my $.02 on Newegg...
I ordered from Newegg a Soundblaster live OEM Card Last week, great price, free Fedex saver. - it came very quickly.
The good news: - The card installed quicky in my 600sc and works fine:
The not so good news: they shipped the card in an un-sealed static bag and whcih was apparently wrapped loosely with bubble wrap...and put in a fedex box. When I opened, the card was out of the bag, and not wrapped in bubblee wrap, was just loose in the box, with an empty bag and a piece of bubble wrap on the side along with the installCD. I expect better packing from a commercial seller.
This makes me very hesitant to buy from them again...Granted the card was only $33 shipped, but they could have at least put some tape on the anti-static bag and around the bubble wrap so that it would be properly packed...It would have cost $.01 for tape and maybe 15 seconds of time for the guy/gal who packaged to do it correctly. Had the card been damaged I would have been majorly PO'd.
Gee, I wonder if the free coffee mug would be properly packaged...maybe they can wrap it in the Tee Shirt!