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A reader writes:"I've been buying stuff on the Internet for a while, and wanted to get people's thoughts about the best places to go. I primarily am looking for media or computer parts. Of course, I've used Froogle, PriceWatch or PriceGrabber, but also use places like tigerdirect or NewEgg. Where else do people go, and any recommendations for getting decent deals? " Oh, and of course, shamless plug for ThinkGeek, who is also owned by OSTG.
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I've placed 6 orders ranging from 2-12 items with them in the last year. *EVERYTHING* arrived right on time or early.
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Once, I just plain ordered the wrong things because I was unaware of the power requirements/compatibility for nVidia SLi boards. I admitted this and requested an RMA. Newegg had no problem and even waived the restocking fee for me.
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I can't say enough positive things about Newegg.
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[sarcasm]Wow, that is hard to believe. [/sarcasm] And I love how some retard who's never heard of eBay has modded it Informative.
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Internet shopping is a scam.
I looked into it a while ago. It all seemed well and good. Except there are a few problems.
1. They only deliver during the day, Monday to Friday. Just when everyone's at work. Genius. Whoever thought that up should be given a Nobel Prize. For Retardation. Deliverers should work 24/7. And delivery should cost less.
2. Specs. They never tell you all the specs. Or they lie. I bought a modem that advertised itself as working with Linux. It did work. At half speed. Eventually it stopped working altogether. Non of the other modems on sale even mention Linux, that's if they're selling modems at all because they assume everyone is a rich geek with broadband. Also I got a TV card, only to find it didn't work with my OS. Even though it never even mentioned any OS on the site. Then I bought another card which was supposed to work with Linux. Except it didn't. And on Windows, the picture was jerky and the signal poor.
3. Compatability. They don't tell you what the hardware is compatible with. I bought a 16x DVD writer, and some 8x DVDRs. Of course they neglected to tell me that either the DVD writer or the DVDs were shit, because it only writes at 0.4x speed. Completely fucking useless. Of course, they took the money of me without batting an eye-lid. Selling someone known defective hardware should be a crime. Well it is, it's called fraud, but apparently crimes on the Internet don't count as much.
Of course, if you get something shit off the Internet, there's always some small print meaning you can't send it back, or sending it back will cost you money.
A complete scam.
It's not linked to on the main site, and there's on search facility. Therefore the only way to find it is to go through all the links looking for it. Perhaps I might have gotten lucky and found it in the first few links, maybe I'd have been there for half an hour. Either way I don't care, if a site won't make itself navigable I'm not going to visit it. Sites which aren't designed competently should be closed down.
And the article itself is completely lacking in any substance.