Future Shop is Gone!

[Victorian Gray]

Can't speak for the rest of the country but here in greater Vancouver, walk into most Future Shops and they are doing great business. Walk into a Best Buy, empty. It's been like that since the buyout and I've been waiting for this to happen pretty much since the Future Shop was sold.

 

[jumpncrash]

Does anyone actually shop at Newegg.ca? I've checked them out a few times over the years and was never impressed.

hell yeah, I buy tons of shit there, almost every week I have orders coming in. All the guys at work order there too...where would you recommend shopping online in canada if not there?

 

[sandorski]

hell yeah, I buy tons of shit there, almost every week I have orders coming in. All the guys at work order there too...where would you recommend shopping online in canada if not there?

NCIX

 

[eldorado99]

Best Buy has owned Future Shop for over a decade now. I'm actually surprised it took them this long to consolidate the business. There's a few areas where they had stores literally across the street from each other.

I was never a fan of Future Shop. I think their staff were on commission, because they always used to harass you. Haven't been there in years. Still, its sad to see another fairly iconic Canadian retailer go bust. They were one of the first big box electronics stores, and the only one that survived the Dot Com bubble.

You haven't heard of A&B sound, but that was only a west coast thing anyways, and they have been gone for a few years now too. They were pioneers, but they couldn't keep up.

 

[jumpncrash]

NCIX

bah, I hate their site and shipping is godawful slow, I also had some issues with returns. I usually get my stuff in 2 days with newegg, last week I ordered some ram and a hard drive on tuesday afternoon, wednesday it was available for pickup cuz I wasn't home for the delivery.

 

[stormkroe]

bah, I hate their site and shipping is godawful slow, I also had some issues with returns. I usually get my stuff in 2 days with newegg, last week I ordered some ram and a hard drive on tuesday afternoon, wednesday it was available for pickup cuz I wasn't home for the delivery.

Same for me, though not quite as extreme. I was pretty happy to see the egg come to canadia because I used to order most of my stuff from there when I live in the US. Although it was pretty underwhelming at first, they're really decent now. I've been starting to order things from bhphotovideo more, they have fantastic prices on music equipment.

 

[Imp]

Does anyone actually shop at Newegg.ca? I've checked them out a few times over the years and was never impressed.

I think I did last summer to get some 3.5" to 2.5" drive adapters to "properly" mount my SSD and a new 2.5" hard drive. Other than having to pay for shipping, I was happy.

 

[mmntech]

NCIX

For a company that sells technology products, their website is firmly stuck in 1999.

I had pre-ordered a launch PS4. Wanted to get one early so I could review it for my site. Had an issue with my credit card. Number had got leaked in some hack but Capital One neglected to notify me. NCIX sent me an email saying the card was declined. Looked through the whole site to see if there was a way to change payment info on pre-orders. Nope. Called them. Told me I'd have to sort the issue with Capital One without ever asking for an alternate payment method, then shooed me out the door.

Called Capital One, took them 10 minutes to rectify the issue. Took NCIX a week to fix it on their end. Having worked in retail, problems with cards are common. At most it takes five minutes to fix, not 7 days. Even for a busy place. Almost lost my pre-order. I was pretty unimpressed.

I had also ordered a game from Amazon on the same card. Went into my order on the website. "Would you like to change payment info?" Yes please! Done and dusted.

I've noticed that NCIX's retail stores, out here anyway, have started to slide. Impossible to get help in there. So I get my parts from Canada Computers now.