XFX 5970 Black Edition STOLEN

[Rudster816]

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w...rdStolen-1.png



Just received that in my Email inbox.

UPDATE:

Not sure what to make of this Ebay listing. The picture looks 100% Legit

http://cgi.ebay.com/XFX-HD-5970-Blac...item1c11ec7754.

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w...FXCardEbay.png

[nsegative]

How the hell?

[systemviper]

what bull

geee, what a good reason to email the world and say it's not spam FAIL

[krogen]

what bull

geee, what a good reason to email the world and say it's not spam FAIL

Totally agree.

[MrMojoZ]

what bull

geee, what a good reason to email the world and say it's not spam FAIL

Uh, if you were already on the mailing list you'd be getting product news anyway. You really took the time to get mad over this? Impressive.

[krogen]

Uh, if you were already on the mailing list you'd be getting product news anyway. You really took the time to get mad over this? Impressive.

And why did this email end up on this forum?

Seems like a great advertising technique to me.

[squishee]

And why did this email end up on this forum?

Seems like a great advertising technique to me.

if thats what you think then its working as people are talking about it..

[MrMojoZ]

And why did this email end up on this forum?

Seems like a great advertising technique to me.

Oh so the OP is a paid plant because he posted about a product WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT. XFX is very cunning. I'm glad the conspiracy has been brought to light. How dare a company fake a robbery so that it could send e-mail to the people on its mailing list THEN make fake posts about it on a site that had already discussed the product.

[Rudster816]

No idea why a new post came up

[JAG87]

persecution by law huh.

like when the mob comes at you with clubs and torches kind of persecution?

[vitchilo]

Who cares.. XFX are little girls screaming for their lollipop.

[Splave]

Who cares.. XFX are little girls screaming for their lollipop.

wtf? what if I came in your house and stole your computer then sold it online. Would you be the little girl?

[WhiteFireDragon]

funny how that ebay user has a rating of zero and has been a member of ebay for 2 days.

btw, at the bottom of the pic, what does it say "This is an XFX Gamertainment Campaign. Please refer here for more information". it's like this was purposely done. anyone else see this?

[krogen]

Oh so the OP is a paid plant because he posted about a product WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT. XFX is very cunning. I'm glad the conspiracy has been brought to light. How dare a company fake a robbery so that it could send e-mail to the people on its mailing list THEN make fake posts about it on a site that had already discussed the product.

And now you are taking it out of proportion. I never said OP is a plant, and I'm not making a conspiracy out of it.

We knew about the product, but why not hype it up even more? A good advertising strategy, if you ask me.

[mrcape]

Imagine being in this type of product marketing these days? The power of the forums and internet communication pretty much shred the effectiveness of the old ways of marketing to enthusiasts. It's very awesome because the products that are good actually rise to the top from the unbiased reviews in public forums. In this age performance dictates the winners, not ad campaigns. I'm not surprised if they are frustrated enough to be trying tactics like this.

I kinda wish all these front end brands would retire or merge. It's like 10 of the same cards with 10 different logos. Same is true with all of these consumer products basically.

[MrMojoZ]

And now you are taking it out of proportion. I never said OP is a plant, and I'm not making a conspiracy out of it.

We knew about the product, but why not hype it up even more? A good advertising strategy, if you ask me.

You agreeded with the guy complaining that XFX sent "spam" to people on its mailing list. My point is: Why on earth would someone complain that a company is sending e-mails to a mailing list that users signed up for?

If you agree that this is a good marketing strategy, why do you "totally agree" with the guy who said it was "FAIL". Maybe you see my confusion?

[Splave]

Imagine being in this type of product marketing these days? The power of the forums and internet communication pretty much shred the effectiveness of the old ways of marketing to enthusiasts. It's very awesome because the products that are good actually rise to the top from the unbiased reviews in public forums.

let me stop you right there

Marketing folks know this, take msi and gigabyte with the latest 5870s get the big guns blazing 1500mhz core and everyone will jump aboard. Then most retails fail.

[metalop1g]

This is sensasionalist marketing. I would never post such a PR MOVE in news, it's merely a wampateers subject

[Russian]

And why did this email end up on this forum?

Seems like a great advertising technique to me.

Exactly.

[annihilat0r]

Wow stolen so what, not like we don't know how a 5970 looks and performs like

[mrcape]

let me stop you right there

Marketing folks know this, take msi and gigabyte with the latest 5870s get the big guns blazing 1500mhz core and everyone will jump aboard. Then most retails fail.

Sure, but all of the big brands do the some kind of OC or custom versions, voltage control software, free game attached, yada yada. People base their opinion of the product on the benchmarks that come out for the reference models the day the NDA is lifted. And in the big picture how many OC versions do you think get sold vs. standard 5870?

[squishee]

seems someone found out about the ebay link its now been removed

[ghost_recon88]

seems someone found out about the ebay link its now been removed

Still live here

[squishee]

Still live here

click his links
This listing (76161081710) has been removed, or this item is not available.
nm i see its an ebay glitch...

[Caparroz]

I can't believe you guys are so gullible...

This is all part of a viral mkt campaign. A pretty good one and after seeing this thread, very effective.

Edit: link to the viral films:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dWziA_u5OU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJtgg...watch_response