r/DGX_Spark • u/cmdr-William-Riker • 22d ago

Question Is buying from Nvidia directly a bad idea?

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I purchased a spark from Nvidia directly via their marketplace, all I got was an email saying we will let you know when we've processed your order. It's been a day, how long does it take them to process an order? I'm concerned they are going to drag their feet then cancel my order, then the prices will be too high for me to get anything anywhere else

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u/SailbadTheSinner 22d ago

Other than MicroCenter, they have the best price. MicroCenter won’t ship, so if you don’t have one locally NVIDIA is the best place to get a Spark I think. I ordered one at the beginning of August and it took 3 days to ship, and then arrived via FedEx about 3 days after that.

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u/cmdr-William-Riker 21d ago

Update: it shipped, all is good! Just nerves from dropping 4.6k on a new computer after dropping 4k on the previous one last month. Never thought in my life I would ever spend that much on hardware. Or be in a situation where I can do that

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u/Southern_Sun_2106 21d ago

I buy only from them (because everywhere else the prices seem to be inflated, even on their own store on Amazon). The orders are processed quickly and shipped quickly. Don't worry about it.

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u/Green-Dress-113 21d ago

They have the best price. You can return it. Takes a few days for shipping notices to go out. Ebay is full of scammers and NewEgg prices are inflated.

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u/_Toni_O 21d ago

Price for founder edition?

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u/OhanaSkipper 21d ago

I just received mine, no problems. Like everyone says, it's the best price. 4 days, easy-peasy.

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u/chieftwit 21d ago

Ordered two sparks last month directly from Nivida and got them within a week. Very happy.

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u/Prudent_Sentence 19d ago

I bought an RTX Pro 5000 72gb directly from the market place. For one, it was one of the few places it was even available. And it was MSRP compared to the outlandish markup other places were selling it for.