ATI's trade up program

[spanky]

has anyone here ever participated in ATI's trade-up program? it seems like a cool idea, but wondering if anyone here actually did get in on this. link for those of you who dunno what i am talking about. thanx to Rand for hooking me up with the link.

 

[MrCraphead]

wow, this seems like a pretty good deal, but it's quite a lengthy process and troublesome. :\ I'll be sure to look into it though....

 

[ISAslot]

I looked at it before, but I think the discount they offer is off their suggested retail price.

So, you may be able to find the card as cheap as the discounted card somewhere else + keep the card you have.

If I'm wrong about this, someone let me know.

 

[joohang]

Unless I'm going with the 2 cards that have MIR (at least for the Canadian offers), I don't see any benefits of this.

If I ever go ATI, I might get the all-in-wonder, which I can get for $1 cheaper at a local store, which also saves me the $10 shipping charges and any delays.

 

[spanky]

what i am wondering is, how does ATI determine what the value of the card u trade in is worth? do they only let u trade in one card, or can u gather a batch of crappy cards and snip away at the price? one cool thing i noticed about this program tho, was that for the 64mb radeon vivo ddr, there is an additional $50 MIR. so if someone were able to chop off a good $30-$40, then get the $50 MIR, they could get a retail 64mb radeon for about $80. thats not bad at all...

 

[fr]

Any old ATI card is worth the same trade-in value.