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Kremmit:
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From Tiger Direct, $99.00 less $100.00 rebate!

Tiger Direct Hype:


--- Quote ---This barebone includes a 9-bay ATX case, a 350 watt power supply and a genuine Soyo SY-P4I 845PE Socket 478 motherboard. It's a great value that can't be beat.

The SY-P4I 845PE V1.0 is an Intel Socket-478 P4 Based i845PE ATX motherboard that supports 533 MHz FSB, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, DDR333, Serial ATA, RAID, On-Board Audio, LAN, and USB 2.0.

Specifications

Processor
Supports Pentium 4 through 3.20GHz or Celeron up to 2.8GHz processors
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paigeoliver:
That isn't really a pc, it is a motherboard in a case.

jerryjanis:
Wow that's awesome!  I ordered one.  I have nice parts lying around to put into it, except a cpu and cpu cooling fan.  I figure I will sit on it for 6 months and buy the CPU when they're really cheap.  It should make a nice upgrade from my PIII 600.  Thanks for the tip!

MonitorGuru:
Warning:  Search Fatwallet.com, BensBargains.net and ResellerRatings.com for information regarding the tactics of both TigerDirect and Soyo.

You likely will NEVER receive your rebates.  Take a very close look at the rebates (at least one if not more than one have these terms every time they offer this system). It will have a period, say Jan - Dec 2004 for purchases. It will state that you must mail your rebate within 30 days of purchase, and the last post mark date is Jan 2005.  Then it continues on to state that processing of rebates will not *begin* until "the last post mark date" and processing your rebate will take 16 weeks.   That means that even if you bought and send in your rebate in July 2004, they won't start processing it until February 2005 and won't send your check until June 2005.

However, by then you'll have totally forgotten about the rebate and they actually won't send it.  If you check the sites out above you will find that there are numerous reports of fraud by Tiger Direct and Soyo and most people don't get their rebates and those that do have to do multiple calls to each company threatening BBB reporting and/or lawsuits to get a check written.  And multiply this by the total number of separate rebates you need to send in for these systems.. usually 3-5 rebate forms.

If you indeed got the rebate, it would be a great system, but not even the (psuedo-legitimate) heavy rebating places like OfficeMax/Staples, who WILL stand behind a contested rebate (eventually) can/have ever offered anything with this much of a discount.   Remember: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Edit: Just FYI, you can get a similar (or better) AMD motherboard for $27 shipped from NewEgg and a case/power supply for between $25 and $35 shipped from NewEgg as well. So ~ $50 will get you something of your choosing and no rebate he11.

Edit2: Correct spelling

pointdablame:
I wasn't going to bring up TigerDirect rebates AGAIN on this board, but now I will second MonitorGuru.

DON'T BUY FROM TIGERDIRECT!!!  Never, ever, ever.... just don't.... their rebates are a scam and a half, they routinely ship terribly, and they have been known to send the wrong items purposely and tell people the right product was sent.  They've also boxed up different models (say a crappy CRT) in a different box (say... high end sony box) and sell them refurb with no refunds.  You get a Sony box with a crap monitor.

Think I'm making stuff up? Go read up on it... they are nothing but trouble.  Just stick to NewEgg or ZipZoomFly.

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