Why does Newegg, with their incredibly high sales volume, have to buy Intel CPUs, or Intel anything for that matter, from a distributor, rather than direct from Intel?
Because they can get better prices with someone like D&H that buys even more parts from Intel than they could themselves...a super duper volume discount.
Although, if D&H continues to act like boneheads and let the lawyers handle things, Newegg may soon be looking for a new distributor to purchase from...