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pacerhimself posted:Is NewEgg no longer the place to get computer hardware? Man I used to love NewEgg. Now I usually find the price lower on Amazon or at least the free shipping helps. I built a theoretical computer and shopped both on NewEgg and Amazon and it was cheaper for the latter. priznat posted:They got hacked back in September and a bunch of CCs got swiped and they had a pretty poo poo response to the whole thing. They got hacked quite a few years ago too and I had to cancel my debit card and get a new one since someone got it. They don't seem to be doing very well with keeping customers' CCs safe.
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NCIX, a computer retailer based in Canada that had a somewhat ill fated expansion into the states went bankrupt and shut down completely out of the blue a year or two ago. I had an order in progress with them that I had to battle with my CC co to get it charged back. Anyway it turned out their entire customer database with CC numbers and all was sitting on systems completely unencrypted that were part of the bankruptcy liquidation. It was sheer luck that the buyer was honest and called the cops to report what he found on the systems he got but who knows what else could have gotten loose. Haven’t had any charges on the card and it has expired since anyway. But that really made me leery of dealing with these type of computer sellers, of which newegg is just a slightly bigger version of ncix.
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May 26, 2019 07:16
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May 26, 2019 11:28
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:Costco should be in the computer parts bizz. Literally no. The margins are poo poo and the customers are the worst people in the world (gamers and goons). PBUC
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May 26, 2019 13:53
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Since I contributed to the derail about computer parts, I will contribute by saying that I'm planning on making an essentials run to the 'Stco today. 9v batteries, Java Club coffee (pbuc), olives and then probably half a dozen other things I find. Edit: forgot about turlet paper
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May 26, 2019 15:11
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Building a shelf in my basement just to store paper towels and toilet paper from the Co, PBUC
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May 26, 2019 15:15
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:Costco should be in the computer parts bizz.
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May 26, 2019 15:44
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david_a posted:I heard one of the reasons that they officially got rid of their free lifetime returns policy is that people would buy a computer, keep it for 3-4 years, return it, buy a new one, rinse & repeat. That and people doing that for TVs, mostly because of the tvs iirc. Costco instore computer systems are usually already 3-4 years out of date.
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pacerhimself posted:Since I contributed to the derail about computer parts, I will contribute by saying that I'm planning on making an essentials run to the 'Stco today. Good luck. Sundays are bad enough there, and assuming you're in the US, it will be even worse today with tomorrow being a holiday.
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May 26, 2019 16:09
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priznat posted:That and people doing that for TVs, mostly because of the tvs iirc. Their computer systems are surprising good. I was looking at them last week and none of them have mechanical HDDs, they’re all SSD now. Even the cheap $320 laptops they carry have an SSD
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May 26, 2019 16:36
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FCKGW posted:Their computer systems are surprising good. I was looking at them last week and none of them have mechanical HDDs, they’re all SSD now. Even the cheap $320 laptops they carry have an SSD Mechanical hdd would be 6 or 7 years out of date
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May 26, 2019 17:31
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bob dobbs is dead posted:Mechanical hdd would be 6 or 7 years out of date And yet it’s half of the computers sold at Best Buy, Newegg or any other electronics retailer. The price of NAND only cratered in the last year or two to make SSDs a standard feature for sub $600 PCs
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May 26, 2019 17:40
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Praise Be Unto Costco, But Curse Be Unto you Sinners, who cannot put their carts back into the proper place in the parking lot.
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May 26, 2019 17:45
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Halfway through the case of Kirkland peanut butter pretzels i have changed my tune; they are sublime. PBUC
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May 26, 2019 18:45
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Wow, I thought there were more Whole Foods than that. shovelbum posted:Everywhere I go pretty much has a whole foods and its like oh poo poo I live in a bubble It's more that rural America is ridiculously spread out. Seeing it on a map like that is jarring for many people.
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May 26, 2019 18:47
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Driving across the country is a really weird experience with how empty it gets. It is only getting worse as the small towns die because the kids leave and don’t return.
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:Halfway through the case of Kirkland peanut butter pretzels i have changed my tune; they are sublime.  once the rocksalt really hits. I wonder if the more salted ones end up lower in the container or something.
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May 26, 2019 18:52
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Taima posted:It's more that rural America is ridiculously spread out. Seeing it on a map like that is jarring for many people. 
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May 26, 2019 18:57
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El Paso, Texas is closer to California than it is to Dallas, to put it in perspective. Texas really is loving giant.
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May 26, 2019 20:03
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I am guilty of not
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Im Ready for DEATH posted:I am guilty of not you motherfucker. absolute scum.
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May 26, 2019 20:35
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david_a posted:I heard one of the reasons that they officially got rid of their free lifetime returns policy is that people would buy a computer, keep it for 3-4 years, return it, buy a new one, rinse & repeat. My friend did this with xboxes. They'd release a new version or "halo masterchief" edition and they'd go to costco with the old one, full refund, new xbox. 
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May 26, 2019 20:48
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:My friend did this with xboxes. They'd release a new version or "halo masterchief" edition and they'd go to costco with the old one, full redund, new xbox.
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May 27, 2019 00:19
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:My friend did this with xboxes. They'd release a new version or "halo masterchief" edition and they'd go to costco with the old one, full redund, new xbox. 
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May 27, 2019 00:31
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Yesterday I ate there and got gas.
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May 27, 2019 00:59
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Silly Burrito posted:Yesterday I ate there and got gas. Well don’t eat that food again!
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Wow, I thought there were more Whole Foods than that. Over 500 stores, they're just concentrated. We have four just in Austin and a fifth coming. For pc parts, I plug poo poo into pcpartspicker and let it send me wherever.
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Chinatown posted:Fry's Electronics is not doing well. Amazon has destroyed them and there is no such thing as "easy mode" in brick and mortar retail. I had to drop my wife off at the airport yesterday so I dropped by Frys. I hadn't been there in a few years and it was a big shock. Way fewer people then there used to be (although it was early) and the store seemed...clean? Like, it used to be covered in products. Now there was way less stuff and it just felt kind of empty. The "deals" they have are all pretty mediocre now as well.
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May 27, 2019 03:59
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i bought 4 boxes of ice cream drumsticks they were on sale
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Bummey posted:i bought 4 boxes of ice cream drumsticks You are the target demo
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May 27, 2019 06:01
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SirPablo posted:You need to be pro level when checking out. While waiting in line, or even as you put poo poo in your cart, arrange with the barcode facing up for easy scanning. When you hit the conveyor belt, flip the plastic divided upside down and place your card there (then when the cashier gets to your stuff they just grab and scan your card). Put as few items as possible on the belt, keeping as much as you can in the cart. I personally refuse boxing, stacks fine in my car. Speaking from experience of being a cashier at BJ's: Barcode face down if it's on the belt. Up or at least easily accessible if it's left in the cart (on the side and unobstructed). Don't leave small things in the cart/too many items in there, it can get difficult keeping track of what you scanned when there's 30 items in the cart even if all the barcodes are easy to get to. Plus, since the cashier isn't watching the screen while they're scanning the cart, if they think something's wrong they're going to to waste more time than saved double checking their work. wrt the checkers: In BJ's, if you had a big cart they just checked for double scanned items, and the bottom basket since that's where the vast majority of missed scans were. We also had a few checkers with a shrink spider sense and were really good at catching people trying to steal. The most common trick was to buy something big or bulky and hide something small like a movie underneath it. The checkers at my Costco narrate what they're doing as they work, I suspect to keep them sane doing the most boring job in the store. They usually just straight up count the number of items in the basket to make sure it lines up, if it's too many they'll spot check a few of the expensive items, double scanned items, and the bottom of the cart. I dropped $100 on baby formula last week, and the baby got switched to Alimentum which Costco doesn't sell. I'm assuming that they'll give me no trouble returning it even though I didn't keep the receipt? It's still sealed and everything. I love checking out the random goodies section of Costco. Mine had a skid of Stroopwaffles that I bought on a whim and I can't stop eating them. They go wonderfully warmed over a cup of tea, and I don't even drink tea. I forgot to pick up paper towels and I don't even care, it means I get another dog. Alright that was a month's worth of Costco thoughts while I catch up thanks for listening. Renegret fucked around with this message at 16:31 on May 27, 2019 |
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Renegret posted:I dropped $100 on baby formula last week, and the baby got switched to Alimentum which Costco doesn't sell. I'm assuming that they'll give me no trouble returning it even though I didn't keep the receipt? As long as you have the membership card you'll be fine.
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May 27, 2019 17:00
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Yeah, they keep a record of everything your account buys so you can return just fine without a receipt.
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May 27, 2019 17:14
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May 27, 2019 17:40
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I've never returned anything to Costco before, because I am A) Lazy and B) actually use everything I buy. I'm going to time my next trip to when I need gas.
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May 27, 2019 17:43
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Return a tank of gas would be pro tier returning
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May 27, 2019 17:46
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david_a posted:cheating costco is extremely cursed imo This was the 360 days. You obviously can't do that anymore.
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May 27, 2019 18:36
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Ive returned clothes.
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I returned a pair of shorts yesterday that I bought like 6 weeks ago and finally got around to trying them on. Turns out they were mislabeled and like 2 sizes larger than the tag said. Guy at the return counter told me I'd grow into them. But also took them back without a hassle and just refunded my credit card. PBUC
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"SIR WHY ARE YOU URINATING ON THE COUNTER??" "I'm returning the Orange Juice. Not enough pulp."
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