I've done it but I picked it up in store. Your assumption is probably correct since when I went to pick it up in store it came in two boxes. One with empty components and one with the PC.
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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 8: Don't Move Here For The Deals
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I've done it but I picked it up in store. Your assumption is probably correct since when I went to pick it up in store it came in two boxes. One with empty components and one with the PC.
Video card might have been shipped separately. You don't want it shipped inside the pc. Too risky.
Thanks!
Hope not, I don't trust myself to mess around with PC components -_-
shadow2810
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Why though?
chrominance
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I personally don't like it because you're creating extra work for one retailer because of another retailer's fuck up. Best Buy gets dinged because you're buying a game from them that you don't intend to keep. You get dinged because you have to make a bunch of trips to a Best Buy location that you didn't have to if the game just came on time. The only party that gets off scot-free is Amazon.ca, and that's the company that screwed you in the first place.
I've done the thing where I give Amazon my business because the $20 off or whatever was more important than getting it day one. I've also done the thing where I cancelled an Amazon order because I wanted the game sooner. I think both options are more consistent with the principle of "give the company that isn't screwing me my money" than the whole buy/return thing.
It's really easy to install.
It's an heavy component and it's only being held by one side of the motherboard. An unlucky bump could bent the connectors or something. Anyway, just speculating.
Graphics cards tend to be very heavy and large and can wobble, bend and break very easily because they arent being supported by anything other than themselves during shipping. They basically have a small piece of pcb board attached to the motherboard with a ton of weight on them that can snap easily
shadow2810
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I left my card inside the case when I moved, twice lol. Luckily nothing happened.
N° 2048
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It takes me 5 minutes to processes a refund at my shop. It's part of my job.
Those guys have money to burn with their bullshit practices already.
Modern video cards are large and heavy. Apparently they've had issues with them breaking the slots if shipped installed.
I ordered a PC from NCIX this past January and had them assemble it. One box was the case + everything installed inside except for the video card. The other box was the video card and the packaging for your power supply, motherboard, CPU, etc.
Yeah I'm against doing that for the same reason. It just feels very wrong.
Plugging the gpu is easy. Don't worry about it.
haha, yup. Amazon loves to do this. This is my tv mount and the box it came in.Amazon just delivered my FFXV guide / Deluxe edition. Not sure if I should be impressed or...
Go home Amazon, you're drunk, lol
haha, yup. Amazon loves to do this. This is my tv mount and the box it came in.
Hahaha, weird. I swear they ran out of boxes and were just like, meh, this is fine, lol
Thanks, fingers crossed.
NCIX usually has the video card installed already. They use zapties on cables and such to hold 'em in place a bit. The second box is your component boxes.
Lone_Prodigy
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When NCIX shipped me my PC it came in one big box with the component boxes (including the case box with the case and everything installed) inside.
I think Amazon is better than Best Buy in the packaging department. Best Buy uses bubble mailers for everything, even handheld consoles and games in cardboard boxes.
I think Amazon is better than Best Buy in the packaging department. Best Buy uses bubble mailers for everything, even handheld consoles and games in cardboard boxes.
opticalmace
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Anyone ever been shipped a product from Best Buy with only a $0.00 charge on your credit card? The Best Buy order history says it was charged, but my CC only has a pending $0 charge on it... was delivered today.
ReddishGUI
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It's your gateway to a free game...
Must be April fools
The Elite
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Keep it secret. Keep it safe. Edit: Sounds like they expect you to send one back.
I am just going to let them sort out their own shipping mess.
Also, they should already have the power cables plugged into your power supply. So you probably will see two loose connectors inside your case when you open it. Those will be for your video card. You'll snap the card into its slot, screw it to the case, and plug those power connectors into your card. I've found that NCIX makes it REALLY easy when you pay for their assembly.
Lone_Prodigy
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They'll charge you later.
The Elite
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Return it. It's the right thing to do. Especially if they are expecting it. Don't pay for the return though. Make sure it's on them.
No, the right thing is to not let corporations make me fix their own mistakes.
What's legal is not always what's right.
ReddishGUI
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N° 2048
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Just return it. Do you really need a free extra copy of a game? Is it worth the risk?
No
TechJunk
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Amazon would never go through the legal process of having you charged with fraud. They will charge you for the extra copy though.
Is it really that hard to just paste the shipping thing they sent you and drop it off at the mailbox at some point in the next few weeks? Damn you're spending more effort sitting here and typing about it than you would just taking care of it
What happened exactly? The first one was lost or something but ended up making it to your place and they sent you a second one before you received the first one?
They won't charge you with fraud, they'll just charge you the extra copy most likely if you don't return it.
opticalmace
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OK, I hope they do it soon. I want to make sure that they applied the discount correctly (while I'm within the return period in case they mess it up). Thanks.
There was a thread about this very thing a long time ago and everyone dogpiled on the OP for making excuses like this.
RIP in peace
Uhhhh...... why not just return it?
opticalmace
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The Elite
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How dare they send you two copies of a game.
How dare they send another copy to make sure the game got there instead of telling the customer to sit tight and wait. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯"Attempting to cancel"
2 hours later.
"Attempt to cancel failed"
Tomorrow
"Your order has shipped"
binarymelon
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My Zero Time Dilemma order says that but I never got it so who knows
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