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And so the day has come in which Newegg has become just another internet retailer.
by dbingham 14y ago
And so the day has come in which Newegg has become just another internet retailer.
- sciurus 14y agoTheir site has been steadily getting more annoying to use for a while now. It feels like they want to be Amazon.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWho wouldn't?
- ceejayoz 14y agoWanting to be and being able to be are vastly different things. Trying to be Amazon when that's not a feasible goal is a bad idea.
- sciurus 14y agoThere's money to be made in providing the best experience for purchasing computer equipment, which is what Newegg used to provide. Newegg has lost the focus necessary to maintain that experience; e.g. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA01200095Y0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA01200095...
- DanBC 14y agoBut the good bits of Amazon are the customer service and product delivery. The Amazon website is - and I say this gently for any Amazon workers reading - fucking awful, a hateful experience. (In the UK.)
- philwelch 14y agoYou should hope to be better than Amazon.
- earl 14y agoYeah, except amazon has always had amazing customer service, at least for me. That said, I doubt I've spent less than $2k per year there any of the last 5 years since with prime amazon became the source of everything we used to buy at target.
- pbreit 14y agoSeems like the opposite, at least as far as returns go. See this recent example of a customer's experience returning an item to Amazon: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4091840 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4091840 Also, I think few would agree with you that Amazon is annoying to use or that wanting to be like Amazon is a "bad thing".
- RegEx 14y agoTheir prices seem far less competitive in comparison to other retailers than they were about two years ago.
- betterth 14y agoI think the kind of price disparity they enjoyed was bound to dry up. There's only so much innovation and undercutting a retailer can do before they're just not profitting any more. My local brick and mortar computer store checks most of their prices against Newegg regularly, has a "will match anything on newegg 100%" all over their ads and in their store, etc. I don't use Newegg because I can get the same thing in 30 minutes instead of 3 days, without paying S+H, at (or better than) the NewEgg price. Now, if y'all want a retailer who is KILLING IT on accessories and wires and offering zomg-level discounts on quality goods: www.monoprice.com is your home!