*dead* X2 3800+ - this is as hot as they come....

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: thefamoustraders
They instantly hit my card and I received a receipt for the purchase. I'm in for the waiting game if I have ANY chance of getting the CPU, but the more reseller reviews I read, the more doubtful I become.


A couple of quotes from the reviews :

12/2/04 6:58 PM
Placed an order. On their website, it said processing, after a week, I called them as the status was still processing. They said it was already sent out, and delivered. Obviously, I never received the package, at that point they were with the attitude, we sent it out, not our problem go call usps.

12/1/04 12:47 PM
LOWSY seller!!!! had my money for three business days and did not bother emailing me to tell me that they could'nt fill the order,I had to call them!!!!!!!
Then they tell me it would be at least three more days before the could recredit my credit card!!!!!!!! BAD sellers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/29/03 1:05 PM
I waited 2 weeks to have my item shipped then i called and it still wasnt shipped. That is not very good business




Im just worried I'll be waiting forever......the endless night before christmas.... they are obviously aware of the pricing issue but no one has reported an order cancellation or any company contact....will it ever happen or will they just hold our money until we call and ask for it back?

/cry

hehe...I know..I know.....I asked for it...I hate/love the wait

hopefully it wont happen since those dates are 1 yr/2 yrs ago

 

[Ghettocowboy]

all I got is an invoice in my email, nothing followed up. I guess I have to give them a call tomorrow.

 

[harpy82]

Originally posted by: AkumaX

Originally posted by: thefamoustraders
They instantly hit my card and I received a receipt for the purchase. I'm in for the waiting game if I have ANY chance of getting the CPU, but the more reseller reviews I read, the more doubtful I become.


A couple of quotes from the reviews :

12/2/04 6:58 PM
Placed an order. On their website, it said processing, after a week, I called them as the status was still processing. They said it was already sent out, and delivered. Obviously, I never received the package, at that point they were with the attitude, we sent it out, not our problem go call usps.

12/1/04 12:47 PM
LOWSY seller!!!! had my money for three business days and did not bother emailing me to tell me that they could'nt fill the order,I had to call them!!!!!!!
Then they tell me it would be at least three more days before the could recredit my credit card!!!!!!!! BAD sellers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/29/03 1:05 PM
I waited 2 weeks to have my item shipped then i called and it still wasnt shipped. That is not very good business




Im just worried I'll be waiting forever......the endless night before christmas.... they are obviously aware of the pricing issue but no one has reported an order cancellation or any company contact....will it ever happen or will they just hold our money until we call and ask for it back?

/cry

hehe...I know..I know.....I asked for it...I hate/love the wait

hopefully it wont happen since those dates are 1 yr/2 yrs ago

it probably won't happen. but doesnt' mean that they will honor the price mistake either..

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: seniorpaul
Link

$239.99 for a retail AMD X2 3800+. This is far and away the best price i've ever seen. Could very well be a mistake though.

ResellerRatings.Com



Edit: Looks like the price has been changed...now shows at $339

Now $339. Looks like $229 was a mistake. Nice try.

 

[imported_Rampage]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: seniorpaul
Link

$239.99 for a retail AMD X2 3800+. This is far and away the best price i've ever seen. Could very well be a mistake though.

ResellerRatings.Com



Edit: Looks like the price has been changed...now shows at $339

Now $339. Looks like $229 was a mistake. Nice try.

There aint no such thing as a free lunch!

 

[imported_Shivetya]

Actually what I am using this for is to see just how fast their system responds.

Seeing that they cannot even tell me it is cancelled by now speaks volumes about how shoddy their operation is. I expect the order to be cancelled but for it to take this long to tell me? I can just imagine what happens to orders that are obviously without issues.

 

[swamyg1]

Originally posted by: Xpage
dammit. I always miss the good deals. A 400 GB HDD for $30 shipped. WHY!!!!!!!! Dman my having a life outside the interweb!

WHERE ON EARTH IS THERE A 400gb FOR 30 BUCKS?!?! PLEASE TELL ME.

 

[FlasHBurN]

Someone should call today. It isn't like they DON'T know there was a price mistake, and at least that will give us some sort of idea of what they are going to do.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: FlasHBurN
Someone should call today. It isn't like they DON'T know there was a price mistake, and at least that will give us some sort of idea of what they are going to do.

I tried last night, but "Bill" in sales was "away from his desk". I'll call later today if I have time.

 

[FlasHBurN]

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead

Originally posted by: FlasHBurN
Someone should call today. It isn't like they DON'T know there was a price mistake, and at least that will give us some sort of idea of what they are going to do.

I tried last night, but "Bill" in sales was "away from his desk". I'll call later today if I have time.

Maybe "Bill" was too busy packing up all 50,000 X2's to send to us!

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: Shivetya
Actually what I am using this for is to see just how fast their system responds.

Seeing that they cannot even tell me it is cancelled by now speaks volumes about how shoddy their operation is. I expect the order to be cancelled but for it to take this long to tell me? I can just imagine what happens to orders that are obviously without issues.

Maybe they don't have a mass e-mail system set up and they have to respond to people e-mail address by e-mail address. A cancellation notice would get pasted into each one, but the guy doing the e-mails still might be limited to 120/hour (2 per minute). If they received 20,000 individual orders it might take a while.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Just got off the phone with a sales rep, he says they received hundreds of orders for these CPUs that they can't possibly fill and therefore they will not ship. I asked to cancel and he said they are manually doing so via a phone call, so I should expect one later today.

Ah well.

 

[BrokenArrow]

Ever the optimists. I can't believe that some of you are still in denial and thinking that there is a chance you will actually get this deal! It will not happen. It WAS a price mistake. They WILL NOT honor it and take a $100/order loss!

 

[sparhawk6]

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Just got off the phone with a sales rep, he says they received hundreds of orders for these CPUs that they can't possibly fill and therefore they will not ship. I asked to cancel and he said they are manually doing so via a phone call, so I should expect one later today.

Ah well.

Sigh. Man, I never get anything in these "price mistake" deals.

 

[Markfw]

They said they would sell it at their cost, $319, but with shipping thats still 329, and you can get it on newegg shipped right now for $322.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: BrokenArrow
Ever the optimists. I can't believe that some of you are still in denial and thinking that there is a chance you will actually get this deal! It will not happen. It WAS a price mistake. They WILL NOT honor it and take a $100/order loss!

How many times are you going to post this? You sound like a broken record not arrow.

 

[BrokenArrow]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: BrokenArrow
Ever the optimists. I can't believe that some of you are still in denial and thinking that there is a chance you will actually get this deal! It will not happen. It WAS a price mistake. They WILL NOT honor it and take a $100/order loss!

How many times are you going to post this? You sound like a broken record not arrow.

I'm just being realistic. Some people here would lead people on thinking that there is a chance that they would honor these prices. The fact is that they will not. There is no way it is going to happen. Not 'maybe', not 'if you are lucky', not anything. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I'm just tired of people thinking that they are going to get these at this price just so the company can save face. Not gonna happen. Every website has made price mistakes, but none of them are going to throw away tens of thousands of dollars just to look good. Give it up, move on.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: BrokenArrow

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: BrokenArrow
Ever the optimists. I can't believe that some of you are still in denial and thinking that there is a chance you will actually get this deal! It will not happen. It WAS a price mistake. They WILL NOT honor it and take a $100/order loss!

How many times are you going to post this? You sound like a broken record not arrow.

I'm just being realistic. Some people here would lead people on thinking that there is a chance that they would honor these prices. The fact is that they will not. There is no way it is going to happen. Not 'maybe', not 'if you are lucky', not anything. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I'm just tired of people thinking that they are going to get these at this price just so the company can save face. Not gonna happen. Every website has made price mistakes, but none of them are going to throw away tens of thousands of dollars just to look good. Give it up, move on.

Thanks brokenrecord. How about you move on. Why do you care? Why even read the thread? It's already been posted that the company is going to cancel the orders, end of story. Dude, get a life.

 

[trentdoan]

UPDATE , just got the cancellation email:

Dear PCDirect.com Customers,



Due to an unfortunate mistake from one of our employees there was a pricing typo on the following product which you have ordered from us:



Sku: A64X2-3800+BOX-939CD

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ CPU (2.0GHz) Retail, with Fan and 3Yr Manufacturer's Warranty (Toledo)



This product was listed at $239.99 and should have been listed at $339.99.



There was an overwhelming response from this typo, which took our site offline many times during the night and due to the large amount of orders we are sorry to have to notify you that your order including this product has been cancelled. We simply cannot honor this price at this large volume of sales.



Your credit card has not been charged, while the funds were authorized to assure your credit worthiness there have been no funds transfered to us and any authorization charges should fall off your credit card within a few days.



We have asked our purchasing department to help us find a deal that we can offer to you to show our thanks for your understanding of this situation. As soon as they get back with us we will send one additional email to you containing the deal.



If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.



PCDirect.com

www.pcdirect.com

Toll Free: 800-453-9444

 

[JSLIM]

got the same email..............

 

[Mellman]

yea just got that one... oh well!
-Matt

 

[sparhawk6]

Just got the e-mail...boo.

 

[Vegito]

darn.. maybe I shouldn't have order 1000.. that might have tipped them off..

 

[Reiniku]

Originally posted by: trentdoan

We have asked our purchasing department to help us find a deal that we can offer to you to show our thanks for your understanding of this situation. As soon as they get back with us we will send one additional email to you containing the deal.

Interested in this.

 

[Ryland]

Me too. I would love to get an X2 3800 at a decent price.