TD Celebrates Haswell Launch With Exclusive Discounts And $5 Shipping

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TigerDirect let us know that, not only is the company offering $5 shipping on all orders of $100 or more within the continental U.S., you can also sign up here to get coupons for exclusive launch day discounts shipped right to your inbox. :cool:
 
Not sure if haswell is epic after the mixed leak reviews, but its coming :)
 
Only down side for me is they are located in Florida, so I pay tax on everything. Amazon and Newegg are my best friends....


For the time being that is. Soon we will be paying sales tax on everything online at which time these Etailers will really have to be competitive.
 
Only down side for me is they are located in Florida, so I pay tax on everything. Amazon and Newegg are my best friends....


For the time being that is. Soon we will be paying sales tax on everything online at which time these Etailers will really have to be competitive.

TBH, I've been shopping a lot local lately. Just bought a H55 from TD yesterday after a BestBuy price match.
If they have these CPUs in-store launch day, I'll be all over one. I'll pay $10 more to have it same day, because like yesterday I needed the part right now.

Many people here pay Newegg next day shipping, which is an extra $15-25 in some cases. That cancels out the online benefit if the item is in-store locally.
Last year TD had the cheapest i5 3570K online launch day and I picked one up.
 
TBH, I've been shopping a lot local lately. Just bought a H55 from TD yesterday after a BestBuy price match.
If they have these CPUs in-store launch day, I'll be all over one. I'll pay $10 more to have it same day, because like yesterday I needed the part right now.

Many people here pay Newegg next day shipping, which is an extra $15-25 in some cases. That cancels out the online benefit if the item is in-store locally.
Last year TD had the cheapest i5 3570K online launch day and I picked one up.

I absolutely agree with you on the price vs availability. I do not have a TD near me to check in-store. The only stores around here are Office Depot (20mins away) and Best Buy (30 mins away). If I want something good, right away, I know its a 2 day wait with "Shoprunner" shipping. lol
 
Only down side for me is they are located in Florida, so I pay tax on everything. Amazon and Newegg are my best friends....


For the time being that is. Soon we will be paying sales tax on everything online at which time these Etailers will really have to be competitive.

It is the exact opposite for me. Amazon and newegg charge tax so TD is my choice as of now for some parts. Well basically anything over $100, 9% tax sucks especially on a $1000+ purchase. But you can't beat amazon primes shipping. Need to find a friend in a state without sales tax that will let me order stuff to his house then forward to my house.
 
TBH, I've been shopping a lot local lately. Just bought a H55 from TD yesterday after a BestBuy price match.
If they have these CPUs in-store launch day, I'll be all over one. I'll pay $10 more to have it same day, because like yesterday I needed the part right now.

Many people here pay Newegg next day shipping, which is an extra $15-25 in some cases. That cancels out the online benefit if the item is in-store locally.
Last year TD had the cheapest i5 3570K online launch day and I picked one up.

You're lucky, I don't have ANYTHING near where I live. I have to order online.
 
Will check TD vs MC vs Frys. Lucky to be in Dallas for the next few days.

Would like to update at least 2 4770ks barebones. 2500k/2600k are getting long in tooth as spare gaming rigs at the house...
 
wow.... i'm still on a q6600.

Which, lets be honest, depending on what you primarily use your computer for, is perfectly fine and capable.

Although, its not [H] unless you have it overclocked to 5ghz......
 
I absolutely agree with you on the price vs availability. I do not have a TD near me to check in-store. The only stores around here are Office Depot (20mins away) and Best Buy (30 mins away). If I want something good, right away, I know its a 2 day wait with "Shoprunner" shipping. lol

ShopRunner is great also. TD don't carry the really good stuff in store until months after it has been released.
Most of their high-end stuff stay online only. I told numerous managers to bring that stuff in store and give MC like discounts. That place would be packed with people.
You're lucky, I don't have ANYTHING near where I live. I have to order online.
To a certain degree I am. The first TD I heard of started in Miami (Doral) and they really didn't carry much back then. Since they took over Circuit City and CompUSA, they're everywhere in South Florida now.
The people who have a Fry's or MC nearby are the lucky ones since those stores have better deals.
 
TigerDirect's retail stores are friggin nice. It is not just a shitty CompUSA with a new sign thrown on. Kind of like a Best Buy / Fry's hybrid; TD calls it "Retail 2.0." All the motherboards and video cards are displayed under glass on the aisles. Pretty cool stuff. The retail stores also match TigerDirect online pricing.
 
I'm also still using a Q6600. It's definitely one of the best processors Intel ever made. I can't believe how much use I've gotten out of this thing.

I agree... I still have mine running strong in the gaming box I setup for my g/f. I used to have it in my server until I swapped it out for my old i7 920 but it still a hell of a processor.
 
TBH, I've been shopping a lot local lately. Just bought a H55 from TD yesterday after a BestBuy price match.
If they have these CPUs in-store launch day, I'll be all over one. I'll pay $10 more to have it same day, because like yesterday I needed the part right now.

Many people here pay Newegg next day shipping, which is an extra $15-25 in some cases. That cancels out the online benefit if the item is in-store locally.
Last year TD had the cheapest i5 3570K online launch day and I picked one up.

Most people pay 1 day shipping? I don't know anyone who does this. You can get free 2 day from newegg with shoprunner, and free 2 day from amazon with prime. I haven't paid for shipping, or taxes, from either retailer in years. I'm also never in THAT much of a rush for hardware, why would anyone pay so much for next day? Next day usually costs significantly more than 15-25$, anyone paying for that.....aside from next day costing a LOT more than that....isn't spending money in an intelligent manner.

Next day via amazon prime makes sense for 4 bucks, but paying 40-50$ elsewhere, eff that. I don't think so. As mentioned i'm never in that much of a rush either to where I need it the same day - sometimes, in the case of hardware failure - but otherwise, i'm completely fine with waiting 2 days. Disassembling a PC/reinstalling a motherboard/OS/etc is usually not something I greatly look forward to so I wouldn't pay 30$ more in local tax or 50$ more in shipping just for that same day or next day privilege. I will If I have too (pay more for same day locally or next day), if my main PC fails, but otherwise no. Never. I'm kinda surprised anyone would rush into that unless it's something trivial like a GPU - for a motherboard or OS reinstallation, just ugh. I hate going through that every 6 months to 1 year.
 
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Maybe your TD is nice. My local TD is just the same old, decrepit concrete floored CompUSA warehouse in a stripmall. All they did was swap storefront logos, carry a lot more Corsair stuff (blech), and swap out the old employees for ones who know even less computer hardware but will try almost as hard as a best buy employee to push some premium HDMI cables. Even the local Radioshacks are more upscale.

BTW, I have not gotten any special emails from TD yet, but the main page is offering Haswell gear at markups above retail along with instant discounts bringing the prices back to retail or a little higher.

Same here. TD here is a rebranded CompUSA without any renovations, it's quite a terrible store. I don't mind this, I still shop there from time to time but I definitely wouldn't characterize the store as "nice."
 
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