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ochungry said:mwave has it in stock for $149. hurry.
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ViewProducts.hmx?PID=CPU-TBIRD&updepts=CPU&DNAME=Processors+-+CPU
The tankguy had opteron 146 for $175 yesterday and mwave had it in stock for $165.
today mwave no stock and both mwave and tankguy jack up the price.
I hope tankguy is not buying them to make it out of stock and then raising the price.
Dirty, isnt it?
first creat a rumer, then creat a shortage.
I know I wont be buying jack from tankguy. hope no one buys there either.
Mooyo said:Tankguys did not create the rumor. It was around before he posted it and at the time, it was very valid. Heck it still is considering AMD doesn't want these cpus going in anything else but server mobos. Numerous other sources said the exact thing that Tankguys said. His prices reflect what he bought them for and what profit he has to make. Heck when I bought my 144 he actually lost money on the deal as he did with the other 40 or so people that bought from him at that time.
Get your facts right. Tankguys did everyone a service by informing us of what he did. The fact still stands that these opties are still up in the air, it's up to AMD whether or not they want to keep shipping them if they know the retailer won't sell them only in server boards or for server use.
And upon reading your post you are saying that Tankguys literally bought out another companies supply of 144s? It's already been posted where he's getting his from. Tankguys is a very reputable person/company and I know that I'm not the only person to feel this way on this site.
Just to top the cake with icing
"(*Limit 1pcs/customer)" -mwave
OC/ingmaddog said:Agreed. He IS doing US a favor, by actually selling them to us (meaning those of us who use non-server s939 boards, which is all of us. So, like Mooyo said, he has to jack up the prices a little bit to make a profit off what he is selling. It is fair. AMD officially said they were going to continue making the 100 series, but sell them to server based consumers. So in a sense, ton continue receiving the Opteron's from AMD, TankGuys have to at least put a disclaimer up, saying they do not officialy support the use of Opteron's in non-server s939 motherboards. They're saving their asses, and I would do the same.
Mooyo said:He's not jacking up the prices, what I mean is he has to buy them at a certain price and has to sell based upon that. Not that he is purposely jacking the price up like Newegg had the 144 for close to $200 before.
Like if he's getting them from his supplier for $160 he can't very well sell them for the $145 I bought mine for earlier.
mcastleberg said:How does the Opteron 144 compare to the 939 3700+ San Diego?
ochungry said:Yesterday tankguy had it for $175, while was available @ mwave for $165.
Today mwave out of stock and both tankguy and mwave jacked up the price. thankguy is selling it for $185 (a $10 increase from yesterday).
I call this jacking up/gouging according to demand.
AMD's price guide is $112 (if I recall), for distributer. a 15 percent increase for little guys will put the price to less than $130. Originally 6 months ago opteron 146 was $145 top and A64 3000 was $156. Today opteron 146 is not less than $185, but A64 3000 is about $135. Both A64 and Opteron are based on 939. AMD is changing to M2 and 939 just as Sampron should drop in price.
But we dont see the sam trend for Opteron 939. why?
Is demand and overclocking has something to do w/ it? yes
Are tankguy, newegg, Mwave, monarch etc are taking advantage of this and ripping consumer off? you bet you.
What is the diference between gasoline price gouging and opteron price gouging? none, both sellers are crooks.
Chucky Da Pwner said:Just an fyi, the 144 is oos at digitalhotbuy.com. I ordered on a few hours ago, and received an email from them just a few minutes ago stating that they are now oos.
ochungry said:Yesterday tankguy had it for $175, while was available @ mwave for $165.
Today mwave out of stock and both tankguy and mwave jacked up the price. thankguy is selling it for $185 (a $10 increase from yesterday).
I call this jacking up/gouging according to demand.
AMD's price guide is $112 (if I recall), for distributer. a 15 percent increase for little guys will put the price to less than $130. Originally 6 months ago opteron 146 was $145 top and A64 3000 was $156. Today opteron 146 is not less than $185, but A64 3000 is about $135. Both A64 and Opteron are based on 939. AMD is changing to M2 and 939 just as Sampron should drop in price.
But we dont see the sam trend for Opteron 939. why?
Is demand and overclocking has something to do w/ it? yes
Are tankguy, newegg, Mwave, monarch etc are taking advantage of this and ripping consumer off? you bet you.
What is the diference between gasoline price gouging and opteron price gouging? none, both sellers are crooks.
$122-$139.Jame Gumb said:Tank's said they get the Opty 144's for 10-25% more than $111.00. Someone break that down..... I'm too tired.
ochungry said:James, below is their own qoutation. So even @ %25 that puts opty 144 to
$138.75. why is it @ $163 then?
"There is a lot of confusion on this topic. The most important thing to note is that the prices listed on AMD's website are NOT the MSRP. The prices listed there are the prices quoted to top level, tier one distributors/purchasers who buy directly from AMD in 1,000 unit minimum quantities. They do not include any costs incurred by the various distributors, retailers, or the profit margins built in by the various levels of suppliers. For reference sake, our current wholesale costs on these are 10-25% higher than the prices listed on the AMD website."