I've bought stuff from Newegg, too, and haven't had any problems. I'm going to miss CompUSA, despite not liking them very much. I stopped shopping there for a long time in the 90's because they insisted on searching through the bags on the way out, bags you'd just paid for not thirty seconds before and twenty feet away, generally treating customers like criminals. They did finally give that up, and I started going there again. Unfortunately, they're the only option in my neck of the woods that had any kind of decent selection computer parts, especially for the kind of stuff you need to build your own machines. Very handy when you blow a power supply and need a replacement NOW.
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DXMachina - Dec 12, 2007 9:25:23 am PST #3810 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Tom Scola - Dec 12, 2007 9:45:56 am PST #3811 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
CompUSSR has always had a bad reputation: [link]
Jon B. - Dec 12, 2007 9:48:14 am PST #3812 of 25497
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Newegg rock! Great prices and really fast standard service. I've ordered many times and never had a problem.
Gudanov - Dec 12, 2007 9:50:15 am PST #3813 of 25497
Coding and Sleeping
I also like that Newegg shows you the price, not the price after rebates.
Ginger - Dec 12, 2007 9:50:52 am PST #3814 of 25497
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I will not miss CompUSA. In my experience, they alternate between completely ignoring you and talking to you as if you're 7.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2007 10:06:01 am PST #3815 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
CompUSSR has always had a bad reputation: [link]
I like the "True Story!" note....
NoiseDesign - Dec 12, 2007 10:11:12 am PST #3816 of 25497
Our wings are not tired
I don't have any love for CompUSA but it is kinda sad to see them go. They were one of the first big computer resellers. Originally they were called CompWarehouse or something like that. I remember going to the one in San Diego in the late 80's.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2007 10:12:14 am PST #3817 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So my MacBook started doing this thing where sometimes the display flickers. I'm pretty sure it's the backlight that's actually flickering. It tends to happen when the display dims itself automatically after a period of non-use.
Any ideas? My guess is hardware-related. (Boo!)
eta: I mean my MacBook, not iBook. Which makes a difference, as the iBook did have that screen defect that was subject to the Apple recall thingie....
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2007 10:13:55 am PST #3818 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't have any love for CompUSA but it is kinda sad to see them go.
We've got a MicroCenter in Chicago where I tend to do all my non-Apple Store shopping. I went to the CompUSA store in downtown Chicago when they were having their going-out-of-business sale a while ago, but nothing jumped out at me that I had to buy....
Ginger - Dec 12, 2007 10:18:28 am PST #3819 of 25497
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I feel sorry about CompUSA in the sense that they were the first place you could get any kind of hardware and software back when nobody thought that anyone but geeks would have a home computer. I think they made their own bed, though.