[Pc_Support] Re: WARNING: ZipZoomFly playing games on Athlon 64 x2 sales ... UPDATE

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 01:36 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Secondly, ZipZoomFly.COM is still the _cheapest_ place to buy a 4600+ at
> $260.  NewEgg.COM wants $329.99 ($70 more) and Monarch Computer wants
> $289.99 ($30 more), although both have them in stock ... cut ...
> 2.  ZipZoomFly.COM realizes it sold too low, and is going to go the full
> 2 weeks and then cancel the order.  If this is the case, I will fully
> demand they they honor the $260 price with free shipping ($1.99 2-day
> shipping) whenever they have stock again.

Just FYI ... I _carefully_ followed the stock of all existing
processors, basically everything from the x2 3800+ to 4800+ (only the
5000+ is new).  Virtually _everyone_ "had stock" and have been playing
games on stock the _second_ they dropped pricing.

I assume this is because resellers were negotiating a "refund" or other
"buy back/discount" from distributors for unsold stock when the price
cut hit.  I understand that and have made that my assumption in the case
of ZipZoomFly.COM.

But with Monarch Computer only being $30 more and having stock _now_,
they had better honor the price by next Monday.  If I see them drop my
order while claiming stock next Monday, there's going to be consumer
hell to pay.

Again, I'm sticking with being positive and benign by default until I
see this.


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