even know that was legal. Seriously, if private parties can do that, can you IMAGINE the mail-fraud consequences? Hell I usually stick up for retailers in price-mistake situations, but damn, that just strikes me as really damn crooked.

I think it the equivalent of paying for something at a store register, leaving the store, and having a store clerk chase you in the parking lot to retreive the item you just bought. This is total BS and nobody should stand for it. You must get together and send countless nastygrams through email, snail mail, and phone calls. Do not let this slide or they will do it again. You will be heard if you are loud enough! It is their system that failed not your ability to purchase the cpu. Their system should have caught the mistake before these things left the warehouse.

MAKE NOISE!!!!!!

 

[deepinya]

I feel bad for you guys but it eases my pain of missing out.

 

[ghost recon88]

Originally posted by: deepinya
I feel bad for you guys but it eases my pain of missing out.

Lol, exactly what I was thinking

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: Serradifalco

Originally posted by: Nessism
Mine showing "THE SHIPPER HAS REQUESTED A DELIVERY INTERCEPT FOR THIS PACKAGE / RETURN TO SENDER PENDING"

Thought for a second that they were going to let these slide...

I feel bad for you guys. Nothing like thinking you got the deal of the year only to discover it was a farce. My initial feeling about this deal was that maybe they wanted to launch the "new" Compusa with a bang so they were getting some attention. Logic was telling me, however, if they were losing $40/unit on 1000 units that equals $40,000.00. That is a big price tag for some online publicity.

The "intercepting" thing is a little extreme. This will cost them pretty handsomely as well... I'm thinking probably twice the shipping cost per unit. The "ship to" cost for wherever the package landed and the "intercept cost to get the package back." Shipping is billed as soon as they scan the package.

The smart thing for Crapusa to do would have been to honor the deal and chalk it up to advertising expense. I guarantee many of you who purchased these cpus would have checked their website on a regular basis for deals... more traffic, more purchases. The result now will be a massive boycot.

Not a well thought out solution Compusa.. sorry! :thumbsdown:

i would doubt it costs them that much to run an intercept. with tigerdirect being as big as it is, they probably have a prefered UPS account that is not like one say you or i woul dhave.

 

[j0j081]

this is ridiculous wtf. I knew tigerdirect and crapusa would be the ultimate combo for disaster.

 

[ecsaltz]

Folks, this "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" drama is not over yet.

I called UPS last night to ask about how likely the "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" will actually happen with my package (I did not tell her my tracking number). She said that UPS will "try" to honor the shipper's request, but makes no guarantees to the shipper about it.

Honestly, with the sophistication of UPS package tracking, these packages will mostly likely be intercepted by UPS and returned to sender. But it well may be a YMMV situation.

So, it's not over until it's over. And those of us who are checking UPS tracking every hour or so, c'mon, we really do got to get a life!

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: ecsaltz
Folks, this "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" drama is not over yet.

I called UPS last night to ask about how likely the "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" will actually happen with my package (I did not tell her my tracking number). She said that UPS will "try" to honor the shipper's request, but makes no guarantees to the shipper about it.

Honestly, with the sophistication of UPS package tracking, these packages will mostly likely be intercepted by UPS and returned to sender. But it well may be a YMMV situation.

So, it's not over until it's over. And those of us who are checking UPS tracking every hour or so, c'mon, we really do got to get a life!

i highly doubt it wont get intercepted.


assuming you dont live in the same area as the origin point, it has to hit a depot before it gets put on a normal van to go to you from being on a truck. i figure easily it gets intercepted then

 

[j0j081]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: ecsaltz
Folks, this "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" drama is not over yet.

I called UPS last night to ask about how likely the "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" will actually happen with my package (I did not tell her my tracking number). She said that UPS will "try" to honor the shipper's request, but makes no guarantees to the shipper about it.

Honestly, with the sophistication of UPS package tracking, these packages will mostly likely be intercepted by UPS and returned to sender. But it well may be a YMMV situation.

So, it's not over until it's over. And those of us who are checking UPS tracking every hour or so, c'mon, we really do got to get a life!

i highly doubt it wont get intercepted.


assuming you dont live in the same area as the origin point, it has to hit a depot before it gets put on a normal van to go to you from being on a truck. i figure easily it gets intercepted then

I work at UPS, even if it is loaded on a van by accident it could still be intercepted before delivery. UPS has to fulfull their duty to the shipper, if they figure out it should be intercepted while they are walking up to your doorstep they still won't deliver it. The question is were they all recalled or just maybe half of them.

 

[Genx87]

Heh they probably eat their margins getting the shipped product back and restocking it. Tt would be better to just cut their loss and let the product that shipped continue imo. But whatever, that company hasnt been making wise decisions for a long time and it shows with each store closing.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: j0j081

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: ecsaltz
Folks, this "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" drama is not over yet.

I called UPS last night to ask about how likely the "DELIVERY INTERCEPT" will actually happen with my package (I did not tell her my tracking number). She said that UPS will "try" to honor the shipper's request, but makes no guarantees to the shipper about it.

Honestly, with the sophistication of UPS package tracking, these packages will mostly likely be intercepted by UPS and returned to sender. But it well may be a YMMV situation.

So, it's not over until it's over. And those of us who are checking UPS tracking every hour or so, c'mon, we really do got to get a life!

i highly doubt it wont get intercepted.


assuming you dont live in the same area as the origin point, it has to hit a depot before it gets put on a normal van to go to you from being on a truck. i figure easily it gets intercepted then

I work at UPS, even if it is loaded on a van by accident it could still be intercepted before delivery. UPS has to fulfull their duty to the shipper, if they figure out it should be intercepted while they are walking up to your doorstep they still won't deliver it. The question is were they all recalled or just maybe half of them.

mine was held until sunday morning because of some problem with my credit card and then they shipped it. seems it hasnt been rerouted yet... my friends who go ttheirs approved right off have had rerouting notices.

so maybe its jsut some, i hope. but im not holding my breath.

 

[bcracer220]

mine says:

Status: In Transit
Rescheduled Delivery: 05/14/2008

Package Progress
Location Date Local Time Description
MAUMEE,
OH, US 05/13/2008 5:35 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/13/2008 3:19 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
HODGKINS,
IL, US 05/12/2008 10:36 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/12/2008 6:47 P.M. THE SHIPPER HAS REQUESTED A DELIVERY INTERCEPT FOR THIS PACKAGE / RETURN TO SENDER PENDING
HODGKINS,
IL, US 05/12/2008 5:24 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 05/12/2008 11:01 A.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

so looks like it may still be good!

 

[Damainman]

"I work at UPS, even if it is loaded on a van by accident it could still be intercepted before delivery. UPS has to fulfull their duty to the shipper, if they figure out it should be intercepted while they are walking up to your doorstep they still won't deliver it. The question is were they all recalled or just maybe half of them. "

Last xmas I requested an intercept/redirect of a gift and UPS said they would try, but ended up NOT being able to pull it off.

"Tt would be better to just cut their loss and let the product that shipped continue imo"

Yep, especially when you're dealing with stuff that falls in price as quickly as computer components.

 

[Replay]

CPU's weigh little and ship cheaply. They don't lose much shipping money calling them back.

Tiger shipped my March $169AR XFX 8800GTS, ordered when the going rate was nearly $100 more, and their $20 rebate check arrived yesterday. Never expected to get that item, or the rebate. Sometimes you get lucky.

They must have decided they were facing too big a hit on this cpu price error.

 

[Jessica69]

Originally posted by: hans007


i would doubt it costs them that much to run an intercept. with tigerdirect being as big as it is, they probably have a prefered UPS account that is not like one say you or i woul dhave.

And you'd be very correct in your assessment that CUSA has a much different shipping arrangement with UPS than anyone here, individually, could have.

Where I work, we can ship out private packages via our company's corporate UPS account. The rates, rules....everything....is vastly different than anything you find or experience either online at UPS or in one of their stores/shipping locations.

A for instance: I just shipped two boxes approx. 950 miles. One box measured 27 x 27 x 11 and weighed 34#. The second box measured 54 x 19 x 13 and weighed 15#. Go plug in those box dimensions and weights, calculate a shipping distance from where you are to somewhere approx 950 mi. away......and see what you get on ground shipping costs. Bet it's a hella lot more than the $23.58 total I was charged for the two boxes' shipping.

And not all corporate accounts are equal. UPS has a very tiered system of charges depending upon how much a company/corp. can guarantee in shipping per month/quarter/year. The more you can guarantee, the lower the cost it is to ship anything. CUSA, in their current incarnation, is probably getting a decent break on shipping costs....substantially below anything you'll ever get in a UPS location, but not as good as other corp. accounts out there.

Originally posted by: Serradifalco


I think it the equivalent of paying for something at a store register, leaving the store, and having a store clerk chase you in the parking lot to retreive the item you just bought. This is total BS and nobody should stand for it. You must get together and send countless nastygrams through email, snail mail, and phone calls. Do not let this slide or they will do it again. You will be heard if you are loud enough! It is their system that failed not your ability to purchase the cpu. Their system should have caught the mistake before these things left the warehouse.

MAKE NOISE!!!!!!

And this is at least as bad as the WMC fiasco from Buy.com years ago......worse, probably. At least then it was just charging credit cards before the item shipped. This time, intercepting prior to delivery.......sheesh! I honestly think you have a case, because if CUSA is claiming a "recall" of the cpus is what is making them intercept them, I'd demand to see the notice from Intel recalling the cpus.......via an attorney.

 

[Bozo Galora]

The UPS delivery guy can and will come right to your door with package in hand, fire up the electronic tablet, see that its been recalled and will turn right around (with package) and walk back to truck and drive off.
Whether or not a package YOU ask to be recalled gets done in time is a very different situation from a multi million dollar customer of UPS. and whether ITS recall gets done.

The "defect" excuse would only apply to chips with ~ week 48 or earlier 2007 (November)
Thats why I asked to see the batch numbers of recieved CPU's (NOT THE PACK DATE)
Heres a link on the prob
http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/s....php?p=40179#post40179
Note that the date on the linked topic is NOT reflective of the date of manuf of the chips they are talking about - there used to be a big time lag between manuf and sale..

I have bought five 8400's - all 2008 of various weeks Malaysia, and none have the prob.
If your box has the green/yellow "45nm" sticker, you are pretty much safe, but all the "defective" chips should be long gone from retail channel anyway.

 

[Damainman]

"Whether or not a package YOU ask to be recalled gets done in time is a very different situation from a multi million dollar customer of UPS. and whether ITS recall gets done. "

So Brown doesn't give a hoot about the little guy and their little nieces' Christmas gifts...how appropriate.