Wow, this would make a record… I am updating my blog twice in the same day! 🙂

I had the awesomest thing happen. I ordered a PNY Geforce 6800 GT from Provantage.com for $339, which as you can tell is considerably cheaper than the $399 retail price. So I decided I’d put in an order for it.

The next morning, I got an email from Provantage saying that “an unexpected cost increase has occurred,” and that my video card, if I decided to keep my order, would cost me $448.20. Well, crap.

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Fast forward to last Wednesday, when I get another email from them. They now say that the price increase was due to PNY raising the price on their cards. Consequently, “[as] the result of a series of spirited negotiations between PROVANTAGE and PNY,” they were now offering to sell me the same card for the original $339 price.

The only catch is I have to wait until August 20 for my order to ship 🙁