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Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Ripsnort on January 25, 2002, 09:15:52 AM: Their website links to a yahoo shopping cart, in which its not available at this time...any other ideas where I can pick one up?
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Eagler on January 25, 2002, 09:46:00 AM: Best Buy has them on the shelves here for $80

or online:
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11084608&m=488&cat=544&scat=545

be sure to get the replacement policy for $10 more, BB gave me the difference back from my X36 when I picked up the X45 so they gave me $30+ to take the X45 :)

Check with JimBear, he was ready to sell his last night in CA :)
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Ripsnort on January 25, 2002, 09:55:15 AM: "Not available at this time" on that link Eagler, they must be selling fast. Time for them to double that production line!
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Kratzer on January 25, 2002, 10:58:49 AM: Go to your local Comp USA - they had them the other day.

The stick feels very different from an X36... has that huge-ass spring on it like a Cyborg 3d... if you haven't, go get hands-on with one before you buy one.
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Vermillion on January 25, 2002, 12:21:57 PM: Rip, a buddy of mine that I work with has been looking since the week before Christmas. Every online site he has looked is sold out, and we've been to St. Louis, Atlanta, and Raleigh/Durham in that period as well for work, and every brick and mortar store we looked was sold out as well.

If you find any, let me know plz.
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Vector on January 25, 2002, 12:27:06 PM: I'm getting desperate too. Waiting and waiting for my X45 to come, but the shop from where I ordered it, seems to move their "coming to stock" week more and more ahead, doh!
If you have trouble to find it from states and finland is the last place on universe to have them, then I'm totally lost! Soon I have to start looking other sticks :(
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Ripsnort on January 25, 2002, 12:30:51 PM: Thks for replies, we'll start looking this weekend at Comp USA, Best buy near our place.
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: airspro on January 25, 2002, 12:57:23 PM: Rip I get mine from CompUSA , because they have a 10 buck return store warr.

My x 36 just went tits up :( , going to Lasning tomorrow , lets hope they have one .

Don't try and play WW2Fighters :( think that game hosed the stick insides ???????????????????????? Must be it worked fine till I tried it out .

IMO never buy any Saitek stick without the one year store warr. it's worth it to get a brand new stick for 10 bucks .
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: dave roberts on February 12, 2002, 02:48:06 PM: I THINK I HAVE FOUND ONE!
i ordered one from Outpost.com today and they say it is in stock and will ship in 1 business day. (the standard $79.99 price tag)
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Fishu on February 14, 2002, 03:34:50 AM: Looks like im not the only one finding or waiting Saitek X45 ;)

Only found it from two stores in Finland.

Another one didn't have it until this week.. thats where from I ordered it (cheaper and another store has bad reputation :))
an hour ago they called me and told they've got few and will send to me if my order is still in effect :)

yay.. I expect it to come tomorrow :D
hard to find those sticks..
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Eagler on February 14, 2002, 07:55:13 AM: X45 profile (http://www.pogbird.com/ACESHIGH_X45.zip)

to help you get started. This profile is set for external peds but can easily be changed back to rudder on throttle

as someone else pointed out in another X45 thread, grab some powdered graphite to eliminate the sticking when making small stick moves

have fun
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: LePaul on February 14, 2002, 12:03:39 PM: Rip...

Call the local Best Buy or Circuit City before going there

The website indicated they had some at my local Best Buy. Quantity one equaled the on on display. No thanks.

According to the BestBuy employee I talked to, the sticks are selling fast and they are drop shipping them from stores with inventory to satisfy online orders.

They offered me 10% off the display model, but as he was offering me this, I watched all sorts of *colorful poor white trash* slam the stick around, drop it on the floor, etc etc. Nah, I'll hold out for a factory-new/sealed unit

The Cougars sound great....don't know if I really want to spend that much. But, TM has a good name for being rugged.
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Fishu on February 15, 2002, 01:07:29 PM: yay.. got mine :)

only things i dont like in comparison to CH F16 combatstick, is that whatever slip button for lil' finger and stiffer stick with less movement radius.
Once used to easily yank stick in wide radius, it's very odd...
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Eagler on February 15, 2002, 04:00:46 PM: pop the pinkie grip out with screwdriver
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: WarChild on February 15, 2002, 08:39:43 PM: wait for the TM COugar Hotas boss

i am
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Terror on February 15, 2002, 11:50:31 PM: Yeah wait for the Cougar for 4x the price...uuugghh

Terror
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Fishu on February 16, 2002, 12:40:34 AM: No thanks.. I'll rather buy video card with the money needed for cougar ;)
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: Eagler on February 17, 2002, 10:54:22 AM: Computer City has the X45 combo in the paper this morning with a $10 rebate so cost is $69.95 - dunno if they have any on the shelf, as the local Best Buy has be out for over a month
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: CavemanJ on February 17, 2002, 11:21:49 AM: almost picked up the set at CompUSA in Warwick yesterday when I to pick up my router after all the commotion about'em here.

what's the deal with these things anyway
Title: Where can I find the Saitek X45?
Post by: maddog1 on February 18, 2002, 09:42:06 AM: Fry's San Jose had a million of them on Sat.... well maybe 8....
MD