Rip off of the day!!! really funny.

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#1 _SKatEDiRt_
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$160 GeForce0 6200
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#2 DeeJayInphinity
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LMFAO...  It's Overclocked so it must be good!

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#3 theking52
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well they always have high prices anyway.
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#4 Random__Guy
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$30 for a floppy drive

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6307356&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat107700050014&id=1074787927781 

$57 for external floppy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6307436&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat107700050014&id=1074787976171 

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#5 _SKatEDiRt_
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LMFAO... It's Overclocked so it must be good!

DeeJayInphinity

Yes, why of course! nice sig BTW. 

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#6 My_name_a_Borat
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Holy hell! PCI bus--that is so...owns.

I've seen once of those PCI cards in action. A guy I know has a PCI X1300, and it has trouble even with the standard 2D Windows XP interface. Set the card to run at the panel's native 1680x1050 resolution, and you can see that horrible "redraw effect" whenever you refresh IE or open up a Windows folder. Setting the desktop color depth to 16-bit helps quite a lot.

Paying $160 for a low end GPU coupled to a bus that was introduced in 1992--definitely rip off of the day.

 

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#7 codezer0
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Only thing that remotely explains the price is the PCI interface... but even I don't think that's enough to justify that.
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$57 for external floppy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6307436&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat107700050014&id=1074787976171

Random__Guy

 

LOL I just got that exact same model for $10 (new). The sad thing is that those salespeople probably convince tons of people to buy this stuff.

Hypothetical question; if you worked for comission at Best Buy, would you actually lie or "stretch the truth" to get other people to buy this stuff? 

I'd like to say no but people change when money is involved. :P 

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#9 Sleepyz
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These places always have bad prices for this stuff..

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10086351&catid=

I bought my Evga 8800 gts 640 for 395 canadian with an extra 30 dollar mail-in rebate.

 

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6628919&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat107700050041&id=1082519264724

 

An x800 for $329? Yeah it's AGP but.. $329? It costs more than the X1950. :?

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#11 Random__Guy
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[QUOTE="Random__Guy"]

$57 for external floppy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6307436&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat107700050014&id=1074787976171

DeeJayInphinity

 

LOL I just got that exact same model for $10 (new). The sad thing is that those salespeople probably convince tons of people to buy this stuff.

Hypothetical question; if you worked for comission at Best Buy, would you actually lie or "stretch the truth" to get other people to buy this stuff?

I'd like to say no but people change when money is involved. :P

How are you suppose to "stretch the truth" on a floppy drive?

This floppy drive is made out of the finest plastic available and the eject button is years ahead of it's time. Its well worth the $60, at this price were almost giving it away

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Best Buy is always overpriced, unless they have special sales. I got my hard drive on sale for $59. Back then it was a really good deal.
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#13 Jsung8070
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i suppose its expensive.. but you americans... and canadians, you are too used to getting stuff cheap... dammit a geforce 7900GT over here in new zealand is 350 bucks!  thats about... hmm, about 300~ USD!