Tiger Direct Is Horrible / What Is Your Favorite Online Retailer?

[Michael]

First off, Tiger Direct is a horrible etailer and if possible avoid it at all costs!

Some of the GeForce 8800GTS brands that are good include BFG Technology, eVGA, and ASUS.

[1c3d0g]

Asus, BFG, EVGA, Leadtek, XFX. Don't waste your time with the rest. The differences between them are mostly in stock clockspeeds and some have a different HSF (perhaps one brand has a quieter one than the others).

Michael: I'm surprised by that comment. Is there something we need to know about TigerDirect? A few weeks from now I was going to buy many items I needed from that website...

[Michael]

Originally Posted by 1c3d0g

Michael: I'm surprised by that comment. Is there something we need to know about TigerDirect? A few weeks from now I was going to buy many items I needed from that website...

I don't even know where to begin. Tiger Direct is one of the worst online retailers ever.

Here's a few links...

http://consumerist.com/consumer/tige...ays-237714.php
http://www.tigerdirectsucks.org/wp/
http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/n...igerDirect.com

If you search like "Tiger Direct Sucks" or similar terms, you will see a LOT more.

Have you ordered from Tiger Direct before? How was it?

NewEgg is not a sponsor of Phoronix (though I wish), but for 97% of what I buy all goes through NewEgg. If you are in the United States, I would suggest them.

[1c3d0g]

That's the problem with most e-tailers, I live in the Caribbean and unfortunately NewEgg doesn't ship Internationally. And no, I've never ordered stuff from TigerDirect before, but a few people here have and they've had "good results". The only way I could get things through NewEgg would be if I knew someone in the U.S. that could buy the items for me and ship them to me.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by 1c3d0g

That's the problem with most e-tailers, I live in the Caribbean and unfortunately NewEgg doesn't ship Internationally.

1c3dog,

For the help of others, what online etailers ship to the Caribbean?

[1c3d0g]

That's what I've been trying to search for for years, and before TigerDirect, there weren't any other e-tailers shipping Internationally (I don't blame them either, it's more expensive for them). Now that I can't trust TigerDirect however, I'll have to go looking for another e-tailer. So far I haven't discovered any. Once I've posted a request on HardForum.com for someone to help me buy the stuff I needed (and that went well), but I'm putting a lot of trust on that person and that's not something I want to go through every time I order something.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by 1c3d0g

That's what I've been trying to search for for years, and before TigerDirect, there weren't any other e-tailers shipping Internationally (I don't blame them either, it's more expensive for them). Now that I can't trust TigerDirect however, I'll have to go looking for another e-tailer. So far I haven't discovered any. Once I've posted a request on HardForum.com for someone to help me buy the stuff I needed (and that went well), but I'm putting a lot of trust on that person and that's not something I want to go through every time I order something.

Too bad I have a very busy schedule and am away often, otherwise I would have been glad to help you ship parts.

[Saist]

Originally Posted by Michael

First off, Tiger Direct is a horrible etailer and if possible avoid it at all costs!

Some of the GeForce 8800GTS brands that are good include BFG Technology, eVGA, and ASUS.

I generally deal with Newegg for online retail. I also have dealt with PCParts, PortaTech, and a few others.

The only one I will never deal with again is United Micro.

[tommcd]

Here is a good place to check the reliability of online etailers:
http://www.resellerratings.com/rlist-s1-n2.html
Just type in the name of the company. Tiger Direct gets a 4.xx rating. Newegg consistently gets 9.xx.

[DarkFoss]

Some of those horror stories sounds familiar. I ordered some ram from Zip Zoom Fly Once.
1 stick was bad it took 4 days to get an rma number. I marked the stick that was bad by putting
a small piece of paper. It took them 2 weeks to respond after receiving the item. They said they tested the sticks and they were fine and offed to ship them back or refund minus the 15% restocking fee. I took the items back I was not about to eat 15% of almost 300$. I contacted Corsair while they were being shipped back had an rma number waiting. 1 day after Corsair received them I got an e-mail saying that the stick I marked was bad and the replacements were on the way. I forwarded that e-mail back to the person and asked them how it could have passed their tests and told them I would never do buisness with them again as well as let everyone I knew to beware. Total time down on building my new comp 28 days plus 40$ shipping.

Newegg is the only place I shop for comp parts now.