Alternatives to NewEgg

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Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by Fuquan » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:40 am

They're great but they charge tax in my state now. And I need to build a new PC solely for recording.
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by wing » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:49 am

browse www.pricewatch.com
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by Fuquan » Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:28 am

Yeah, but I'm not sure if the companies that come up are as trustworthy as newegg. They used to have a ratings system didn't they?
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by antilog » Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:44 am

Dude I would still use Newegg even if I had to pay tax. To me, it is worth the no hassle return policy and lightning fast shipping.
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by wing » Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:28 pm

i don't know much about pricewatch anymore...

do you have a fry's near you? they are an awesome computer store.

whatever you do, don't go near tiger direct... they screwed me over bad.
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by antilog » Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:31 pm

wing wrote:i don't know much about pricewatch anymore...

do you have a fry's near you? they are an awesome computer store.

whatever you do, don't go near tiger direct... they screwed me over bad.
there was a guy at work who wrestled with them all the time. when the catalog came, sure enough he was looking to buy junk in it. tape robots and crap, then be on the phone with tiger direct and the manufacturer for hours trying to get the stuff to work.

i think he was masochistic
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by cities » Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:56 pm

sound wrote:Dude I would still use Newegg even if I had to pay tax. To me, it is worth the no hassle return policy and lightning fast shipping.
agreed. i live in SF and just eat the sales tax b/c dealing with newegg is so much easier than most online vendors.

there are some other good ones though, and this site can help you sort the wheat from the chaff (to some extent, anyway):

http://resellerratings.com/
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by mikedaul » Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:45 am

The website isn't as easy to navigate, but zipzoomfly.com (formerly googlegear) is now my vendor of choice.

CDW seems to have some damn good prices lately too...
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Re: Alternatives to NewEgg

Post by lateshift » Wed Jul 28, 2004 4:14 am

I second the thumbs up for zipzoomfly.com. Just finished my new box and picked it all up from them. Fast free shipping and low prices, it all good.

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