RIP Newegg, you weren't good lately anyway

Ordering my Ryzen gear, there's so much product that only Newegg had either in stock, or at reasonable price. G.Skill Flare X memory, Taichi Motherboard some decent deals on case/psu. The only things I found better deals on elsewhere were my Noctua cooler, Ryzen CPU off eBay (should have used Jet), and potentially graphics once I get around to snagging that piece.

I pay tax on both Amazon and Newegg.

I think their shell shockers can occasionally be good, but I hate all the rebates they leverage to give you a good deal.
 
Service has been stellar for me.. I bought the B350 Tomahawk and the Vengeance LPX RAM then the price dropped two days later. I asked and they kicked back the difference to me no problem.
 
Now that Amazon is charging tax I've moved back to using Newegg. I'm sure as of April 1st Newegg has been getting a lot more business.

I will also say that Amazon's handling times have gotten quite poor within the past year or so for me. It used to be that I would order something and it went out the next day. Now I order something and it takes a good 4 days to a week for Amazon to finally release it to the carrier. The shipping times are still just as fast, but because Amazon slow-rolls my order it always takes much longer then it used to.
 
For me any big ticket item i get from newegg even if their return policys arent the best anymore, most times i get stuff in 1-2 days with free shipping or .99cents shipping. I been paying taxes on amazon stuff for years we have mutiple amazon shipping centers here in kentucky so i never buy any big item from them.
 
Sadly in NJ I pay tax on Amazon AND Newegg, but at least I can pick up from Newegg in person (20 minute trip), or Microcenter (45 minute trip) if need be.

Mchart not sure what's happening with Amazon for you. Everything we have ships out same or next day, most of it arrives next day, even though we have 2 day prime.
 
entropism said:
Sadly in NJ I pay tax on Amazon AND Newegg, but at least I can pick up from Newegg in person (20 minute trip), or Microcenter (45 minute trip) if need be.

Mchart not sure what's happening with Amazon for you. Everything we have ships out same or next day, most of it arrives next day, even though we have 2 day prime.
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I'm Hawaii. Prime gives us free standard shipping, not free two day. Unfortunately standard means shit handling time as well even though I'm prime. The crap part is that most things go priority mail which means 3 days at most, but the handling time of a week ruins it.
 
Ouch, that sucks. I'd be understanding of delays going to Hawaii, but the handling time is inexcusable.
 
entropism said:
Ouch, that sucks. I'd be understanding of delays going to Hawaii, but the handling time is inexcusable.
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That's the frustrating part. Priority mail to Hawaii is just as fast as it is anywhere else. 3 days max. It's Amazon's horeshit handling times that ruin it.
 
entropism said:
Prime. Most of my stuff is either same day or 2 day delivery. It's ridiculously convenient.
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Finally sighed up for prime myself a couple months ago. With prime you get 5% back when using the Amazon Visa card (instead of just 3%).
With all the extra stuff I've been ordering for work, the extra 2% will just about pay for my Prime membership for the year :p

The video streaming selection is pretty poor, but watching the last 9 seasons of Dr. Who will keep me busy for a while. :D
 
EchoWars said:
Got a local Microcenter...that plus Amazon and occasionally ZipZoomFly, and things are covered.

Haven't bought from Egg since the socket-pin scandal.
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It's been a few years since I bought something from Newegg.

When I built my current system, it was Microcenter for the motherboard and CPU, and jet.com for most of the rest. (they had good prices and a 15% off coupon for each of my first 3 purchase)
 
Purchased MSI Gaming X from the egg. Thus far, things are OK. My card is in NJ and I am assuming that it will be delivered to NY by today (1 day in advance of the Tuesday promised delivery date). Also got the code for the game pretty instantly so no problems with the egg thus far.
 
ive ordered a few little things here and there, lastest was a Coolermaster TX4, arrived fine. Mostly use Amazon now, since NE has been declining for a LONG time now, and I dont trust them for larger purchases
 
That's too funny because on the other hand Amazon is now full of counterfeits due to third party inventory being comingled. But, I guess, that doesn't (yet?) affect most computer parts.
 
didn't know that. Haven't been burned yet on any of my orders, I make sure to pick sold and shipped by amazon when i can.
 
My initial reaction was omg delete account, but I have a lot of warranties with original receipts on there. While my trust in Chinese ownership of any brand is near zero and it has caused me to stop using Opera, I just don't know if i'll completely cutout Newegg yet or not.
 
Vader1975 said:
My initial reaction was omg delete account, but I have a lot of warranties with original receipts on there. While my trust in Chinese ownership of any brand is near zero and it has caused me to stop using Opera, I just don't know if i'll completely cutout Newegg yet or not.
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Save off all the invoices for parts that are still under warranty, then close account. That's what I did yesterday.
 
chx said:
That's too funny because on the other hand Amazon is now full of counterfeits due to third party inventory being comingled. But, I guess, that doesn't (yet?) affect most computer parts.
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Source? Or FUD?
 
I recently ordered from Newegg for the first time in a while, and put in an order for a used Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. They sent me an X230. An upgrade yes, but still, that's a big difference. I let them know, and told them I would return it if they wanted but I wouldn't mind keeping the upgrade, even though it came with an X220 battery that doesn't work in an X230 without modification (the mod involves reflashing a whitelist in the BIOS, something I did after I got the laptop). Hence started a 5 day back and forth where first they needed my order number (one would think that would be right in my account), the serial number on the laptop they sent me, than (get this) they wanted me to send pictures of the laptop and the shipping container to prove that it really was an X230 (even after I sent them the serial number which should have confirmed it). The shipping box indeed says X220, but it's obvious its an X230 from the backlit chiclet keyboard, the X230 stamp on the bottom of the screen, and, oh yea, the serial number. After I sent the pictures I never got a reply back from them. That's fine, I got a better laptop than what I ordered and fixed the battery problem on my own. Still, don't think I will be ordering from there again.
 
leathco016 said:
I recently ordered from Newegg for the first time in a while, and put in an order for a used Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. They sent me an X230. An upgrade yes, but still, that's a big difference. I let them know, and told them I would return it if they wanted but I wouldn't mind keeping the upgrade, even though it came with an X220 battery that doesn't work in an X230 without modification (the mod involves reflashing a whitelist in the BIOS, something I did after I got the laptop). Hence started a 5 day back and forth where first they needed my order number (one would think that would be right in my account), the serial number on the laptop they sent me, than (get this) they wanted me to send pictures of the laptop and the shipping container to prove that it really was an X230 (even after I sent them the serial number which should have confirmed it). The shipping box indeed says X220, but it's obvious its an X230 from the backlit chiclet keyboard, the X230 stamp on the bottom of the screen, and, oh yea, the serial number. After I sent the pictures I never got a reply back from them. That's fine, I got a better laptop than what I ordered and fixed the battery problem on my own. Still, don't think I will be ordering from there again.
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I would not have bothered with them. You aren't by law required to offer a return.
 
EventHorizonVII said:
I would not have bothered with them. You aren't by law required to offer a return.
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The biggest reason I bothered was over the battery issue. They sent an X220 battery, which physically fits in an X230 and will run off it, but an X230 will not charge it without a BIOS mod that alters the systems hardware whitelist. After the back and forth emails, it was literally easier for me to install linux on a thumbdrive, open a Terminal, install the necessary software to create a bootable USB flash drive that altered the whitelist, reboot into that and flash out the whitelist than to deal with their continued information requests.
 
leathco016 said:
I recently ordered from Newegg for the first time in a while, and put in an order for a used Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. They sent me an X230. An upgrade yes, but still, that's a big difference. I let them know, and told them I would return it if they wanted but I wouldn't mind keeping the upgrade, even though it came with an X220 battery that doesn't work in an X230 without modification (the mod involves reflashing a whitelist in the BIOS, something I did after I got the laptop). Hence started a 5 day back and forth where first they needed my order number (one would think that would be right in my account), the serial number on the laptop they sent me, than (get this) they wanted me to send pictures of the laptop and the shipping container to prove that it really was an X230 (even after I sent them the serial number which should have confirmed it). The shipping box indeed says X220, but it's obvious its an X230 from the backlit chiclet keyboard, the X230 stamp on the bottom of the screen, and, oh yea, the serial number. After I sent the pictures I never got a reply back from them. That's fine, I got a better laptop than what I ordered and fixed the battery problem on my own. Still, don't think I will be ordering from there again.
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If it was in a wrong factory box, that sounds like a factory problem, not a Newegg problem.
 
OEM said:
If it was in a wrong factory box, that sounds like a factory problem, not a Newegg problem.
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I doubt it. I figure NewEgg just packs them back up and lists them for sale again. That's how I got someone else's RMA'd power supply once. At least this time NewEgg advertised the laptop as used. Looks like they still missed putting 'not fully functional' in part of the description.
 
I still like them tax free compared to anything Amazon sells plus they have sales Rep chats for EVGA and ASUS to name a few which is crazy.
 
leathco016 said:
I recently ordered from Newegg for the first time in a while, and put in an order for a used Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. They sent me an X230. An upgrade yes, but still, that's a big difference.
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You meant a significant downgrade. The X320 is as useless as all Thinkpads with this new style six row keyboards. I would've been incensed if this happens and would've demanded a laptop with a proper keyboard aka the X220 in this case.
 
China is the future.
In the past 40 years, they have managed to get 800mil people out of poverty. The country is advancing so fast that once we start colonising other planets, most of the colonisers will be Chinese.
And while many people think China's success is just a bubble, it's not. China is not a country, it's the world on its own. They copied everything. China has its own Facebook, Youtube, Tinder... they are so many that they do not need to depend on the outside world. In fact, it's the other way around.
 
you guys shit on newegg... but they've always been great to me, amazon however has always fucking sucked.

I got a $5 off of $25 promotion for installing some spyware extension of theirs. It wasn't applying to my order. I live chatted with some foreign fucktard at 11PM sunday, who said maybe the US based service will help me if i call tomorrow after 30 minutes of being a moron and wasting my time.

Okay fine, it was sunday at night, whatever.

I email them and they apologize, they say that the live chat person was bad and they'll report them. It says place the order and we will apply it, no problem. I do, I get an email saying they will apply it or contact me within 6 hours.

Its today, 2-3 days later, still fucking nothing (still didnt ship with their 2 week delivery time either).

I "review" the email giving them 0 stars they say "Please give us a chance and put your # here for us to call you". Someone from Asia answers and after talking to her she informs me very clearly that the person who emailed me LIED to me, i was shocked i asked her again, yes, amazon lied to me, I wont get $5 off, "I'll report the person who emailed you!" and "I'll apply it to your next purchase"

what the fuck is going on with amazon? their entire customer service is out of the US, their promos dont fucking work, delivery takes 2 weeks, talking to 3-4 reps doesn't do jack shit for the smallest fucking problem of $5, and they fucking LIE to you?


2 days later EDIT: and they STILL didnt fucking apply the $5 to the NEXT order. fuck this.
 
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I like Newegg.

Order most of my stuff from them.

Shipping is usually free and it gets here faster than Amazon.
 
I'm satisfied with Newegg; I've been using them for over a decade as well. In fact, the 1080 Ti I just ordered arrived a day earlier than expected.

They've also been very flexible with price matching items I just bought regardless if it has the price guarantee. My friend recently bought a 1060 a day before a promotion had started and Newegg still gave him the game.

EDIT (02 July 2017): Just contacted Newegg as the 1080 Ti FTW3 I purchased became eligible for a $20 MIR on July 1st. Newegg issued me a $20 gift card even though I purchased the card outside of the rebate period by a couple days. They continue to offer me great customer service.
 
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So, is there a computer components business that sells items for less than Newegg? I've read some comments where people are suggesting that Newegg no longer has good prices. They certainly have the best search engine. (Amazon's search functionality is god-awful; perhaps they want to avoid price transparency between competing products.) Is there some retailer out there that's better than Newegg in the computer component department?
 
I don't get the hate for Newegg. I been ordering from them for over 15 years and never had an issue with them. People have to high of standards if they complaining about the service. The few times I had a issue they took care of me. Hell they took back a HDD I broke years ago with no issue and sent me a new one. Amazon is a cluster fuck to look for anything and doesn't help I have to pay taxes on there unlike Newegg.
 
WhippersnapperUT99 said:
So, is there a computer components business that sells items for less than Newegg? I've read some comments where people are suggesting that Newegg no longer has good prices. They certainly have the best search engine. (Amazon's search functionality is god-awful; perhaps they want to avoid price transparency between competing products.) Is there some retailer out there that's better than Newegg in the computer component department?
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I agree amazon search sucks almost never find the exact thing your looking for. For me i usualy get my items pretty fast from newegg but their return and refund policy has went down hill compared to amazons.
 
i am not a huge fan of their shipping charges.

they charge shipping for every item separate.

that is the first time i have seen that.
 
ng4ever said:
Like what for example ?
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i ment return for refund heres a few i just randomly clicked been busy going back and forth to the hospital to see my mom in the icu so sorry for late reply.

cell phones,

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...75646005&cm_re=honor_8-_-75-646-005-_-Product
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875220054
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875169193

CPUs

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117726
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117649
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113435
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113430
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113428
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113428

Motherboards
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128835
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132936
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132990
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132963
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157746

Video cards
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487337
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150795
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125880
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487248
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487318
 
I like newegg....I always get free shipping (shop runner 2 day), and no tax!! Bestbuy and Amazon charge me tax usually.
 
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