Well this sucks, Tigerdirect is no more.

[Red Squirrel]

Ugh mail in rebates that is something I hated. I avoided those items out of principal.

 

[Torn Mind]

The US site is going to go bye bye in five days.

https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/campaigns/deals.asp?campaignid=3982

After more than 25 years of providing the brands you trust at the prices you love, TigerDirect.com will be retired on March 31, 2023. Thank you for your loyalty and support.

 

[Captante]

ACTUAL "Tiger-Direct" went belly-up roughly 18 years ago I believe.

This operation is the same bunch of low-grade a$$ clowns that opened up the online-only version of Comp-USA (among other sketchy E-commerce sites) after the B&M stores all shut down.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[Torn Mind]

ACTUAL "Tiger-Direct" went belly-up roughly 18 years ago I believe.

This operation is the same bunch of low-grade a$$ clowns that opened up the online-only version of Comp-USA (among other sketchy E-commerce sites) after the B&M stores all shut down.

Systemax's operation to make it work died at the end of 2015 or something. Clearance'd a whole bunch of stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDirect

This is some subsidiary of MacMall or PCM or something. But they kept records and accounts; I was able to sign in just today.

So, if there are any orders or reviews people want to keep for records...only a few days left.

 

[SKORPI0]

Didn't retail stores close May 2015? I remember going to the close-out sale near my place (Orland Park, IL).
Waited until the last day/last hour, where the seller announced everything was $2. Someone else in the store cheated by hiding a GTX 980, not sure how much they ended up paying.
Got some Acer Aspire X1300 (Windows Vista, AMD Athon X2, 3 GB DDR2, 320GB SATA drive, NVidia 8200 ntegrated) and Acer Veriton X480G (Windows 7 Pro) for about $10 each.
These were the computers they used in their kiosk, I had to unscrew them since they were bolted to their desk. Ended with a Veriton X480G being Hackintoshed with Yosemite.

 

[Captante]

Systemax's operation to make it work died at the end of 2015 or something. Clearance'd a whole bunch of stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDirect

This is some subsidiary of MacMall or PCM or something. But they kept records and accounts; I was able to sign in just today.

So, if there are any orders or reviews people want to keep for records...only a few days left.

All correct BUT this was long after the original stand-alone company went bye-bye except in name which happened in '04-'05 when I was still working for Belkin @ Comp USA and Staples. I recall it was big news in the industry.

My buddy's Dad was one of the primary "buyers" for Comp USA at the time.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The online stores are what really count, as the physical ones tend to only be in a few locations so bulk of sales is online. We still don't really have any good online computer part retailers here. There's Memory Express, Canada Computers and Pc-Canada but their stock is not as good. If you're actually looking for something specific they're usually out of stock or straight out don't have it. Not in the market to do a build but I like to look for fun once in a while and rarely do I find all the parts I'd want at one site. If I was desparate for a computer right now I'd probably actually buy OEM from HP or Dell or something, which is something I never thought I'd say, but it's just so hard to get parts.

Running an online retailer is hard work though, I tried it before in small scale and the amount of work vs profit was just not worth it. Probably why there just aren't many options.

 

[Captante]

Running an online retailer is hard work though, I tried it before in small scale and the amount of work vs profit was just not worth it. Probably why there just aren't many options.

No question about it.... I helped run an E-commerce site in the late 1990's/early 2000's and not only were the margins super-thin @ around 1-2% making it extremely difficult to profit, but competition was bloodthirsty! (sold mainly refurbished printers)

Looks like they FINALLY sold off the domain-name which was actually a really good one... last time I checked sometime in 2020 it was still "live" with a few replacement projector-lamps being the only stuff for sale.

RIP: "Electrified Discounters" (Electrified.com)

 

[Torn Mind]

The online stores are what really count, as the physical ones tend to only be in a few locations so bulk of sales is online. We still don't really have any good online computer part retailers here. There's Memory Express, Canada Computers and Pc-Canada but their stock is not as good. If you're actually looking for something specific they're usually out of stock or straight out don't have it. Not in the market to do a build but I like to look for fun once in a while and rarely do I find all the parts I'd want at one site. If I was desparate for a computer right now I'd probably actually buy OEM from HP or Dell or something, which is something I never thought I'd say, but it's just so hard to get parts.

Running an online retailer is hard work though, I tried it before in small scale and the amount of work vs profit was just not worth it. Probably why there just aren't many options.

Demand is what gives birth to markets and that's been tanking since mobile products became more viable for the masses. Newegg is probably next.

Most people didn't bother opening up a desktop case then and now there are no cases to open. Everything is consolidated in an enclosure.

GPUs became enough efficient laptops weren't no longer immediately substandard gamers compared to a desktop.

PSUs became good enough that review sites died or will die(i.e hardwaresecrets, Jonnyguru)

The new iterations of cases are clearly going in the direction of serving the fashionable gamer. Everything is spacious, no optical drive accommodations, hard drives are given a small bit of space. Heck, I'm tempted to hoard buy Define R5s or Cooler Master N400s because there may never be an equivalent ever coming back.

To quote a longwinded poster, I'm old school, lol.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Demand is what gives birth to markets and that's been tanking since mobile products became more viable for the masses. Newegg is probably next.

Most people didn't bother opening up a desktop case then and now there are no cases to open. Everything is consolidated in an enclosure.

GPUs became enough efficient laptops weren't no longer immediately substandard gamers compared to a desktop.

PSUs became good enough that review sites died or will die(i.e hardwaresecrets, Jonnyguru)

The new iterations of cases are clearly going in the direction of serving the fashionable gamer. Everything is spacious, no optical drive accommodations, hard drives are given a small bit of space. Heck, I'm tempted to hoard buy Define R5s or Cooler Master N400s because there may never be an equivalent ever coming back.

To quote a longwinded poster, I'm old school, lol.

-Combined with the walled garden everyone is looking for post Apple-success and the market is being squeezed on both sides: customers who dont care about DIY PCs and companies that would love to limit DIY replacement parts to sell you a whole new system every 3 years (or sooner if some odd part does).

Lot of places have seen that if they have a strong enough brand they can sell direct to the customer and pocket the 5-10% retail markup as well.

Writing is on the wall for a good chunk of the market I think, not that I like it.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Notebook I'm typing on now came from TD in 2010. Got a companion desktop at the same time (both Gateway) that worked for years, but got goofy after a lightning strike and has never worked right since. Sometimes it will start, but might take 10 or 15 tries.

There was a big mess at TD, some federal charges as I recall, top guys jailed. Site was off line for a while and never really got back to their former self. I haven't even looked at it in years.

 

[shortylickens]

ACTUAL "Tiger-Direct" went belly-up roughly 18 years ago I believe.

This operation is the same bunch of low-grade a$$ clowns that opened up the online-only version of Comp-USA (among other sketchy E-commerce sites) after the B&M stores all shut down.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Yeah they built a good reputation a while ago and just lived off that for years.
Same with Husky and Craftsman.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

'Good reputation?'


"According to a former controller at TigerDirect, improperly unpaid rebates were intentional: "...the concept was that if the customer complains, you send them out the check to make them happy. But if they don't complain, they totally forget about it. That is the concept of these rebates. People forget that they sent them out.""


"Dell alleged that TigerDirect, a former authorized reseller of Dell products, sold discontinued and outdated Dell products as new and under a Dell warranty. Dell also alleged that the products were from a third-party and advertised with an unauthorized, modified version of the Dell logo. "

" "Online reviews: When companies edit your review". The show featured a consumer who had purchased several computers from the retailer and subsequently gave a poor review for service. The review was edited by TigerDirect prior to the review being placed on the firm's website."

TigerDirect - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yeahright.

 

[Perknose]

Yeah they built a good reputation a while ago and just lived off that for years.
Same with Husky and Craftsman.

Tiger Direct never had a good reputation. Way back in the day, I went to war with them over something or other (don't remember) and finally "won." But the time and energy spent to get them to operate honestly was really not worth it. And many folks ended up getting screwed by them. TD was one of the worst . . . from the get go.

 

[brianmanahan]

'Good reputation?'

yeahhh i remember them charging me for a computer in '97 but never sending it, then making me fight them for a couple months to get my money back (basically all the money i had lol)