Avoid buying on Newegg?

[Memes]

Been reading the comments on reddit saying how Newegg is terrible in their return policy and how theyre a scam. I'm looking to buy a PSU and ram on their so I dont need to pay for extra shipping and taxes. Anyone have bad experiences with Newegg?

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jefedemuchanina님이 먼저 게시:

I don't buy anything from Newegg they've sent me 3/5 things broken including monitor and it took me weeks to return also they charge more than anybody for express shipping

W8lifts님이 먼저 게시:

Newegg my last resort, shipping plus return policy is garbage (majority of times they tell you RMA it or exchange it but no returns on high dollar hardware from Newegg ). Amazon and micro center are my go to places. Newegg can go ♥♥♥♥ itself.

You see these 2 comments scares me when I order from there lol.

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StoneYoda님이 먼저 게시:

i feel like the amazon you're going to and the amazon i'm going to are the not the same
do you not have to sign for your packages on items worth more then 100$ or that weigh more then 25 pounds? they will knock and if you don't answer it will be put back in the truck and dropped off at the nearest post office for local pickup(and marked as such ether on amazon or the tracking number), and items that aren't worth 100$+ do they not get put into your streets mail box that only the post office workers have? or is that not how america works?pretty much every street here has a locked mailbox for the entire block and only the post office workers have access (and of course you have your own key to your own mailbox)

yea i can see why packages are getting stolen if amazon is just throwing packages on door steps without making people sign
but i don't get how new egg doesn't do the same? how does your post work out there?
seems completely chaotic.


quick edit, but amazon guarantees a time and date.
why would you not be home if you know you ordered something expensive and are worried about it getting stolen? idk man you're not really making alot of sense, and are hating on amazon for an issue i believe isn't even to the degree you imagine.
like do you really think 20 packages are getting stolen? seriously?
i could maybe see 1-2 every couple of days
amazon wouldn't be in business if they where loosing that many packages chief.
think about it for 2 seconds, amazon over in america probably has atleast 500 if not more drivers lets just average that 20 down to a 10 just to make it sound better
so just on average you think that amazon looses/and or has stolen over 5 thousand packages a day in the US alone? ok man

You can think I am making it up all you want, but yes, that easily how bad it is... You think only 5k a day?...

How about 1.7m nationwide daily...

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/10/package-theft-how-amazon-google-others-are-fighting-porch-pirates.html

And that was in Jan *before* covid caused people to shift to major online buying for more and more items, and others started to get even *more* desperate to get money quick and easy through scummy (theft) means.

Worse now.

And no, I didnt have anything stolen. And no, I was not out, in fact at all times there were two people home in a single bedroom unit. The issue for me isnt that I lost packages (this time, have had ones stolen in the past) its that every Amazon specific delivery (as in delivered by amazon direct) was left no-knock with no notification that they droped until I got an email confirmation or luckly checked.

Thats not acceptable. If UPS, USPS, FedEc and DHL can all knock and ring a door bell, so can amazon, they just dont care enough to (here at least).

I know for a fact its much better in some other places, such as the UK for example.

I think those Amazon delivery person were trained to be quick and go so thats why they just toss our package, take a picture, and go. One of my amazon package had to be delivered to one of my parents business and they didnt even hear the amazon guy came in just a picture.

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Memes님이 먼저 게시:

jefedemuchanina님이 먼저 게시:

I don't buy anything from Newegg they've sent me 3/5 things broken including monitor and it took me weeks to return also they charge more than anybody for express shipping

W8lifts님이 먼저 게시:

Newegg my last resort, shipping plus return policy is garbage (majority of times they tell you RMA it or exchange it but no returns on high dollar hardware from Newegg ). Amazon and micro center are my go to places. Newegg can go ♥♥♥♥ itself.

You see these 2 comments scares me when I order from there lol.

Everyone has different experiences. There's people who've had bad ones with Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, etc., etc.

I'm not sure how old you are, or how new you are to the PC/hardware scene or to the existence of Newegg, but it's not some shady place. It's been one of the best go to places ordering PC hardware online for North America at least for around two decades (maybe more), before Amazon rose to prominence in that space really. If you have a Micro Center nearby, it'll probably be cheaper though, and with Amazon being a thing and brick and mortar stores not being it's only competition, it's not the de-facto place it once was, but it's not some shady place either.

As said before, I haven't purchased as much from recently, but I have ordered some mechanical hard drives from them (two this year, one a few years back) and they work great. I'd be iffy on ordering monitors/displays from them, but that's because I'm picky with those.

IMO, if it has what you need in stock and/or is the cheapest, it's a safe bet. If another place it, or has it cheaper, get it from the other place.

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Illusion of Progress님이 먼저 게시:

Memes님이 먼저 게시:

You see these 2 comments scares me when I order from there lol.

Everyone has different experiences. There's people who've had bad ones with Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, etc., etc.

I'm not sure how old you are, or how new you are to the PC/hardware scene or to the existence of Newegg, but it's not some shady place. It's been one of the best go to places ordering PC hardware online for North America at least for around two decades (maybe more), before Amazon rose to prominence in that space really. If you have a Micro Center nearby, it'll probably be cheaper though, and with Amazon being a thing and brick and mortar stores not being it's only competition, it's not the de-facto place it once was, but it's not some shady place either.

As said before, I haven't purchased as much from recently, but I have ordered some mechanical hard drives from them (two this year, one a few years back) and they work great. I'd be iffy on ordering monitors/displays from them, but that's because I'm picky with those.

IMO, if it has what you need in stock and/or is the cheapest, it's a safe bet. If another place it, or has it cheaper, get it from the other place.

I know about PC stuff but I just dont want to get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over by their fees when returning stuff back to newegg. I heard different stuff being theyre the best when buying parts from them to they wouldnt replace their defective gpu. Guess ill find out once I start ordering parts for my PC

[Revelene]

I've never had an issue with returns at Newegg, other than for monitors with dead pixels. I pretty much only buy monitors from Amazon, because they'll replace even with only one dead pixel, while Newegg will tell you to kick rocks.