[US] Newegg Fighting the Trolls Sale

[Nordic]

Dear Customer,

We are widely known for fighting patent trolls when most others choose to settle. Our latest victory over a patent troll who claimed to own the rights to basic online encryption is another notch on our belt and we want to celebrate with you.
On Tuesday, July 28 Newegg will run a 24-hour celebratory sale, offering deep discounts on some of today's hottest technology products. Come back Tuesday and snap up some great deals.
We believe taking on the trolls is the right thing to do. Their attacks are not limited to big companies, but also small companies and, in the end, customers pay. You pay. Our victories mean savings and, on Tuesday, you can enjoy them.

Your Friends at Newegg

Hopefully they have good sales better than prime days.

 

[xkm1948]

I got the letter as well. Too bad I am moving next week to a state with Sales tax, otherwise it will be an awesome shopping spree for me~

 

[RealNeil]

I got it too, but I've already spent my cash on other things.

It's good to see them giving trolls the smackdown.

 

[Jetster]

I love Newegg but they have sales for every reason almost daily. I don't expect this to be anything more than that. But Ill check it out

You can get a Premier Membership for $30 a year is you're a student

 

[natr0n]

example..mark up 20 to give 20 off

its always the same shit

 

[RealNeil]

I take all of those sales with a grain of salt.
However, sometimes they have sales that are fantastic!

The open box and refurbished sales are good too.

 

[Jetster]

Just ordered this 750Gb 7200 for $25

Ive had good luck with the refurb harddrives

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178366

 

[qubit]

Newegg 1, trolls 0. Result.

 

[15th Warlock]

Hopefully they have good sales better than prime days.

Prime day was probably one of the biggest disappointments in recent e-tail history, Amazon mostly had out of date electronics for sale, most of them already discontinued by the manufacturers

Here's hoping for Newegg's sale to be better

Btw thank you Newegg for fighting those nasty patent trolls! May you continue to rack more victories in your crusade against those bloodsucking leeches

 

[RealNeil]

They're winning all of their cases so far.

 

[15th Warlock]

They're winning all of their cases so far.

Yes, they are, the last case was a particularly nasty one, taking over two years to reach a conclusion in an appeals court:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ent-case-after-challenging-judge-over-delays/

The case was delayed over 20 months over a "clerk's error":

In a footnote, Gilstrap appears to blame a clerk's error for the oversight. He says he "immediately asked the District Clerk to investigate," and the clerk told him that an order staying case number 11-cv-428 was "inadvertently docketed" in the Newegg case, which is numbered 11-cv-248. That resulted in a "stay flag" in the court database, and the Newegg case didn't show up on the judge's report of pending motions.

 

[xkm1948]

And it seems this sale is probably worse than the amazon unhappy prime day. It feels more like newegg is trying to get rid of its old stuff.

 

[Jetster]

There is a couple of things

Trendnet TEW-751DR N600 Router $10
Corsair CX430 Modular $27
Klipsch 12" sub $170
Sennnheiser HD518 headphones $55
Rosewell 2000DPI mouse $6

EVGA GTX980 + 8Gb ram $440
Refurb R9 270 $114
And a bunch of cheap ram


http://www.newegg.com/When-We-Win-Y..._-PromoWord&et_cid=20105&et_rid=193788&et_p1=

 

[R-T-B]

My sales are better.

There might be one just around the corner, as a matter of fact...

 

[Jetster]

Except for those pictures

 

[R-T-B]

Except for those pictures

Until I met you I'd never heard anyone complain about high res PNGs in a for sale thread, but I'll take your concern as duly noted Jetster.

Still doing it of course, but with your concerns noted.

 

[Frick]

Newegg 1, trolls 0. Result.

Most of these trolls settled with many many companies before though, so it's more like Newegg 1 - Trolls 100s or dozens.

 

[R-T-B]

That's true. I wonder what the profit margins on patent trolling look like...

 

[Jetster]

Its pretty big. To many lawyers

http://blog.newegg.com/newegg-vs-patent-trolls-when-we-win-you-win/

 

[dorsetknob]

example..mark up 20 to give 20 off

Typically its .mark up 20 to give 15 off

that's the retail trade

 

[R-T-B]

Dorsetknob, didn't I give you flack a bit ago for spouting "conspiracy theories?"

That one isn't any conspiracy... or a theory... it's a fact!

 

[dorsetknob]

ITS

some times i give people grief so its no surprise if sometimes i get grief

We Get this Sales tactic here in the uk quite alot usualy to comply with the law they raise the price for a few weeks before magicly reducing it "" for the Sale ""

 

[R-T-B]

Yeah, MSRP is supposed to stop stuff like that. But we live in an age where anyone paying MSRP is doing it wrong, so it doesn't really apply anymore...

 

[AsRock]

I take all of those sales with a grain of salt.
However, sometimes they have sales that are fantastic!

The open box and refurbished sales are good too.

Don't forget if you ever need the receipt Newegg keeps them forever, and their support in a problem item is next to none.

 

[newtekie1]

And it seems this sale is probably worse than the amazon unhappy prime day. It feels more like newegg is trying to get rid of its old stuff.

1TB Samsung 850 Evo for $380 and free 8GB FuryX DDR3-1600 seems like a way better deal than anything Amazon offered. And that is just the first deal I saw that I'm going to grab.

Edit: 128GB Corsair USB3.0 Flash drives for $29. I'm grabbing a few of those too.

We Get this Sales tactic here in the uk quite alot usualy to comply with the law they raise the price for a few weeks before magicly reducing it "" for the Sale ""

That is actually illegal in the US.