Thanks to this thread, I have:
1. tried to order from pcsuperstore when they were showing 6 in stock
2. realized stock # did not go down when I purchased... "uh oh"
3. left customer service an email saying "please contact me if this item is not really in stock"
4. Received customer service email saying my order was cancelled and item really was out of stock.
4.5 Left an honest review on resellerratings.com
5. Was emo for about 1 day
6. Saw this thread again, noticed that antares digital was in stock
7. Suspected the same shenanigans, but this morning all I got was an email asking me to confirm my shipping address! I called them on the phone:
"Sir is this your office address you want it shipped to?"
"Yes it is"
"OK just wanted to check"
"Is it getting shipped today?"
"Yes"
"w00t"
8. I created an account just to share with the people who made my day
Thanks guys!
Mike
a moderator at my350z.com <--- not a plug
PS just FYI... I know buy.com has a lot of shady practices. They lie about inventory all the time and shipping for some in stock items has taken a month for me, specifically some RAM.
I was going to wait for newegg for this CPU but I decided I didn't want to wait, and that if I had problems with these rinky dink vendors, I would just order it from newegg anyway. After all the CPU is so hot even if I were to receive two, I could easily sell one.
Just wanted to say thanks again!