TigerLord
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| Newegg coming to Canada!!!
PC lovers and modders, REJOICE!!! Newegg is coming to Canada!!!
»www.newegg.ca/
This is awesome! We'll have fierce competition and NCIX will now be forced to offer good customer service again  |
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micron06
Premium
join:2003-11-19
York Region | Old news lol
»Guess Who Is Coming to Canada? |
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TigerLord
Resident Pentaxian
Premium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Chicoutimi | I went back 4 pages up to beginning of August.
Guess I didn't go far enough |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON
| reply to TigerLord
I seriously doubt that they will have a presence or storefront in Canada. They will most likely just have the website and "contract out" the orders under the newegg name.
I'll believe it when I see the sign newegg on a warehouse located in Canada
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Quake110
join:2003-12-20
Ottawa, ON | reply to TigerLord
Yup, already hoping to get that $1000 shopping spree. |
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DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
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join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
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said by TigerLord  :PC lovers and modders, REJOICE!!! Newegg is coming to Canada!!! » www.newegg.ca/This is awesome! We'll have fierce competition and NCIX will now be forced to offer good customer service again Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. However, if Newegg is coming to Canada, they will have a long way top go to beat NCIX. NCIX not charging 8% PST for Ontario residents is a major competitive advantage, as are their low cost shipping deals. I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost).
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Airwolf
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join:2001-10-30
Windsor, ON
clubs: | I'm hoping their prices are lower so I can price match on NCIX. |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON
| reply to DKS
said by DKS :Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. yeap me to, their service has been perfect for me no problems there. But I do find that shopRBC can still beat them by price for the exact same product.
just take a look for example at;
Seagate 7200.11 750GB 7200RPM 32MB SATAII Hard Drive, 5Yr
ShopRBC $118 x %8PST = $127.44
NCIX $152.95
Even with the PST it's still cheaper and they have flat rate shipping on no matter how much you buy.
I agree that competition is good.
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The Flash
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join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON
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| said by Stewy :said by DKS :Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. yeap me to, their service has been perfect for me no problems there. But I do find that shopRBC can still beat them by price for the exact same product. just take a look for example at; Seagate 7200.11 750GB 7200RPM 32MB SATAII Hard Drive, 5Yr ShopRBC $118 x %8PST = $127.44 NCIX $152.95 Even with the PST it's still cheaper and they have flat rate shipping on no matter how much you buy. I agree that competition is good. For about 130, you can get a 1TB at NCIX |
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Scoop
join:2006-08-05
Ottawa, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
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said by Stewy :said by DKS :Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. yeap me to, their service has been perfect for me no problems there. But I do find that shopRBC can still beat them by price for the exact same product. just take a look for example at; Seagate 7200.11 750GB 7200RPM 32MB SATAII Hard Drive, 5Yr ShopRBC $118 x %8PST = $127.44 NCIX $152.95 Even with the PST it's still cheaper and they have flat rate shipping on no matter how much you buy. I agree that competition is good. RBC are awesome. I get them to price match and then I pick up the items and save on shipping. They're only 10 minutes from my house.  |
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
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Ottawa, ON
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said by DKS :said by TigerLord :PC lovers and modders, REJOICE!!! Newegg is coming to Canada!!! » www.newegg.ca/This is awesome! We'll have fierce competition and NCIX will now be forced to offer good customer service again Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. However, if Newegg is coming to Canada, they will have a long way top go to beat NCIX. NCIX not charging 8% PST for Ontario residents is a major competitive advantage, as are their low cost shipping deals. I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). I just purchased a 1GB 4870 direct from Diamond Multimedia in California for $299 with $15 shipping (total $314) and no taxes whatsoever. Just hoping customs won't do me in the butt too badly but as the Sapphire equivalent sells for $369 in Ottawa, plus taxes, I think I'll come out ahead even with some reasonable duties.
My local reseller is buying my factory-overclocked 3870 and I'm selling some textbooks so this will end up costing me about $50 for doubling my speed and my VRAM (Oblivion sometimes takes up to 950MB of VRAM with the detailed textures I'm using). |
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dirtyjeffer
Lest We Forget
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join:2002-02-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
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said by DKS :I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). did you have as hard of a time getting it in your case as i did?...i bought the eVGA superclocked model and it is gigantic...that said, it is a fantastic card.
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dennilfloss
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Ottawa, ON
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1 edit | said by dirtyjeffer :said by DKS :I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). did you have as hard of a time getting it in your case as i did?...i bought the eVGA superclocked model and it is gigantic...that said, it is a fantastic card. Heard it's almost as big as a 4870X2 (which I did not buy because that would leave me me only a 1/4" free space between the hard disk drive cage and the graphic card (that plus it's beyond my financial means).Also I'm an ATI fan (my only nVidia card ever was my first one, a nice Diamond Viper V770 back in 1999). |
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | reply to Stewy
I think you guys are getting taken
Greytech (Ontario , single retail store) is selling the same drive for $119.95 |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
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join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON | reply to dennilfloss
If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. |
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dirtyjeffer
Lest We Forget
Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| reply to dennilfloss
i was actually going to buy a 4850 and probably would have bought a 4870 if they had it...instead, i got the GTX 260 for $100 (i gave them my older card that wasn't working anymore).
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
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Ottawa, ON
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said by The Flash :If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. Yup. UPS. Pants ready. |
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Guru
join:2005-12-01
Canada
| I hope it's not a crippled version of U.S. Newegg, like the Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.
said by dennilfloss :said by The Flash :If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. Yup. UPS. Pants ready. Why such dislike toward UPS? |
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StEC
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join:2003-11-27
NiagaraFalls | reply to TigerLord
YES w00t..... best news this week thanks!!! |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
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Toronto, ON
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said by Guru :I hope it's not a crippled version of U.S. Newegg, like the Amazon.com and Amazon.ca. said by dennilfloss :said by The Flash :If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. Yup. UPS. Pants ready. Why such dislike toward UPS? Crazy brokerage fees when shipping across borders. |
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