Best online site for price comparison?

[measekite]

NO THEY HAVE NOT.

The only items I've bought from them that have been returned has been
one video card clearly marked refurb, strike also one DVD burner. I'm
not saying your statement isn't true...

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE IMPLYING

only I have not experenced
this. I did get a bum printer from them once...

PROBABLY IT BECOME A BUM PRINTER FROM AFTERMARKET UNBRANDED GENERIC INK.

 

[zakezuke]

Additional...

I should make it more clear that the reburb stuff I ordered was clearly
marked on the website as being referb... and was shipped in an open
box.

 

[badgolferman]

PICK 10 ITEMS. DO A COMPARISON ON PRICEGRABBER. SEE WHERE NEWEGG
FALLS. THEN YOU CAN JUDGE

Apparently your CAPS LOCK button is broken. This may be a good time to
buy a new keyboard from one of those places you mentioned. Let us know
how good of a deal you got.

 

[zakezuke]

Measekite said: Inane rant removed per request

Actually you made the statement... it's up to you not us to prove it.

Let me try it just for laughs

amd retail box Venice www.pricewatch.com
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=amd+retail+box++Venice

3000+ listed as $139 That's $5.00 more than the lowest bid company.
3200+ listed as $152 Thats $2.00 more than the lowest bid company

Let's look for the liteon sohw-1693s burner
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=SOHW-1693S
$36.99 and it's lowest price listed

How about the Western Digital 74GB 10,000 SATA-150 drive OEM
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=WD740GD+OEM
$166.49 vs $165... so 1.49 more than the lowest bid.

And the acer 19 inch LCD monitor ET.1914b.000
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=ET.1914b.000
$258.99 vs $256.99 so $2.00 more than the lowest bid.

And lastly the canon ip4200 9992A001
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=9992A001
$118.30 lowest price listed.

So out of the 6 items I randomly selected 1/2 of them were the lowest
price on pricewatch, and the other 1/2 were between 1.49 and $5.00 of
the lowest bid. I must conclude that Measekite's statement "USUALLY
MUCH HIGHER THAN
OTHER PLACES" is false in this test, as $5.00 more for a $100 item
isn't what i'd call much higher.

 

[kony]

PICK 10 ITEMS. DO A COMPARISON ON PRICEGRABBER. SEE WHERE NEWEGG
FALLS. THEN YOU CAN JUDGE

Typing in all capital letters does little but make it appear
that you have insufficient experience on the 'net to have an
informed opinion.

I did randomly pick a product and compared on Pricegrabber.
Newegg was only $1 higher than the lowest vendor, BEFORE
adding the shipping cost. AFTER adding shipping cost,
Newegg was lower.

"Sometimes", on some items you will find one store a dollar
or two cheaper than another, BUT then one also has to factor
in the addt'l shipping costs to use multiple vendors. You
also have to factor for the return hassles, as even quality
name-brand products are occasionally defective or otherwise
problematic. Dealing with some of the low-ball vendors on
Pricegrabber or pricewatch can easily cost an extra hour or
more in time trying to resolve problems. With Newegg, that
whole process is painless, you don't even have to call or
email them- just complete the RMA form on their 'site and
mail the product back. Very shortly after they receive it,
you are notifed of the resolution.

 

[kony]

My exoerience is that on most computer/electronic items, amazon is
high.



That's ironical since people have been complaining about Newegg
shipping items that were returned.

"People"?

Which people?
Link please.

 

[measekite]

measekite, 11/4/2005,6:49:26 PM, wrote:




Apparently your CAPS LOCK button is broken. This may be a good time to
buy a new keyboard from one of those places you mentioned. Let us know
how good of a deal you got.

OH YEAH BUT I USE OEM INK AND CANNOT AFFORD A NEW $100 KEYBOARD

 

[measekite]

zakezuke wrote:

HE NEVER DOES ANYTHING.



laughs

 

[Frank]

Typing in all capital letters does little but make it appear
that you have insufficient experience on the 'net to have an
informed opinion.

I did randomly pick a product and compared on Pricegrabber.
Newegg was only $1 higher than the lowest vendor, BEFORE
adding the shipping cost. AFTER adding shipping cost,
Newegg was lower.

"Sometimes", on some items you will find one store a dollar
or two cheaper than another, BUT then one also has to factor
in the addt'l shipping costs to use multiple vendors. You
also have to factor for the return hassles, as even quality
name-brand products are occasionally defective or otherwise
problematic. Dealing with some of the low-ball vendors on
Pricegrabber or pricewatch can easily cost an extra hour or
more in time trying to resolve problems. With Newegg, that
whole process is painless, you don't even have to call or
email them- just complete the RMA form on their 'site and
mail the product back. Very shortly after they receive it,
you are notifed of the resolution.

Meashershithead has been typing in all caps now for months. This means
he is either drunk, on drugs or has no idea what he is talking about or
all three.
Ignore his stupidity. He knows nothing about ink, paper or printers.
He's had but one printer in his entire miserable life.
Frank

 

[measekite]

Meashershithead has been typing in all caps now for months. This means
he is either drunk, on drugs or has no idea what he is talking about
or all three.
Ignore his stupidity. He knows nothing about ink, paper or printers.
He's had but one printer in his entire miserable life.
Frank

I JUST BOUGHT 20 CANON CARTS AND 4 HP CARTS FOR MY ONE PRINTER.

 

[Frank]

Meashershithead has been typing in all caps now for months. This means
he is either drunk, on drugs or has no idea what he is talking about or
all three.
Ignore his stupidity. He knows nothing about ink, paper or printers.
He's had but one printer in his entire miserable life.
Frank

Oh yeah and I forgot...it also means that he is lying. Something he does
on a daily basis and in all his stupid all cap postings.
He's mentally unstable as is quite apparent.
Ignore his sorry old fart dumb ass.
Frank

 

[measekite]

Oh yeah and I forgot...it also means that he is lying. Something he
does on a daily basis and in all his stupid all cap postings.
He's mentally unstable as is quite apparent.
Ignore his sorry old fart dumb ass.
Frank

Oh yeah and I forgot...it also means that he is lying. Something he does
on a daily basis and in all his stupid all cap postings.
He's mentally unstable as is quite apparent.
Ignore his sorry old fart dumb ass.

 

[Michelle Steiner]

Meashershithead has been typing in all caps now for months. This
means he is either drunk, on drugs or has no idea what he is talking
about or all three.

Or is using a very old computer that doesn't have lower case.

 

[Bob]

Until well into the Iraq fiasco, the military (including the reserves
and guard) had no problems in meeting their recruitment goals.

That's not what I heard. The Army was behind and even the USAF
suffered recruitment shortfalls for the first time in its history.

Waco had nothing to do with it.

The Waco Massacre was a blatant violation of Posse Comitatus. My son
who attended Texas A&M University told me students were not signing up
for ROTC because of the way the US Military had slaughtered 80
innocent men, women and children at Waco and then lied thru their
teeth to cover it up.




--

"The scientist is possessed by a rapturous amazement at the
harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such
superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking
and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

"This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work,
in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles
of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that
which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages."

--Albert Einstein

 

[Bob]

PICK 10 ITEMS. DO A COMPARISON ON PRICEGRABBER. SEE WHERE NEWEGG
FALLS. THEN YOU CAN JUDGE

OK, I picked the NEC 3540. Pricegrabber did not report the prices
accurately. For example, the price depends on the color, so let's pick
the beige unit.

Newegg: No beige unit available.

Directron: Beige NEC ND-3520A 16x DVD Double Layer Burner, DVD+/-RW,
OEM Regular price: $42.99 On Sale: $39.99

My point is you are better off looking the prices up directly on the
suppliers' websites.


--

"The scientist is possessed by a rapturous amazement at the
harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such
superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking
and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

"This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work,
in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles
of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that
which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages."

--Albert Einstein

 

[Bob]

Meashershithead has been typing in all caps now for months. This means
he is either drunk, on drugs or has no idea what he is talking about or
all three.

Ignore his stupidity. He knows nothing about ink, paper or printers.
He's had but one printer in his entire miserable life.

I bet it prints in upper case only.


--

"The scientist is possessed by a rapturous amazement at the
harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such
superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking
and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

"This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work,
in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles
of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that
which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages."

--Albert Einstein

 

[Bob]

Which people?
Link please.

I do not have any links - I don't bookmark that sort of stuff. I
believe I read it on one of the DVD forums a couple months ago, so if
you are really interested you can google for it, keyword "newegg".


--

"The scientist is possessed by a rapturous amazement at the
harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such
superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking
and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

"This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work,
in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles
of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that
which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages."

--Albert Einstein

 

[zakezuke]

I do not have any links - I don't bookmark that sort of stuff. I
believe I read it on one of the DVD forums a couple months ago, so if
you are really interested you can google for it, keyword "newegg".

Problem being newegg is like a top keyword for the site... and the
fact of the matter is most people are happy with them. Again i'm not
saying what you said isn't true... just simply it doesn't track with my
experence.
To at least backup your statement
[http://www.epinions.com/Newegg_com_Online_Stores_Services/display_~reviews/sec_~survey_list/pp_~29]
Google search: newegg problem open box

I have heard of odd ball experences that simply didn't track. For
example I had issues with my mp760... feed problem... paper jam sensor
was stuck. According to what I read by one person [I also don't have a
link handy] they got their rebate and canon refered them to newegg for
a printer replacement, which couldn't be handled because the barcode
was missing... but when I talked to canon support about my printer it
was replaced without a hitch. My box was long since gone, I didn't
have to provide proof of ownership, everything was 100% groovy.

My experence with newegg has been 100% postive. Refurb items were
clearly marked as such.

 

[Bubbamike_01]

Compare with Directron and Newegg.

Check Zip Zoom Fly. My only complaint about New Egg is that they now
ship via UPS, in my area Fedex is better, but in your it may be
different.

Bubba

 

[Bob]

Problem being newegg is like a top keyword for the site... and the
fact of the matter is most people are happy with them. Again i'm not
saying what you said isn't true... just simply it doesn't track with my
experence.
To at least backup your statement
[http://www.epinions.com/Newegg_com_Online_Stores_Services/display_~reviews/sec_~survey_list/pp_~29]
Google search: newegg problem open box

I have heard of odd ball experences that simply didn't track. For
example I had issues with my mp760... feed problem... paper jam sensor
was stuck. According to what I read by one person [I also don't have a
link handy] they got their rebate and canon refered them to newegg for
a printer replacement, which couldn't be handled because the barcode
was missing... but when I talked to canon support about my printer it
was replaced without a hitch. My box was long since gone, I didn't
have to provide proof of ownership, everything was 100% groovy.

My experence with newegg has been 100% postive. Refurb items were
clearly marked as such.

My son bought an NEC 3540 from Newegg - no problems at all. I shop
Directron because it is a short distance from my home. But if they do
not have an item or their other company Axion Tech, then I look to
Newegg next.



--

"The scientist is possessed by a rapturous amazement at the
harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such
superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking
and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

"This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work,
in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles
of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that
which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages."

--Albert Einstein