Question about HIS Radeon HD 6970 2GB for $203 w/MiR @Amazon

[arredondo]

Surprisingly I didn't see a thread for this deal posted here.

A HIS Radeon 6970 was up for $223 ($203 after rebate) at Amazon. I ordered one after seeing a thread posted at this site before Amazon pulled the deal just a bit ago.

My question is, does Amazon usually honor too-good-to-be-true orders like this or do they cancel them? If they honor them but it is out-of-stock, do they ship late or wait you out to cancel yourself? I've never got in on a great price before to where there is concern for cancellation, so I'm not sure how it works.

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UPDATE:

After two weeks of waiting for Amazon to re-stock the HIS card I ordered, I called them up and they agreed to switch my order to an in-stock Sapphire 6970 GB card instead at the same low price. It is being shipped now.

The replacement is a better card than the HIS and it comes with a $30 MiR, so my final cost for the $350 Sapphire 6970 is $193.

 

[bryanW1995]

Definitely not too good to be true, I just jumped on a gtx 480 for $199 (+7 for shipping) with no MIR at newegg.

 

[arredondo]

The same card is $330 at NewEgg. You don't think that $110 off ($130 off with MiR) is too good to be true?

 

[TemjinGold]

Why not call them up and ask? I wouldn't use "too good to be true" on the phone but just mention you placed an order for that item at that price but the deal got pulled right after.

 

[arredondo]

Hmmm, someone in the post I linked to said:

last time amazon honored price mistake for msi gtx 580 lightning.
It was like $525 retail at that time and price was $369.99.

I looked it up and sure enough back in May '11 Amazon honored the deal for a number of buyers, especially those who persisted by contacting reps. The OOS cards were shipped 20 days after the orders were made.

This deal is not as lopsided as the 580 one, so I may be in good shape.

 

[Adam8281]

I pulled the trigger on this, but won't be surprised if it doesn't ship

 

[Corporate Thug]

I saw this last night and passed. Doesn't look like you can even order it anymore.

 

[blackened23]

Price is an error, I ordered one and it was cancelled.

Other boards are reporting their orders being cancelled as well, its obviously a mistake on amazon's part.

 

[arredondo]

I'm following three different threads on this: SlickDeals, HardOCP and Overclock. A scant few people said they were canceled hours ago (including one 1st time poster), but the vast majority say they got no such notice.

In fact, one respected member of Overclock.net talked to two different Amazon reps who both told him the deal would be honored and that they are getting stock in early November.

As I showed above, even when they had a more outrageous deal than this one on the GTX 580s in May, Amazon honored the deal for most who asked them to do so.

 

[jackstar7]

Fantastic deal even without the rebate. Congrats to those who caught it and get their orders.

 

[rothchilds]

I ordered one, havent gotten any cancellation notice. But I buy a ton of stuff from amazon, maybe that will sway them

 

[bryanW1995]

I still don't think it's too good to be true. That gtx 480 deal I got also had a hidden $25 rebate, so it will end up being $175 + shipping ($7). Maybe not as good a deal as the 6970, but it's in the ballpark.

 

[DeadFred]

I ordered one, havent gotten any cancellation notice. But I buy a ton of stuff from amazon, maybe that will sway them

Same here.

 

[Stas]

Amazon doesn't honor their prices. This will be canceled.

 

[Jayzbent]

My order still hasn't been cancelled so who knows? "Shrug".

 

[arredondo]

He forgot to mention the part where people got Lightning 580s from Amazon at an even bigger discount (%-wise) and didn't have their orders canceled.

 

[blackened23]

He forgot to mention the part where people got Lightning 580s from Amazon at an even bigger discount (%-wise) and didn't have their orders canceled.

Uh, no, 95% of people that ordered DID get cancelled. I was tracking that at OCN (which is a far bigger hot deals community than here, second only to slickdeals) and nearly everyone got their order cancelled except for 2-3 people.

If its too good to be true, it probably is. Maybe you will get lucky, probably not though.

 

[DeadFred]

If it comes through, great. If not, no biggie.

Ill just wait for the next deal to come along.

 

[arredondo]

Uh, no, 95% of people that ordered DID get cancelled. I was tracking that at OCN (which is a far bigger hot deals community than here, second only to slickdeals) and nearly everyone got their order cancelled except for 2-3 people.

If its too good to be true, it probably is. Maybe you will get lucky, probably not though.

Uh, prove it. Simply link to a thread that backs you up from OCN. I've been browsing their archives and it seems to me that people who didn't cancel got their 580 Lightening in 2-3 weeks after ordering with no problem. If you have a different link chock full of Amazon cancels, do share.

 

[SystemPlue]

Mine has not been canceled yet... whatever that may mean... ^_^

 

[arredondo]

UPDATE:

After two weeks of waiting for Amazon to re-stock the HIS card I ordered, I called them up and they agreed to switch my order to an in-stock Sapphire 6970 GB card instead at the same low price. It is being shipped now.

The replacement is a better card than the HIS and it comes with a $30 MiR, so my final cost for the $350 Sapphire 6970 is $193.

 

[modestninja]

UPDATE:

After two weeks of waiting for Amazon to re-stock the HIS card I ordered, I called them up and they agreed to switch my order to an in-stock Sapphire 6970 GB card instead at the same low price. It is being shipped now.

The replacement is a better card than the HIS and it comes with a $30 MiR, so my final cost for the $350 Sapphire 6970 is $193.

Wow! I wish I would have seen this before it was gone. That's an amazing deal.

 

[Brock123]

I tried to get them to switch me to a different brand but they wouldn't

 

[flyboy84]

I was also able to get the Sapphire switch, should be here on Monday

 

[Craig234]

Try calling again, point out that others got the offer.