*DEAD* 8800GTs BACK IN-STOCK and $208 (MSI) and $235 (XFX) at Dell!

[imported_Ivan244]

I ordered the VisionTek 3870 on 11-26-07. Been pushed back couple of times so far. Current ship date is 1-14-08. If prices keep falling at Newegg and others, I'll cancel and pay $20 more to actually have the card in hand. My total including shipping/tax was $218.

Right now Newegg has the same card for $249 w/free shipping. Another 15-20 dollar drop and I'll order. Especially if this order gets pushed back again. Seriously, takes 6 weeks to get stock in?

 

[Hans Gruber]

What Dell is doing would be considered a Ponzi scheme if they billed our credit cards for the undelivered and out of stock merchandise.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Actually dell never billed my card but they did place a holder on it for the amount of the order.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: Ivan244
I ordered the VisionTek 3870 on 11-26-07. Been pushed back couple of times so far. Current ship date is 1-14-08. If prices keep falling at Newegg and others, I'll cancel and pay $20 more to actually have the card in hand. My total including shipping/tax was $218.

Right now Newegg has the same card for $249 w/free shipping. Another 15-20 dollar drop and I'll order. Especially if this order gets pushed back again. Seriously, takes 6 weeks to get stock in?

you've put up with enough IMO. I'd cancel now. Hell, I canceled my order on the 18th of Dec

 

[imported_Ivan244]

Originally posted by: gersson

Originally posted by: Ivan244
I ordered the VisionTek 3870 on 11-26-07. Been pushed back couple of times so far. Current ship date is 1-14-08. If prices keep falling at Newegg and others, I'll cancel and pay $20 more to actually have the card in hand. My total including shipping/tax was $218.

Right now Newegg has the same card for $249 w/free shipping. Another 15-20 dollar drop and I'll order. Especially if this order gets pushed back again. Seriously, takes 6 weeks to get stock in?

you've put up with enough IMO. I'd cancel now. Hell, I canceled my order on the 18th of Dec

LOL, I went online to do just that and what do you know, it has shipped today. Dang it, just started doing more research on 8800GT and found the Palit 8800GT seemed to be a well cooled card with lots of OC potential.

Ah well, the Visiontek 3870 should suit me just fine and I can always Ebay it.

 

[angry hampster]

Although I got my GT from Best Buy, I ordered a Zalman VF900 and some extra heatsinks from Dell a couple of weeks ago. AFAIK, it's still not shipped yet. I won't be ordering from Dell again. That was my first experience with them and it will be my last. If a company advertises a product as being in stock, it should ship within 3 business days maximum.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: Ivan244

Originally posted by: gersson

Originally posted by: Ivan244
I ordered the VisionTek 3870 on 11-26-07. Been pushed back couple of times so far. Current ship date is 1-14-08. If prices keep falling at Newegg and others, I'll cancel and pay $20 more to actually have the card in hand. My total including shipping/tax was $218.

Right now Newegg has the same card for $249 w/free shipping. Another 15-20 dollar drop and I'll order. Especially if this order gets pushed back again. Seriously, takes 6 weeks to get stock in?

you've put up with enough IMO. I'd cancel now. Hell, I canceled my order on the 18th of Dec

LOL, I went online to do just that and what do you know, it has shipped today. Dang it, just started doing more research on 8800GT and found the Palit 8800GT seemed to be a well cooled card with lots of OC potential.

Ah well, the Visiontek 3870 should suit me just fine and I can always Ebay it.

haha man that's so weird, eh?

 

[Hans Gruber]

Originally posted by: Ivan244

Originally posted by: gersson

Originally posted by: Ivan244
I ordered the VisionTek 3870 on 11-26-07. Been pushed back couple of times so far. Current ship date is 1-14-08. If prices keep falling at Newegg and others, I'll cancel and pay $20 more to actually have the card in hand. My total including shipping/tax was $218.

Right now Newegg has the same card for $249 w/free shipping. Another 15-20 dollar drop and I'll order. Especially if this order gets pushed back again. Seriously, takes 6 weeks to get stock in?

you've put up with enough IMO. I'd cancel now. Hell, I canceled my order on the 18th of Dec

LOL, I went online to do just that and what do you know, it has shipped today. Dang it, just started doing more research on 8800GT and found the Palit 8800GT seemed to be a well cooled card with lots of OC potential.

Ah well, the Visiontek 3870 should suit me just fine and I can always Ebay it.

Ivan, when did you order your 8800gt?

 

[imported_Ivan244]

Actually, I ordered the VisionTek 3870. Order date was 11-26-07. I figured it may take a while but wound up being much longer then I anticipated. The release date would come and go and then I would be sent a new release date etc....

Last time I checked the BFG8800GT shows 3-5 weeks ordered from Dell. Mine wound up being closer to 6 weeks.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I thought you ordered the MSI 8800gt. What's worse, newegg.com, zipzoomfly.com and clubit.com all have the MSI 8800gt in stock. Clubit.com is great but with more limited of a selection and they have it in stock. If I looked at other online stores they probably have it too.

I can't cancel my order because I used my AMEX points for a $50 Dell gift card. The card is only costing me $157. The 8800gt is not a rare commodity to be in stock anymore.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I thought you ordered the MSI 8800gt. What's worse, newegg.com, zipzoomfly.com and clubit.com all have the MSI 8800gt in stock. Clubit.com is great but with more limited of a selection and they have it in stock. If I looked at other online stores they probably have it too.

I can't cancel my order because I used my AMEX points for a $50 Dell gift card. The card is only costing me $157. The 8800gt is not a rare commodity to be in stock anymore.

 

[imported_Ivan244]

Kinda in the same boat. I got a great deal so I didn't want to cancel. However, if I knew it was going to take that long I would have paid the extra money and gotten it from another source.

That being said, big difference between 218 to 250 and the deal that you got. I would stick it out. That's a huge price break you are getting

 

[Hans Gruber]

This really ticks me off. If I buy a Dell, they have plenty of 8800gt cards. If we buy just a video card we have to wait months.

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[Hans Gruber]

Those dirty bastards at Dell delayed my 8800gt until Jan 22nd. I'm very upset and I will now force myself to vomit to deal with the newest delay.