Microcenter strategy: OEM 6600 is $10 more than retail

[kef7]

OEM and Retail

Went in on Sunday but they were sold out of both; even the salesguy I was talking to was wondering why the OEM was more expensive.

 

[ForgetCassettes]

I bought an E6400 from the Cincinnati store last week. I didn't need the heatsink and my warranty was going to be voided anyway with the OC. I'm at 3.2 GHz with it.

 

[Soul Colossus]

Buy.com has E6600s for $339.

 

[Some1ne]

You mean, they have the E6600's advertised fo $339. A lot of places do that, across a range of prices, but virtually no-one actually has the retail version of the E6600 in stock and ready to ship.

I actually placed an order for the microcenter E6600 for in-store pickup, and they automatically canceled it because they don't actually have any on hand.