Anyone getting ticked off at this?

[Keysplayr]

Look and see how free they are.

XFX 9800GTX's

Same EXACT cards in core/mem clocks. Same manufacturer. The one on the left offers a "free" copy of Company of Heroes for $329.00. The one on the right offers the same exact card, but with a "free" copy of Call of Duty 4.

So tell me XFX. What exactly does "free" mean to you?

/annoyed.

If I missed something, please point it out. So I can apologize to XFX.

 

[nitromullet]

Is that XFX or the egg doing that?

 

[Jax Omen]

Newegg did that with the EVGA 8800GTS a while ago. I think it's just Newegg.

 

[SergeC]

Yeah, that's just a newegg thing.

 

[Wreckage]

Well looking at this....
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...8263&prodlist=celebros
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...8198&prodlist=celebros

It would appear you are paying $20 for the free game, however Newegg was nice enough to include a free game anyway if you bought the non-free game version. As XFX site only lists CoD4

 

[Keysplayr]

So it's Newegg? My point was, that there should have been zero price difference no matter what game was included. "Free" seems to be a term used very loosely here.
It's not right man. It aggravates me more than it should, I suppose. They could have at least said "Bundled CoD4 for 1/2 the retail price." Hey, that's better than appearing to be lying right? Saying it's free, but charging 20 bucks more is.... is.... What's the term I'm looking for!?!

 

[HETT]

Well, the game bundle is an XFX thing: XFX - Products GeForce? 9800 : Models

As far as the difference in cost, it may be the cost of the game to XFX.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yeah, they should leave the "free" out of it and included "bundled" instead. Very misleading IMO.

 

[Syntax Error]

Nothing in the world is free, I'm afraid.

 

[geokilla]

You're forgetting something. The 9800 GTX on the right supports OpenGL 2.1

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: geokilla
You're forgetting something. The 9800 GTX on the right supports OpenGL 2.1

I saw that, but obviously a typo. LOL

 

[imported_Scoop]

Bundled games are never 'free'.

 

[DSF]

Not to mention that all you get with a bundled game is the CD. Of course that's the most important part, but I still feel like it's a ripoff unless the game literally adds nothing to the price of the video card.

 

[Lithan]

Not really, I never cared. Did you really think that when a B&M listed something as 50% off it was selling for 50% less than if you'd been there the day before to buy it? No way. Every place jacks the price up before they discount it, so they can bring you in with a big % discount ad. Hell, 8800gts sell for $230-250 now without rebates. Stores know that they can list it as 15% off $230 and sell it for $200 or they can list it as 40% off $350 and sell it for $200 and sell five times as many units. Which do you think they're gonna do?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Syntax Error
Nothing in the world is free, I'm afraid.

Do want some advice?

it IS free

the bundled game is "freely interpreted" by the ad copy writers

 

[Ketherx]

Still cheaper than buying the game and the card separately

 

[Shamrock]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Saying it's free, but charging 20 bucks more is.... is.... What's the term I'm looking for!?!

False Advertisement is the term you're looking for.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Syntax Error
Nothing in the world is free, I'm afraid.

Do want some advice?

it IS free

Not really... For starters, it isn't free to you, since it took time to give that advice and then of course, he had to spend time to read the advice... That cost you both, just not hard currency. Anyway, just being anal. But the truth is, nothing is really free. You pay for it somehow.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Syntax Error
Nothing in the world is free, I'm afraid.

Do want some advice?

it IS free

Not really... For starters, it isn't free to you, since it took time to give that advice and then of course, he had to spend time to read the advice... That cost you both, just not hard currency. Anyway, just being anal. But the truth is, nothing is really free. You pay for it somehow.

NO no .. it really IS free
{in metaphysics it is #17 - the "Law of i'd be watching TV, anyway"}

Do you require Proof? - my time and ego are completely worthless
-it's all about will

False Advertisement is the term you're looking for.

Perhaps they have a Creative license

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Syntax Error
Nothing in the world is free, I'm afraid.

Do want some advice?

it IS free

Not really... For starters, it isn't free to you, since it took time to give that advice and then of course, he had to spend time to read the advice... That cost you both, just not hard currency. Anyway, just being anal. But the truth is, nothing is really free. You pay for it somehow.

NO no .. it really IS free
{in metaphysics it is #17 - the "Law of i'd be watching TV, anyway"}

Do you require Proof? - my time and ego are completely worthless
-it's all about will

LOL - So, now I must ask... Why the rose in every post?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Syntax Error
Nothing in the world is free, I'm afraid.

Do want some advice?

it IS free

Not really... For starters, it isn't free to you, since it took time to give that advice and then of course, he had to spend time to read the advice... That cost you both, just not hard currency. Anyway, just being anal. But the truth is, nothing is really free. You pay for it somehow.

NO no .. it really IS free
{in metaphysics it is #17 - the "Law of i'd be watching TV, anyway"}

Do you require Proof? - my time and ego are completely worthless
-it's all about will

LOL - So, now I must ask... Why the rose in every post?

it is symbolic .. i have changed; haven't you noticed my posting here is a bit more cynical but way less aggressive?

False Advertisement is the term you're looking for.

Perhaps they have a Creative license

 

[ArchAngel777]

False Advertisement is the term you're looking for.

Perhaps they have a Creative license
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LOL, Holy crap, you are full of jokes tonight. Second time tonight I have laughed my ass off of my chair, both within 5 minutes.

 

[apoppin]

Yes - i am posting more controversy in P&N now

the guys there also delight in saying i am "full of .. it"

but they are much less capable than you guys .. most of them are ADD and can't hold more than a single thought a time - like 5th Grade .. this is College
- i think we now have the Very Best Video Forum on the Internet

so .. i have to fit in now with the "new video"