YA 6800gt. At buy.com for $415.99 bundled with doom 3

[Pete]

Originally posted by: CiN
not sure When its going to be available, but MSI's taiwan site has their 6800 GT page up. including the first ever(i think) pics of the GT card(instead of the Ultra's) http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=610&kind=2

mannn i hope they get released soon, sick of waiting! :|

The good news is that the MSI 6800GT appears to use MSI's custom HSF, which is supposed to be very quiet. This was a friggin' great deal--probably better than the $330 X800P at Dell.

 

[wpenhall]

Originally posted by: Pete
The good news is that the MSI 6800GT appears to use MSI's custom HSF, which is supposed to be very quiet. This was a friggin' great deal--probably better than the $330 X800P at Dell.

NICE! Wish the PCB was red, however... Oh well. Guess you can't get EVERYTHING.

Still waiting patiently...

 

[ysaric]

Just got in on the deal . . . $403 shipped. Not as good as the PNY Ultra deal CompUSA finally officially screwed me on today (the 30% deal), but for whatever it's worth I've got more faith that buy.com will actually come through. I'm tired of waiting. Time to wait.

edit: forgot to add thanks for the prompt PM 10% coupon info. Thanks much.

 

[Actaeon]

I've given up..

My email to them....

I have requested an item cancelation 4 days ago, it has not been canceled yet.

It has been over 2 weeks since the inital order, and it hasn't been shipped yet. I am canceling my order.

DO NOT SHIP it to me, and DO NOT CHARGE ME. If you still send it to me, I will REFUSE shipment, and contact my Credit Card company to BLOCK this transaction.

DO NOT SHIP IT. DO NOT WASTE TIME, MONEY, and EFFORT shipping it to me.

Cancel the order.

Lets hope that works.

 

[Actaeon]

Hehe... shortly after... I get this email.

Hello Jonathan,

Just a note to let you know that we have cancelled your order for the item listed below from order #xxxxxx.
Your credit card was never charged for this item.

Order #xxxxxxxxxxxx

sku - 10377955 : description - GEFORCE 6800GT 8X AGP 256MB TV OUT DVI DOOM3 GAME BUNDLE

If you have any questions, please
contact customer support at http://www.buy.com/support.

Sincerely,
Customer Support Team

Goodluck getting your stuff guys, I was tired of waiting.

Meanwhile, I called GreatFun, and canceled my "membership" there. I havn't even gotten the savings "package" they were offering to me yet.

Oh well...

 

[imported_CiN]

im going to wait for another 2 weeks, unless something better comes along.

 

[crimson117]

I'm starting to think I'd rather put this money towards a laptop, especially since I only play SWG which is more ram/processor/lag limited than graphics limited.

 

[ysaric]

Yah I guess now that I'm on the waiting list, I'm trying to figure out if it is really worth $50. There are places you can get a GT in stock for $400, so the real difference here is the game bundle, the only one of which really worth it is D3. If I ordered an in-stock GT now, I could play Far Cry, & Madden '04 the way they should be played, maybe get D3 later.

Decisions, decisions.

 

[ysaric]

Just out of curiosity, is there any rampant speculation at all as to when buy.com might be getting more GTs?

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: ysaric
Just out of curiosity, is there any rampant speculation at all as to when buy.com might be getting more GTs?

no speculation... I canceled last night, gonna put the moeny elsewhere. We'll see these price breaks again before christmas, and I don't have time to play Doom 3 anyway :-(

 

[ysaric]

Well I just put in an order at CompUSA for their bundle, which for a while was not in stock but they are taking online orders again as of this morning. It's pretty similar, although a few dollars more and with only D3 not the other games.

Basically, whoever ships first, wins.

Unless they ship on the same day, then I'm screwed.

Or unless they take forever, then I'll cancel both.

 

[ysaric]

I got screwed uniquely. I figured it would take CompUSA forever to ship so I went to BEst Buy and got the only gt shipped to my town. I figured tomorrow I would cancel both buy.com and compusa.

Then, I came home, installed the GT, and checked my e-mail, and I'll be buggerred but CompUSA shipped, same day, my GT + Doom 3. I read the e-mail with the BFG GT already installed. But I can't afford 2, hell I can barely afford one, so I uninstalled the BFG and will take it back to BB tomorrow.

I'll crapper around with my GF3 for another 4 or 5 days I reckon before the CompUSA order gets here early next week.

 

[noctdeus]

Well it's Friday. I ordered mine back on August 3rd, and it's now August 20th. I'm starting to get a little irritated. Has anyone's order shipped? Has anyone requested info from Buy.com recently? Any activity at all??

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: noctdeus
Well it's Friday. I ordered mine back on August 3rd, and it's now August 20th. I'm starting to get a little irritated. Has anyone's order shipped? Has anyone requested info from Buy.com recently? Any activity at all??

you can either get it cheap or soon, not both, since you chose cheap, don't complain about not soon

 

[imported_CiN]

well broke down and bought a BFG 6800GT at a local bestbuy(its a thing of beauty! ), paid MSRP, but had some giftcards, so only paid $348. ofcourse, came home cancelled buy.com order. i still think this is a good deal. if i didnt have the GCs id still be waiting for this deal.

(incase you want to know, i checked bb online and it showed that Aurora,IL had it in stock. called and gave the guy there the SKU# thats mentioned in the video forum, and they had 2. asked him to hold it for me, but when i went to the store, the guy was at lunch and they didnt find it behind the counter/desk, but they had one out in the display! they might still have the other one. man cant wait to put together my system! )

 

[noctdeus]

I just received a new email today:

Just a note to let you know that we are still working hard on filling your order #xxx.
We have placed an urgent order with our suppliers and are waiting on the product(s) below.
You'll receive an email from us once your item is on its way.

Order #xxx

sku - 10377955 : description - MSI GeForce 6800GT 8X AGP 256MB TV Out DVI Doom3 Bundle

If you wish to cancel your order for this item, or if you have any questions, please contact customer support at http://www.buy.com/support.

Sincerely,
Customer Support Team

 

[imported_sector]

Heres mail from nvidia if your willing to wait.

Get Doom 3 FREE!
If you've been thinking about either getting the hottest new video game on the planet, or the fastest video card in the world, stop! Right now, you can get the most terrifying, widely-anticipated game in the world FREE when you buy a qualifying GeForce 6800 video card from one of NVIDIA's authorized partners. But hurry ? supplies are limited!

Find out how you can get Doom 3 FREE!

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_bundlezone_doom3.html

 

[noctdeus]

Another thing I noticed is that they've updated the product information (before there was practically nothing).

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10377955&loc=101&sp=1

For those of us who haven't cancelled our order yet, let's hope these are indications that it will ship soon!!

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: sector
Heres mail from nvidia if your willing to wait.

Get Doom 3 FREE!
If you've been thinking about either getting the hottest new video game on the planet, or the fastest video card in the world, stop! Right now, you can get the most terrifying, widely-anticipated game in the world FREE when you buy a qualifying GeForce 6800 video card from one of NVIDIA's authorized partners. But hurry ? supplies are limited!

Find out how you can get Doom 3 FREE!

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_bundlezone_doom3.html

Dude thats awesome! Anyone know when the doom3 bundles will be hitting retailers?
Did a bit more looking, aparently the EVGA version will begin shipping August 30th according to GameVE none of the others have any info on when they may be available

 

[wpenhall]

I just got the same message. I was quite excited to see an e-mail in my inbox from Buy.com, but oh well. Crappy form letter. :|

I'm still waiting... how many have bailed so far?

Originally posted by: hazarorgana
Hello,

Thank you for contacting Buy.com.

This is in refrence to your order.

We apologize that the delivery of your order is taking longer
than expected and for any inconvenience this has caused. Unfortunately,
due to a setback from the manufacturer, item #10377955 on your
order is currently on backorder.

We update our website once every 24 hours. Occasionally items
run out of stock before we can update this information. Be assured
we are working on providing more frequent updates in the future.

Unfortunately, we do not have an estimated time of arrival; however,
you will receive an email from us once the product you ordered
ships. Please note that your credit card will not be billed until
that time.

We apologize again for the inconvenience.

For any further information, feel free to write in us.

Thank you for your business.

Thank you again for writing in to us.

Sincerely,

Team Buy.com
www.Buy.com

 

[noctdeus]

Anyone hear anything new?

I just emailed MSI directly asking them if they would happen to know when they are going to ship out to Buy.com. I probably won't hear back until at least Monday though...

 

[wpenhall]

Well, I got tired of waiting and jumped on the GS deal at Monarch. If it does actually turn out to be GS, then this is a great deal!

A bit more pricy than the buy.com MSI deal, with crappier games, but the card is essentially an Ultra!

I'm not canceling my buy order just yet, however. Whoever ships first, wins!

 

[noctdeus]

Price has been bumped back down to $415.99.

http://www.buy.com/retail/prod...5&loc=101&sp=1

 

[wpenhall]

Has anyone sent in their Great Fun rebate despite the non-shipment of their order?

If so, what did you use as a receipt - print out of order page? Have you gotten confirmation that it's valid?

Thanks!

 

[imported_CiN]

i used the print out of the receipt. sent it about 2 - 3 weeks ago. i think it takes 4 - 6 weeks.