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namtran512

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Castiel said:
Newegg has no reason to gouge the prices. It's not good business sense
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Ultra high demand, no one else has any, you are one of the few sellers that still has said product.



Yeah, and people didn't price gouge gas during Hurricane season either -_-
 
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Lol, sucks for some of you guys. The twin cities MC seems to always have all the deals in stock. It just is not quite as busy of a store. I probably have a few days where I could go get that P8P67 + 2500k combo for $320 after tax before the MB runs out, and maybe a week before the CPU does.
 
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Price for a 2500K and P8P67 Pro:
at MC: $360 (including MD state sales tax)
at NE: $422 (including shipping)

MC is only 15 minutes away from me, so gas was negligible. Total savings, $62. Instant gratification from getting them today. Priceless!
 
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namtran512 said:
The 2600k sold out instantly at MC and the Frys that I went to in Dallas. Everyone else is saying both k's are selling like hot cakes everywhere. NewEgg is sitting pretty with quite a stock pile of them. You think they aren't going to price gouge? You kidding me?



Realize the difference for most people buying the processor at MC vs Newegg is significant. 30 dollars on the 2500k and 2600k. For people who are trying to squeeze every penny out of their system (which most people do) that 30 dollars is alot.
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youre comparing Microcenter's SUBSIDIZED price vs Newegg. I highly doubt NE will gouge. And remember guys....the chip spigots are still on.....more inventory is coming. This is not some special harvest of grapes or something where we have to wait till next year.
 
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It's a deal, just not a sizzling deal. :)

Plus I'm so picky about what goes into my main PC, I couldn't take that board.
 
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namtran512 said:
Ultra high demand, no one else has any, you are one of the few sellers that still has said product.



Yeah, and people didn't price gouge gas during Hurricane season either -_-
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I think youre mistaking the initial rush of Anandtech board members for "ultra high demand"

I'll bet you'd have trouble finding any random person walking down the street who even knows what a "core i5 2600k" is?

I'd bet Newegg wont risk reputation issues for a couple quick bucks. They want to be THE place people shop and viewed as where you go to get a good deal.
 
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OILFIELDTRASH said:
So this ultra hot deal is a savings of $34 and camping out in front of a MC? Lol
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Who said anything about camping out? I walked into the store, went to the pick up line, which is given priority over everyone else, and I was out 5 minutes later. Plus the $394 doesn't include shipping, which would have been $8 for me.
 
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Hogan773 said:
I think youre mistaking the initial rush of Anandtech board members for "ultra high demand"

I'll bet you'd have trouble finding any random person walking down the street who even knows what a "core i5 2600k" is?

I'd bet Newegg wont risk reputation issues for a couple quick bucks. They want to be THE place people shop and viewed as where you go to get a good deal.
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Oh the time of being the "place to shop" has long passed. There has been many occasions of newegg pulling a price gouge. They still are one of the places but not the place. I can't remember my last newegg purchase besides ink cartridges.
 
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src1425 said:
Who said anything about camping out? I walked into the store, went to the pick up line, which is given priority over everyone else, and I was out 5 minutes later. Plus the $394 doesn't include shipping, which would have been $8 for me.
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Youre lucky your MC was honest and didnt change the rules between 4:00am and 11:00am when they opened.

I still may get the chance to buy the CPU at MC in the next shipment, and when I play around with the salesman about buying a mobo and then dont at the last minute, I'll remind him that its because of their Sunday morning switcheroo. Jeez I sound so bitter....I guess to be fair all I did was type my credit card number on a screen in my pajamas.....not like I was actually waiting in line at the store and they pulled it from my hands.
 
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Hogan773 said:
I think youre mistaking the initial rush of Anandtech board members for "ultra high demand"
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How would you classify all of the Microcenters being sold out of the K's ?

Do you think we might call it " moderately high demand " ?
 
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OILFIELDTRASH said:
Why are you still here? Put that build together and overclock it asap!
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Ahead of you my man. ;) A little hardware porn inc - sorry for the cruddy picture quality.

The mamaboard:

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Adata RAM that will suffice...for now:

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Old vs. New:

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lawl stock HSF:

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And, of course, the results:

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Hogan773 said:
I think youre mistaking the initial rush of Anandtech board members for "ultra high demand"

I'll bet you'd have trouble finding any random person walking down the street who even knows what a "core i5 2600k" is?

I'd bet Newegg wont risk reputation issues for a couple quick bucks. They want to be THE place people shop and viewed as where you go to get a good deal.
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Lol.....



Every Microcenter in TX sold out of 2600ks at 8 a.m. the second they put up their store. 2500ks are all sold out now within an hour of the store opening in Dallas, I dunno about in Austin and Houston.



How is that "initial rush"? That's ultra high demand at its finest.
 
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Hogan773 said:
Youre lucky your MC was honest and didnt change the rules between 4:00am and 11:00am when they opened.

I still may get the chance to buy the CPU at MC in the next shipment, and when I play around with the salesman about buying a mobo and then dont at the last minute, I'll remind him that its because of their Sunday morning switcheroo. Jeez I sound so bitter....I guess to be fair all I did was type my credit card number on a screen in my pajamas.....not like I was actually waiting in line at the store and they pulled it from my hands.
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You have every right to feel bitter - you did everything you were supposed to and didn't get what was promised. I'd be steamed too if I was in your shoes.

I've really got to get started on building, but I'm on babysitting duty as the wife is upstairs sick. There's only so much TV a 5 year-old can sit still for.
 
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Zargon

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nice!


superbiiz keeps offering me combos with a mob for sandy bridge, but they dont have any SB's listed on their website......
 
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src1425 said:
You have every right to feel bitter - you did everything you were supposed to and didn't get what was promised. I'd be steamed too if I was in your shoes.

I've really got to get started on building, but I'm on babysitting duty as the wife is upstairs sick. There's only so much TV a 5 year-old can sit still for.
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Yeah like I said, they should have set up their website to say "In Store Only" from the very beginning. Anyhoo.....on with life

And BTW its not "babysitting" it's called "parenting" my friend (assuming its your kid!)
 
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namtran512 said:
Lol.....



Every Microcenter in TX sold out of 2600ks at 8 a.m. the second they put up their store. 2500ks are all sold out now within an hour of the store opening in Dallas, I dunno about in Austin and Houston.



How is that "initial rush"? That's ultra high demand at its finest.
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Why isn't Newegg sold out then?

Yep you're right this is prolly bigger than iPhone 4 :confused: :rolleyes:

You act surprised that ONE STORE chose to discount the bejeezus out of a brand new chip, and nobody else did, and so a bunch of people who are itching to buy it also opted to go to the ONE STORE that discounted the bejeezus out of it so they could save money.

When I see Newegg sell out of it at full retail price then I'll be willing to discuss the "ultra high demand"

I'd say that MC probably should have offered a retail price of $209.99 for the 2500K and $299.99 (or even $309.99) for the 2600K and they STILL would have sold exactly the same units. They would have been no MORE expensive than online places even with tax, and today's early adopters would have placed a premium on not waiting a few days for shipping.

If I owned MC that's what I would have done. But they didnt ask me.
 
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