Alf: I've shipped a lot of stuff to the States to guys I've met on USA based Forums and also I've received stuff from the States, from New York to Idaho to Dallas.
General delivery times are three to four days to New York, seven to nine days to Dallas.
But surely your NewEgg are more competitive?
And you also have to consider any RMA's you may have to do. Overclock have charged me, so far, £9.36 to return a faulty 5.1 speaker system (proved faulty and replaced) and I currently have a Motherboard with them on RMA which cost me £6.55 to return.
I'm not sure what the position is here, but I feel a bit irked. If something goes wrong, surely the supplier should meet any costs of faulty goods they supplied? I just don't know the legal position, but I daresay their terms and agreements covers it in their favour.
Sometimes I think that a High Street retailer could clean up if they supplied goods the same as online suppliers, they wouldn't need High Street stores, just a chain of warehouses with a small showroom and a trade counter.
Or could they? Imagine if PC World was actually sussed, sold the right parts and priced stuff fairly.
Would it work? No more sending parcels, just pop down to your local trade counter. The question is, would there be enough turnover to justify the extra staff for dealing with the public?
*flops considers business venture...