Headlines - XFX sympathises with GTX 200 series early adopters

[HEXUS]

Did you splash out on a GeForce GTX 280 or 260 prior to NVIDIA's price cuts? XFX is feeling your pain and offering a very generous cash-back incentive.

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[kalniel]

EVGA are doing the same I think.

[grimpy]

BFG are doing the same and as with the others its only available to the US & Canada.

So we in Europe who already pay more for our hardware get shafted once again.

[CK_1985]

Very encouraging to see manufacturers siding with the consumer on this one - must be pretty embarassing for nVidia though...

Lets hope this signals the beginning of the end for ludicrous launch day prices!

Yeah right....

[ezri]

They are only doing it as American's started to sue the companies, so seemingly it's not out of the good of the company's heart.

[duodecim]

They are only doing it as American's started to sue the companies, so seemingly it's not out of the good of the company's heart.

True words. Companies don't have a heart.

I'm not sure why people need to be repaid. If you buy something as an early adopter, you can't really complain – well OK, complain yes, but not demand anything – when the market pushes the prices lower afterwards.

If anything, this shows how important it is that there's competition.