Toms Hardware price links - full of crap?

[sudz28]

I see today at the bottom of the home page a "lowest price" listed for the AMD Athlon X2 3800+ as $119.99. But when you click on the link, the lowest price listed from any of the sellers is over $140! Are Tom's sponsers using a classic bait-and-switch scheme, and if so why is Toms Hardware allowing them to get away with it?

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

Provide the link.

Also, these are more than likely generating by an advertising company, not Tom's Hardware.

 

[Jake_Barnes]

Probably Price Grabber - notoriously "off".

 

[MarcusL]

Provide the link.

Also, these are more than likely generating by an advertising company, not Tom's Hardware.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor
LOWEST PRICE: $119.99
Top 5 Processors - Retail Box

Seller Price Tax & Shipping Availability Seller Rating

Merchant Info $170.16
(Enter Zip Code) In Stock
940 Reviews

Merchant Info $162.99 In Stock
20533 Reviews

Merchant Info $409.95 See Site
376 Reviews

Merchant Info $164.99 In Stock
821 Reviews

Merchant Info $409.95 See Site
376 Reviews

Merchant Info $154.00 In Stock
9605 Reviews

Merchant Info $181.24 In Stock
4084 Reviews

Merchant Info $154.00 In Stock
24841 Reviews

Merchant Info $154.00 In Stock
14104 Reviews
Click Here For All 45 Stores ($145.95 - $440.00)

Link on Tom's Hardware front page says lowest price is $119.99.. but then you follow the link and the page says lowest price in all 45 stores is $145.95. The linked page is "TG Stores" not some off site advert.


EDIT: Yep, at the bottom of the linked page is "provided by pricegrabber.com" Tom should get rid of this crap. It makes his site look bad since you see the "TG Stores" logo first and the bad pricing get's blamed on Tom.

 

[nategarst]

Provide the link.

Also, these are more than likely generating by an advertising company, not Tom's Hardware.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor
LOWEST PRICE: $119.99
Top 5 Processors - Retail Box

Seller Price Tax & Shipping Availability Seller Rating

Merchant Info $170.16
(Enter Zip Code) In Stock
940 Reviews

Merchant Info $162.99 In Stock
20533 Reviews

Merchant Info $409.95 See Site
376 Reviews

Merchant Info $164.99 In Stock
821 Reviews

Merchant Info $409.95 See Site
376 Reviews

Merchant Info $154.00 In Stock
9605 Reviews

Merchant Info $181.24 In Stock
4084 Reviews

Merchant Info $154.00 In Stock
24841 Reviews

Merchant Info $154.00 In Stock
14104 Reviews
Click Here For All 45 Stores ($145.95 - $440.00)

Link on Tom's Hardware front page says lowest price is $119.99.. but then you follow the link and the page says lowest price in all 45 stores is $145.95. The linked page is "TG Stores" not some off site advert.


EDIT: Yep, at the bottom of the linked page is "provided by pricegrabber.com" Tom should get rid of this crap. It makes his site look bad since you see the "TG Stores" logo first and the bad pricing get's blamed on Tom.

Funny thing is you can get this processor for the bargain price of $440.00 from serversupply.com. Where do I saign up???

 

[orionman]

WAY too much advertising on THG... IMO
:?

 

[loveamd]

WAY too much advertising on THG... IMO
:?

couldn't agree more!

 

[mpjesse]

couldn't agree more!

Then go find a way for THG to make money w/o advertising. If you can, I'm sure Omid would hire you in a heartbeat.

THIS IS A FREE SERVICE. GET OVER IT.

;-)

 

[zornundo]

You didn't click on the 'price' link to sort by price, did you? If you had, you would have seen that one retailer does have it for the $119.99 price.

http://stores.tomshardware.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=10479095/sort_type=price

:trophy:

Funny, it's out of stock :tongue:

 

[wurzel]

ok icome here fro tom hardware .co.uk all isee is yankee dollar prices which are about as much use a icepick on the titanicor a chocolate coffee cup