Here's just a thought that I think you could do, you could just insert your part 2 in your first post, in this way people wouldn't need to scroll down, they might miss your part 2 :)
The way I see it is this:
EA looks at the games they release and the gaming industry like a factory. There must be an assembling line and a list of specialized factory workers doing what the managers want them to produce and work through the line in the way they want it to go. Profits come...
I don't think they'll answer to requests, at least not singular ones. From a marketing and profit point of view these deals are probably announced to clear the warehouses or some other kind of similar explanation :)
It rates in the middle of the performance chart. It's a nice bang for the buck card and it seems to be a pretty good deal, especially if you get 2 or even if you use it on alt computers
The power supply may not be an item to be excited about but it's one you should never be cheap, don't save on it or you may find it more costly or inconvenient later on, never save on the PS and get a good one ;)
I've seen this with other stuff, why do they say limit 9999 per customer, I don't see any purpose with it, are they expecting for someone to retail from a retailer? It doesn't make much sense ;)
They do deals for what they think they need to sell faster, if it was based on everyone's wishes they'd be hardly making a profit at all or have a consensus on the deals they're currently having by asking the users :cool:
They're sent by email and it's not everyone that receives them I think I've read something about only some people receiving these ebay coupons and they're not very common but if you can use them great :cool:
The newegg open box seems to me that most people consider it a gamble but it's one that usually goes well at least the odds seem to indicate that and I see most of them going right the first time