[DEAL DEAD] Crucial 256MB PC2100 DDR 34.99 + 10rebate modules online RIGHT NOW for instore pickup, stay in bed today!

[V00DOO]

Picked up 2 sticks DDR on Saturday Nite, went back today and $54 back. Good deal.

 

[anime]

Stoney--I got my 4 sticks from beaverton store--as the store only about 5 mins drive from where I live
You just have to go to the accessories counter near the laptop aisle.

 

[cricky]

Okay, my Best Buy story:

I placed the order for my DDR RAM at 8am on Sunday morning. I recieved my first e-mail within a few minutes, and my second e-mail about 45 minutes later stating that my order was ready to pickup.

I went into the store last night (Monday night) to pick it up. The CSM checks the "Online Order" pickup spot. Nothing there for me. He calls the computer department. None left back there. He calls the warehouse guys. Nothing left in the back room. They check the computer, and it says that the store SHOULD still have four of them left. Nothing on the shelves. Nothing mixed in with the other RAM. Nothing.

So the guy offers to take the price of the rebate off of my purchase. "But," I tell him, "I've already paid for it. My credit card has already been charged $37. So far I've paid $37 for an e-mail that tells me that I am supposed to come to the store to pickup my non-existant RAM." "Well, we haven't had any of that stuff in here for weeks," He says. I pointed out the ad that says "Minimum 15 per store." "Oh," he says, and writes down a number and extension for me to call today.

The guy was nice and apologetic about the thing, so I am not blaming him. But I've been SCREWED by an inept "Online-Instore" pickup program run by Best Buy. So far, I am out $37 and have NOTHING to show for it, except for an e-mail promising me that I can come pick up my RAM at the store anytime in the next seven days. And an hour of my time ($20/hour is what I make at work.) And driving time and such. For NOTHING, except that I have to call someone and spend even MORE of my time today sorting this out.

"You can return it right away," the guy told me, "And I'll charge you $25 for it." And that's fair enough, I suppose. But I'm still out a whole lot of headache on this deal.

I'll let you all know how the phone calling goes later today... Anyone else just peeved at the ineptitude of the Best Buy online-instore pickup program?

--Christopher

 

[Pliablemoose]

Yep, another bitch about BB's Instore pickup program, it takes me about 30 min to get anything out of them, and it's always screwed up somehow. I get back @ them by pricematching everything I can @ BB, going to pick up my ram (hopefully) today & PM Circut City's Castle Wolfenstein (the managers get seriously pissed when the pricematch is that good), I just smile & point to the pricematch policy...

 

[degeester]

Thanks, a great deal. I picked up two sticks at the B&M, used my 10% coupon (so called preferred customer appreciation mailer) and the clerk gave me 10% on each stick not just one item. So I saved a little more.

 

[dajo]

Just got the last two sticks at the Fayetteville, AR BB store. Ordered over web for store pickup, called store and they pulled those last sticks aside and put them in Customer Service for me. Will have a friend do the second rebate.

($75.67-$20)/2 = $27.83 per stick. Sweet!

Thanks!

 

[kjacobs]

Tried to order today online but it said item unavailable for instore pickup OR delivery. Plus I'm frustrated with the website not accepting my city/zip/state in the ship address! Gee I thought shopping in the STORE was frustrating (never enough cashiers).

Thanks for letting me rant.

Ken

 

[Sundog]

Crucial Technologies 256MB PC2100 DDR DIMM Memory
Model: CT3264Z265

Adding 256MB DDR DIMM memory is an easy way to vastly improve your computer's speed and performance for faster multitasking, Web browsing and gaming.


Before $10.00 mail-in rebate(s).

Not available for delivery at this time. Not available for store pickup.
ThinkAbout? It


$49.99

 

[DavemanUT]

Yep.
Deal dead. Glad I hit em up style for 3 sticks! Thanks for the deal!
D.C.

 

[ConFuseMe]

<< cheric4
This is insane....
I am trying to save money by buying two sticks of ram for a motherboard that i don't have !!! All because the price was cheap.........The more money i save, the less i have it in the bank...Take this to the financial consultant..8-P >>



I hear ya man.
I wanted to build myself a new computer a little bit at a time, but with all these good deals these past two months I couldn't resist. I thought " well I better get them now, I'll save a fortune!". Now I'm about $400 in debt untill all the rebate checks, lol.

Damn these good deals! They'll be the end of me.

 

[BobF]

I just took a look at the rebate form. It states: "Limit of one rebate per household or address." Does that mean that the rebate is limited to $10 for the first stick and that no rebate is available for two or more?

Sorry if someone mentioned this before. I didn't see it while reviewing this thread.

Bob

 

[virtuamike]

<<

<< cheric4
This is insane....
I am trying to save money by buying two sticks of ram for a motherboard that i don't have !!! All because the price was cheap.........The more money i save, the less i have it in the bank...Take this to the financial consultant..8-P >>



I hear ya man.
I wanted to build myself a new computer a little bit at a time, but with all these good deals these past two months I couldn't resist. I thought " well I better get them now, I'll save a fortune!". Now I'm about $400 in debt untill all the rebate checks, lol.

Damn these good deals! They'll be the end of me. >>



Hehehe, I bought myself an Alpha 8045 for an AMD system that didn't exist until last week, was sitting on my shelf for the last 2 months.

 

[dajo]

I just read at overclockers.com that the Crucial DDR they got at BestBuy has Samsung chips on it, and they made a big deal out of it but didn't say why.

Is this a bad thing?

Has anyone ramped this RAM to see how it performs in comparison to other Crucial PC1200 DDR?

 

[DavemanUT]

Crucial with Samsung chips? That's like Intel building a board based on the 760 chipset. I bought 2 sticks of PC133 also, and both of them are MT sticks.

Can anyone verify that Crucial is selling samsung chips? If this is true (can't imagine that), this ain't so hot of a deal for anyone who wants more than 266 fsb.
D.C.

 

[overclock]

<< I just read at overclockers.com that the Crucial DDR they got at BestBuy has Samsung chips on it, and they made a big deal out of it but didn't say why.

Is this a bad thing?

Has anyone ramped this RAM to see how it performs in comparison to other Crucial PC1200 DDR? >>



You need to re-read the post at Overclockers.com. It says:



<< Crucial Memory With Samsung Memory Chips? Take a look yourself. Update: Thank you for your emails! Apparently somebody called Crucial, and they said this was the case only for the 512MB SDRAM modules. [/q}

512MB SDRAM not DDR.

 

[kwatson1]

CRICKY,

I had the same exact problem. However, I did not get a number to call. Let me know what happens to you and what I need to do!!??

Argh!

 

[ectx]

Got 4 sticks and no mother board/CPU. So I just order a bunch of stuff on Newegg and spent a fortune. MB takes 3 sticks at most. So I need to upgrade another of my pcs. Now I definitely spent more because of this purchase. What a way to save a few $$.

 

[SpankYoHine]

4:30 pm central time on 12-11-01

1st: Called Crucial to pricematch without rebate and they said no-dice.
2nd: called Best Buy at 888 number and they said they would honor deal through website through Saturday
3rd: Went to order online and got a popup box when I tried to checkout with 4 sticks that read:
"The following item is not available for delivery or pickup"

FUDGE! TOO DAMN LATE!

 

[ScrapSilicon]

<< 4:30 pm central time on 12-11-01

1st: Called Crucial to pricematch without rebate and they said no-dice.
2nd: called Best Buy at 888 number and they said they would honor deal through website through Saturday
3rd: Went to order online and got a popup box when I tried to checkout with 4 sticks that read:
"The following item is not available for delivery or pickup"

FUDGE! TOO DAMN LATE! >>

my local B&M BB better dam* well have my stick when I go there tomorrow :frown: (ordered Sunday online for instore p/u and was confirmed on Sunday )

 

[eddo]

I got that same email saying they were out of stock and would mail it to me free if I called or emailed them. Anyone try to get the RAM mailed to them for free?

 

[Bluzjamer]

Ok, Best Buy is really starting to suck! I placed order for instore PU, received email saying none in store can we free ship it. I said sure just don't charge me the $5 service charge either. Get email back next day, says none in the Whse either, but we found some at your store. I email back fine send me confirmation and I'll go get it. Mean time I say...I really should call them. Well there's none in the whse and none at the store. If I want to drive 50 miles I can get it at that store. I told the CSR guy, hey it's OK its only a stick of Ram.
At least you guys are all safe. He asks what I mean, I say,"no terrorists would ever bomb your place, not with this many idiots working there". X#$*$)@^#(UYX I hate CSR's!!!!!!!! :disgust:
Bluz:

disgust;:disgust::disgust::disgust:

 

[Prelude97]

eddo,

I got the same e-mail as you did. I called customer service and they will ship the RAM to me at the same
price I paid for store pick-up. But you need to cancel your previous order and place a new one through the
web site. You will be charged shipping on your new order, but the rep told me to call them back immediate
and give them the new order number. When the item ships, they will automatically credit you back the
shipping and handling. I hope this works. ..

 

[Prelude97]

Oops, sorry about the double post. Not sure what happened. I only hit the reply button once but got 2 posts.

 

[Atif]

Can somebody please tell me just one thing before I jump on this (cause my legs are hurting now from waiting in the 'crouching Atif, hidden Dragon' position):

Does Crucial's lifetime warranty still apply to the RAM when purchased from Best Buy? The reason I ask is because Crucial discretely asks for a Crucial.com customer number when they go to do an RMA. I've had Crucial RAM crap out before, and I'd hate to buy this DDR only to have it crap out (God forbid) and then not have a means to get a replacement. Anybody know anything about this (whether or not the lifetime warranty applies)?

Peace

 

[stockjock]

I stopped in the W. Orlando BB on Monday...they had a ton of the stuff. I didn't need any DDR ram, but I did need the PC133 stuff...I thought it was a great deal!