[monkey]

Well the least price I see on newegg.com for HD3850 is $169.99 + $5.84 (shipping) i.e. $ 175.83 (approx. INR 7,120/-). If you are taking mail-in-rebate in newegg pricing then you are making a mistake. Ask people how many of them have actually got the rebate. It is more of a marketing stunt which is hardly realised in practice. My cousin had bought a laptop and applied for the rebate. Its been 1 year now and not a news about the rebate. I too had bought a vga card -through my US cousin - (look for PNY in my signature) which was providing $19.99 rebate. Its now 8 months and again not a sign of rebate. Its the same story with many (but not all) of them. Its a chance you take. And as for warranty issue - my personal experience is that local warranty is always better. Just search the forums and you might see how many members had trouble with their VGA cards. They were lucky to have local support. But if your imported card gets into trouble then even this cheap price of $140 might cost you a lot. I took chance with my PNY card as I have a spare card with me as a back-up.

If you plan to buy from theitwares.com then please first get the final price after shipping and taxes. Also do ask for the bill as some members in this forum have reported that theitwares.com does not offer bill by default. Just make sure the bill is genuine with serial no. of the card clearly marked and taxes (alongwith the seller's TIN/CST no.) mentioned on the bill.

All the best..