Greg McMurray
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| 12/26/2001 6:50:56 PM |
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I have been buying parts for whiteboxes from a website for about a year now without any problems, however I just had one and the support I received is about the worst I have ever had. Being a college student, I have never had a lot of time to deal with probelms, so I have always sold quality parts or none at all - I can't afford to give support, so I need to minimize it. Another nice thing was they sold pre-assembled bare bones systems at no extra charge (but saved on shipping for the them).
Anyway, I guess I am asking what are the experiences that people have had with online retailers? This is not on a personal/hobby level - this is business so price counts, but service and quality are more important. Any suggestions where I should turn? Any suggestions on places to avoid?
Update: The place that recently screwed me over was mwave. I have been on the phone with them a couple of times and things are mostly worked out - but it is still incredibly aggravating when the support is terrible. Also, thanks to everyone for the other stores - most of them look quite good.
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John Mills
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| 12/26/2001 8:46:10 PM |
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I've used numorous places with out problems:
buy.com
amazon.com
ritzcamera.com
computer123.com
www.monarchcomputer.com
and a lot of others, I usually use www.pricewatch.com to find the cheapest prices.
Just out of curiosity what place did you go through?
I know Neel had some order problems last year, and other people similar problems with that same company. I'm not sure what the name of it is off hand, but just look him up on devhood (Neel Agrawal) he may not be on until after break but if you email him he would probably get back with you tell him I told you to contact him (he knows me).
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Yusno Yunos
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| 12/26/2001 10:14:59 PM |
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I often use pricewatch.com to search the lowest price for computer parts
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William McCombie
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| 12/26/2001 10:52:30 PM |
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I like Netseller.com for inexpensive parts (such as memory, I once got a 512MB PC133 stick for about $35), and Tigerdirect.com for items that can't be found on Netseller.
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J J
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| 12/26/2001 11:13:48 PM |
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i have used pricewatch to get prices, egghead.com, amazon, crucial for memory...very good place for memory, and cheap, and a few others that i can't remember...
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Victor Vuong
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| 12/27/2001 12:03:20 AM |
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I use www.newegg.com and I use crucial.com for memory. Newegg is very very reliable.
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J J
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| 12/27/2001 4:02:19 AM |
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is newegg a spinoff of egghead? i've heard about it...and how good it is...was just wondering if it was connected to egghead
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Victor Vuong
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| 12/27/2001 7:49:16 PM |
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Not at all. Newegg is nothing related to egghead at all.
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Yusno Yunos
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| 12/28/2001 12:20:52 AM |
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Yeah, i agree.
crucial.com sells very cheap ddr ram with free shipping too.
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Mark Lee
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| 12/28/2001 12:22:01 AM |
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Does anyone know if any of these places are offering webservices yet for their products listings? I think this is a really cool idea and I want to make an application (or web page) to search from all of my favorite stores at once.
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John Gallardo
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| 12/28/2001 1:20:34 AM |
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another thumbs up for newegg... they ship pretty quick. Also, if the item you want is out of stock you can put down your email and they will send you an email when it comes in stock... and they don't keep your email address on some permanent mailing list... I have never been bothered by them even though I have purchased things in the past from them, that is very refreshing... amazon seems to send me an email every few days, cdnow as well :(
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Ammon Beckstrom
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| 12/28/2001 8:33:26 AM |
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For older, hard to find parts, still haven't found anything to rival eBay.
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Robert Wlodarczyk
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| 12/28/2001 10:36:28 AM |
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One place to avoid is accubyte! I've had many problems with orders from them.
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Gary Lo
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| 12/28/2001 11:03:03 AM |
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For those in the Toronto area...try www.canadacomputers.com dunno if they deliver or not...but they have some pretty good prices...CANADIAN dollar too...hehe
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Steven Lee
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| 12/29/2001 5:47:35 PM |
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the best place:
candacomputer.com
(without the S) at the end of computer
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Steven Lee
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| 12/29/2001 5:48:44 PM |
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there is supposedly another site similar to the name that leads you to a porn site (which is the worst thing possible if you are browsing for comp. parts in a public library)
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Paul Yang
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| 12/30/2001 5:39:11 PM |
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I buy pc parts from newegg.com and mwave.com. Both are very good when it comes to pricing and reliability.
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Dufus McRue
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| 1/10/2002 1:14:56 AM |
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pricewatch.com may find you the lowest pricest but the vendors there seem suspect.
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Ryan Farkas
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| 1/10/2002 8:16:26 AM |
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tigerdirect.com
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Anwar Haneef
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| 1/10/2002 2:22:34 PM |
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You may get good deals via BensBargains.net - but its not exclusively for PC parts.
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