Unbelievable DEAL !!!! BFG Tech GeForce Ti 4200 128mb for $89 !!!!

[spanky]

Originally posted by: MrMet
I know his is a little late, but the BB in East Brunswick NJ had 5 of these on the shelf at 4 pm this afternoon. And the store was practicly empty as far as customers.( all shopped out from yesterday i guess) Would have posted sooner but just got home. Still about an hour left of the deal if anyone in the area can get there quickly.

dayam... that is where i got mine on wed. i was gonna go back today to to do the return/rebuy, but its too far... so i just went to the BB in union, nj. went very smoothly. so this sale is dead tomorrow eh? damn... its nearly 9pm now... i might be able to make it down there still...

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7

Originally posted by: MrMet
I know his is a little late, but the BB in East Brunswick NJ had 5 of these on the shelf at 4 pm this afternoon. And the store was practicly empty as far as customers.( all shopped out from yesterday i guess) Would have posted sooner but just got home. Still about an hour left of the deal if anyone in the area can get there quickly.

dayam... that is where i got mine on wed. i was gonna go back today to to do the return/rebuy, but its too far... so i just went to the BB in union, nj. went very smoothly. so this sale is dead tomorrow eh? damn... its nearly 9pm now... i might be able to make it down there still...

QUICK. GO! I waNT ONE!!!!!!

 

[Trevelyan]

Whoa.... I just thought of something...

You know how the rebate wants a COPY of the UPC, and not the original... Couldn't you just photocopy it and return the video card to the store and get a refund, and in essence make the rebate money?

It's fraud, I know, and I'm not in any way saying you should do it... in fact, DON'T DO IT... I'm just saying that don't usually companies say original UPC so you don't do that?

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: joecool
dudes,

well, what a day friday was! had to hit best buy, compusa, office depot, and office max. got to the bb by 9:00, no surprise, the wd hd was gone. bummer. however, the mag 14" lcd i wanted was still there, along with a sweet deal on the ipaq 3835 - $250! snagged all the stuff and paid at the pda counter (no line!) everything looking good, but still had to stand in line to do the return/rebuy on the bfg card. once again reminded what complete idiots bb employees are - only two people ahead of me in line but it still took ~30 minutes for them to get to me! anyway, rather than doing a return/rebuy the chick just did a refund of the price difference ($55) and no rebate printed out! i asked her about this, she looked confused, hit a few buttons on the register, and lo and behold out comes the rebate form. now i'm a little worried that the refund receipt might not be good enough for the rebate (still no rebate receipt). i try to explain this to her and she tells me not to worry but clearly she's not getting my point. so, here's my question: will i get the rebate with the refund receipt? i really need to know - i'd hate to find out 45 days from now they won't honor the rebate & now i can't return the card ...

sorry for the long message! (oh, compusa was a bust - no surprise. i got there way too late! office depot was empty so i scooped up the free cdr 50-pack. since i had everything i wanted i didn't waste my time at office max. home by ~11:30 - not too bad a morning's work! oh, one more thing - the lcd looks sweet, decent size and built-in speakers, but it didn't work! seems like the backlight is busted. grr. 'nother trip to bb on monday...!)

You won't get the rebate. Same thing that happened last year with ppl that didn't get a new receipt.

Chiz

 

[sxr7171]

I just waltzed in at around 8:00 P.M. today (Saturday) and found one sitting on the shelf - so I picked it up. This is a hot deal since all the 128 MB Ti4200 cards are at least $140 on pricewatch. The card comes with a lifetime warranty and 24/7 toll-free tech support - this is insane! Plus there's some cute (for lack of a more appropriate word) writing on the back of the box. These guys really are insane!

One of the benefits of living in a small town.

 

[SpideyCU]

Trevelyan, I don't know about BB rebates, but Staples rebates specifically say "not valid on returned items" - meaning, I believe they check the transaction number on the receipt to make sure you haven't returned it. Of course, I could be wrong, but, that was my impression.

 

[SpongeBobPalmBay]

Originally posted by: chizow

Originally posted by: joecool
dudes,

well, what a day friday was! had to hit best buy, compusa, office depot, and office max. got to the bb by 9:00, no surprise, the wd hd was gone. bummer. however, the mag 14" lcd i wanted was still there, along with a sweet deal on the ipaq 3835 - $250! snagged all the stuff and paid at the pda counter (no line!) everything looking good, but still had to stand in line to do the return/rebuy on the bfg card. once again reminded what complete idiots bb employees are - only two people ahead of me in line but it still took ~30 minutes for them to get to me! anyway, rather than doing a return/rebuy the chick just did a refund of the price difference ($55) and no rebate printed out! i asked her about this, she looked confused, hit a few buttons on the register, and lo and behold out comes the rebate form. now i'm a little worried that the refund receipt might not be good enough for the rebate (still no rebate receipt). i try to explain this to her and she tells me not to worry but clearly she's not getting my point. so, here's my question: will i get the rebate with the refund receipt? i really need to know - i'd hate to find out 45 days from now they won't honor the rebate & now i can't return the card ...

sorry for the long message! (oh, compusa was a bust - no surprise. i got there way too late! office depot was empty so i scooped up the free cdr 50-pack. since i had everything i wanted i didn't waste my time at office max. home by ~11:30 - not too bad a morning's work! oh, one more thing - the lcd looks sweet, decent size and built-in speakers, but it didn't work! seems like the backlight is busted. grr. 'nother trip to bb on monday...!)

You won't get the rebate. Same thing that happened last year with ppl that didn't get a new receipt.

Chiz

Yeah... no dice... your out of luck... my friend did this last year and never got his rebate.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: SpideyCU
Trevelyan, I don't know about BB rebates, but Staples rebates specifically say "not valid on returned items" - meaning, I believe they check the transaction number on the receipt to make sure you haven't returned it. Of course, I could be wrong, but, that was my impression.

That would explain their acceptance of a photocopy of the UPC. They have a record in their system for your transaction. If you return, that record registers it and before they honor your rebate (send you a check), they check the system to make sure you didn't return. Makes total sense.

 

[ghetto buck]

Originally posted by: KeyzerSoze

Originally posted by: frankqfrank
I got one this morning, is this really that hot? I really didn't even want the card. If it's not worth eBay I'll take it back.

No, its not really THAT HOT. You can get the same cards for about $110-120 from various vendors online. Also, BB rebates SUCK. I did the return/buy thing last year with the Ti200s. Took months to get my $50 back.

How about a link? No way can you get a 128 mB 4200 with the dvi adapter for $110 or even $120. Best price at newegg is $145 and its out of stock. Basically this card was $155 after tax before rebate, $100 after. This is a hot deal, i've been waiting a couple months for a card just like this.

Thanks again wizards23.

 

[aldamon]

It took months, but I got my $50 TI 200 rebate with a "Pricematch" receipt. That's also what I have this year and I don't anticipate any problems a phone call won't solve.

 

[FC3S]

Originally posted by: cownipples
Hi, I bought 3 of these cards if any one is interested let me know! BB in San diego had over 100 left unbelievable! can't beat the price, I build about 3 computers a week for people and this is a steal all nvidia based cards have a minimum baseline that is required to have it's name on it , this is a visiontek rebadge! these will overclock to ti4400 or even ti4600 stock depending on the luck of the memory draw! have a good one guys.

I want one! I wasn't able to get one this weekend. Please e-mail me and we can work something out! Thanks! eriksoj@cc.wwu.edu

 

[Eaglescout]

I assume I just need to make a copy of my UPC code and use the rebate receipt that was given and that's all there is to it?

I remember last year them talking about not using rebate receipts, etc. I just want to make sure I get it right the first time.

Eaglescout

 

[sxr7171]

I'm just wondering if a scanned and printed UPC is considered a valid "photocopy." Also, I didn't bother cutting the UPC label out of the box, I just scanned the side of the box with the UPC on it. Do you think this will be okay? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

 

[thegreatkevinski]

Got my card in NY, flew to Vegas to have Turkey with family, did the return/rebuy with the 10% coupon, got the whole deal for about $79.00. Anandtech Hot Deals rocks, and thank you Wizards23!!!!!

 

[unclebud]

"i got the raincheck with the rebates"
not to be bothersome, but aren't the rebates for a specific date? if one gets a deal from raincheck later that is not within the time specified, does he/she get his/her rebate? somebody with experience in this arena should speak up to give dude the correct info... imo
cpu magazine rates 64mb pny verto higher than the 128mb visiontek incidentally...

 

[grrmuzzigrr]

orignally posted by: tnguyen88
The first thing I noticed when I took off the shrink wrap was that there was some Best Buy tape over the openings. Then I popped open the box and saw that the DVI connector was just rolling around the box without any plastic on it. Hmm another odd thing.... Turned out I had gotten a returned card that was sold to me as new.

I opened up my cad to just find the DVI adapter rolling around too, but I don't have a computer to test the card out in yet, I'm in the process of gathering up all the parts. I was wondering how all the other cards came packaged, with plastic around the DVI adapter? My box looked brand new though, I just don't want to end up with a dead returned card when I finnaly get my system together.

 

[2ndgunman]

Originally posted by: grrmuzzigrr

orignally posted by: tnguyen88
The first thing I noticed when I took off the shrink wrap was that there was some Best Buy tape over the openings. Then I popped open the box and saw that the DVI connector was just rolling around the box without any plastic on it. Hmm another odd thing.... Turned out I had gotten a returned card that was sold to me as new.

I opened up my cad to just find the DVI adapter rolling around too, but I don't have a computer to test the card out in yet, I'm in the process of gathering up all the parts. I was wondering how all the other cards came packaged, with plastic around the DVI adapter? My box looked brand new though, I just don't want to end up with a dead returned card when I finnaly get my system together.

I posted a question about this in the other thread, but never got an answer. My DVI adapter was also just flopping around in the box. Also, the side of the box says that the card comes with a "software bundle"......mine had one cd with drivers and demos on it. The box looked like it had been opened before (loose shrink wrap, and the tab on the end of the box was wrinkled). I've also had problems with opened product being sold as new and don't want to have a problem with this. I just got back into town about an hour ago and haven't installed the card yet. We'll see if it works.....

 

[tnguyen88]

As far as I know, the "software bundle" is just the other stuff that comes on the CD. Like the DVD software. I'm almost positive that the dvi adapter shouldn't be rolling around in there. Pretty much any connector from any card I've bought before has come wrapped. I also noticed that some of the capacitators on the dead card were different from the card that I now have.

Maybe it's just a different revision, and they decided to package the DVI differently? Who knows...

I also noticed that my box had some creases around the opening... a pretty obvious sign that it had been opened. When I first got suspicious, I just figured it was from sitting on the shelves. Then again, I'm the type of person that tends to hope for the best. If your store has mroe in stock, I'd suggest taking the card back and getting one that you can be sure about. If there's loose shrink-wrap, that usually means that they used the machine at the store, at lesat that's been my experience with most things I've bought.

 

[thegreatkevinski]

My DVI connector was also rolling around in the box, along with the discs, but mine had clearly not been previously opened, came from the warehouse. The stuff just looked poorly packaged. However, the card was in a nice clear plastic casing, unlike the TI200 from last year that was just in a bag stuffed in a cardboard ring. I can't wait to get this in my rig and hopefully run BF1942 stutter-free!!!

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: sxr7171
I'm just wondering if a scanned and printed UPC is considered a valid "photocopy." Also, I didn't bother cutting the UPC label out of the box, I just scanned the side of the box with the UPC on it. Do you think this will be okay? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

I did exactly the same thing and I don't see why this wouldn't be exactly what they asked for. What else could they mean?

 

[Muse]

I haven't done any research but my impression is that this card supports multiple displays. Can anyone verify this? On the box it says it supports Nvidia's nView and the DVI --> VGA adaptor included (I figure) can only suggest that you can have TWO VGA connections. i.e. for TWO separate monitors. Why else would they include that adaptor? Does this support two displays nicely? The box's blurbs would suggest that it supports more than two displays. How in the world would you get that? A couple of years ago anyone who wanted 2 displays bought a Matrox card. What's the deal now?

Edit: I'm talking about two separate monitors here, not two different views of Windows on the same monitor, which seems to be what nView is about, at least partially - went to nVidia's site.

 

[Zebra]

I chose to go over to Fry's early on Friday instead of BB, so by the time I got back to BB at perhaps 10, all the cards were gone. Seeing that the sale went through Saturday and feeling lucky, I went back to BB on Saturday afternoon and surprise, surprise, one of the cards is sitting on the upper shelves in the video card section. Only drawback is there was no shrinkwrap so I could be a return, but I bought it anyway. I can always exchange it if need be, when more are in stock after the sale. After I got home, I saw the post about the 10% coupon, scored one of those at the library, and went back last night to get the discount. They ended up just doing a pricematch for the difference on a separate receipt, but still gave me back my original unmolested and I still have the original rebate receipt from earlier in the day, so I will surely mail one of those instead to aviod any conflicts.

 

[Jack159]

Originally posted by: Muse
I haven't done any research but my impression is that this card supports multiple displays. Can anyone verify this? On the box it says it supports Nvidia's nView and the DVI --> VGA adaptor included (I figure) can only suggest that you can have TWO VGA connections. i.e. for TWO separate monitors. Why else would they include that adaptor? Does this support two displays nicely? The box's blurbs would suggest that it supports more than two displays. How in the world would you get that? A couple of years ago anyone who wanted 2 displays bought a Matrox card. What's the deal now?

Edit: I'm talking about two separate monitors here, not two different views of Windows on the same monitor, which seems to be what nView is about, at least partially - went to nVidia's site.

On the box it states "you can spread your work across multiple displays. IE Financial analysts can have a monitor for tracking each data stream....

sounds like you can have 2 different views on 2 diff monitors. And there is an adapter to go from DVI to vga as well as on board vga out.....

hope it helps

jack159

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: sxr7171
I'm just wondering if a scanned and printed UPC is considered a valid "photocopy." Also, I didn't bother cutting the UPC label out of the box, I just scanned the side of the box with the UPC on it. Do you think this will be okay? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

I did exactly the same thing and I don't see why this wouldn't be exactly what they asked for. What else could they mean?

Thanks for your response, it's good to know I'm not the only one doing this.

About Nview - yes it lets you use 2 monitors in the following configurations:

1. 2 analog monitors - you need to use the regular VGA connection and use the DVI to VGA dongle for the other monitor.

2. One digital and one analog - just connect the digital monitor to the DVI port and the analog monitor to the VGA connection.

3. Two digital montiors - this unfortunately is not possible as far as I know.

It seems that all of today's Nvidia cards come with the ability to support 2 monitors. Just connect the two monitors and set up your preferences in Nview. You can have 2 monitors showing the exact same desktop or have your desktop stretched onto 2 monitors among other cool things.

 

[Chesebert]

when they mean photocopy they mean go out to your kinko's and ask for the photocopy of the UPC code.

I called the rebate center and they said they won't accept anything else besides a xerox copy of the barcode.

Here is what they said if you line your copy with the one on the box it should be an exact match or they won't take it.
strange isn't it.