Cold! Newegg now charging shipping for most refurbs.

[IPLaw]

In the past few days newegg has also increased their refurb cpu prices considerably. The refurb A64 3200+ jumped from $211 to $239. I'm glad I grabbed my refurb retail A64 3000+ a week ago for $167. Fortunately, it's running like a champ.

 

[StumbleBum1]

It was a nice ride but let's face it...The party is over!

 

[cmetz]

Newegg refurb IC7-G: 139.10 + 4 = 143.10
ZipZoomFly new IC7-G: 144.00 + 0 = 144.00

Decisions, decisions.

StumbleBum1 - you said it.

 

[tedinde]

On the flip side when you RMA somthing, if you go into RMA status, there is a link that says create FEDEX shipping label, and they pay for returns.

Also they are charging shipping for a lot of items that were free shipping, But you will also notice that prices are lower.

 

[Kato]

Newegg refurb Pioneer 106D 4x dvd burner 108.50 + 4 s/h
Accupc new Pioneer 107D 8x dvd burner 109 + 5 s/h

 

[IPLaw]

As the Oracle in the Matrix said . . .

 

[xenolith]

There's something screwy going on at newegg's refurb section right now: $8999.10 for a refurbed TNT2 card?

It makes a refurbed ATI RADEON 9700 PRO for $286.20 look like a relatively good deal. Even though you can get a new retail 9700pro for $188 from them.

I'd hold off making any judgements about newegg's refurb section until this is straightened out.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: tedinde
On the flip side when you RMA somthing, if you go into RMA status, there is a link that says create FEDEX shipping label, and they pay for returns.

I've never noticed that. Is it just for refurb stuff or anything? Does it actually work?

Asus FX5900 256MB $400
This one's been on the refurb list for weeks. You can get a new Ultra version for $336.

 

[xenolith]

Originally posted by: xenolith
There's something screwy going on at newegg's refurb section right now: $8999.10 for a refurbed TNT2 card?

It makes a refurbed ATI RADEON 9700 PRO for $286.20 look like a relatively good deal.

They must of saw my post, they just lowered the TNT2 to $7999.20 and 9700pro to $254.40. Must resist...

 

[sotxin]

I ordered a refuburbed MB 4/5 for $32.00 w/free shipping. It arived yesterday DOA.
Today the same part # is $59.40 w/ $3 shipping.

I called CS for a RMA and the rep was courtious and helpful. Newegg will wave the 15% restocking fee and credit my CC.
This was my first Newegg refurbed purchase and my last. Although I will still consider them for the purchase of new items.

 

[Averox]

I'm usually about 4 out of 5 for refurbs for working ratio.

Just snagged another refurb drive. Higher prices and shipping now? This time I really have to second guess the purchase. Saving $30 is one story, saving $15 is another :|

 

[ectx]

Originally posted by: xenolith

Originally posted by: xenolith
There's something screwy going on at newegg's refurb section right now: $8999.10 for a refurbed TNT2 card?

It makes a refurbed ATI RADEON 9700 PRO for $286.20 look like a relatively good deal.

They must of saw my post, they just lowered the TNT2 to $7999.20 and 9700pro to $254.40. Must resist...

LOL

 

[ectx]

double post. sorry

 

[Tsunami982]

did anyone else notice that the price of the asus a7n8x dlx almost doubled from two weeks ago? who the hell would buy a refurb for 90 + tax (CA) + shipping and with no accessories when you could go into any store and get the new one (almost guaranteed to get everything) for about 120?

this is a bad business move by newegg. the reason refurbs have to be so cheap is because they are essentially paying us for technician time and risk. i mean if the board comes and it is bad... we wasted at least 20-30 minutes (if not tons more) on troubleshooting to determine that it really is broken. they dont test the boards before they ship em out.

i used to love newegg and made a purchase every week or so... now im looking for alternatives.

 

[nordlaw]

LOCK

 

[dragonlord2112]

Now it seems that the $5 shipping is now $3. Hmmm

 

[conehead433]

OK I confess- NewEgg Refurbs suck. Otherwise, good company and great service.

 

[Wag]

I wonder if Newegg takes returned refurbs and throw them back on the site?

The number of refurb failures seems very high- and not manufacturer tested as they claim.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: dragonlord2112
Now it seems that the $5 shipping is now $3. Hmmm

whoo ..was $39 last week free ship..

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: xenolith
There's something screwy going on at newegg's refurb section right now: $8999.10 for a refurbed TNT2 card?

It makes a refurbed ATI RADEON 9700 PRO for $286.20 look like a relatively good deal. Even though you can get a new retail 9700pro for $188 from them.

I'd hold off making any judgements about newegg's refurb section until this is straightened out.

i think it was meant for gwbush or bill gate remember, to them money is no object.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Wag
I wonder if Newegg takes returned refurbs and throw them back on the site?

The number of refurb failures seems very high- and not manufacturer tested as they claim.

a defective product should be thrown away or sold for nexts to nothing! it may work but it is unstable most of the time. I had nothing but crashes and a big headace cause i thought it was my cpu, video card, my sound card, or my hd. Its not easy to detect till you test every component one by one and finally come to conclusion that it was the shoddy mobo all along. reburbish = defective, it's just reworded to make it more appealing. sometime it don't even work at all and if it works, there's something wrong with it no matter how good someone says it is; which they will find out much later because it takes awhile to see what is wrong with it. The reason for 15 days rma period too.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: dragonlord2112
Now it seems that the $5 shipping is now $3. Hmmm

whoo ..was $39 last week free ship..

I noticed that one too. I just ordered the M7NCD refurb for $31 + free shipping just a few days before the increases.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: RobCur
reburbish = defective

That is unfortunately an uninformed and obviously inexperienced opinion; however, I've always maintained everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter how wrong it may be.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: Wag
I wonder if Newegg takes returned refurbs and throw them back on the site?

The number of refurb failures seems very high- and not manufacturer tested as they claim.

a defective product should be thrown away or sold for nexts to nothing! it may work but it is unstable most of the time. I had nothing but crashes and a big headace cause i thought it was my cpu, video card, my sound card, or my hd. Its not easy to detect till you test every component one by one and finally come to conclusion that it was the shoddy mobo all along. reburbish = defective, it's just reworded to make it more appealing. sometime it don't even work at all and if it works, there's something wrong with it no matter how good someone says it is; which they will find out much later because it takes awhile to see what is wrong with it. The reason for 15 days rma period too.

Here's what I've been thinking about this whole situation. NE appears to allow RMAs for any reason and since they do not have tech support they don't test them. They just throw them on the refurb rack and then add the refurb stock to their website every few days. Lot's of people are ordering components like motherboards, CPUs RAM and video cards expecting to overclock them. When it doesn't work out they just RMA the component back to NE, no questions asked even though the compenents are working within their normal parameters. Then there's the n00bs who can't make the component work for whatever reason and they do an RMA. In the past NE has been selling the refurbs for a dramatically lower price than new probably thinking that it will work out since they don't have to pay someone for tech support to check all of the returns. It finaly caught up to them and they were losing too much money because of too many RMAs. My guess is that after raising refurb prices dramatically, new prices moderately and adding shipping to almost everything their next step will be to control the RMAs to reduce their refurbs.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: Wag
I wonder if Newegg takes returned refurbs and throw them back on the site?

The number of refurb failures seems very high- and not manufacturer tested as they claim.

a defective product should be thrown away or sold for nexts to nothing! it may work but it is unstable most of the time. I had nothing but crashes and a big headace cause i thought it was my cpu, video card, my sound card, or my hd. Its not easy to detect till you test every component one by one and finally come to conclusion that it was the shoddy mobo all along. reburbish = defective, it's just reworded to make it more appealing. sometime it don't even work at all and if it works, there's something wrong with it no matter how good someone says it is; which they will find out much later because it takes awhile to see what is wrong with it. The reason for 15 days rma period too.

it seems to depend on what it is you are buying. some stuff is just returned crap that someone else returned.

i know that if you buy an asus motherboard from them, its actually one asus sends them and is brand new, jus tmissing all the accesories.