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WhatTheSchmidt

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I'm building my dad a new computer tomorrow, but the gfx card didn't arrive from woot.com, it said it would in time but changed to Tuesday delivery now.

I don't have any other PCI-Express 16x cards, I don't have any PCI cards, I have a couple AGP but that's obviously no good. I also don't really know anyone to borrow a card from at all. If I were to buy a cheap one from best buy and return it in 2 weeks would that work? Better idea? anyone live in Michigan? lol

I don't want to put any more $$ into this build because it's a budget build.
 
WhatTheSchmidt said:
I'm building my dad a new computer tomorrow, but the gfx card didn't arrive from woot.com, it said it would in time but changed to Tuesday delivery now.

I don't have any other PCI-Express 16x cards, I don't have any PCI cards, I have a couple AGP but that's obviously no good. I also don't really know anyone to borrow a card from at all. If I were to buy a cheap one from best buy and return it in 2 weeks would that work? Better idea? anyone live in Michigan? lol

I don't want to put any more $$ into this build because it's a budget build.
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FRAUD ALERT!!!!1111!oneeleventy11on
 
I think I speak for most of the gamers here when I say:-

"if you could NOT buy hardware and return it, hence hiking the prices for the rest of us, we'd apreciate it"
 
Frosteh said:
I think I speak for most of the gamers here when I say:-

"if you could NOT buy hardware and return it, hence hiking the prices for the rest of us, we'd apreciate it"
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I remember a friend of mine I went to school with got banned from Computer City in Grand Rapids, MI before they went tits up for doing crap like that all the time.
 
Ethug said:
People like you and the OP are the idiots who RUIN return policies for everyone. The world is not yours to use and throw away. Have some common decency, or at least pretend to.
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haha right, cause I do it all the time right?

I have to build this PC tomorrow and get it working.

I can't put more $$ into it.

That leaves 2 options I can think of.

Get card from someone that lives nearby...which I know of no one.

"Borrow card"
 
Have you ever considered waiting until tuesday for your card to arrive? Or, if you needed the card so fast, why didn't you get overnight shipping? Maybe you should have ordered from someone else besides woot.com?

I'm guessing you ordered from woot.com because they gave you the best deal on the item you were looking for. The trade-off is that you have to wait for them to deliver it. Life is all about opportunity costs, learn to deal with them.
 
etherealtml said:
Have you ever considered waiting until tuesday for your card to arrive? Or, if you needed the card so fast, why didn't you get overnight shipping? Maybe you should have ordered from someone else besides woot.com?

I'm guessing you ordered from woot.com because they gave you the best deal on the item you were looking for. The trade-off is that you have to wait for them to deliver it. Life is all about opportunity costs, learn to deal with them.
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lawl thanks for the life lesson

I didn't think it would take 8 business days to get the card from woot, no choice on shipping.
 
No, not brilliant, they have a 15% restocking fee.... :rolleyes:
Rent one from Wal-Mart instead, they probably carry a few.
 
If your installing xp just get a cheep as pci card. I picked up one for 50 bucks. Then just keep it, having a spare pci card laying around has saved me many headaces over the years.

For woots shipping hell I have haf 3 day deliveries from New Egg take 8 days.
 
Master_Pain said:
No, not brilliant, they have a 15% restocking fee.... :rolleyes:
Rent one from Wal-Mart instead, they probably carry a few.
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15% restocking fee does not apply to video cards. Most of the time the workers will lie to you. Same reason why most people think BB has a restocking fee on their television, but the truth is that there is no restocking fee on television. I guess they started using that lie for people that purchases a nice TV for the superbowl and then return it.
 
WhatTheSchmidt said:
haha right, cause I do it all the time right?

I have to build this PC tomorrow and get it working.

I can't put more $$ into it.

That leaves 2 options I can think of.

Get card from someone that lives nearby...which I know of no one.

"Borrow card"
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Your excuses don't change the fact that what you're talking about doing is wrong. What is so hard to understand about this? :rolleyes:
 
thanks for all the moral advice guys, I had a revelation.


No not really, the package actually arrived when it first said it would, instead of the changed date of Tuesday.
 
"wrong" lol.

sounds kinda off topic to me ;)

I say do whatever works best, and don't ever pay attention to anyone who says 'it's wrong because you see if everyone did that...' because you're not everyone, you're one person.
 
HarkovAdm said:
"wrong" lol.

sounds kinda off topic to me ;)

I say do whatever works best, and don't ever pay attention to anyone who says 'it's wrong because you see if everyone did that...' because you're not everyone, you're one person.
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You apparently have no moral compass either. What are they teaching you kids these days?
 
the computer has been up and running for like 6 hours, on it right now...

Fedex flip flopped and got the card to my at the first said time like I said in my last post...This was the easiest build I have done to date...no problems whatsoever :)
 
anthongy817 said:
15% restocking fee does not apply to video cards. Most of the time the workers will lie to you. Same reason why most people think BB has a restocking fee on their television, but the truth is that there is no restocking fee on television. I guess they started using that lie for people that purchases a nice TV for the superbowl and then return it.
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Do you work there?
 
WhatTheSchmidt said:
haha right, cause I do it all the time right?

I have to build this PC tomorrow and get it working.

I can't put more $$ into it.

That leaves 2 options I can think of.

Get card from someone that lives nearby...which I know of no one.

"Borrow card"
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The answer to that is tough shit.
If you can't do it tommorow don't do it and explain why to whoever needs to know.
If you can shell out 50$ for a backup card you keep - great.
Buying with the knowledge that you're going to use it and return is just plain disgusting and frankly I don't see how you can show your face here posting this BS.
 
this thread sure became amusing.


op's motives aside, god forbid someone actually needs to return an item at a b&m electronics store. oh but as long as said returnee has an "ethical" :confused: reason, it's ok? personally, i'd say it's more like --> oh noes!! it's a video card return!!!!! my prices will go up cause of u!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:


suck it up, buttercups. some people return things they don't like after trying them out, and barring all the horrid, horrid (o, wont someone please think of the children) moral dilemmas some are having with this situation, what the OP suggested as his solution is the same damn thing.

in capitalist north america WE ride the system.

edit--> mind you, one shouldn't advertise they're skipping on the fare.
 
snaggletooth said:
suck it up, buttercups. some people return things they don't like after trying them out, and barring all the horrid, horrid (o, wont someone please think of the children) moral dilemmas some are having with this situation, what the OP suggested as his solution is the same damn thing.

in capitalist north america WE ride the system.

edit--> mind you, one shouldn't advertise they're skipping on the fare.
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ok, so in a situation where you are a shop owner and someone pays you 50$ to use a brand new PCIe VideoCard for two weeks because he needs it, this is fine with you? you have to sell it as open box and lose some or all of your comission so joe hoe can USE YOU cause he doesnt give a shit.Nice, no?
Hell I can see this idea evolving - lets order laptops take them abroad for a week and then return them, we can keep this idiotic idea going, but IMO you have to be a pretty shitty person to pull one of those things off.
I'm sure if you had a buisiness you'd give a damn.
And as has been pointed out earlier, you can be banned from the store if they find out, and I bet there's some legal action they can can take if they KNOW it's what you intended.
"To Borrow" is to RENT when you do it from a shop and not a friend - RENT COSTS MONEY -buttercup.

EDIT -Follow through on Anger Management ideas.
 
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