[H]OT: M-m-m-m-m-ONSTER KILL! EVGA GTX 280 SSC Edition $200 @ buy.com

I'm pissed that I didn't get my card, but if you sold your video card before having a new one in hand that's your problem. And if anyone is dumb enough to buy a video card while they have unpaid bills.. well that's really bad.
 
No way he doesn't have a problem. He just needs to apply for a federal bailout.

BTW I'm still pissed fawk buy.com newegg has way better prices, they don't need 4 days to ship, and they treat me nice. Won't you please take me back newegg?? Think of the children!
 
P.S. Some of you members here make total @$$E$ of yourselves.
1) You hop on these deals knowing that 99.9% of the time they are pricing errors that are too good to be true and have the gall to complain when your order gets canceled.
2) A company give you a $5 coupon as an apology for their pricing mistake and you still complain... you're not out anything. You got $5 out of it. $5 would buy me anywhere from 2-4 meals, depending what I choose to cook for myself.
3) Some that didn't get cards that they ordered at an erroneous price because others did receive them. That's just luck, plain and simple. I got my card and I'm chalking it up to luck. I've tried things like this before and never actually gotten anything delivered... and it hasn't cost me a cent. I got lucky this time, and probability says that it will be a long time before I have that good luck again.

In summary: Stop your whining!
 
huddy said:
P.S. Some of you members here make total @$$E$ of yourselves.
1) You hop on these deals knowing that 99.9% of the time they are pricing errors that are too good to be true and have the gall to complain when your order gets canceled.
2) A company give you a $5 coupon as an apology for their pricing mistake and you still complain... you're not out anything. You got $5 out of it. $5 would buy me anywhere from 2-4 meals, depending what I choose to cook for myself.
3) Some that didn't get cards that they ordered at an erroneous price because others did receive them. That's just luck, plain and simple. I got my card and I'm chalking it up to luck. I've tried things like this before and never actually gotten anything delivered... and it hasn't cost me a cent. I got lucky this time, and probability says that it will be a long time before I have that good luck again.

In summary: Stop your whining!
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I agree, stop complaining and just don't buy from buy.com again. That's what I'm doing.
 
huddy said:
P.S. Some of you members here make total @$$E$ of yourselves.
1) You hop on these deals knowing that 99.9% of the time they are pricing errors that are too good to be true and have the gall to complain when your order gets canceled.
2) A company give you a $5 coupon as an apology for their pricing mistake and you still complain... you're not out anything. You got $5 out of it. $5 would buy me anywhere from 2-4 meals, depending what I choose to cook for myself.
3) Some that didn't get cards that they ordered at an erroneous price because others did receive them. That's just luck, plain and simple. I got my card and I'm chalking it up to luck. I've tried things like this before and never actually gotten anything delivered... and it hasn't cost me a cent. I got lucky this time, and probability says that it will be a long time before I have that good luck again.

In summary: Stop your whining!
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Hmm, so you GOT the card you paid for?! Well, if I got what I PAID FOR also, I guess I would be like YOU and tell everybody else THAT DID NOT GET
WHAT THEY PAID FOR to "Stop Whining!" Glad you got YOUR card though!
 
ZV3001 said:
What is this "no harm no foul" crap, and "at least you got $5"? Who the frak cares about a measly 5 bucks! This cost me FAR more than 5 bucks, I sold my video card because I THOUGHT I was getting a new one! This "mistake" cost me over $100.00 bucks! . By the way, the $5.00 they gave you only benefits THEM, as they are now going to have thousands of people buying crap they don't need from them, just to use that
paltry, measly, insipidly small $5.00, so Buy.com wins again. Well, back to the drawing board.
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You should be paying buy.com $100 bucks to thank them for teaching you this valuable life lesson.

Here's another wise saying - A bird in the hand is worth three in the bush.

By the way - there's no minimum on the $5 gift card. Buy some AA batteries or something for $5 bucks and get them free - Who losses there? Buy.com sells things about as cheap as you can find them - just like amazon or wal-mart. I doubt they have a $5 profit margin on most anything under $50 bucks - so yes it is an appreciated coupon.

I, like you, ordered my GTX280 - I knew the deal prolly wouldn't go through - I'm not bitter, and I certaintly didn't sell my current card until the new on arrived. You knew this deal was too good to be true. Heck from the very first page and on the very first page of threads ALL OVER THE INTERNET - people warned this was probably a price mistake. We all figured it was - but hoped it wasn't and HOPEd to get lucky...

You sold you card - who knows why...

Nobody who bought this card should be citing they have bills to pay...that's ignorance.

Nearly everybody here bought it on a credit card, and the refund happened WAY before a billing cycle so again - you are out nothing.

If you are out anything at all its your fault alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU Gambled and lost --- NOT buy.com's fault.
 
ZV3001 said:
Hmm, so you GOT the card you paid for?! Well, if I got what I PAID FOR also, I guess I would be like YOU and tell everybody else THAT DID NOT GET
WHAT THEY PAID FOR to "Stop Whining!" Glad you got YOUR card though!
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If I hadn't gotten it, my payment would have been refunded thereby outing me nothing... meaning I didn't pay for it. My card wasn't charged until the card shipped btw...
 
sorry but i laugh at the poster who said people could have paid bills instead with the money. Prioritization 101 is the course some should enroll in.
 
Archaea said:
You should be paying buy.com $100 bucks to thank them for teaching you this valuable life lesson.

If you are out anything at all its your fault alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU Gambled and lost --- NOT buy.com's fault.
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Buy.com advertised a product for a certain price, showed it as in stock, allowed people to give them money for it, and failed to deliver that product. They also failed to deliver a comparable product for a comparable price, once they discovered they were out of stock. That is bad business no matter what the product is. Buyers who did not receive cards (I am one of them) have the right to feel diappointed and, yes, even indignant about not receiving the product. I'm not surprised, but I that doesn't mean I can't be disappointed with Buy.com's lack of customer service.
 
I am still a little bit pissed because of the details. If it was a price mistake they knew that Monday morning and should have stepped up and took care of it. But instead they had to be shady and say the cards are on order and and would ship.
THANK YOU
 
A company give you a $5 coupon as an apology for their pricing mistake and you still complain... you're not out anything. You got $5 out of it. $5 would buy me anywhere from 2-4 meals, depending what I choose to cook for myself.
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ROFL. Ramen with a side of mac and cheese please.
 
I got my BFG OC2 card, I saw the original evga posted but didn't want it because I wanted to stay bfg. I did a search on their site for BFG and found two, one at $237 and one at $221. The one @ $221 is the one I wanted because it was the same gtx 280oc I already had. I was listed as limitied quantities available Item may sell out so I ordered the OC2 instead to increase my chances. Once I saw the limited quanity notation I knew there inventory system was not realtime. I saw the free shipping option and thought if there are limited quantities anyone who accepts the 7-9 day ship delay wouldn't get a thing cuz it be sold out. I chose two day shipping to increase my chances. Anyone should know this was a too good to be true deal and only the lucky few will slip through the cracks. I can't believe people ordered and item that clearly stated it was low on stock and may sell out and got angry when it did. I ordered at 7 a.m. on Saturday by the way. I got lucky I know, hopefully some of you will next deal.
 
So much fail in this thread.

Not paying bills because of a graphics card purchase that most likely would get canceled.

Selling your current graphics card to cover the cost of a graphics card purchase that most likely would get canceled.

Buying a brand new spanking PSU to power you're graphics card purchase that most likely would get canceled.

Fail

Fail

Fail.
 
I got my BFG GTX OC2 on tuesday for $237. It is on sale here for $285 shipped. 5 days used. Here is your chance for a decent deal.
 
Imagine standing in line all night and day for the latest doodad. The doors open and the employee looks over the crowd. He then signals the last 15 people (the ones who got there late and just before opening while everyone else had been waiting in line an entire day), to come in first for the initial grab. Then he allows everyone else to come in to get a chance at what's left over, if anything. Now tell me you wouldn't be somewhat upset.

Personally, I'm not upset about not getting the card. I'm upset with the fact that people ordering very early Friday morning received squat while Saturday late comers were getting the cards. It's the business practice itself that's upsetting more so than not getting the card.
 
Cablespider said:
Imagine standing in line all night and day for the latest doodad. The doors open and the employee looks over the crowd. He then signals the last 15 people (the ones who got there late and just before opening while everyone else had been waiting in line an entire day), to come in first for the initial grab. Then he allows everyone else to come in to get a chance at what's left over, if anything. Now tell me you wouldn't be somewhat upset.

Personally, I'm not upset about not getting the card. I'm upset with the fact that people ordering very early Friday morning received squat while Saturday late comers were getting the cards. It's the business practice itself that's upsetting more so than not getting the card.
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the difference is, no one had to wait out in the cold for hours on line.
 
Ya... this is essentially a "put your name in the box" sweepstakes. Everyone got so worked up when they hardly did any work.
 
Cablespider said:
Imagine standing in line all night and day for the latest doodad. The doors open and the employee looks over the crowd. He then signals the last 15 people (the ones who got there late and just before opening while everyone else had been waiting in line an entire day), to come in first for the initial grab. Then he allows everyone else to come in to get a chance at what's left over, if anything. Now tell me you wouldn't be somewhat upset.
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That is the dumbest analogy I've ever seen. Compare people waiting in the cold with people doing mouse clicks from the comforts of their home.

Cablespider said:
Personally, I'm not upset about not getting the card. I'm upset with the fact that people ordering very early Friday morning received squat while Saturday late comers were getting the cards. It's the business practice itself that's upsetting more so than not getting the card.
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Maybe the people who ordered Sat and got a card have something that you don't, some foresight. They saw the sheeples all ordering the SSC version, and had the foresight (or maybe just dumb luck) to order something else, like the SC version or the BFG card. So blame yourself.
 
ordovician said:
Buy.com advertised a product for a certain price, showed it as in stock, allowed people to give them money for it, and failed to deliver that product. They also failed to deliver a comparable product for a comparable price, once they discovered they were out of stock. That is bad business no matter what the product is. Buyers who did not receive cards (I am one of them) have the right to feel diappointed and, yes, even indignant about not receiving the product. I'm not surprised, but I that doesn't mean I can't be disappointed with Buy.com's lack of customer service.
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Where did Buy.com advertise this price? I never saw it. What is it about insanely large pricing errors that makes you people throw reason out of the window? Inventory systems are created by humans, we aren't perfect, and our systems will occasionally price items erroneously... it's not bad business practices.

Advertising a GTX 280 in an email as costing $xxx price and then saying that it was a mistake and you won't get your card... now that's bad business practice.

haitu said:
yeah seriously. what the hell do you buy that feeds you 2-3 times?
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Jambalaya for 2 meals:
Sausage = $2.00/lb other stuff = $1.
Spaghetti and olive oil+basil for 2 meals = $1.50.
Water and heating costs ~$0.50 max...

$5 = 4 meals
 
GlimmerMan said:
Maybe the people who ordered Sat and got a card have something that you don't, some foresight. They saw the sheeples all ordering the SSC version, and had the foresight (or maybe just dumb luck) to order something else, like the SC version or the BFG card. So blame yourself.
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Not everyone who ordered the SC Edition got it shipped, though.
But it definitely increased your odds over the SSC.

Anyway I chose the SC because both threads (here and on SlickDeals) linked directly to the SSC edition, so I purposely avoided it.
I never thought Darwinism would apply to computer hardware sales.
 
jbauer2485 said:
the difference is, no one had to wait out in the cold for hours on line.
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GlimmerMan said:
That is the dumbest analogy I've ever seen. Compare people waiting in the cold with people doing mouse clicks from the comforts of their home.
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I don't recall saying anything about waiting in the cold, learn to read. The point is taking orders out of line. It was example most could equate with. Looks like your imaginations ran wild with the cold and suffering part. You over did it.

Maybe the people who ordered Sat and got a card have something that you don't, some foresight. They saw the sheeples all ordering the SSC version, and had the foresight (or maybe just dumb luck) to order something else, like the SC version or the BFG card. So blame yourself.
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Forsight huh......
 
huddy said:
Where did Buy.com advertise this price? I never saw it. What is it about insanely large pricing errors that makes you people throw reason out of the window? Inventory systems are created by humans, we aren't perfect, and our systems will occasionally price items erroneously... it's not bad business practices.

Advertising a GTX 280 in an email as costing $xxx price and then saying that it was a mistake and you won't get your card... now that's bad business practice.
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I used the word advertised meaning "displayed."

Let's use an analogy. I went to Fry's one time, and bought a motherboard and processor combo. When I go around and recieve the products from behind the cage, I only recieved the mobo and an OEM processor, with no heatsink. That didn't seem right, so I went back and looked at the tag in the CPU/Mobo area. Sure enough, it said "HSF Included." I got the guy who helped me out, and he told me it was a labelling mistake. He then proceeded to credit me for a free aftermarket heatsink and fan. I have since been a loyal customer.

To advertise a certain price and a certain item, and not deliver what is advertised is unacceptable. Period. Some of you people are saying the customer has no right to be angry, and you are wrong. Period. A customer has the right to be angry his transaction didn't go through, whether it was a pricing mistake or not.

Another analogy:

If a restaurant has 40 specials some Friday night in stock, and the guy at the other table orders the last one from his waiter JUST before you attempt to order it from a different waiter. Your waiter takes your money, and makes you wait until all the other people have food to tell you that he's very sorry, but the special you ordered is out. If you've ever worked in a restaurant (or watched Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares), you'd know that that is absolutely unacceptable. The staff should have had better communication about the status of the special.
 
Cablespider said:
I don't recall saying anything about waiting in the cold, learn to read. The point is taking orders out of line. It was example most could equate with. Looks like your imaginations ran wild with the cold and suffering part. You over did it.



Forsight huh......
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Regardless, no one is taking people from the back of a physical line waiting outside of a store (which often involves waiting for hours in the cold :p). With the way the internets work, why is anyone surprised the cards were not shipped based on time of order?
 
s002wjh said:
well least you receive an email, i send them 8 email, DIDN'T GET ANY REPLY BACK. so i call twice, each time they said they will send me an email from a specialist, but nada, haven't got anything from buy.com for 2 days now. their service just sucks. never gonna buy from them again.
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There's an obvious flaw with writing it off merely as a pricing error. If they had one of these cards with a wrong price, yeah. Mistakes happen. But three different models? And their response time to this "mistake" was crappy to say the least. I didn't even order one. I just observed the whole thing and monitored the in stock/out of stock timings on the items, and related threads to see who got their cards.

They had three extremely similar, high demand, and highly advertised products at way lower than normal prices, almost at the same time. If it is true error, they are absolute morons for having pricing errors on the level of Dell. They are CROOKS for selling more product than what they have, and can get. When you run out you run out. Make it say OUT OF STOCK. For crap's sake, how hard is that??? I know at my local store we screw up orders sometimes. A customer will order something online right as someone's buying it in the store. By the time we get the message to pull the online customer's item, the in-store purchaser just walked out the door with it. But these are small quantity differences, two to three at most. I've never seen six people order the same laptop online and opt for store pickup, then come in to find we only had one or two.

Buy.com letting that happen is typical of them. I remind you of the time I sent my credit card company after them for selling me something they really didn't have. I ordered it. The website said, "In stock, usually ships in one business day." Didn't ship in one business day. No biggie, I thought.

Two business days.
Three business days.
Four business days.

I call them. "Oh, sir, it will ship soon," they say.
"My credit card has already been charged for four days," I said.
"Sorry for the inconvenience. It should ship out tomorrow, sir."
"Ok."

One week goes by. Still no tracking number. I called. I emailed. I called some more. After two weeks, no shipping notification, and their website STILL SAYING that this particular item would ship IN ONE BUSINESS DAY if ordered, I called my credit card company and reported fraud. I told my CC customer service rep that Buy.com had made a fraudulent charge to my credit card, and was charging me for product I didn't even believe that they had. She responded to me by saying she would look into it. She also added that I was the third person THAT DAY to call in and complain to her about Buy.com.

What a surprise.

So I observe all of you ordering more product that they don't have and can't get. I see them crying "Oh sorry, sir or madam! Pricing mistake!"

And again I say, what a surprise. As crazy as I think some of you are for ordering ANYTHING from Buy.CON, that still doesn't excuse their absolutely despicable and repeatedly misleading business practices. They are the scum in between the cracks of a rat turd ... and smell twice as bad.
 
So my order got canceled...no biggie I figured that's what would happen. Got $5 off gift cert for my hassles...cool. Tried to use that gift cert today. Buy.com's website accepted the gift cert, appeared to take $5 off. Cool right? Then I get my order conf...no $5 off. The hits just keep on coming with buy.com.

So then I email buy.com's support. They say it was accepted and that my order history will show it. I of course log in to check this out. Does anyone really think my order history is going to show the $5 off? Of course not. This company is a freaking joke.
 
Is that through google checkout? It lists discounts may not be reflected in the buy.com receipt within the google checkout confirmation email.
 
thenemesis said:
I got my BFG OC2 card, I saw the original evga posted but didn't want it because I wanted to stay bfg. I did a search on their site for BFG and found two, one at $237 and one at $221. The one @ $221 is the one I wanted because it was the same gtx 280oc I already had. I was listed as limitied quantities available Item may sell out so I ordered the OC2 instead to increase my chances. Once I saw the limited quanity notation I knew there inventory system was not realtime. I saw the free shipping option and thought if there are limited quantities anyone who accepts the 7-9 day ship delay wouldn't get a thing cuz it be sold out. I chose two day shipping to increase my chances. Anyone should know this was a too good to be true deal and only the lucky few will slip through the cracks. I can't believe people ordered and item that clearly stated it was low on stock and may sell out and got angry when it did. I ordered at 7 a.m. on Saturday by the way. I got lucky I know, hopefully some of you will next deal.
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I ordered the $221 BFG one when it was already out of stock, and I got it when it got back in stock. Probably because nobody bothered to order that one or something, but I'm glad I got to stay BFG with all the awesome support BFG's been giving us here.

edit: and it came with FC2, and a voucher for 3dmark vantage
 
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