Personal computing discussed
xtalentx wrote:I don't even factor rebates into the real cost of item. Instant rebate or GTFO.
mdk77777 wrote:cyber Monday deals very weak at Newegg also.
Better deals every week of the year.
Heck, many prices higher than normal.
kvndoom wrote:Werd. Soon as I get my 30 dollar rebate from SOYO that I sent for back in 2003, I'll believe in MIR's again.
potatochobit wrote:it's sad, the only thing I bought this year was a TV and 100$ in cables to connect my macbook to that TV
I didnt buy anything from newegg though I had planned to give them half a thousand
axeman wrote:I'm no fan of MIRs, but Soyo went bankrupt. Pretty unsurprising the MIR didn't come through. Now MIRs that never show up and the company is still in business, bitch about that. I actually have a bigger problem with the way (r)etailers advertise MIRs. They advertise the price as the purchase price minus the MIR.. um... no... You pay any taxes on the original %^$&*($%($%)$^#WHRE^%$(*$ PURCHASE PRICE. THIS PRACTICE SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. IT'S FLAT OUT FALSE ADVERTISING. PERIOD. I'M SURPRISED THERE HASN'T BEEN A CLASS ACTION ABOUT THIS. IIRC newegg doesn't actually do this, but lots of others do, including B&M stores. Now I'm not too sure, but I guess a lot of states don't have sales tax, so maybe that's why the problem isn't so obvious. WE SHOULD SUE THE LOT.
In other less nerd raging news, I'm currently waiting on two MIRs. The one from Antec better come, since their PSUs aren't worth the regular price at all.
xtalentx wrote:I don't even factor rebates into the real cost of item. Instant rebate or GTFO.
kvndoom wrote:All retail stores do this... even grocery stores do this with coupons. The coupon is subtracted from the total after it's added up and taxed. So a 1 dollar coupon on a 1 dollar item will still cost you 5 cents (in this state, anyway).