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Newegg Launches $50 Amazon Prime Competitor

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Re: Newegg Launches $50 Amazon Prime Competitor

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Post by 15characterlimi »

I wonder how well their marketplace is doing? The selection seems poor and almost random, like a flea market. I never think to check Newegg for things other than computer parts and I almost always end up ordering on amazon because I have Prime. I guess this may change that.

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Post by Xdes »

Well 3 day shipping for $50 or 2 day shipping across many sites for $79 with shoprunner. Also shoprunner is a free benefit with an Amex card and they occasionally have a deal of spend $x on y site and get a one year membership.

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Post by vonmoltke »

15characterlimi wrote: post #2

I wonder how well their marketplace is doing? The selection seems poor and almost random, like a flea market. I never think to check Newegg for things other than computer parts and I almost always end up ordering on amazon because I have Prime. I guess this may change that.

I agree on the marketplace. I usually order my parts from Newegg, though, because I have a preferred account and Amazon pricing for computer parts is sometimes very strange and volatile. I saw a set of memory sticks I was looking at go from $136 to $235 to $147 in the span of a week.

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Post by higherpurpose »

bluedino wrote: post #4

The streaming is a huge benefit of Amazon and Prime is worth it for that alone. $6-7 * 12 months

It may be, but I assume not everyone wants to pay for that, and may prefer just having Newegg's service + Netflix instead. This is smart business/pricing strategy from Newegg, and it couldn't have come at a better time.

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Post by WiseWeasel »

Even without paying for expedited shipping, I get stuff the next day from NewEgg with the free ground shipping option; one of the benefits of living in the Bay Area, near their distribution center. That turn-around is a large part of the reason I prefer to use NewEgg over Amazon, whose merchant partners typically take a week to get stuff to me.

Re: Newegg Launches $50 Amazon Prime Competitor

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Post by caw »

Xdes wrote: post #3

Well 3 day shipping for $50 or 2 day shipping across many sites for $79 with shoprunner. Also shoprunner is a free benefit with an Amex card and they occasionally have a deal of spend $x on y site and get a one year membership.

Wow, I have an AMEX but didn't know about it.

For anyone else curious: https://www.shoprunner.com/americanexpress/

EDIT: Apparently it's not all American Express cards. My Fidelity AMEX doesn't qualify.

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