What is with Buy.com? Share your recent experience

[GZeus]

A couple of years ago I bought a couple things from Buy.com. The experience was horrible.

'We have received your order' apparently meant we have decided to add some mystery price increases - 'In Stock' apparently meant "we think we may get some one day" - '$20 MIR' apparently meant "sucker!!!" - and on and on.
I swore I would never buy from them again.

Then along come the GCO deals and I decide to give them another try. So far, everything I've ordered has been shipped within 2 days. All my rebates are from the vendors (rather than OnRebate) which make me think I might actually get them.
I'm almost impressed.

(I did get charged for shipping ($2) on one order that shouldn't have had any, but I'm chasing that with email - not so much for the $2 as the principle.)

Just wondering if anyone else has seen an improvement out of Buy.com recently or if they are just setting me up again. I know I won't shop there as much once the GCO deals are gone but it almost seems to have their act together. Opinions?

* I'm quietly hoping Google buys them - with a $10million MIR of course.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I bought an Antec from them a few months ago and everything was fine. Cheapest deal I could find, it arrived in a few days, and runs fine.

 

[intogamer]

Buy.com did play around with their pricing and shipping when the $20 off $50 hit

I thought about some deals but... decided not to as rebates sucks ballz

 

[akshatp]

Ive always had good experiences with buy.com - I have probably placed at least 30 orders from them..

 

[RossMAN]

I've had 120+ orders with Buy.com and have had no real problems.

 

[Reel]

My experiences are similar to the OPs. I had a few bad experiences with lost packages and DOA stuff. I stopped ordering but since the GCO started, everything has been great.

 

[KK]

I just bought an lcd tv from them. Completed the order and had it in the house the next day. It helps it shipped out from about 20-30 miles away. never had a problem with them.

 

[vi edit]

The only complaint I have is that their website is impossible use. But if you know a direct link to the deals, I've had no problems at all. I've done probably 25 orders through them with no issues.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: GZeus
A couple of years ago I bought a couple things from Buy.com. The experience was horrible.

'We have received your order' apparently meant we have decided to add some mystery price increases - 'In Stock' apparently meant "we think we may get some one day" - '$20 MIR' apparently meant "sucker!!!" - and on and on.
I swore I would never buy from them again.

Then along come the GCO deals and I decide to give them another try. So far, everything I've ordered has been shipped within 2 days. All my rebates are from the vendors (rather than OnRebate) which make me think I might actually get them.
I'm almost impressed.

(I did get charged for shipping ($2) on one order that shouldn't have had any, but I'm chasing that with email - not so much for the $2 as the principle.)

Just wondering if anyone else has seen an improvement out of Buy.com recently or if they are just setting me up again. I know I won't shop there as much once the GCO deals are gone but it almost seems to have their act together. Opinions?

* I'm quietly hoping Google buys them - with a $10million MIR of course.

I've had that "In Stock" issue before...weeks went by and it said they were still waiting for stock, but the webpage showed that it was IN stock. I called them and they were like uh that's just how it is. Oh well. The other 99% of my orders have gone fairly smoothly.