Well then maybe there's something wrong with YOUR system. Did you try the card in a different system? If you didn't test it at all on another machine, then you have no right to be complaining.
What if MSI were to send you a brand new card, sealed right from the box, and you get the same...
It's not only newegg.com. Monarch is selling the 3200+ Winchester retail for $238.
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120428&Category_Code=AMD64
Zipzoomfly has it for $216...
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&catalog=22&propertycodevalue=3236,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200&minprice=&maxprice=&mfrcode=0&DEPA=1&Order=price
Here's a list of all the Socket A motherboards newegg.com carries, starting from the lowest price and...
Oops, I forgot the mention that it's the unsupported end of the card that sags/droops/looks like it's about to fall to its doom. The BFG techs said there shouldn't be any damage done with the hanging, but we'll see.
It's not like they did it on purpose. At least there were mistakes to be made. I would much rather have BFG mess up a million times than have them do absolutey NOTHING.
I called BFG tech support yesterday because I had concerns about the fact that my 6800NU SAGS in the agp slot on my motherboard. So I asked the tech support girl if the weight of the card would damage the card itself or the agp slot. She had to talk to like two or three people before she gave...
Those two are the same exact card with the exception of the cooler. Same memory and clock speeds. The PCBs are different colors, but that doesn't have anything to do with performance.