SleepyHead asked:
For example the Geforce 6200 g card is $99.99 in stores
While in Newegg they sell it for 27.99
Is there a catch?
For example the Geforce 6200 g card is $99.99 in stores
While in Newegg they sell it for 27.99
Is there a catch?
September 18th, 2009 at 04:28
Newegg sells overstocked things like stores attempt to sell t-shirts but people stop buying so newegg takes them and sells them really cheap
Another thing is that it may be missing components or may not be brand new…it may be a returned item
September 18th, 2009 at 19:51
Because most of the products are REFURBISHED. Which means, they are USED and they fixed it up to make it almost new.
The catch is the warranty. The warranty is only 30 days or so…which is not that great.
Sorry conrad, but they are USED. If you ever read the articles on these kinds of online stores, they do NOT have to tag some of their merchandise as being refurbished and the products that they believe are “risky” they will not mark them as refurbished.
And also, just like a used car….when a product is refurbished, the manufacturer warranty does not stick. The reason I know this is because I bought a desktop from them a long time ago and after 30 days, my hard drive failed, and they told me my warranty is no longer valid. Therefore this is from EXPERIENCE. The same with tigerdirect. Trial and error made me not want to purchase from them except certain hardwares that I know would last for a while til I get a better one.
Go read the articles on these types of online stores….you only see what you want to see.
Dont get me wrong, I like their market and Im not dogging them, but there are faults to shopping online. I normally recommend people to shop at newegg if they want a quick fix, but this person asked for a catch, and I honestly gave him one.
Heres some proof, go to google or a search site, and type in “I **** NEWEGG” and you will see page after page of testimonials. Read some of them…just because you might have a good experience with them, that doesnt mean everyone lives in your Egg-Utopia. But again, they are a great cheap online store to get a quick fix.
September 18th, 2009 at 21:47
No, there is no catch. For one that 6200 card in stores in probably the PCIe version hence more expensive, even on Newegg. I think you’re the one who is (was) talking about the 6200 PCI card. Two, Newegg doesn’t have to meat any overhead like paying retail employees to sell the products. Three, they don’t have to maintain any retail stores but they have three warehouses (soon to be four) spread across the US to serve the west, mid-west and eastern states with utmost efficiency. I can’t think of reason 4. But unless otherwise noted, products on Newegg are new, retail versions of the same product you will find in stores. OEM denotes the product does not come with all accessories, just the product, manual and essentials to get it working. Newegg clearly marks items as refurbished, these items have been returned for one reason or another, re-certified by the manufacturer and are sold with all accessories as the retail version but may come in a plain box denoted refurbished. Overstock items, well those are labeled too but maybe not as emphatically. Whatever the case whenever you order from Newegg, you know what you’re getting when you order it. Items are, as I said, clearly marked.
And to Sean who has clearly never visited Newegg, MOST of the items are new retail versions and not refurbished. I think Newegg speaks for itself on this point. If MOST of the items were refurbished, then they would be labeled that way since most of them are not, most of the items are new retail versions with a good few being new OEM versions as well. Very few items on Newegg are refurbished but those that are, are clearly labeled.
And the warranty is not 30-days, most items from Newegg have a 30-day return policy, I believe CPUs and similar hardware have a shorter return period varying between 7 and 15 days after which you still have the manufacturers warranty to fall back one which can very greatly between products. I’ve been ordering happily for five years from Newegg, I’ve never had but one issue with one of my orders which was resolved with one email.
Perhaps that’s true for some items but I never buy the cheapest one they have. I’m not the only one that thinks Newegg is the best thing since sliced bread, read the reviews at Bizrate,–28697.html there are people that have not been happy with Newegg but they are in a minority (a very small minority).
I’m not denying that some of the items may be used or refurbished but in my experience I have never seen Newegg misrepresent a product. But then again, I just don’t go and buy the cheapest one of the item I am looking at either, that’s something no one should do. Granted people have been burned by Newegg but Newegg is also one of the few stores that reply and follow up to bad reviews.