Why I don't buy from Newegg anymore...

[Flyordie]

Now that Newegg charges sales tax and my local Best Buy will price match any legitimate online seller I have no reason to buy from Newegg unless it's something Best Buy can't get. As much as I loathe Best Buy I can return defective merchandise there the same day I get it with no hassles. Amazon has been cheaper on several items recently than Newegg and Best Buy honored those prices as well. Also, the chances of getting used or counterfeit merchandise from Best Buy are far less likely than Newegg or Amazon.

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As long as I stay under $10,000/yr... I technically don't have to pay sales tax on items I buy online in my state. What state are you in?

 

[Mr Bill]

Now that Newegg charges sales tax and my local Best Buy will price match any legitimate online seller I have no reason to buy from Newegg unless it's something Best Buy can't get. As much as I loathe Best Buy I can return defective merchandise there the same day I get it with no hassles. Amazon has been cheaper on several items recently than Newegg and Best Buy honored those prices as well. Also, the chances of getting used or counterfeit merchandise from Best Buy are far less likely than Newegg or Amazon.

This is why I just bought a Monitor from Best Buy, along with a 4 year protection plan for $24.00, they priced matched Amazon, and best of all I was able to see and touch this product before I bought it. I guess @69 I'm not a smart enough online shopper to trust what I'm buying, I'm sure some of you older folks will understand this. Some things I buy online, but mostly things that are available in grocery stores, but I do still go grocery shopping, for my edible food products. Yes! I love it that Best Buy price matches, especially online products, Amazon, etc. and even if they don't have it in stock, they will still order it if available, for no extra charge.

 

[bobbybluz]

This is why I just bought a Monitor from Best Buy, along with a 4 year protection plan for $24.00, they priced matched Amazon, and best of all I was able to see and touch this product before I bought it. I guess @69 I'm not a smart enough online shopper to trust what I'm buying, I'm sure some of you older folks will understand this. Some things I buy online, but mostly things that are available in grocery stores, but I do still go grocery shopping, for my edible food products. Yes! I love it that Best Buy price matches, especially online products, Amazon, etc. and even if they don't have it in stock, they will still order it if available, for no extra charge.

I'm about one year behind you in age, have been shopping online for over two decades and since retiring a few years ago carefully research what I'm going to buy as well as the price including taxes and shipping before making any purchase. I also have a personal beef against Best Buy going back several years over age discrimination in their hiring practices. Now that at times I pay less than 50% of their regular prices with price matching I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside. The kids in customer service at my local store don't even bother arguing with me anymore, they just stay silent and ring up the sale. Being old, educated and intimidating does have its advantages at times.

 

[Toothless]

My store price matches, except all we sell are overpriced 860 EVOs.

 

[sepheronx]

I'm about one year behind you in age, have been shopping online for over two decades and since retiring a few years ago carefully research what I'm going to buy as well as the price including taxes and shipping before making any purchase. I also have a personal beef against Best Buy going back several years over age discrimination in their hiring practices. Now that at times I pay less than 50% of their regular prices with price matching I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside. The kids in customer service at my local store don't even bother arguing with me anymore, they just stay silent and ring up the sale. Being old, educated and intimidating does have its advantages at times.

Thanks to you, now I know I can buy from Bestbuy as another option to memory express here in Calgary Canada, as I didn't know they price matched. Just checked up on some of their prices on stuff (even RTX 3080, and they have models cheaper than our other, more popular, PC shops here.

 

[yotano211]

I try to avoid Newegg as much as possible, mainly because they sold a major chunk of their ownership to china. I did just buy a 10850k from them though and it should arrive tomorrow. Too good a deal to pass up. I ordered a 10700k for $400 from Best Buy but it is delayed, then saw Newegg had the 10850k for $65 more so got that instead. Hopefully don't have any problems or it will be the last time I buy from them.

I'm sure you can price match with newegg.

 

[lexluthermiester]

On more than one occasion I looked stuff up on newegg and went on to buy from Amazon.
Amazon's search criteria look like they were auto-generated by a dumb AI.

You have to really push the envelope of the search engine to get decent results. Takes a ton of time for what should be dead simple.

 

[micropage7]

that market place should give us a button to blacklist the sellers
i ever ordered a card from local market place and they just send it in bubble wrap, no box, no manual, just the card and bublewrap and the card got bent a little

 

[Mr Bill]

I'm about one year behind you in age, have been shopping online for over two decades and since retiring a few years ago carefully research what I'm going to buy as well as the price including taxes and shipping before making any purchase. I also have a personal beef against Best Buy going back several years over age discrimination in their hiring practices. Now that at times I pay less than 50% of their regular prices with price matching I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside. The kids in customer service at my local store don't even bother arguing with me anymore, they just stay silent and ring up the sale. Being old, educated and intimidating does have its advantages at times.

Thanks for your reply. I understand, and I also understand we all are a little different in life, and have had different experience's in our lifetimes. I was just trying to be sincere about the way I feel most comfortable with my shopping experiences, that seem to work best for my own personal life.

 

[Vayra86]

If people are going to pick and pull issues about every e-store, then no one is going to buy from anyone. I've had issues with NewEgg, Amazon, Tiger direct and many more and the only one I won't buy from is Tiger direct after they wanted a picture of my ID.

Must be a US thing. No such issues in the EU. There is the odd bad seller, and the rest is just trying there best to engage in healthy competition, with good deals and good service...

 

[lexluthermiester]

Must be a US thing. No such issues in the EU.

That has to do with the amount of CC fraud that happens over here.

 

[R-T-B]

You have to really push the envelope of the search engine to get decent results. Takes a ton of time for what should be dead simple.

Part of the issue is that they let again, third party sellers in, and they choose whatever unrelated tags they want to get their item to come up in categories like computers.

What's a dog grooming brush doing in PC parts, you ask? Ask the seller. Amazon needs to lay down the law for crap like that, but they don't.

That has to do with the amount of CC fraud that happens over here.

Unrelated but for a fun ancedote my friend works in a CC fraud claims processing department. He says the most common type of fraud he sees is people trying to commit "self-fraud." That is, buy say a GTX 3090, ship it to their home and then claim it was fradulently ordered and get their money back while keeping the 3090.

No, it doesn't work. It's kind of one of those "go directly to jail" cards in life. But you can't stop stupid.

As long as I stay under $10,000/yr... I technically don't have to pay sales tax on items I buy online in my state. What state are you in?

A lot (I daresay almost most) states are doing away with stuff like that. Here in Washington I pays sales tax on all online transactions, even frickin' ebay.

 

[bug]

That has to do with the amount of CC fraud that happens over here.

I'm constantly amazed when I visit there how people are baffled when I pull out my chipped card. To this day, I don't think I was able to pay contactless anywhere in the US.
On the upside, regardless of the fraud level, it seems like the card holder is pretty well covered.

 

[moproblems99]

I'm constantly amazed when I visit there how people are baffled when I pull out my chipped card. To this day, I don't think I was able to pay contactless anywhere in the US.
On the upside, regardless of the fraud level, it seems like the card holder is pretty well covered.

We have contactless here in FL.

 

[bug]

We have contactless here in FL.

I'm sure there's contactless where I visited (MD, DC, VA), it's just that I didn't stumble upon any. Vendors don't even know how to use the chip on the cards, they still swipe them. I know at Giant you can use the chip at self-checkout, but I don't remember if there's contactless over there.
It's why it's easy to commit CC fraud over there.

 

[AsRock]

Just received several orders from Newegg - all came in just fine - all wrapped nicely in those large bubble padding things. No damage at all.

I receive items from Amazon, B&H and other places similarly wrapped.

Amazon's a pain for us, they just leave it in the rain and some times the just ship in the retail box, My NH cooler was soaked though, o yeah they don't knock either and websites always out of sync but maybe you have to get prime to get some sort of reasonable service.


As for Newegg not bothered with them since the sell out, market place was just another nail.

 

[Toothless]

A lot (I daresay almost most) states are doing away with stuff like that. Here in Washington I pays sales tax on all online transactions, even frickin' ebay.

One game company taxes your prepaid cards. Say you want to buy $10 of stuff. Typically you'd pay $10.90 because tax. Nah these guys will eat .90 off your prepaid $10 card and round up so you only get $9.

 

[mechtech]

Newegg was great till they were bought out by overseas owners. It is a shame.

You mean sold by local owners??

 

[harm9963]

OK now this !

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I used to buy only from Newegg, but they seem to have gone downhill and now I don’t even browse there anymore. The return policies seem pretty rough too. I know it’s not a PC-components store primarily, but B&H can have some really good deals, and their customer service is excellent. That’s where I found an open box 5700XT for $270 back in February.

 

[moproblems99]

now this !

Would you imagine that was what the first post in this thread was about?

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'm constantly amazed when I visit there how people are baffled when I pull out my chipped card. To this day, I don't think I was able to pay contactless anywhere in the US.
On the upside, regardless of the fraud level, it seems like the card holder is pretty well covered.

Contactless is becoming more common, but yes, for whatever reason North America was slow to adopt it.

 

[Space Lynx]

If I base life decisions on moving to a city to start over on two things: Micro Center and access to fiber optic internet, is that shallow of me?

 

[R-T-B]

If I base life decisions on moving to a city to start over on two things: Micro Center and access to fiber optic internet, is that shallow of me?

No. It's progressive.

 

[Caring1]

I'm constantly amazed when I visit there how people are baffled when I pull out my chipped card. To this day, I don't think I was able to pay contactless anywhere in the US.

I get the funny looks when I wave my wrist over the contactless eftpos machine in stores.
My chip is in a wristband I wear, some people even have them in a ring on their finger.