[DEAD] $15 off $150, $30 off $250, $50 off $500 @Newegg - includes video cards!

[Termie]

Sorry for the tangential question but: Why?

Hope you don't think I'm being snarky. I haven't paid attention to SSD in six months. And now I'm wanting one. And it looks to me the like the best "deals" are on the Samsung 830s. But Newegg is completely out of them. In fact, Newegg is completely out of darn near all the Samsung SSDs.

So I'm guessing there is some type of supply constraint (like the factory flooding in asia that hit the spindle drives so hard at the begging (?) of 2012).

Is that the reason for your response?

Three reasons:

(1) SSD prices are at their highest point in at least 6 months.
(2) This $30 off deal is almost sure to expire in the next 12 hours.
(3) Newegg rarely if ever puts SSDs over $250 on ShellShocker, and if they did, they wouldn't do it with this coupon active.

And the reason for higher prices has nothing to do with a supply constraint, but rather a change in the competitive landscape. When OCZ left the bargain-priced SSD market, all prices went straight up. For instance, a very mediocre Crucial M4 256GB SSD, which I purchased for $160 earlier this year, now routinely sells for over $200, which is absurd. What's worse, SSD manufacturers are now turning to cost-cutting to produce drives at the same price with higher profit margins. The new Crucial M500 is actually slower than the M4 in many benchmarks, yet costs even more, despite a lower cost to manufacture.

That's where the SSD market is now.

 

[Ricochet]

Wow. Now that you can use it on video cards, it is tempting.

 

[Kenmitch]

Too lazy to try it but the....

PowerColor PCS+ HD 7870 MYST. Edition (Tahiti LE) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131484

Along with a cable or something else cheap with free shipping.

Looks like a decent deal for a little over $200 AR and coupon.

No free shipping on the video card tho.

 

[cubeless]

they've added $50 off $500... boostfifty...

 

[almightyobo]

they've added $50 off $500... boostfifty...

was just about to post that!

 

[Termie]

^ Thanks for the heads up.

 

[rivethead]

Thanks Termie.....appreciate the detailed response! Guess I'll either bite the bullet or keep waiting.....

 

[Xponential]

Can you use it more than once? I can't get the BOOSTTHIRTY code to work on a second order.

Edit: I guess you can only use each code once. It will let me use the Boost15 code on a second order, but not the BoostThirty code which I used on the first order.

 

[almightyobo]

in for $30 off a 7950

been waiting for a good deal to come around to bite the bullet on this

 

[ElFenix]

i wonder if my new sata 3 cable is going to be faster? :hmm:

 

[Xponential]

i wonder if my new sata 3 cable is going to be faster? :hmm:

Yes!

 

[ElFenix]

odd haven't gotten an order conf yet or a hold on my credit card. that usually happens ASAP. no order in the account history and the number gives an error. :hmm:

 

[Staples]

Very tempting but I have heard that the next gen nvidia cards are coming out this month. I kind of don't want to buy a card now since the prices may fall ~30 when the new ones hit. New Intel CPUs are coming out too this month if I remember correctly.

Edit: well the $50 off code is expired now so I guess I won't let this keep me up tonight.

 

[bleucharm28]

I think the deals are over.

 

[almightyobo]

odd haven't gotten an order conf yet or a hold on my credit card. that usually happens ASAP. no order in the account history and the number gives an error. :hmm:

THIS!!

I ordered mine at like 7pm last night, normally get instant emails and everything. Didnt think about it and went to hang out with friends. Wake up this morning, its as if it never happened! No trace of anything I had done. Im pissed.

 

[Rvenger]

So newegg cancelled the orders?

 

[ElFenix]

THIS!!

I ordered mine at like 7pm last night, normally get instant emails and everything. Didnt think about it and went to hang out with friends. Wake up this morning, its as if it never happened! No trace of anything I had done. Im pissed.

mine just went through about 20 minutes ago. ordered at 7:09 newegg time last night.

 

[energee]

From where did these "secret" codes come? Good find, in any case.

BTW, the "value" of the free bundled game promotions counted toward the total in calculating code eligibility, so the cost could've been knocked down even more on some of the items posted.

I didn't purchase anything myself, tempting though it was.

 

[Termie]

From where did these "secret" codes come? Good find, in any case.

BTW, the "value" of the free bundled game promotions counted toward the total in calculating code eligibility, so the cost could've been knocked down even more on some of the items posted.

I didn't purchase anything myself, tempting though it was.

Codes appeared in the Newegg cart. They weren't advertised anywhere.

 

[almightyobo]

mine just went through about 20 minutes ago. ordered at 7:09 newegg time last night.

same here, finally got the emails ~2pm today. Wonder what it was...

 

[ElFenix]

same here, finally got the emails ~2pm today. Wonder what it was...

maybe they're like B&H and adorama and run by observant jews but just didn't tell anyone?