Let us pay homage to buy.com for starting this forum and others like it (remember the Hitachi 753?)

[LED]

What ever happen to Shiloh?...use to byte to him .

 

[smartt]

 

[Rigomortis]

Originally posted by: Chilled&Refined
While not very old, but i remember when UBID was the place to find the deals, staying up late just because the auctions didnt get any attention. I spent many a night waiting for late night auctions to close. Good times....

UBID used to rock. I picked up and entire entertainment center for my house when I bought it new early 2k for less that 250. The only thing missing was the remote which I got a cool one that Best Buy sold for 120 for 20 shipped from Ubid. Then they started charging 50 bux to send a piece of paper haven't been back since.

Value America just kept sending me free money and the wife kept saying you don't need any more stuff.

 

[SpongeBobPalmBay]

I bought a Sony notebook from them a few years ago... and then they never sent it.


...then the $50 gift certificates they issued did not work...


... and when I finally talked to an operator and got that fixed it took them 2 months after the release date to get me my Resident Evil (gamecube) disc...



never again will I deal with them!

 

[BigSmooth]

I got here a little later than some, but I do remember many of the deals mentioned.
Funny thing about Accompany/MobShop, they were a client of the company I was working for at the time. Man, did they flame out fast... unsurprisingly, they ran out of cash and couldn't pay their bills.

Heck, I think two of the better deals I've gotten have been just this year. The no-strings-attached FREE Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse plus the ~$200 Dell 8250 (despite the rebate nightmares). I've gotten tons of clearance deals from Target and other B&M stores as well.

Any time I need to spend money on anything, I know where to look first. This forum has been very helpful to me and I've tried to contribute what I can. Big thanks to everyone here who helps out with deals and info.

 

[bryskyd]

This whole thread makes me wish I had found this forum back then, I would have LOVEd all these deals... I just have to hope there's something good I get in on now-a-days.

I barely missed out on the 1,000 Ama*on board games for the price of one with the stackable 2 for 1 coupons... Damn!

 

[jatwell]

Wow, many, many old timers in here.

I shied away from the WMC deal, but Mercata and Value America kept me happy

 

[Lark888]

Thanks for the "carolyn" post. She was probably the most active WMC and received her NDA after a bit. Also - the ping pong table was delivered Freight (I think it was Roadway - shipping was "free")

 

[phreakyzen]

Nobody has mentioned the Shopss.com PIII 500 deal or Payperclick.com (was that the name?) ahh memories of money for nothing!

 

[Vanhalo]

Who was here at AnandTech when....................................................................

Still hold on to the copy of the check buy.com gave me.


hom·age ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hmj, m-)

Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.
Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly.

Awe sweet memories!

During these days a Canopus Spectra 2500 would get you far and the Abit BH6 with a stick of 64 mb Mushkin PC100 and a Celeron 300a would get you further.

Thanks Russ! (compucheap.com)

I was actually a member in 1998 under a webtv account (jhouston@webtv.net)
I remember because I bought and sold Gold Zelda games on Ebay and the Hot Deals was not around then.

I forgot I had this account. Apparently the email tied to it is no longer valid.

 

[Ajay]

Holy thread dredge Batman

 

[BenJeremy]

RIP Buy.om

Does Rakuza.com, I mean, Rakuten.com still steal your CC# and force users to give them CC#s instead of PayPal to get specials?

At one point, they even got Visa to give them customer's CC#s when the customers used virtual credit card numbers (apparently big vendors can do this) and then sold the CC#s off. Nobody seemed to want to peg them as the culprit, except for all the victims.

 

[Slash3]

Man, this thread is a trip. I still have my Palm III I got for zero dollars with Value America's $100 off of $100 coupon. Still waiting for my 19" Hitachi. Any day now.

 

[Hulk]

"Value America"

Now that is a name I have not heard in a looong time.

 

[Staples]

Obviously this forum is no where as busy as it was 15 years ago. What is the best place to find hot deals these days? I always check hot deal forums but they have all fallen by the way side.

I have better luck finding hot deals just checking newegg everyday for their shell shockers.

 

[bbhaag]

I usually check Slickdeals. Although not totally centered around electronics and computer parts they do have a fairly decent sort and filter option.

 

[Ranulf]

Ditto for slick deals. buildapcsales on reddit is good too. Techbargains dot com is still around it seems. For video games, isthereanydeal dot com is great.