Alternatives to Newegg?

[trancejeremy]

I really need to get a new video card, but don't want to buy it from Newegg.com (Because that's where I got my old one from, and they apparently aren't going to replace it or refund me - it's now been a month and nothing from them). Any other places that have low prices?

 

[XCorvis]

That seems very unusual for newegg. Usually they are the pinnacle of customer service.

Try Pricewatch.com or Froogle.google.com for good prices, at least.

 

[TogaMario]

I used to use Pricewatch.com a lot, not sure how everything runs now, but before they were top-shelf on finding the cheapest deals. Not necessarily the highest quality, but the cheapest prices. Sometimes you can find specific products that are well-discounted somewhere, and that's what made it worth it to me.

 

[werk]

I'll second TogaMario, Pricewatch is a price comparison site. Once you find something you want, you know nothing about the vendor you are referred to. That said, I have used them several times in the past, with no incident.

I'd definitely get everything settled with newegg before you buy another card.

 

[Bront]

www.tigerdirect.com is pretty good (I shop at their outlet store a few miles from me), also www.zipzoomfly.com and www.mwave.com are good.

I'd call Newegg. THey're usually fantastic on refunds (I rarely shop anywhere else because of this).

 

[trancejeremy]

Well, I've been trying to get it settled with newegg for a month. Sending them the card was easy enough (still under warranty). But once there, it's like it vanished in a black hole. First they were goign to replace it, then they didn't have any more, so I would get a refund. But that has never materialized in about 3 weeks. They don't seem to answer email, either, so I've pretty much given up on it.

Definitely lost me as a customer, anyway. Looks like I'll be trying ZipZoomfly - they have the card I want for about the same price.

 

[IronWolf]

Yeah, I would check with NewEgg again and just make sure signals didn't get crossed somewhere. They were awesome when I needed to exchange some RAM due to some faulty RAM I received. Absolutely no issues.

I usually hear very mixed things about TigerDirect, so I avoid them for the most part. I have heard decent things about mwave.com, but I have not used them.

 

[Mycanid]

I have had good luck with TigerDirect, but I know many who have gone bald as a result of their customer service.

Can't speak for mWave. Two other possibilities for price comparison are shopping.com and shopzilla.com

Have you tried amazon.com?

Another website that I have found some good deals at now and again is provantage.com

Good luck sir!

 

[werk]

I usually hear very mixed things about TigerDirect, so I avoid them for the most part. ... but I have not used them.

Ditto. I was scared away from tigerdirect by friends with horror stories.

 

[DonTadow]

I'm not a fan of newegg either. THeir shipping timeline isa bit of a lie (considering they can take up to 3 or 4 days to ship an item no matter what you pick for shipping. Say I pick and pay for overnight, it might not get there for 5 days.

Tiger direct though is worst, I've heard nothing but horror stories and the one thing i bought from them a while back had a defect.

For video cards, I've found that monarch computers (.com) usually comes up with some pretty low prices on pricewatch. I've bought my last 2 video cards from them and have been pleased.