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EVGA Step up Program

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Patrick1

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I bought a 7800GT CO in late october. In a couple of month when i plan to exercise my trade in abilty what will happen exactly?

Do i just simply get my money back or do i get a credit at the evga website?
 
or u can just tell me now...

Thread killer!!!


Ok i read it... didnt not help me lol
Sooo i can get ANY card regardless of brand or what?
 
You send them your current card, you get the money back you paid for it towards another eVGA card. Unfortunately, that'd be only one from their website - actual MSRP prices.

Basically, it only makes sense to do when you want to get a "latest and greatest" card at launch - when they really are still going for MSRP.

For example, I bought a 7800 GT on Newegg for $339. If the 7800 GTX 512mb has a retail MSRP of $599, I could buy it for ($599 - $339 = ) $260 plus sending them my current card.

I see that as having had a 7800 GT for two months, then being able to ugprade to a 512mb GTX for $260, without having the hassle of trying to sell my 7800 GT off on eBay or the For Sale/Trade forum section for 3/4 of what I paid for it since it's now "used" and several months old.
 
dderidex said:
You send them your current card, you get the money back you paid for it towards another eVGA card. Unfortunately, that'd be only one from their website - actual MSRP prices.

Basically, it only makes sense to do when you want to get a "latest and greatest" card at launch - when they really are still going for MSRP.

For example, I bought a 7800 GT on Newegg for $339. If the 7800 GTX 512mb has a retail MSRP of $599, I could buy it for ($599 - $339 = ) $260 plus sending them my current card.

I see that as having had a 7800 GT for two months, then being able to ugprade to a 512mb GTX for $260, without having the hassle of trying to sell my 7800 GT off on eBay or the For Sale/Trade forum section for 3/4 of what I paid for it since it's now "used" and several months old.
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You are a very patient person!
 
so you can't buy a 7800GT and in a year send it back to get eVGA credit towards your next card?
90 days is a little low, lol.
 
{NcsO}ReichstaG said:
so you can't buy a 7800GT and in a year send it back to get eVGA credit towards your next card?
90 days is a little low, lol.
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That's 3 months - 25% of a year.

That's not too bad. Especially given that "top end" graphics cards frequently drop by damn near $200 over that amount of time. And you'd still get the original retail price you paid for it back! That's really not too shabby a deal, and actually works out bigtime for the consumer when you have two product "generations" so close together.
 
c1001 said:
You are a very patient person!
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Actually... the stepup program is for the impatient people. Patient people will simply wait for the new card. Impatient people want something to hold them over...
 
Intel_Hydralisk said:
Actually... the stepup program is for the impatient people. Patient people will simply wait for the new card. Impatient people want something to hold them over...
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I meant he was very patient for explaining something that is clearly explained on the eVGA website, as well as an often repeated post in this forum.
 
Please understand that you would have to have registered the card at EVGA with in a reasonable amount of time from purchase or you ability to step up is borked.
 
Some corrections and clarifications need to be made.

1. You have 3 months from the exact date you purchased your current card.
2. The trade-in value will be based on the price of your card at the time of purchase, not necessarily its MSRP.
3. If you're lucky, the most you'll pay is shipping. If you're going for a bigger increase, you'll have to pay the difference btw the two prices.
4. There is no cross shipping. You ship yours out first (trust me and do priority or express) and they'll ship it back to you based on your shipping choice. The whole thing took about 5 days or so for me.
 
With registration, you can register anytime. They work the 90days from the day of purchase. You have to apply first with a registered card. Then, they send you a step up program number and how much it will cost you (cost of the card you are stepping up to minus the amount you paid based on the invoice taking into account any rebates or discount). You then send in the card with the invoice saying how much you spent on the card originally which should reflect how much you stipulated on the step up program application. After they have received your card AND checked out your invoice, payments, etc..then they send you a new card.
I am not sure how they factor in the free motherboard deal some of us got with the 7800gt purchase from newegg. They may substract the amount you paid from the going price of the motherboard and use that as your credit. With rebates, they do it automatically. So, if you are like me and got a $460 card with free motherboard and a $40 rebate, they will only credit $460 - 40 - cost of motherboard (around $110) which comes to $310. Considering that their retail price are so high, it is really not worth it. Right now, the 7800gtx on their site is $549 while the newegg one is $459. I can probably sell my 7800gt for $275 and buy the 7800gtx from newegg and spend less than the step up program.
 
magnuspah said:
Considering that their retail price are so high, it is really not worth it. Right now, the 7800gtx on their site is $549 while the newegg one is $459. I can probably sell my 7800gt for $275 and buy the 7800gtx from newegg and spend less than the step up program.
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As I said, it only makes sense with "brand spanking new" products, that are selling on Newegg for MSRP (or higher). For example, the 7800GTX 512mb. MSRP (rumored) at $599, and it was selling at MWave for $799 due to short supply. Paying only MSRP for that would be a steal.

Or, alternatively, if you got relatively screwed with your original purchase.

IE., if you bought your eVGA 7800GT from Circuit City or something, and paid $450 for it...selling it for $275 to buy a $459 card ($184 net difference + cost of auction) won't look as attractive as trading it in for the full $450 you paid to get the $549 priced card ($99 net difference).
 
dderidex said:
As I said, it only makes sense with "brand spanking new" products, that are selling on Newegg for MSRP (or higher). For example, the 7800GTX 512mb. MSRP (rumored) at $599, and it was selling at MWave for $799 due to short supply. Paying only MSRP for that would be a steal.

Or, alternatively, if you got relatively screwed with your original purchase.

IE., if you bought your eVGA 7800GT from Circuit City or something, and paid $450 for it...selling it for $275 to buy a $459 card ($184 net difference + cost of auction) won't look as attractive as trading it in for the full $450 you paid to get the $549 priced card ($99 net difference).
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Yes I benifited greatly when i paid 599 for one of the first 7800gtx 's off the line and for one dollar upgraded to the KO when it was released effectively taking the sting out of early adoption for me
 
A while back, 14 months or so back to be a bit more precise, there was a shortage of 6800 Ultra Extreme editions. Actually I still think there was after they went on sale. To get a hand on the elusive EEs(they came factory overclocked), you had to win a contest to be able to by one. eVGA held such a contest which I won. To put a long story short, 14 months later, now, the card died. It was not abused or overclocked. Anyway, the warranty doesn't cover this card since it was 14 months and not 12. The current cards come with a life time warranty, and cards from X date(don't remember at the top of my head) come with 1+1 year warranty for 2 years...1 from the date of purchase and an additional year after that. Having said all this, I pestered them being quite furious that a 'special card' is no longer warranted and since 14 months is hardly working life of a card IMO, to which eVGA came through with fantastic customer service. I am now stepping up to a 7800 GTX after having gotten 399 dollar eVGA credit. The process is quite simple. Login, go through the step up procedure, select the card, and pay the difference. My process was somewhat more complex as I had an RMA as well...I had to mail my card back along with documention to show proof that I purchased my old card factory direct. After that, my step up process was the same.

Hope this helps.
 
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