Whether or not it's stored in "real" plain text is not the issue here. The real security issue is that they email you your password at all. So anyone who has ac

Whether or not it's stored in "real" plain text is not the issue here. The real security issue is that they email you your password at all. So anyone who has access to your inbox, even for 5 minutes while you step out of the room, now has a way to find your newegg password. And for a significant percentage of people that will be the one password they use everywhere.