Hey Everyone,
I ordered a new 5060 from Amazon last week for $229 delivered with a $50 rebate.
Then I found Buy.com's one-day Cnet sale of new 5040's with an extra $20 rebate in addition to the $50 rebate. With $10 coupon the as-delivered price (with sales tax) was $202. Making the final price after the two rebates $132!
Since I plan on upgrading the hard drive, it made sense to go with the 5040 and cheaper price. I could not justify the extra $47 for the additional 20-40 gigs of harddrive.
Well, I went to cancel the Amazon 5060 and was informed it had already shipped! (This with choosing the free but super-slow shipping, which really wasn't.)
The Buy.com 5040 arrived today. UPS tracking says the Amazon 5060 is arriving tomorrow. Amazon said to just refuse shipment. But I wonder if I should just accept it and hold on to it.
Is it worth holding on to for selling later? Or should I just let it go back? Amazon no longer sells them. They're pushing the 5500's now. Is the commercial advance thing really worthwhile? I have two Showstopper 2000's upgraded to 120 hours apiece, and always use the 30 second skip. Is this what the 5000's do?
Okay, I've said enough. Thoughts? Attacks? Admonishments? Offers?
Cheers!
Nobbie
I ordered a new 5060 from Amazon last week for $229 delivered with a $50 rebate.
Then I found Buy.com's one-day Cnet sale of new 5040's with an extra $20 rebate in addition to the $50 rebate. With $10 coupon the as-delivered price (with sales tax) was $202. Making the final price after the two rebates $132!
Since I plan on upgrading the hard drive, it made sense to go with the 5040 and cheaper price. I could not justify the extra $47 for the additional 20-40 gigs of harddrive.
Well, I went to cancel the Amazon 5060 and was informed it had already shipped! (This with choosing the free but super-slow shipping, which really wasn't.)
The Buy.com 5040 arrived today. UPS tracking says the Amazon 5060 is arriving tomorrow. Amazon said to just refuse shipment. But I wonder if I should just accept it and hold on to it.
Is it worth holding on to for selling later? Or should I just let it go back? Amazon no longer sells them. They're pushing the 5500's now. Is the commercial advance thing really worthwhile? I have two Showstopper 2000's upgraded to 120 hours apiece, and always use the 30 second skip. Is this what the 5000's do?
Okay, I've said enough. Thoughts? Attacks? Admonishments? Offers?
Cheers!
Nobbie