That really sucks slug. That is crappy business practice right there.
I didn't respond to the email that they sent, since they already have my address. Should I?
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That really sucks slug. That is crappy business practice right there.
I didn't respond to the email that they sent, since they already have my address. Should I?
Perhaps some emails to the Inquirer, The Register, DailyTech, Bit-Tech, etc would be enough to wake them up about this crap... it's BS...
Hi,
Just to let everyone know, I complained about this to the UK Institute of Sales Promotion, these are the people that deal with any complaints regarding competition wins. They could not help me because they only deal with UK based competitions but they have kindly passed the complaint onto the french equivilant who are now looking into the situation as Ubisoft do have a right to ensure we get the correct value prize.
I will update if I hear anything else
I just recieved another email from Intel
We have applied for the Ci7 extreme edition since two weeks ago. We are also urges to get the new Ci7 for the winners. But it is said there are not sufficient extreme edition Ci7s in stock now. They need to be produced and it takes time.
If you do not want to wait for any longer and agree to keep the Ci7 920, we can send you a Motherboard and several Ubisoft other games for remedy (like HAWX, Assassin's Creed, GRAW2, Cretin Lapin-Rayman, Splinter cell). If you really want to wait for the Ci7 965, we will send you one as soon as we get them (I don’t how long it will take). What do you think?
I just received the same email. I hope I'm wrong but I get the distinct impression that they had no intention of giving out 965 Extreme processors, and they're only offering to send us a motherboard and games because we complained loudly enough. I'm going to ask for a DX58SO motherboard, and another 920 :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by laura85
Seriously though, it's kind of negligent to sponsor a contest and then not have the prizes put aside for it don't you think. Just my two cents.
Sucky news guys...... laura don't take that offer, after all settling is about a $700 loss, and no motherboard+games can make up that difference. I'd wait for it unless you really want to finish your build now....in that case, on the bright side at least you still got an awesome processor for free! and the motherboard too if they send it to you....
I'm still here, waiting for my copy of Far Cry 2 after what.....2-3 months now? ridiculous. And btw, yeah, I did respond to the email and gave Yinqui Wu (or whatever his name was) my personal info....
I received an email from Tom at Intel USA who mentioned he received the same email from Intel France. I replied and expressed my disappointment at how their French office has handled this whole affair. I really expected more from such a reputable company :down:
I have told him I would be happy being sent more 920s to make up the value but failing that would like to wait for the 965. They are possibly hoping we will settle for less but I'm not giving up just yet ;) good luck all
Yeah I still have not received my copy of Far Cry 2. Very shady actions from a reputable company.
I'm not taking an offer like that... I want the CPU I won fair and square.
It's just downright shady the way things are going... i'm pretty unhappy with how this has turned out so far... I'm hopeful it will get rectified, but at the moment i'm rather pessimistic about the affair.
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Originally Posted by slugbug
Wait a second; Is he saying they don't have enough Ci7 EE's for the 30 people that won them in the contest, or for all 1,530 people who had their names drawn in the contest? I can see not having 1k+, but 30? I smell some BS on that.
As for it taking so long to get the FC2 to those of us in the U.S., I can see it taking 6-8 weeks from the time it shipped, meaning that if they went out at the beginning of March, we in the U.S. may not have them until April or May. I know it sucks, but that's how international post is.
As for the handling of the situation, it seems to me that the contest was dreamed up and setup by the marketing department, and then at some point handed off to the/an intern from the marketing office (Yinqiu Wu)...
At this point, I'm not really sure how I should proceed; On the one hand, being the squeaky wheel may get me some grease (and some pretty sweet grease at that), but I don't think I'd feel right doing that, as to my knowledge I didn't 'win' said sweet grease..... Meh.
As for you all holding out for an EE, While it is what I'd do in your situation (given that I can score a 920 that will overclock better for 230 USD from a local retailer) don't be surprised if it takes another one to three months to get to you -- I was promised a product by a representative of a company at a convention once; the convention was in the beginning of November -- I didn't have the product in hand until the end of January the next year.
They said they were out of stock of core i7 965's. I smell BS too:bs:Quote:
Originally Posted by ablatman
Keep fighting guys! Don't give up and settle for less. Period.Quote:
Originally Posted by slugbug
The core i7 965 finally showed up today :)
:shocked::ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by slugbug
amazing
it only took them a bunch them months hey heheh
oh sweet, that s great to hear...Quote:
Originally Posted by slugbug
Yeah, as much as I really appreciate winning FC2, the excitement has really gone away. The other sad thing is Steam just had it for sale for $5 :(
My copy of FC2 showed up today, had totally forgotten about it.
:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deux
I got 2 copies, so I hope somebody doesn't get shorted!
Same here, second one showed up today :shrug:
ROFL maybe someone will get a second CPUQuote:
Originally Posted by Deux
hey slug check your mailbox :rofl:
Already got two: a 920 and a 965 :up:
So far I have yet to receive even my first copy from this...Quote:
Originally Posted by Deux
I'm not really sure how far this is worth taking, anyway...
Ok, I never responded to that email that they sent out, asking for your name, address, etc, since we had already given that to them to register. Did anyone else who did the same receive their copies?
From what I can tell they used the address I sent them in the email. I remember when I registered I said I lived in France... Then when they emailed I gave them my real address.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColonelCain