Single data point to counter, but the cheapest 5060 Ti 16GB at my local Micro Center is currently $430 and the cheapest 5070 is $550. It does make me scratch me head at the most expensive 5060 Ti being at $530 though...like, who's buying that?
Didn't look at Newegg because they don't exist to me. I hate them with an unending passion.
Why? A bad personal experience?
Yup. I ordered some Switch Joycons about 8 years ago. Item never arrived and they expected me to file a claim with UPS. I did a charge back on my credit card, after trying to resolve it to my satisfaction for about 2 weeks for that order, and they subsequently deleted my entire account, along with 10's of thousands in purchases on said account starting in 1998. They've been dead to me ever since. Even if I see something I want on Slickdeals.net etc., I ignore it if it's from Newegg.com, and I'm glad to relate my story wherever I see a good opportunity to. Phone support while trying to resolve the issue I mentioned previously was rude as fudge too. They're on the top of my list of companies I'd like to see go bankrupt and erased from the WWW forever.
Hard no to that. They have the cleanest UI for finding what I want so I can order it on Amazon. Big 🧠 moves 😆 After the cash back, and much faster shipping, Amazon is an easy pick for me.
I'll agree with you on one point. Original owner Newegg.com was amazing. The issue I had was after the new Newegg.com owners took over. FYI, Micro Center's UI is pretty good, and if you have a local one, it should be your go to place of business. I laugh every year at the new Newegg.com owner's stupidity and short-sightedness, as I still spend a lot on computers for myself, friends, and family. Really, Micro Center and Amazon ought to send them a thank you card for the nearly 100% transfer of business.
I buy everything but ARC cards on Amazon. Cash back, and sometimes, same day delivery FTW.
Nvidia is selling the shovels in the gold rush, they should be doing amazing.
I'll still never skip the chance to bitch about them stealing $30 from me. Fuck newegg. Hope that $30 was worth it to them to lose the couple of thousand dollars of business they would have have gotten from me that went to Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, etc instead after they screwed me over.
LOL I do the same, as amazon is horrendous to browse since they converted from a legit store to a pos middleman to pay tribute to for third party listings. Last time I used their search I looked up the PS5 Astrobot game and the first page of results was almost all dropshipped crap like figurines and T-shirts.
As long as they’re selling the proverbial shovel, I doubt they care if there’s actually a lot less gold in the ground than they claim there is, but they ain’t going to publicly say that of course. I mean, Jensen came out saying that AI doomerism is “hurting society and doing a lot of damage”… to his wallet, no doubt.
I had $30 left on a non-expiring giftcard I got for Christmas one year, used it on a game, then wondered what the hell was taking so long so emailed newegg a couple of weeks later and they said oops, it got damaged before being shipped, here is a $30 giftcard that expires in 90 days. I complained for weeks WTF why are you giving me a giftcard expiring in 90 days back as opposed to just putting the $30 back on my non-expiring giftcard? There is no game coming out in the next 90 days I want to spend it on, give me back a non-expiring giftcard. They wouldn't and finally just sent a check for the balance and the fucking thing bounced. Fuck newegg.
In Gamers Nexus latest video (around 1:20), he mentions Newegg leadership was detained by anti corruption police in China.
I predict this post will age like warm milk on a Florida summer day.
Karma sometimes takes awhile, but it comes around eventually.
