Shopping: Electronics & stuff....

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Posted by TSG on Dec-12-2008 18:52:

Shopping: Electronics & stuff....

Has any one here ever bought anything from TigerDirect.com? Were you satisfied?

Posted by |Thrax| on Dec-12-2008 18:55:

tigerdirect is a good site, they have been a stable, trusted internet biz for many years.

Same with newegg.com

Posted by technofriik on Dec-12-2008 18:56:

Our department buys stuff from them all the time and we've never had a problem. I've ordered something personally too and think they're awesome Usually, everything arrives really fast.

Posted by TrAnCeMaSteR on Dec-12-2008 19:04:

ordered a laptop from there a few years back, no problems.

Posted by 2tall on Dec-12-2008 19:08:

tigerdirect is/was infamously bad. maybe they've improved. a simple purchase of a new item in stock might be straightforward but the trouble seems to start if you try to do anything beyond like needing a return or exchange, expecting some rebate, finding an incorrectly charged credit card.... it'll become a pain.

newegg is my fav online electronics retailer and most geeks' favorite as well. and bhphotovideo for camera gear.

Posted by TSG on Dec-12-2008 19:17:

It's been a couple of years that I've been holding off on buying a 46" - 50" flat screen TV. I usually buy my electronic stuff through Circuit City or Costco but lately, I've been seeing some pretty good deals on TigerDirect.

Decisions, decisions...

Posted by 2tall on Dec-12-2008 19:27:

quote:
Originally posted by TSG
It's been a couple of years that I've been holding off on buying a 46" - 50" flat screen TV. I usually buy my electronic stuff through Circuit City or Costco but lately, I've been seeing some pretty good deals on TigerDirect.

i think that's a bit too risky of a purchase for tigerdirect. that's totally a costco kind of purchase. have you browsed any deal sites like fatwallet ? i see a couple good tv deals floating around there right now

Posted by Musicjunky on Dec-12-2008 19:31:

Circuit City is going out of business and they have some really good deals.

Posted by toolman667 on Dec-12-2008 19:47:

tigerdirect.com is a great e-tailer

newegg.com is also great.

someone mentioned fatwallet

slickdeals.net is also a great site to find deals on electronics, and other things.

Posted by spinvinyl on Dec-12-2008 19:50:

might wanna check amazon.com, their prices on samsung lcd tv's are really good right now.

Posted by TSG on Dec-12-2008 19:58:

quote:
Originally posted by 2tall
i think that's a bit too risky of a purchase for tigerdirect. that's totally a costco kind of purchase. have you browsed any deal sites like fatwallet ? i see a couple good tv deals floating around there right now

Never heard of fatwallet.com and I was too was thinking about making a risky purchase. I'd feel safer with Circuit City even if it's going out of business. My favorite place.

Posted by JSmooth619 on Dec-12-2008 20:10:

I purchased a hard drive for a laptop about 3 years ago from TigerDirect, had no problems.

Posted by R!CH on Dec-12-2008 20:46:

quote:
Originally posted by 2tall
tigerdirect is/was infamously bad. maybe they've improved. a simple purchase of a new item in stock might be straightforward but the trouble seems to start if you try to do anything beyond like needing a return or exchange, expecting some rebate, finding an incorrectly charged credit card.... it'll become a pain.

newegg is my fav online electronics retailer and most geeks' favorite as well. and bhphotovideo for camera gear.

i shop almost exclusively at newegg myself, but i did not encounter any problems returning a quadcore and motherboard to tigerdirect.

Posted by HotDogWater on Dec-13-2008 00:29:

i've read a lot of complaints about tigerdirect, even though i've bought one or two things from them and had no problems.

however, you really can't go wrong with newegg. they are amazing.

Posted by fury on Dec-13-2008 01:27:

quote:
Originally posted by spinvinyl
might wanna check amazon.com, their prices on samsung lcd tv's are really good right now.

Yeah, Amazon has had some good deals on LCDs this season, I recommend checking them out.

Posted by MelBeat on Dec-13-2008 03:38:

I have only had good experiences with tigerdirect. Never a problem with what I bought and the one time I wanted to return an item, which was actually refurbished (I knew that when I bought it) and in theory non returnable but only exchangeable for the same item, they let me return it without a problem.

Posted by able.h on Dec-13-2008 04:08:

quote:
Originally posted by TSG
Never heard of fatwallet.com and I was too was thinking about making a risky purchase. I'd feel safer with Circuit City even if it's going out of business. My favorite place.

Fatwallet.com is an online community, which has a forum section just like tranceaddict.com to discuss current DEALS and COUPONS... it is not an actual store where u can purchase something from the site, but it is indeed a very good place to find deals!

Trin, I suggest you don't buy TV from online website, my primary concern is on the shipping... sometimes they don't cover the insurance, and I'm not too sure about the shipping and handling policy. It's just not worth the risk of saving $200-$300 online, but let's say the TV will break in 3 months and you'd have to ship it back to get it repaired.. I'd save the hustle and buy a TV from a safer and trusted source (i.e. BestBuy), but that's IMO

Posted by TSG on Dec-13-2008 04:45:

That was my main concern too Alvin. I don't like Best Buy. I'd rather just go to Costco.

Thanks guys! Now who wants to pitch in and buy me a 46" flat screen TV?

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Dec-13-2008 23:57:

If you're patient, just troll woot.com . They sell random stuff, but I got my TV from them (A 37" Westinghouse), and I love it! Plus the shipping is $5 for all their items...Plus, since you're not in Texas, there's no sales tax!