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Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...
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TankGuys
Golden Member
Hello all-
Just wanted to clear up some possible questions here!
First off, the prices you see on AMD's website aren't totally set in stone. Just because they list $xxx for a certain processor does not mean that if a retailer is selling it for less, that they are losing money. There are times when we as retailers will sell a part for less than we paid for it; but that is obviously not the normal business model, as we wouldn't be around for very long!
Sometimes some stores will get slightly better prices from the manufacturers, and are thus able to charge a bit less. This is what I imagine is happening with Monarch, but I couldn't say for sure.
The margin on computer parts is typically very small as well. We are pretty new to the game and are still trying to get a foothold, but I will tell you we are lucky to make more than a couple bucks off a single sale. When you factor in the costs of running the website, paying employees, advertising, and other overhead, as well as the cut-throat competition, it makes for a very small margin! On our X2 pre-orders for example, we make about $2.50 for each one if we are lucky.
Just wanted to clear up some possible questions here!
First off, the prices you see on AMD's website aren't totally set in stone. Just because they list $xxx for a certain processor does not mean that if a retailer is selling it for less, that they are losing money. There are times when we as retailers will sell a part for less than we paid for it; but that is obviously not the normal business model, as we wouldn't be around for very long!
Sometimes some stores will get slightly better prices from the manufacturers, and are thus able to charge a bit less. This is what I imagine is happening with Monarch, but I couldn't say for sure.
The margin on computer parts is typically very small as well. We are pretty new to the game and are still trying to get a foothold, but I will tell you we are lucky to make more than a couple bucks off a single sale. When you factor in the costs of running the website, paying employees, advertising, and other overhead, as well as the cut-throat competition, it makes for a very small margin! On our X2 pre-orders for example, we make about $2.50 for each one if we are lucky.
Can't blame Monarch for wanting to make more than a quarter-pounder-with-cheese in profit. The good news for Tank Guys is at least they are getting their name out there a little, prior to this thread I had never heard of them. Monarch on the other hand I've ordered from off and on since the P1 days.
But that said, I pre-ordered this time from Tank Guys. If all goes well I might order from them again in the future.
But that said, I pre-ordered this time from Tank Guys. If all goes well I might order from them again in the future.
TankGuys
Golden Member
Well, if I have anything to say about it, your pre-order will go just fine 🙂
This X2 launch (and our ability to secure a few) has been a boon for us. Trying to crack into this market is extremly hard. We've been at it for almost 5 years now (under a different name before, however) and we are just now getting a toe-hold.
This pre-order program has been very successful so far. We're still showing an in-stock date of the 7th as well, so we should be able to ship them out to our pre-orders by the 8th at the latest. We aren't billing anyone until we actually ship either; we figure if for some reason we don't get them in on time, we'll notify all our customers and let them know the new ETA, so that they can decide to keep thier order, or place it elsewhere. That way, at least pre-ordering from us is a win-win for everyone.
The response from these X2's has been incredible. We know how important it's going to be for people to get thier hands on these, so we're doing everything we can to facilitate that!
imported_Starman
Senior member
I'm also very curious whether you are indeed shipping retail (boxed) CPUs.
TankGuys
Golden Member
We are located in Michigan. So that's the only state we charge tax in. Actually I don't think our tax calcuation is working correctly right now, so any MI buyers are going to luck out for now and get away without paying tax. We'll just have to cover it at the end of the year...
imported_Starman
Senior member
Thanks
Is anyone else having dejaveu?? Sparco and some others came out with very early dates for the venice/san diago while Monarch was later... there was a lot of people then saying that Monarch is very often first to market... even anandtech says so and to not trust these early dates... Surprise, surprise.... no one hit their super early dates. I would rather have the truth and wait than be told what will pacify me only to be upset later.
BlingBlingArsch
Golden Member
iam interested in seeing which country will have X2 in stores first 🙂 Dont know bout US but u can buy MT30 already in germany.
Q: do the Turions run on desktop S754?
Q: do the Turions run on desktop S754?
BlingBlingArsch
Golden Member
u got me 😉
but....turion and x2 are both from AMD, and since their producing in germany, ya know...ur buying the products my dudes built!! would be a shame if u get them earlier then do we here in ger, ur too egocentric 😉. So, we already have the MT30 in stock, maybe...and just maybe..but i couldnt afford a X2 anyways. So where is taht fukcin turion thread? I wanna run that 25W MT34 on my desktop 754 board soon. Bios update and gogogo?
but....turion and x2 are both from AMD, and since their producing in germany, ya know...ur buying the products my dudes built!! would be a shame if u get them earlier then do we here in ger, ur too egocentric 😉. So, we already have the MT30 in stock, maybe...and just maybe..but i couldnt afford a X2 anyways. So where is taht fukcin turion thread? I wanna run that 25W MT34 on my desktop 754 board soon. Bios update and gogogo?
GlobalHPSJoe
Member
Latest news from AMD, confirming that the OEM chips will be shipping first. Retails will follow in a couple of weeks.
TankGuys
Golden Member
It's entirely possible it won't happen. Those are the dates we are given from our distributor.
There is a chance we (or anyone else) won't hit the 6/7 date. This is why we are delaying billing, and should that happen, we are going to notify all pre-order customers so that they can either hold out for revised ETA, or place orders with anyone else who might have them in stock.
GlobalHPSJoe
Member
Once we can confirm which motherboards will be 100% right with the X2s, we'll start to have them in our system configs. Or in the meantime, you can always call one of my reps that can work up a quote on a system with an X2.
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