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Where do you buy your stuff?

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GoldenBear

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I'm basically looking for a cheap, reliable, and fast place to buy stuff online.

I've had good experience with Egghead in the past, and was wondering what other people recommond.
 
It all depends on what you're buying. Try www.pricewatch.com to find the lowest prices. Staples and Buy.com often have coupons for large purchases, outpost and onvia are good for getting small parts(ie cables) because they have free shipping, etc...
 
I usually try the "For Sale/For Trade" Forums first...

Then I check out Pricewatch and then verify the ratings of the merchants at Reseller Ratings.

Some stuff (motherboards and processors) I buy locally even if it does cost more, so I can return them easier.

Good luck.
 
I've been happy with buy.com, mwave.com, compucheap.com, sparco.com, and 2cooltek.com, among others. I've downloaded a program called Click the Button that looks for price comparisons for specific items. So I use that and/or pricewatch.com to find best prices. Then I check the vendors with ResellerRatings.com and never use a vendor unless they have a 5.0 rating or better from a significant number of raters. For non-PC stuff I use MySimon.com and others.
 
Yes, before you buy ALWAYS check resellerratings.... Cheap price from a rating of 1.0 is like taking your head and pounding it on hard pavements... I dont mind paying 2.00 more or 3.00 more from places with higher rating. You be surpise how cheap my friends could be.. suffering with a 1.0 rating vendor..
 
Never a problem with:
mwave
buy.com
onvia
Computers4Sure
800.com
ucdweb.com


Problems with:
egghead
staples
CompScrewUSA
Compugeeks
--Randy
 


my last purchases (C= coupon, PM= pricematch, MIR= mail in rebate)

(staples.com)
Plextor 8x4x32 (PM/C)
Linksys 4 port Cable/DSL router (PM/C)
APC back-ups 350 (PM/MIR)
Hauppauge WINTV pci (PM/C)
Maxtor 20GB
Netgear SB104(network in a box) (PM'd and picked up at the B&M)
Epson stylus 740 (PM/MIR)
HP C200 digital camera (PM against an Omax misprint)

(buy.com)
10-15 things aka to many to even try to list(all had some sort of C or MIR)

(onvia.com)
Antec SX830
Logitech keyboard
Plextor ultraplex 40max (C)
a few other things i can't remember
sandisk USB CF reader

(crucial.com)
1 64MB PC133
1 128MB PC133

(local store)
SBLv
Diamond winmodem
Asus v7700($60+trade)

(equalfooting.com)
$2 64MB stick of PC133

(atacom.com)
Asus A7V

(3dfxcool.com)
Alpha PAL6035

(plycon.com)
Global WIN VOS32

(2cooltek.com)
way to many things to remember!(8 or 9 orders, some very large)

(hypermicro.com)
Plextor 8/20

(mcglen.com)
Tekram DC-390
 
Mwave, for sure. I recently bought most of an AMD system from them, but the memory just wasn't in the box. No how, no way. Uhh-ohh...

Dropped them an email. Their reply was apologetic, sent me a new module, no questions asked. Getting it right the first time is good, but fixing screw-ups in a flash is the mark of a really good vendor.

Other online vendors who have done me right include Azzo, Onvia, Axion, BTI, Computer123, Mushkin and 2cooltek. Don't know how well they handle problems, never had any with these vendors.

It pays to shop around and to check out unfamiliar vendors. It doesn't pay to get killed on shipping by ordering from a multitude of different vendors to build one system.
 
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