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Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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And with quicker shipping. If Amazon and Newegg have something for the same price, or the difference is just a few dollars, I go with Newegg every time.

That was the case, before Amazon Prime.

Shoprunner.com evens the playing field for Newegg.

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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And with quicker shipping. If Amazon and Newegg have something for the same price, or the difference is just a few dollars, I go with Newegg every time.

That was the case, before Amazon Prime.

I don't have an edu address. I don't have to pay an annual fee to get fast service from Newegg.

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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Hope it has nothing to do with the plaintext password storage revelation , which came last week

Doubtful. It is more likely they don't feel they're ready to strategically invest the capital (going IPO is to gain capital for the company mainly).

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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Hope it has nothing to do with the plaintext password storage revelation , which came last week

Doubtful. It is more likely they don't feel they're ready to strategically invest the capital (going IPO is to gain capital for the company mainly).

Wasn't the plan for them to expand their business in China with the IPO?

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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Hope it has nothing to do with the plaintext password storage revelation , which came last week

Unless I'm missing something, the CS Rep giving him his password in clear text does not necessarily mean it was stored in clear text.

If you can get the cleartext of the password without any information outside of what lives on Newegg's servers, then the password is effectively stored in cleartext.

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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That was the case, before Amazon Prime.

Shoprunner.com evens the playing field for Newegg.

Shoprunner looks interesting. Have you actually used it? I saw that Domino's Pizza supposedly offers free delivery, but I couldn't find any details.

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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There's a reason they say sell in May. A lot of people think in June LinkedIn is going to take a beating. But who knows really, a lot of the time it is just a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Fundamentals be damned? Trade like a technician.

See above: LNKD's p/e ratio is 1318 GOOG's p/e ratio is 20

LinkedIn's fundamentals are damning.

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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I spent much of last weekend pricing out a custom build workstation and was having trouble finding a source other than newegg. Amazon is a disorganized mess when it comes to fulfilling very specific hardware needs. TigerDirect is just skeezy. Seems like they should have it made.

I completely agree. I don't buy parts from anywhere but Newegg unless I absolutely have to. And I just signed up for Shoprunner.com since Newegg joined them. $79/year for 2 day shipping on most everything Newegg carries. Where's your Amazon Prime now?

it's the same cost?

or if you have an EDU email address it can be free

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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Illinois just added a new line to its income tax form in which it is implied "ok, you bought stuff online and didn't keep track of it because you never wanted to pay this stupid tax anyway. So here, just look up your base income on this five-line table and that's what we'll call your use tax for the year." To my knowledge, California already does this, as well as a few other states. This leads me to believe that the…

A flat use tax is the equivalent of no use tax at all in terms of purchase incentives. How does compromise address the competitive discrepancies?

At least in Illinois' case, the competitive discrepancies were second to keeping the state government running.

Re: Newegg.com withdraws IPO

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I spent much of last weekend pricing out a custom build workstation and was having trouble finding a source other than newegg. Amazon is a disorganized mess when it comes to fulfilling very specific hardware needs. TigerDirect is just skeezy. Seems like they should have it made.

I buy all my components from Tiger Direct, and have had very good luck. I order stuff regular shipping, and it is here the next day.
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