XFX HD 5970 Black Edition 1 million dollars

http://item.ebay.com/290428376868#ht_629wt_1083

this is for real. got a email from xfx about it

http://item.ebay.com/290428376868#ht_629wt_1083

this is for real. got a email from xfx about it

firedrakes

Fail.

Sorry for the double post, but this just blew my mind. Why the hell would someone spend 1 million bones on a card?

Heck, from the looks of it, XFX could make a bunch of money by selling "limited edition" tea cups...

[QUOTE="firedrakes"]

http://item.ebay.com/290428376868#ht_629wt_1083

this is for real. got a email from xfx about it

MaoTheChimp

Fail.

Sorry for the double post, but this just blew my mind. Why the hell would someone spend 1 million bones on a card?

Heck, from the looks of it, XFX could make a bunch of money by selling "limited edition" tea cups...

MaoTheChimp

http://item.ebay.com/290428376868#ht_629wt_1083

this is for real. got a email from xfx about it

firedrakes

You do know it's all marketing being done by XFX, they e-mailed their customer's saying that it was stolen. I suggest not even looking at the auction and giving in to to their marketing ploy.

You do know it's all marketing being done by XFX, they e-mailed their customer's saying that it was stolen. I suggest not even looking at the auction and giving in to to their marketing ploy.

kilerchese

I got the email the other day about the "stolen 5970 black edition" that was "missing." It seemed to me that it was a marketing ploy to generate interest. However, it is possible that it really was stolen and put on Ebay.. and that XFX themselves have driven the bid up to 1 million dollars so nobody can buy it. I tend to think that it's marketing.. but you never know.

I got the email the other day about the "stolen 5970 black edition" that was "missing." It seemed to me that it was a marketing ploy to generate interest. However, it is possible that it really was stolen and put on Ebay.. and that XFX themselves have driven the bid up to 1 million dollars so nobody can buy it. I tend to think that it's marketing.. but you never know.hartsickdiscipl

It's marketing, it even said in the e-mail something about Gamertainment according to people of the Extreme Overclocking Forums. If it was stolen all they would have to do is contact EBay. EBay would remove the listing and ban the user for selling stolen merchandise.

And I quote

This is an XFX Gamertainment Campaign. Please refer here for more information.

[QUOTE="kilerchese"]

You do know it's all marketing being done by XFX, they e-mailed their customer's saying that it was stolen. I suggest not even looking at the auction and giving in to to their marketing ploy.

I got the email the other day about the "stolen 5970 black edition" that was "missing." It seemed to me that it was a marketing ploy to generate interest. However, it is possible that it really was stolen and put on Ebay.. and that XFX themselves have driven the bid up to 1 million dollars so nobody can buy it. I tend to think that it's marketing.. but you never know.

More than likely, this is it. 1) No millionaire is dumb enough to bid that much for a graphics card. He/she would be too intelligent for that.. that's why he/she is a millionaire in the first place. 2) Even if you had money like that to throw around.. it wouldn't be on a graphics card.. when you can have stadium full of alienware computers for that much money.. 3) I find it even more hilarious how some people actually thought this was true. 4) It could have been a marketing ploy or.. 5) Someone did steal it and it was being covered up by overbidding until no person with their right mind could buy it.Elian2530

And I repeat as well as say this, read all posts before replying.

It's marketing, it even said in the e-mail something about Gamertainment according to people of the Extreme Overclocking Forums. If it was stolen all they would have to do is contact EBay. EBay would remove the listing and ban the user for selling stolen merchandise.

And I quote

This is an XFX Gamertainment Campaign. Please refer here for more information.

this is obviously advertisement. goes without saying. I think it's a bit stupid that they use a authentic auctioning site to mess around with marketing.

As if anyone would be bidding anything more than MSRP on that card when sapphire is about to come out with their 5970 toxic version.

Not the smartest piece of marketing ever created, this one ebay listing is hardly going to attract a massive amount of attention and yet it's already going to cost whoever listed it at least $10,000 in fees.

Not the smartest piece of marketing ever created, this one ebay listing is hardly going to attract a massive amount of attention and yet it's already going to cost whoever listed it at least $10,000 in fees.

Lukozer

Why would it cost them $10,000 in fees? They don't have to pay anything other than the original cost to put up the auction as long as no one actually buys the thing. And if someone does actually buy it then they've still got a million dollars to pay the $10k with.

The FVF fee's are a percentage of the final amount it sells for, and even if it that amount was the smallest it could possibly be on ebay, 1%, that will be $10,000. As it is, the FVF fee's are never just 1% of the final amount. These fees are obligatory, whether the "buyer" pays or not, they are calculated the moment the auction ends if it has received any bids... this auction has had at least 44 of them. The current high bidder has a rating of 0 and placed his current bid less than a day after the auction was listed, which is suspicious enough but when that initial bid was at least $1,100,000 it makes it even more suspicous, but whatever the outcome, the resulting fees will need to be paid. If this auction is genuine, which is highly unlikely, then the current high bidder is almost certainly a time waster and there is nothing to stop him using an easily exploitableloophole in ebay to not have to pay, yet still leave the seller with $10,000+ in fees to pay.

The FVF fee's are a percentage of the final amount it sells for, and even if it that amount was the smallest it could possibly be on ebay, 1%, that will be $10,000. As it is, the FVF fee's are never just 1% of the final amount. These fees are obligatory, whether the "buyer" pays or not, they are calculated the moment the auction ends if it has received any bids... this auction has had at least 44 of them. The current high bidder has a rating of 0 and placed his current bid less than a day after the auction was listed, which is suspicious enough but when that initial bid was at least $1,100,000 it makes it even more suspicous, but whatever the outcome, the resulting fees will need to be paid. If this auction is genuine, which is highly unlikely, then the current high bidder is almost certainly a time waster and there is nothing to stop him using an easily exploitableloophole in ebay to not have to pay, yet still leave the seller with $10,000+ in fees to pay.

Lukozer

Going to repeat

NONE OF THAT MATTERS!

It's marketing, it even said in the e-mail something about Gamertainment according to people of the Extreme Overclocking Forums. If it was stolen all they would have to do is contact EBay. EBay would remove the listing and ban the user for selling stolen merchandise.

And I quote

This is an XFX Gamertainment Campaign. Please refer here for more information.

And if the whole thing is a setup byXFX's marketing then the only person who will report it is the one who outbids the current high bidder, which means bidding a minimum of $1.1 million. Not likely...

[QUOTE="kilerchese"]

You do know it's all marketing being done by XFX, they e-mailed their customer's saying that it was stolen. I suggest not even looking at the auction and giving in to to their marketing ploy.

hartsickdiscipl

I got the email the other day about the "stolen 5970 black edition" that was "missing." It seemed to me that it was a marketing ploy to generate interest. However, it is possible that it really was stolen and put on Ebay.. and that XFX themselves have driven the bid up to 1 million dollars so nobody can buy it. I tend to think that it's marketing.. but you never know.

Why don't you try to come up with some new material chese, your act is getting old. Of course it is a marketing ploy, duh, the point Lukozer is making is that XFX is going to pay at least 10k for their limited audience marketing. Which I'm sure Ebay has zero problem allowing them to use their website for.freesafety13

Don't you think XFX would have contacted EBay about this so that when someone reported the listing as stolen merchandise they wouldn't remove the listing?

XFX isn't going to have to pay anything.

Of course they contacted Ebay ahead of time and made an agreement with them that they would post this card on their site then "leak" that it was stolen to a select few to generate a little buzz. Why do you think the maximum bid is 1.1million? Thats the bid XFX put in place to match what the predetermined marketing fee was going to be to post it on Ebay knowing that nobody in their right mind would outbid 1.1 million and if they did, good for XFX and Ebay as a whole.freesafety13

XFX isn't going to pay any fees on this. If anything they already paid EBay and more than $10,000.

Just found this

Dear XFX Followers,

Thank you for participating in our latest XFX HD 5970 Black Edition Limited marketing campaign. Thanks to you, our Gamertainment Campaign was a huge success.

We received thousands of e-mails from fans giving us leads as to where to find our illusive product #68.

In return for your rabid participation one lucky winner chosen at random from our worldwide database of fans will receive one of these coveted XFX HD 5970 Black Edition Limited graphics cards. So, if this email has been sent to your email address, you are eligible and no further action is required.
SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

The winner will be announced on the XFX HD 5970 Black Edition Limited's official launch date on our XFX Girl Facebook page. Be sure to check there to see if you are the lucky winner!

The item listing of Product #68 eBay is a valid auction. The winning bid is a binding contract and the winner will be committed to purchasing the item. This particular card will be a fully warranted product from XFX. In addition, this highly collectible merchandise comes with the wooden crate featured in the videos and signed by the XFX girls and cast of the promotion.

Watch the official debut of XFX TV and the Gamertainment promo for the XFX HD 5970 Black Edition Limited and check back for more Gamertainment releases coming soon.

Sincerely,
XFX

The FVF fee's are a percentage of the final amount it sells for, and even if it that amount was the smallest it could possibly be on ebay, 1%, that will be $10,000. As it is, the FVF fee's are never just 1% of the final amount. These fees are obligatory, whether the "buyer" pays or not, they are calculated the moment the auction ends if it has received any bids... this auction has had at least 44 of them. The current high bidder has a rating of 0 and placed his current bid less than a day after the auction was listed, which is suspicious enough but when that initial bid was at least $1,100,000 it makes it even more suspicous, but whatever the outcome, the resulting fees will need to be paid. If this auction is genuine, which is highly unlikely, then the current high bidder is almost certainly a time waster and there is nothing to stop him using an easily exploitableloophole in ebay to not have to pay, yet still leave the seller with $10,000+ in fees to pay.

Lukozer

Or the seller can just issue an unpaid item claim, wait several days, and then file for a final value fee credit.

If it were that easy to stick a seller with an unpaid auction and ridiculously high FVFs then we'd have trolls running all around eBay jacking up every auction they found to $10,000,000. Nobody would ever use the site.

LOL it's not 1 million dollars its 10 thousand dollars

learn to read bro

LOL it's not 1 million dollars its 10 thousand dollars

learn to read bro

dylanzzz

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=290428376868

LOL, some d***n guy with 0% feedback rasied the bid from $1600 to $9999

lol and you see everyone who bid as .****. = XFX crew but it was actally fun to see someting 1 million $ on ebay but in the end they will cancel teh offer or make it buyable for 850$ who know but it was the best Prank xfx ever didmarcthpro

Whenever an auction's bids go above a certain amount the names of all bidders get hidden as a form of privacy.