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NewEgg Drops The Ball, Gamestop Saves The Day. Wait: Gamestop?
Two months ago, Nathan took advantage of a Newegg promotion for $10 off his pre-order of the collector's edition of the game Dark Souls, which was released on Tuesday. Ordering ahead and getting a discount: points for planning and for shopping prowess. The day before the game was to be released, Newegg (and other retailers, Nathan later learned) had to cancel their pre-orders because they just didn't have enough product. This left him without a collector's edition on release day...unless he could find one in his city, in person. Was such a feat possible? Yes, as it turns out, with some luck and the help of a heroic Gamestop employee. More »

Newegg Respectfully Disagrees With Best Buy's Claims To "Geek" Trademark
Last week, we told you about Best Buy sending a cease and desist letter to Newegg.com over its use of the word "geek" on shirts and other marketing materials and Newegg's ad featuring someone that looks like a Best Buy employee. Well, over the weekend, Newegg posted its response to big blue's allegations. More »

Best Buy Issues Cease & Desist Over Newegg.com's Use Of The Word "Geek"
The folks at Best Buy are none too happy with electronics e-tailer Newegg.com. The boys in blue believe that their online competitor stepped over a trademarked line by using the word "geek" and by making fun of inept Best Buy staffers in a TV ad. More »

Newegg Knows What Women Really Want This Valentine's Day: Sexism
This Valentine's Day gift suggestion list from Newegg has a "Cutie and the Geek" theme, featuring gifts ostensibly for a Newegg shopper, his wife or girlfriend, and gifts that the entire couple can use. Sample items from the "cutie" section: red freshwater pearls, Ralph Lauren sunglasses, and a pink netbook. Sample items from the "geek" section: an electric razor, a 120 GB solid state drive, and a home server. Cary finds the selection a bit sexist, writing: "Great piece of marketing work. I guess women aren't allowed to enjoy geeky toys and instead need 'pink netbooks' or jewelery as gifts." More »

Overstock And Amazon Comically Overpackage Readers' Orders: Newegg, Not So Much
It's time for another installment of the Adventures of the Stupid Shipping Gang! We've packaged three reader stories in one post to make sure they stay extra-secure. In this edition: Amazon overestimates the fragility of Pyrex, Newegg underestimates the fragility of computer parts, and Overstock sends someone an awful lot of crumpled-up paper. More »

Maybe You Won't Notice The Newegg Watermark On This Sears Product Page
Shopping for a monitor on the Sears website, reader Ben discovered something strange on the page for the HP Pavilion 2009M. The product photo had a watermark on it. But not a Sears watermark—a Newegg watermark. More »

Newegg: Buy Your Mom A Hitachi Magic Wand For Mother's Day
Newegg suggests you buy, among other things,a Hitachi Magic Wand for your Mom for Mother's Day. Um. More »

Don't Count On That Rebate From MSI
My advice on mail-in-rebates is to ignore them when you're trying to decide on a purchase. They take too long to receive, during which time you've paid a higher amount on the product. Even worse, it's easy for a company to deny a claim and refuse to cooperate with you, and it's hard for consumers to get misbehaving companies to play fairly. More »

Newegg's Overnight Shipping Takes Several Days
Imagine it: you're trying to patch things up with an estranged parent, and send a thoughtful gift for their birthday. You pay more than $50 for overnight shipping, and wait for the gift to arrive. Only 48 hours later, the item hasn't even shipped yet, while an identical item headed for another recipient, sent using standard shipping, has already shipped. What? That's what reader Janet writes happened to her when she ordered a coffee machine from Newegg for her mother's birthday. More »

What Happens When You Put A Tag Cloud On Your Customer Support Forum...
...is that the conversational threads become very apparent. Full version inside of the Newegg forums screengrab.

Customer Feels Bing-ed By Spontaneously Reduced New Egg/Microsoft Promotion

—>Richard thought he'd take advantage of a joint promotion between Microsoft's Bing search engine and Newegg that gives you 10 percent refund via PayPal if you click on a Newegg banner on Bing.  More »

CircuitCity.com Reborn As... Circuit City!

—>CircuitCity.com is back, and it looks eerily familiar. The zombie website is now controlled by Systemax, the same folks who own Tiger Direct. Though the new site may look similar to the old, no doubt part of Systemax's goal to keep alive a "proud brand that America has grown to count on," it isn't nearly as consumer-friendly as we would like...  More »

Newegg Shocks The Hell Out Of You By Replacing Your Defective Keyboard

—>Reader Patty is shocked that Newegg would send her another keyboard because the one she bought was defective. She's stunned. She can't believe it.   More »

Belkin Caught Paying For Positive Reviews

—>Belkin Business Development Representative Michael Bayard has been caught offering to pay anyone willing to leave perfect reviews of Belkin products on Amazon, Buy.com, and Newegg. Even worse, the highly unethical strategy seems to have worked—almost fifteen pages worth of Belkin products on Amazon have perfect five-star ratings.  More »

Acer's Secret Business Model Somehow Involves Envelopes

To date I've received one batch of five flat pacs [and] one batch of seventeen flat pacs. Each flat pac has three restoration discs (for a total of 66 discs), none of the flat pacs I've received has contained the promised system disc.  More »

Morning Deals

• 6PM.com: DC Brand Shoes $20 + S/H, all sizes/styles, 856 to choose from
• Nicorette: free pack of Nicorette White Ice Mint (warning, site is slow)
• Circuit City: Panasonic SH-FX85 Wireless Multi-Room Speaker Kit for $44.96, requires in-store pickup

Highlights From Buxr

• Hewlett Packard: $400 Off $999 or more for Desktop Purchase w/ coupon code: DT1158 (Good for 2250 uses)
• NewEgg: Targus Notebook Wireless Optical Mouse for $8.99 w/ Free shipping after $20 off coupon code: EMCAKAKAK
• Buy.com: Av Lab Solar Backpack Charger for $29.99 w/ Free shipping after rebate

Highlights From Dealhack

• Best Buy: Toshiba Satellite Dual Core Notebook PC $500
• Geeks.com: Canon Pixma iP6210D Color Inkjet Photo Printer $35 with Coupon
• Musicnotes.com: 20% or 30% off Guitar Guru Interactive Lessons with Coupons

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Morning Deals

HobbyLobby.com: 40% Off Hobby Lobby Printable Coupon (expires Sept 6)

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Morning Deals

• Amazon: 37 new coupon codes for September 2008
• Google: Get Chrome for free, Google's new super-minimal browser (still in beta, read review at Lifehacker)
• Apple: Seven refurbished Apple Aluminum iMac Core 2 Duo Desktops from $949 each + free shipping

Highlights From Dealhack

• Newegg: Nikon Coolpix P60 8.1MP Camera $150 Shipped
• Amazon: Save Extra $20 off Kellogg's, Keebler & other Grocery Products
• 1-800 Contacts: Save $20 to $80 + Bonus $5 off Contact Lenses with Coupon

Highlights From Bargainist

• Toys "R" Us: BOGO 50% off all video games up to $19.99
• Proctor & Gamble: Free Tide TotalCare sample
• BuyCostumes.com: Sale: Up to 60% off

Highlights From Buxr

• Amazon.com: Get three DVDs for $10 when you add all three to your Shopping Cart
• Golden Gadgets: 2 Pack of 9 LED Aluminum Pocket water resistant Flashlight for $3.99 + Shipping ($2.02)
• Newegg.com: A-DATA 16GB Flash Drive WHITE for $24.99 after $15 rebate!

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Morning Deals

• Lenovo: Employee Pricing on ThinkPad and IdeaPad Notebooks, up to 42% off (login with passcode 536686)
• Woot: Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 Player for $19.99
• Newegg: ESET NOD32 Antivirus Home Edition v3 for $14.99 (Best antivirus around, won't slow down your computer)

Highlights From Dealhack

• Buy.com: Kingston 4GB USB 2.0 Portable Flash Drive $14 Shipped
• Hanes.com: Save 15% off Complete Order on All Clothing
• Vann's: Sony FX820 Portable 8-inch DVD Player $150 Shipped

Highlights From Bargainist

• Amazon: Kitchen & Home Labor Day Sale: Save up to 65%
• Linens 'n Things: BOGO 50% off bath furniture, more + 20% off coupon
• American Eagle: 40% off purchases coupon

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Morning Deals

• Newegg: Wii Fit with Balance Board, We Ski, and Hori Wii mat for $149.99
• Apple: Buy a Mac, get an iPod touch for free after rebate
• IKEA: Labor Day Sale, up to 50% off (in-store only)

Highlights From Dealhack

• Eastern Mountain Sports: Labor Day Sale Save up to 70% off
• Amazon: Up to 50%+ off High Sierra Backpacks & Messenger Bags
• Geeks: Kodak EasyShare V1003 10MP Digital Camera $90

Highlights From Bargainist

• Arbor Day Foundation: 10 trees for $10
• Arby's: BOGO free Super Roast Beef Sandwich, more coupons
• The Fruit Company: 25% off everything coupon

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