Anyone order their hardware from Amazon?

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mikecoscia

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Planning on building a new rig and just wondering if anyone has order all their parts from Amazon over newegg. Amazon has also been good to me with other products, just never thought of order computer parts.
 
I ordered a CPU there before. The only downside, IMO, is the long shipping times. Then again, I've never had to use Amazon's customer service, while Newegg's is phenomenal.
 
Really? I usually get stuff fast from Amazon within 3-5 days, about the same from Newegg. I returned an 40d last month with lenses, bill was over $2000. They refunded me for everything, no restocking fees, no questions asked. Everything was opened too. Which is why I was thinking about ordering as much as the parts I can from them. I will have to check into Neweggs return policy.
 
I ordered some peripherals through Amazon recently, but I am seriously considering ordering more when I make my next big purchase.


I have Prime membership, so I get everything in 2 days, including most of my comp parts. I haven't had to RMA anything, but free shipping on a heavy set of speakers + subwoofer saved me $18 already, plus the base price was comparable.
 
If you can find things in stock and are a prime member, there is no reason not to order from Amazon. You'll get top shelf in 2 days, whats not to like.

Ive never had to hassle with them about a return. All they do is deduct the shipping cost from your return amount.

Now ordering from "partners" may be a different story, so read the fine print there.
 
Heh, I usually get my shit next day from Newegg (I'm in cali). Newegg has a 15% restocking fee on non-defective items. You can usually get that waived if you buy the replacement part from them (just chat with customer support). If you don't get a replacement part, you can still get it waived if you make another purchase of approx. equal amount. If you buy nothing, its a bit harder to get it waived, lol.

Amazon varies for me. Sometimes they ship UPS or DHL, and other times they'll use USPS (which takes forever). What also varies is ship date. Sometimes my shit ships within a day or two, other times it'll take up to a week for it to ship, which is why I never buy something from Amazon if I need it by a certain date.
 
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