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ShadowEyez wrote:They are coasting a little. The deals are still pretty good, but many of the other sites have better prices on non-promo items. One advantage they do seem to still have is in selection. Hard to find some of the specialty or oddball stuff on every site, though newegg seems to have a wide selection. Though if you're ordering online...
just brew it! wrote:As an aside, the way they calculate shipping charges baffles me. It is almost like they use a random number generator to come up with the shipping cost for each item on their site. I've even had cases where putting multiple items with free shipping in the cart results in a shipping charge -- to get the free shipping on everything, I had to split the order up! WTF?
Egglick wrote:Today I decided to buy a few things on Newegg with promo codes which are listed for one of their 4th of July sales. I unchecked the box for "send me the Newegg newsletter" and was greeted with the following message:
A code you entered is exclusive to newsletter subscribers. By checking this box you consent to receive additional deals and promotions through our free e-mail newsletter.
The promo codes are automatically removed if you don't agree to receive the newsletter. Honestly, this isn't that big of a deal, but it's the type of thing that is starting to erode my confidence in Newegg as a retailer. They've constantly got some stupid "deals" going on, which most of the time are nothing special. I'd rather just see the prices marked down and no BS.
Yeats wrote:Don't see why it would "erode" your confidence in Newegg. If a promo code is meant for newsletter subscribers, then it makes perfect sense for it to not work for folks who don't subscribe.
just brew it! wrote:As an aside, the way they calculate shipping charges baffles me. It is almost like they use a random number generator to come up with the shipping cost for each item on their site. I've even had cases where putting multiple items with free shipping in the cart results in a shipping charge -- to get the free shipping on everything, I had to split the order up! WTF?
derFunkenstein wrote:just brew it! wrote:As an aside, the way they calculate shipping charges baffles me. It is almost like they use a random number generator to come up with the shipping cost for each item on their site. I've even had cases where putting multiple items with free shipping in the cart results in a shipping charge -- to get the free shipping on everything, I had to split the order up! WTF?
I've seen this when there's a tiny item (RAM, USB drives, and memory cards mostly) that has free "egg saver" shipping and everything else is UPS. In order to select the guaranteed 3-day UPS shipping on everything else, I've had to either pay shipping to get the small item bumped up or split up the order. Makes a very tiny amount of sense. But just tiny - c'mon, throw it in the box with the PSU already.
superjawes wrote:As another aside, do you guys get Newegg shipments in abnormally large boxes? I've seen decent shipping practices on larger orders, like 12 PSUs, but I've also seen single hard drives packed in boxes 2x bigger than the retail box.
Yeats wrote:Egglick wrote:Today I decided to buy a few things on Newegg with promo codes which are listed for one of their 4th of July sales. I unchecked the box for "send me the Newegg newsletter" and was greeted with the following message:
A code you entered is exclusive to newsletter subscribers. By checking this box you consent to receive additional deals and promotions through our free e-mail newsletter.
The promo codes are automatically removed if you don't agree to receive the newsletter. Honestly, this isn't that big of a deal, but it's the type of thing that is starting to erode my confidence in Newegg as a retailer. They've constantly got some stupid "deals" going on, which most of the time are nothing special. I'd rather just see the prices marked down and no BS.
Don't see why it would "erode" your confidence in Newegg. If a promo code is meant for newsletter subscribers, then it makes perfect sense for it to not work for folks who don't subscribe.
Egglick wrote:Because it's a petty nonsense games. They don't say anything about being a newsletter subscriber until you go to place the order, and then it's either sign up or pay more.
Borderline forced subscriptions and making the customer jump through hoops cheapens their name. By jumping through hoops, I'm referring to being forced to pick through and punch in nonsense codes (and type my password for each one), then being forced to sign up for a newsletter, which means later taking the time to unsubscribe from said newsletter. Is it the end of the world? Of course not; but it lowers my opinion of them. What happened to just advertising that you're selling a product for a lower price?