Steal on hard drives!

[UNCcrombie]

orders are being cancelled as i type. the price will be fixed within an hour. i just got off the phone with jake (ubid represenative)

[Got3n]

grrr give it up, i spent 30 min on the phone with the supervisors manger, and that beeech wouldnt give them to me.

[tomwarren Veteran]

Unless your account has had money taken from these guys then you won't achieve anything. Things work differently on the internet to how they do in retail stores. It's all about a legally binding agreement and an order isn't seen as an agreement until the other end ships it or takes money etc. At the end of the day everyone knows that the HDs shouldn't be sold at that price so you shouldn't expect to get them at the price either. If you think you deserve a HD that you fully well know is an incorrect price then you're no better than a shop lifter.

[abysal]

LOL! Shifty! I like your hardware specs.... :laugh:

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-=[sHIFTY]=-

AMD Athlon XP 2500+

768MB PC2700 RAM @ CL2

Epox 8RDA+ 400Mhz Ultra Edition NForce 2

20GB, 40GB WD 7200RPM HDD's

80GB Samsung 7200 RPM HDD

18GB Quantum 7200 RPM HDD (circa 1999)

*160GB WDJB 7200RPM HDD from

Neowin HardDrive Bargain Sale!! <--------- HAHAHAHAHAHA

Pioneer 16x Slot DVD

TDK 16/32/16 CDRW

Ati Radeon 9700Pro

[Evil Dragon]

Yeah... I'm just gonna edit this here post.... I said it better in the next one... ;)

Edited January 19, 2004 by Evil Dragon

[GSDragoon]

I think we need to give this a rest. Just have to wait and see what happens.

[best_uv_d_best]

quote removed per request by author. ;)

omg... dude, chill... so what. we won't get the drives. *stands back*

Edited January 19, 2004 by best_uv_d_best

[tomwarren Veteran]

What are you trying to do? Ruin it for everybody? Okay, in all liklihood they would have all been cancelled anyways, but did you really have to call them up and make sure to kill everyone's hope? What happened, did you miss your chance to order and feel that if you can't get it no one else should? God... :angry:

heh you make yourself sound really stupid (no offence). You have no right to get these drives at the prices displayed so don't get angry about it lol.

[LittleMe]

I have the charge for the drives pending on my account, it's not a hold but an actualy charge pending. *fingers-crossed*

[Evil Dragon]

heh you make yourself sound really stupid (no offence). You have no right to get these drives at the prices displayed so don't get angry about it lol.

Yeah, that was kinda over the top... I did mention that I realized they would all be cancelled anyways... That's not what I'm angry about. It's the fact that he called them up personally to make sure that they were cancelled. That's just.... Evil! :devil:

[best_uv_d_best]

hmm that's interesting...

[tomwarren Veteran]

I have the charge for the drives pending on my account, it's not a hold but an actualy charge pending. *fingers-crossed*

Ohh you might be lucky. I wonder if (legally) they could refund you instantly without shipping the product etc and get away with it. That'll be interesting.

[Evil Dragon]

Oh, which reminds me - reading that post does make me feel like a jackass... Um, if both of you who quoted it could just, ummm, take care of that, I would be really grateful. :blush:

[Edit] Oh my god... My CC just got charged for both purchases I made... This actually makes me feel uncomfortable... I kinda made that second one with the assumption that at least one of them would be cancelled.

Edited January 19, 2004 by Evil Dragon

[punchdrunk28]

my card has been charged, too.

like i said earlier, worst case, i don't get the drive, in which case i'd be no worse off.

[best_uv_d_best]

removed per your request.

and yes that's what im wondering... im going to check my bank account and see... hmmm...

[Frank]

I have the charge for the drives pending on my account, it's not a hold but an actualy charge pending. *fingers-crossed*

This is just the "Authorization" for the charge. Depending on when uBid cancels the order, and how long it takes your bank to credit it back to your account. Did you use a "Debit" card?

[best_uv_d_best]

[Edit] Oh my god... My CC just got charged for both purchases I made... This actually makes me fell uncomfortable... I kinda made that second one with the assumption that at least one of them would be cancelled.

BWWUUUAAAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's the second time i've seen thsi today.

In the end you're right... they all will more than likely be cancelled. But on the chance that somebody DOES get one/them, let us know... it'll be interesting to see what the TOTAL outcome of this is.

[LittleMe]

This is just the "Authorization" for the charge. Depending on when uBid cancels the order, and how long it takes your bank to credit it back to your account. Did you use a "Debit" card?

It's a debit card, but whenever they do the authorization check, i show a pending charge for 1.00 then just before it goes thru, the charge for the actual price shows up. I now show both the auth check and the actual charge.

[dreamz Veteran]

mine was charged too, and i'm using a debit card. it's probably just the holding fee since it's not actually listed yet (just under today's transactions).

[Evil Dragon]

BWWUUUAAAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's the second time i've seen thsi today.

In the end you're right... they all will more than likely be cancelled. But on the chance that somebody DOES get one/them, let us know... it'll be interesting to see what the TOTAL outcome of this is.

Why are you laughing at my misfortune? :cry:

Haha... Just kidding... Seriously, though... If I do get them it's not like I'm losing money - I could sell them on ebay. :shifty:

[best_uv_d_best]

Why are you laughing at my misfortune? :cry:

Haha... Just kidding... Seriously, though... If I do get them it's not like I'm losing money - I could sell them on ebay. :shifty:

well taht's what i was thinking but wanted to give you the chance to come to that conclusion.

even if they only went for half of what the drive retails for you're STILL making money.

[dougkinzinger]

Mine=still in process!!

[Samoa]

did anyone mention they are ATA-100? I will definately pass. I have a Maxtor 120gig ATA-133, so no thanks on a larger drive with less performance.

[matt74441]

Holy responses Batman.

[GTX]

There was an instance before where I could buy 19-inch plasma flat-screens for $3 US when the original price was $1,899 US. But, they had in their policy that they are allowed to cancle a sale due to a technical error :(