Just placed my 7970 order

[Panopticon]

I just found an Etailer that had 7970's in stock! Said they had 2 in stock but then I placed my order and when I refreshed the page it said out of stock... weird, Paid $558. If you type HD 7970 in amazon there is a company that has 2 Asus in stock but they want $574

edit: Forgot to add that it was an XFX... not the best I know but they usually have a lifetime guarantee and I've done 3 builds in the past 1.5yrs using their card without a single issue. If this place doesn't ship my order monday I'm going to be hot!!!!

 

[x3sphere]

I will wait for Newegg or Amazon. Those third-party sellers on Amazon are sometimes shady, there's no guarantee they have stock so you may be waiting awhile...

 

[Panopticon]

The place I ordered mine from had an in stock guarantee so we will see. After I was the wall of 7970's overclockers uk had in stock it became clear to me that the re-sellers already have their stock of 7970's and I guess less prominent ones aren't as worried about waiting until release day to start taking orders if my 7970 doesn't ship monday I will just file a complaint with visa and move on... no biggie.

 

[Don Karnage]

Technically newegg could start selling them now. They wouldn't ship till Monday anyway

 

[nOOky]

I saw them on Amazon, but the shipping was over $60. No way.
Edit: the shipping is now $6.44, but the price went up to $611.49 yea sure.

 

[Don Karnage]

I saw them on Amazon, but the shipping was over $60. No way.
Edit: the shipping is now $6.44, but the price went up to $611.49 yea sure.

Me too. I saw it this morning. Im waiting for newegg.

 

[bryanW1995]

Let the gouging begin!

 

[Panopticon]

Having paid $558 with shipping I'm just hoping I don't find out that they sell for $499 or something like that. Even at $525 or so I feel fine having paid a little more to know I'll be getting a card next week. I will be working out of office tomorrow and wouldn't have had a chance to place an order until about 6 p.m. I wouldn't be shocked to see them sell out of top tier brands but who knows maybe the rumors of high stock are true.

 

[wahdangun]

its irritating me that it will take a week before retailer in here have the card. arghhhhh

 

[raasco]

Must....hold....back.....urge

 

[Grooveriding]

I can't see any 7970s on Amazon. Where did you find it ?

 

[Panopticon]

I got it from Electronics showplace a site which had decent reviews... DO NOT do business with them. I woke up to an email saying they were out of stock even though their site had a real time stock guarantee... Now my $550 will be on hold all week until its credited back to my account. I will file a complaint with this site.

Edit: They actually called me to apologize for the error. The guy on the phone said that they actually have shipped a few of these out and did physically take shipment of a few cards last week. He said he will call me first thing in the morning and if he cannot procure me a card tomorrow he will cancel my order.

 

[blackened23]

I can't see any 7970s on Amazon. Where did you find it ?

Pretty sure AMD isn't allowing anyone to list it until monday at 10am. Thats what the rumor mill says anyway.

 

[chr6]

is that 10AM EST or PST?

 

[Porter_]

Pretty sure AMD isn't allowing anyone to list it until monday at 10am. Thats what the rumor mill says anyway.

an XFX 7970 has been listed on amazon the last couple of days, sold by third-party retailers. i don't see it listed at the moment though.