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Whats a good online webstore from where to buy equipment for our personnel in the USA, mostly computer monitors, laptop desk stands, usb hubs and so on? Amazon

Whats a good online webstore from where to buy equipment for our personnel in the USA, mostly computer monitors, laptop desk stands, usb hubs and so on? Amazon has been quite bad so far - takes lots of time to find the correct item and then begins the game of "is this thing the real thing or not?". Employees are spread out in the USA, especially in these covid times. Delivery time is not critical compared to the item's authenticity, pricing and support.

ratiolat 5y ago
Kind of answering to myself. I discovered that Markit works in the USA too: https://www.markit.eu/us/en/Catalog.aspx https://www.markit.eu/us/en/Catalog.aspx
- p49k 5y ago
  What is Markit? The site itself doesn’t explain the concept very well and the content is behind a login.
  - ratiolat 5y ago
    I don't know which kind of answer satisfies you, so I'm gonna answer in many different ways: 1. It's a "frontend" for warehouses 2. It's a webstore for buying stuff 3. It's a middleware between a company buying stuff and warehouse selling stuff It's usually used by businesses who need to buy gear. It gives you overview of different warehouses selling the same thing, the difference between them is usually delivery time, pricing, amount of stock. So you can decide that hey, I want this from warehouse Y and this from warehouse X. They also do autooptimization based on pricing or amount of shipments if you want to. The reason why I like them is because it's simple, adfree, easy payment, easy tracking.... it's just easy. For example here's a random product: https://www.markit.eu/us/en/kingston-datatraveler-70-usb-flash-drive-64-gb/v2p21636660c140401 https://www.markit.eu/us/en/kingston-datatraveler-70-usb-fla... On the left you can see the whole catalogue of things. The only caveat I'm aware of is that it's for companies only. But, as said before, I have only used them in Europe where it's the default option and in a rare occasion where they don't offer something, I need to use an alternative. By and large they have 99% of our cases covered. Usually they might not have the cheapest price, but it's okay because the ease of use pays it back in a blink of an eye.
acranox 5y ago
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/ https://www.bhphotovideo.com/ is still good.
- cromka 5y ago
  I would second that.
- mttjj 5y ago
  Love BH! I buy most of my Apple products from them since I’m not charged sales tax in my state (the legality/merits of this can be discussed at a later time).
Inhibit 5y ago
Newegg's still around. And I'll second the B&H recommendation for anything they stock.
- bootlooped 5y ago
  Unfortunately they have opened the gates to 3rd party sellers, which I think is the source of most of amazon.com's problems.
mardifoufs 5y ago
To piggyback on this, any good online store in Canada too? Preferably with free or cheap shipping. The retail market here in Canada is dreadful and even the big players like Newegg aren't really focused on speed or shipping costs
- interestica 5y ago
  Where at? I've had good luck with PrimeCables.ca
- Tortoise 5y ago
  https://www.memoryexpress.com https://www.memoryexpress.com
jiveturkey 5y ago
cdw.com has always been great
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Depending on the equipment, maybe https://zworkstations.com https://zworkstations.com ?

ratiolat 5y ago

Kind of answering to myself. I discovered that Markit works in the USA too: https://www.markit.eu/us/en/Catalog.aspx https://www.markit.eu/us/en/Catalog.aspx

p49k 5y ago
What is Markit? The site itself doesn’t explain the concept very well and the content is behind a login.
- ratiolat 5y ago
  I don't know which kind of answer satisfies you, so I'm gonna answer in many different ways: 1. It's a "frontend" for warehouses 2. It's a webstore for buying stuff 3. It's a middleware between a company buying stuff and warehouse selling stuff It's usually used by businesses who need to buy gear. It gives you overview of different warehouses selling the same thing, the difference between them is usually delivery time, pricing, amount of stock. So you can decide that hey, I want this from warehouse Y and this from warehouse X. They also do autooptimization based on pricing or amount of shipments if you want to. The reason why I like them is because it's simple, adfree, easy payment, easy tracking.... it's just easy. For example here's a random product: https://www.markit.eu/us/en/kingston-datatraveler-70-usb-flash-drive-64-gb/v2p21636660c140401 https://www.markit.eu/us/en/kingston-datatraveler-70-usb-fla... On the left you can see the whole catalogue of things. The only caveat I'm aware of is that it's for companies only. But, as said before, I have only used them in Europe where it's the default option and in a rare occasion where they don't offer something, I need to use an alternative. By and large they have 99% of our cases covered. Usually they might not have the cheapest price, but it's okay because the ease of use pays it back in a blink of an eye.

acranox 5y ago

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/ https://www.bhphotovideo.com/ is still good.

cromka 5y ago
I would second that.
mttjj 5y ago
Love BH! I buy most of my Apple products from them since I’m not charged sales tax in my state (the legality/merits of this can be discussed at a later time).

Inhibit 5y ago

Newegg's still around. And I'll second the B&H recommendation for anything they stock.

bootlooped 5y ago
Unfortunately they have opened the gates to 3rd party sellers, which I think is the source of most of amazon.com's problems.

mardifoufs 5y ago

To piggyback on this, any good online store in Canada too? Preferably with free or cheap shipping. The retail market here in Canada is dreadful and even the big players like Newegg aren't really focused on speed or shipping costs

interestica 5y ago
Where at? I've had good luck with PrimeCables.ca
Tortoise 5y ago
https://www.memoryexpress.com https://www.memoryexpress.com

jiveturkey 5y ago

cdw.com has always been great

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago

Depending on the equipment, maybe https://zworkstations.com https://zworkstations.com ?