I PM'd you right after Daehawk

A lot has changed since my last post.

After I had canceled my order, I checked my order status page, and noticed that my order was partially cancelled.  

Then later that day I received a confirmation # of my order.  I called tigerdirect again to confirm that my order has been cancelled, and spoke to a person name Roxane.  She actually seemed like she cared about my problem.  I asked her if I showed her proof (my printed order confirmation with the DEC 31st date) would she give me $100 off.   She said she'd show it to her supervisor.  So I scanned in the document and sent her a copy.  She promised she would get back to me the next day.

It's been a full day and no response, so I called Tigerdirect and immediately spoke to a supervisor.  (I should have just cancelled and moved on, but I wanted to see what the supervisor would do)  He gets on the phone and basically doesn't care too much.   He tells me if my rebate gets denied, I am to send in the denial letter to him and then he'd give me $100 off.  He wouldn't bother looking at my proof.  I relunctantly accepted figuring, it's going to cost me $400 if I buy it elsewhere, might as well gamble just in case they do give me the $100 off.

Later that night, I'm whining about all this to some people in my WOW guild.  Apparenlty someone who owns a company, has a contact with Tigerdirect and he told me to mail him the situation and he'd forward it along to his contact.  I went to start my email, and wanted to find the product page.   To my suprise, I notice that there's a new rebate involved with the same mobo/cpu.  This rebate now has an expiration date of 2/28/05.  So I cancelled my order and placed a new one.  Problem solved.

I emailed the person I've been talking to at Tigerdirect, and told him the situation.  I asked for him to confirm my original order was cancelled.  He replies back and tells me he will also give me free overnight, as long as I give him my new order #.  Unfortunately my order had already shipped, so he gave me free shipping.  

Last night I emailed him asking if my computer comes with a heatsink.  Today I find out he just sent me this  http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=636205&sku=S457-1017  for free and with UPS 2nd Day Air.

I totally didn't expect that, and I wasn't trying to get anything free out of him, I just wanted to be sure, because if it didn't I was going to pick one up at a local store.

I don't know if I'd shop there again, but after shipping that heatsink for free, and refunding shipping, has put them in a better light.

wish they'd tell us what's going on with the pregnant chick..


Next week's show looks awesome

That picture looks like its from a video, in no other screen shots do I see that kind of variety in the units on the screen.

That pic looks like a screen for a menu.

There's no official stance (at least from what I can tell) about pimping out a site.  However let the mods deal with it if they seem it's a problem, rather than yourself LE.  I saw this post this morning and I the thought came to mind, but I let it go, because he has been here for a while and has contributed.


Also, lets do away with the personal attacks, no matter how indirect they are.

Sorry, I guess I should have just warned a mod about the blatant soliciting instead of making a sarcastic comment about it.

 Yes you should have, but something tells me you enjoy these types of reactions...  History repeats itself as they say

Tigerdirect has screwed me over, so now I'm back to square one. One thing I'm a bit confused on do I need to buy any paste/greese if it's the retail version of the CPU. I take it the retail version of the CPU comes with a Heatsink. Is that correct?

I have to wait till tigerdirect refunds me befor placing a new order (visa gift card) so I have a few days to do this.

Today I purchased the following
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1087917&Tab=5

It comes with a $100 rebate that you fill out online.  The rebate expires today.  I started to place my order around 5:30-6:00pm and after putting in my credit card info I went to click on submit, and I get an error. The whole site went down apparently for about an hour.  

If finally came back up and sucessfully placed my order.  I rpinted out the receipt with my order #, and immediately went to order tracking just to be sure it went through.  I got a message saying that page is currently being upgraded or something similar to that effect.

I check later and I'm able to access my account.  However, it says my order was placed on 1-01-05.  Which is far from the truth, and at the time I placed my order it was 7:08 pm pacific, and they are on the East coast so it would still be 12/31/04

I'm hoping this doesn't screw me up on my rebate.  Also, I went to fill out the rebate info on the online site (they give out instructions on what to do)  I fill it out and then it asks for my order or serial # and it keeps telling me my order # is invalid.  Before entering this in, they give you a warning in red letters to not apply for this rebate more than once.  I didn't finish the process, got to step 2.  I'm worried that I just screwed up, because their site won't recognize my order #.

Anyways, the point of my question is, how is their customer service?  I'm hoping they can work this out.  I've done everything I was supposed to do.

I'm selling this for $30 shipped. first one to claim it is theirs. I plan on ebaying Friday afternoon

I post over there more because I am not a console gamer and the Off Topic is a bit more active on OO, but I visit both. The double posts do get old though. I wish the community would have moved as a whole instead of splitting.

well, at one point everyone liked CG and thought of it as their new home., but GG mods didn't like the fact that they were powerless, started their own forum.  Many people wanted R&P and left. and the rest is history

I split my time at both.  At first I didn't like the idea, but I ended up missing a lot of people.  So I just visit both sites

Quake 1 was the best out the 3.  If they bring back that physic system then I'm sold.  Otherwise, meh

all gger's went?
 
That's a bit of an overstatment.

http://www.octopusoverlords.com/phpBB2/index.php

alright I got this for xmas.  I hate college sports, mainly cuz I'm not familiar with the teams and don't really root for one, but when the other NBA games suck so bad, I got desperate and put this on my list.  Holy shit this game is awesome finally a game that's done right this year.


I haven't really read the manual so maybe you can help a lazy gamer.  

What's the trick on freethrows.    My gamepad vibrates like a pulse, is that supposed to mean something?  

When I start a legacy mode, how come I can join any team I like?  Do you start at the bottom and work your way up based on reputation and such?

How do you do an ally-oop?

Think that's it for now.

The main thing I don't like about the game is the unit carryover.  I'm towards the end or maybe just pass the middle and I rarely have to build any units now.  I just have 280+ units already at my disposal, and rarely die.  It's just too easy now

I'll sell it to you for $40  

J/K

EDIT: Besides all that Kurth, you're talking to ppl from Dallas...ya know the same place that has the Cowboys...the team Michael Irvin played for...the place where TO danced on the Star(yes it's capitalized).   Not a whole lotta love for that fool(or the Iggles) lying around down here.

That was his best celebration.  God I hate the cowboys

heh what the one you sold me wasn't in mint condition?

REFUND!!!!  

he was funny?

AHAHA finally the 49ers trade is worth it!!!

i think it took an extra day.  I'm not gonna complain, I mean how many times have they delivered the dvd's to me faster than expected?  Almost every shipment.

If if becomes a regular thing, you'll just have to plan it better.  Meaning, don't send back both dvd's at the same time, send one right after you finish watching it, then watch the next dvd.  Unless you're a couch potatoe and watch all 3 dvds in one sitting, well, get a life  Just kidding

ok lets stop with the trolling, this isn't a pissing match.  Besides, Madden is better than ESPN

Seriously, keep that type of junk out this threads and related threads.  If you want to make a vs thread,  please make a new thread or preferably find the previous ones.

I would easily say, those issuses are no longer issues.

Ladies and Gentelmen, meet Buckeye Shane, he's another poor soul who's addicted.



And no, I don't know if blizzard is doing anything for Xmas.

well from what I'm hearing now, they are going to give people time credit due to the downtime

my brother patched, and when he logged on he was missing 4 spells and lost over 40 quests

can we get to page 22 already.  I'm tired of seeing that hairy ass.  I'm thinking of removing that picture with my mod powers

[R]

No pause and order?

Ahh... I don't think I'm going to be able to play this then...

I simply can't play RTSes that don't allow pause and order.

Then it wouldn't be callled  Real Time Strategy

other:  Vampires Bloodlines

Well I can't vote for WOW, because that was a game I was playing in 2003  

Definetly HL2.

Riddick, the only Console FPS done right.

well it's not griefing, since it can't attack or kill anyone, unless you initiate the attack.  So if some big as mob is walking around in goldshire, already aggrod on the guy who trained it there, and you decided to take a stab, and eventually die, well that's your own fault.  It's not like, he brought it there and it went beserk on everybody.

On page 16 on that thread a blizzard employee talks about that

Yep.  some dude trained Stitches who can be found in Darkshire all the way to Goldshire.  Imagine the suprise of some lvl 6 human rogue, when they see that beast walking along...

Here's the video
http://tinyurl.com/6ayr2

Here's the thread
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general&T=178743&P=1

how is it cheating, when there were no rules set in place for it, at the time of said steroids were taken.  If they done it now, yes it would be cheating.  But before that it wasn't an illegal substance yet.

I'm sorry. You can't be serious. When did taking illegal substances not become cheating?

I say illegal, in the sense they weren't prescribed by a physician, or obtained from a pharmacy. They were given to the athletes by their "trainers" and other "associates". They cheated, and knew it. Period.

They can all kiss my ass. I lost faith in baseball when Selig became commissioner. Then, to even further sour me on the game, he actually listened to that low-life, scum sucking, lying, cheating, piece of shit Pete Rose's attempt to be reinstated. You have got to be kidding me. Shoeless Joe is still banned (there's no proof he actually tried to throw the Series, it looks like he just took the money) after almost 80 years, and someone is considering letting Pete Rose in after 15 years. Riiiiiight. Good call idiot. Selig and the current ilk in the game can bite me.

The latest news is that Donald Fehr and the players union are attempting to implement very strict anti-steroid language in the current collective bargaining agreement, with penalties for a 1st offense. That's nice, but the only reason they're doing it is because John McCain is threatening Federal Legislation on Baseball if they don't do something internally. I don't care how it's done, just do it. Get these bombers off the 'roids, and let's see what 162+ games actually does to a power hitter like Bonds. The 'roids don't help him hit more, but they do enable him to heal faster, and be healthier at the end of the year.

I am absolutely fascinated by the game of baseball. Have been since I was 4 years old. Alot of people don't really like it, but it's one of my favorite memories when I was a kid. I still remember the Major League Game of the Week. It was the ONLY game on. No WTBS, WGN and the like. If you wanted to see baseball, you had 1 game on the weekend, and the rest on radio. Great times.

I think I may have heard something incorrectly on the radio.  I thought I heard one of the sports casters say that back when they supposedly used steroids, it wasn't illegal at the time.

how is it cheating, when there were no rules set in place for it, at the time of said steroids were taken.  If they done it now, yes it would be cheating.  But before that it wasn't an illegal substance yet.

thought the whole bringing charlie back to life scene was lame.  I like the guy, but it was a tad bit unrealistic, but then again, it's a tv show

because your thinking of Middle Earth Online which has been in development before Half Life 1.

check here for what we think

http://www.consolegold.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2898

Just got the following email..

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is enjoying one of the best years ever for PC gaming.

On the eve of one of our own major releases, The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™, the one thing we've grown to understand is how important the community - our most loyal supporters - is for industry. This started back in our days at Westwood where the community for our games has always been a big priority. We understand that you are the most important and influential group for us and we are constantly amazed at the amount of talent used to create quality assets and mods.

Having said that, we have a MAJOR announcement to make and we are making it exclusively to our long time C&C fans. This announcement is not going out to the press and it won't appear on the EA website or anywhere else online. We are very proud to announce that the team that brought you Command & Conquer™ Red Alert 2™, Command & Conquer™ Yuri's Revenge™, and Command & Conquer™ Generals has officially started work on our next project set in the Red Alert universe!

As I mentioned, we're very proud to ship what we feel is one of the best RTS games ever released. Most of you have probably heard of The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ which hits stores this week. We've introduced some really innovative features and gameplay mechanics, which you should definitely check out when you get a chance. You will also see a major enhancement to the Sage graphics engine we originally created for Command & Conquer Generals. Expect us to leverage and continue to evolve this powerful engine as we start work on our new Command & Conquer game.

Thanks again for all your support over the years. This entire team is incredibly excited to work on the next Command & Conquer chapter. Look for an official announcement soon and have a wonderful holiday.


Mark Skaggs
VP and Executive Producer
Electronic Arts

+1 to Slobro

yes i know, and what I was saying you could have got it for free back then when I offered it to you

you'll never let me live that down

yep that's because you screwed me over a free game too

yes i know, and what I was saying you could have got it for free back then when I offered it to you