has anyone seen the 290x forsale on...

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:06

a auction site...
go on.. do a search for 'AMD Radeon R9 290X ( Fastest Single GPU On The Planet)' and you will see it lol

its currently at £555 :eek:

.. now i don't know if this is a pre-order sale (it dosnt say) or someone is trying to rip someone off

PS: sorry if this has allready been posted !
Jonny

edit: item number: *Removed* because this is not allowed !. bad jonny! sorry mods

Stanners · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:10

I would remove the link and site name mate.

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:12

removed the name, but there is no link :confused:

thewanted · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:19

The fact that the auction ends on the 25th makes me think that whichever muppet ends up "winning" this item, will no doubt pay over the odds for something they could've ordered from a proper store on Friday.

mame · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:20

jonnyp1993 said:
or someone is trying to rip someone off

It's an auction though, the buyer has chosen the current price, not the seller.

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:20

is that when it gets released ? friday ?!

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:30

mame said:
It's an auction though, the buyer has chosen the current price, not the seller.

yes i know, but when does it get released ?, the auction dosnt say its a pre-order.. so if it dosnt get released on fiday, then what is the 'buyer' going to receive.. or if they receive anything at all.

4737Joker · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:47

Someone who works for a retailer who is in the know could easily of told a mate when the release date is and got him to make an auction to cash in. of course thas just speculation but who knows.

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:50

4737Joker said:
Someone who works for a retailer who is in the know could easily of told a mate when the release date is and got him to make an auction to cash in. of course thas just speculation but who knows.

i was thinking the same, but also, there is people who do reviews. and it could be one of them ?, trying to make some cash from a free card.

Gibbo · 22 Oct 2013 at 08:57

If that is a press or ES card I find that a very poor show! AMD never had many and for someone to sell their's and before the NDA is just a very poor show.

If its a retail product, I suspect AMD will no doubt buy, trace the serial and then send the heavies around.

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 09:05

i just hope no one is going to get ripped off, or very worst and get nothing.

SeraphX · 22 Oct 2013 at 09:09

Chances are, it's utter carp, auction has stock images, not actual photographs!
If the guy even has a card, I'd be surprised...

Uncle Petey · 22 Oct 2013 at 09:32

Pretty sure there was a similar thing just before the Titan was released.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 22 Oct 2013 at 09:39

I would guess that "l***s" is also his fake account to bid the item up.

RedvGreen · 22 Oct 2013 at 09:40

Even if it was a genuine card, does it really matter? It is not like he can duplicate it and sell it on...

Plus, any photographs or reviews of the device will likely be disbelieved anyway.

Gregster · 22 Oct 2013 at 09:59

It is a chancer hoping to cash in on a victim, who pays well over the top price and the seller sends him one when they are released.

Silent_Scone · 22 Oct 2013 at 10:07

jonnyp1993 said:
its currently at £555 .. now i don't know if this is a pre-order sale (it dosnt say) or someone is trying to rip someone off

From the information I was given a couple of weeks ago that is still under MSRP.

Not that I'd ever pre-order something off said site. You'd have to be nuts.

Marine-RX179 · 22 Oct 2013 at 10:11

Gregster said:
It is a chancer hoping to cash in on a victim, who pays well over the top price and the seller sends him one when they are released.

Yea most likely case. I think auction site don't allow people selling what they do not have? (unless it's clearly listed as a pre-order in an actual store) But then again lots of people still do that anyway.

pgi947 · 22 Oct 2013 at 10:13

Gibbo said:
If that is a press or ES card I find that a very poor show! AMD never had many and for someone to sell their's and before the NDA is just a very poor show.

If its a retail product, I suspect AMD will no doubt buy, trace the serial and then send the heavies around.

Out of interest, what would the outcome be if the serial was traced back to a large retailer? Say a staff member had scooped one from stock to auction off? I know said member of staff would get the boot but would the retailer get put on some sort of blacklist?

jonnyp1993 · 22 Oct 2013 at 10:14

pgi947 said:
Out of interest, what would the outcome be if the serial was traced back to a large retailer? Say a staff member had scooped one from stock to auction off? I know said member of staff would get the boot but would the retailer get put on some sort of blacklist?

i would have tought that they would just get fined, or mayben ot even that because it wouldnt be the retailers fault if a member of staff has put one in there pocket.

on a side note. look at there username on the said site. its some sort of blog/review site :eek: