Originally posted by: yacoub
Nope. NewEgg isn't exactly known for cheap prices on brand new items. In fact, their automated pricing system tends to bump up the prices on items that are in high demand and decreasing stock.
Originally posted by: Idontcare
Originally posted by: yacoub
Nope. NewEgg isn't exactly known for cheap prices on brand new items. In fact, their automated pricing system tends to bump up the prices on items that are in high demand and decreasing stock.
Microcenter sells below cost on certain items as a marketing tactic to get people into the store where a certain percentage of those customers then buy other, even higher over-priced, items.
Newegg, and any other etailer, can't effectively operate this way as the percentage of folks who will buy more than just the loss-leader items is too low for the etailer to net ahead on the marketing tactic.
There really is no rocket science or shenanigans going on here, just retail vs etail marketing 101 stuff. And it isn't something the PC industry invented either, my wife tells me she sees the same marketing tactics going on when it comes to her buying shoes and clothes online vs. at the mall.
Originally posted by: yacoub
But it's irrelevant what other items there cost that are unrelated to what we're interested in.
loss leader
?noun a popular article that is sold at a very low price or at a loss for the purpose of attracting customers to a retail store. Compare leader (def. 4).
Origin:
1920?25
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/loss+leaders
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
I went in to buy the Core i7 920 at mine. One it was cheaper than Newegg and online, and two I could ensure the D0 stepping.
Because I didn't want to wait, I picked up the mobo (Asus P6T) for about the same as the egg and memory (6 gb OCZ DDR 3) for a tad more than the egg. All said and done I walked out the door about $60 less than Newegg. Also, picked up an OEM Samsung SATA optical for the gf's computer (she wants lightscribe for her photography business disks she makes), which was maybe $5 more than the egg.
Video cards OTOH I would most likely never buy there. Same with cases.
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
No surprise. Look at your local grocery markets.
I just wish i had the money to shop at microcenter like i do the grocery market -
Originally posted by: GLeeM
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
No surprise. Look at your local grocery markets.
I just wish i had the money to shop at microcenter like i do the grocery market -
Grocery store was my first thought too! My wife shops at two stores to get all the "loss leaders"
Couple months ago I had to travel 3.5 hours to "The Cities" so while there I figured I would stop at MC and get the i7 920, and then buy everything else online.
The very knowledgable salesman asked it I needed anything else ...
Well, the GTX275 was on sale for like egg price, the PSU I wanted was on sale for same as egg, ram was same too. Mobo $10 more, hsf $5 more. I couldn't resist. They boot tested it for free.
Originally posted by: Idontcare
Originally posted by: yacoub
Nope. NewEgg isn't exactly known for cheap prices on brand new items. In fact, their automated pricing system tends to bump up the prices on items that are in high demand and decreasing stock.
Microcenter sells below cost on certain items as a marketing tactic to get people into the store where a certain percentage of those customers then buy other, even higher over-priced, items.
Newegg, and any other etailer, can't effectively operate this way as the percentage of folks who will buy more than just the loss-leader items is too low for the etailer to net ahead on the marketing tactic.
There really is no rocket science or shenanigans going on here, just retail vs etail marketing 101 stuff. And it isn't something the PC industry invented either, my wife tells me she sees the same marketing tactics going on when it comes to her buying shoes and clothes online vs. at the mall.
Originally posted by: Zoomer
Are these CPUs retail boxed or bare oem?