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Newegg now shipping 34nm Intel SSD!
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even though I got mine from newegg @ $449 + free shipping, I still sent their customer service an email about this.
newegg has always given me a great shopping experience in the 5+ years I've been shopping with them. And they clearly have one of the best websites, so clean and full of info + pictures.
I really hope newegg isn't making a turn for the worse in the 2009 economy. I'd really hate to have to stop shopping there...
newegg has always given me a great shopping experience in the 5+ years I've been shopping with them. And they clearly have one of the best websites, so clean and full of info + pictures.
I really hope newegg isn't making a turn for the worse in the 2009 economy. I'd really hate to have to stop shopping there...
Oops
I was planning to get one 80GB from them, I decided not to.
If I didn't know the original price at all, I might have already bought one at the new price, but I can't buy it anymore after I saw how much it really was.
I have no idea what they are thinking...
I was planning to get one 80GB from them, I decided not to.
If I didn't know the original price at all, I might have already bought one at the new price, but I can't buy it anymore after I saw how much it really was.
I have no idea what they are thinking...
Yeah...they ran out right after I completed my purchase yesterday.
According to their website...the 80Gb should be in stock 9/4 (which I found pretty accurate since they once listed as ETA 8/31 - the date I bought mine)
I think a lot of people would be glad if they do refund the inflated portion - although those purchased at inflated price are willingly to pay the premium and thus is legal, it's just the right thing to do - but somehow I doubted they would.
I am glad that you have found out truth before you pull the trigger...
the inflated price itself is not a problem by itself so much since most informed customer will not pay these crazy premium knowing the MSRP anyway...it's those who are not informed as much and still under the perception that SSD are still crazy expensive will fall into this evil tactic.
Man what a bunch of socialists some of you are.
Who are YOU to tell a business what prices to charge?
Who are YOU to claim they are "evil" if they charge what the market will bear?
Why don't you start protesting the price of some fancy carbon rocks, or designer shoes or something?
This product is in demand because it is a high performance item. It's in short supply and so right now you have to pay a premium if you want one. That's the way it happens in a free market.
If it's not worth it to you, then don't freaking buy one (I'm not, at that price!). But believe it or not there are people out there with more money than you, and who might very well pay that much because they want to.
And if some schmuck comes along and pays "too much" and then prices drop in the next month (which they will) and gripes about it, well tough luck. Part of being a part of a capitalistic society is making informed purchasing decisions. Don't be a dope and buy a house that is way more than you can ever afford, and don't pay nearly twice MRSP for a SSD unless you REALLY want one.
But please stop the anti capitalistic, leftist rants about business charging what the market will bear, it's pathetic.
Who are YOU to tell a business what prices to charge?
Who are YOU to claim they are "evil" if they charge what the market will bear?
Why don't you start protesting the price of some fancy carbon rocks, or designer shoes or something?
This product is in demand because it is a high performance item. It's in short supply and so right now you have to pay a premium if you want one. That's the way it happens in a free market.
If it's not worth it to you, then don't freaking buy one (I'm not, at that price!). But believe it or not there are people out there with more money than you, and who might very well pay that much because they want to.
And if some schmuck comes along and pays "too much" and then prices drop in the next month (which they will) and gripes about it, well tough luck. Part of being a part of a capitalistic society is making informed purchasing decisions. Don't be a dope and buy a house that is way more than you can ever afford, and don't pay nearly twice MRSP for a SSD unless you REALLY want one.
But please stop the anti capitalistic, leftist rants about business charging what the market will bear, it's pathetic.
Well, newegg once had a reputation to be the best place to buy computer parts, treated the customer with respect .... and newegg made a crap load of monies without being a back-stabbing corporate greed monster.
Who is YOU. YOU is the people who are newegg's loyal/repeat customers. And again, a little respect can go a long way. Its not like Intel has changed the bulk rate of the SSDs. Its pure newegg at this point.
Who is YOU. YOU is the people who are newegg's loyal/repeat customers. And again, a little respect can go a long way. Its not like Intel has changed the bulk rate of the SSDs. Its pure newegg at this point.
Well we vote with our ( socialist???) dollars.
The problem is not that they are charging what the market will bear because that's smart business practice and if someone REALLY wants that model and is willing to pay $$$$ fine!
The problem is with the people who get caught unawares, those same people who may have trusted Newegg to have the best prices.
Now that trust is gone.
If they don't rectify this their reputation is going to suffer. This fiasco is making the rounds at all the sites.
It's the SSD news of the week.
I doubt their reputation will suffer much because people usually look for the lowest price when they shop. If Newegg has the lowest price on a specific item someone will buy from them. If not, they will go elsewhere.
Its funny how people complain about a retailer, but these same people will price shop everything else they buy and generally buy from the retailer that offers the lowest price (with little to no retailer loyalty).
If the item is too expensive then dont buy it. In a month or two these SSD's will be everywhere. Just wait it out. This happens all the time on eBay as well. I wonder how many people complaining in this thread about Newegg have done the same thing buy camping out and putting a Wii or PS3 on eBay for much more than the 'retail' price.
Its funny how people complain about a retailer, but these same people will price shop everything else they buy and generally buy from the retailer that offers the lowest price (with little to no retailer loyalty).
If the item is too expensive then dont buy it. In a month or two these SSD's will be everywhere. Just wait it out. This happens all the time on eBay as well. I wonder how many people complaining in this thread about Newegg have done the same thing buy camping out and putting a Wii or PS3 on eBay for much more than the 'retail' price.
well the thing is.. Newegg kept changing the prices in a 48 hour span..I mean if they changed it once every 1 or 2 days.. I'll be fine with that and just blame it on my own stupidity for not getting it earlier at a cheaper price... but like you said Newegg is a RETAILER..not eBay. When they're constantly modifying their prices like that due to the demand, it seems more like an auction.. "I hear 229..229? 249 at that corner.. 249? going once..twice... $279.. 279 is the new price... OH MY $499 to the man with the hat!!"
I'm actually one of those loyal newegg shoppers. When I needed DDR ram I paid their $39 without shopping around because I knew their prices were competitive and in the off chance they weren't, I knew the difference would only be slightly more. So I purchased all my computer parts through them because of their reputation for fair and competitive pricing... I knew about zipzoomfly, tigerdirect, but my loyalty was to NEWEGG because of their rep. and the fact that they fought the bs NEW YORK Tax. But after the SSD fiasco.. they lost any trust I had in them being competitively priced, so now I will be that person who shop around 5-10 sites looking for the best prices and if newegg is $ .25 more... sorry..they lost my sale...
...trying to sell $229 drive for $499... bastards...
Like the ol' corporate saying goes... For every one negative action you take... it takes 5 positive action to make it up..
I'm actually one of those loyal newegg shoppers. When I needed DDR ram I paid their $39 without shopping around because I knew their prices were competitive and in the off chance they weren't, I knew the difference would only be slightly more. So I purchased all my computer parts through them because of their reputation for fair and competitive pricing... I knew about zipzoomfly, tigerdirect, but my loyalty was to NEWEGG because of their rep. and the fact that they fought the bs NEW YORK Tax. But after the SSD fiasco.. they lost any trust I had in them being competitively priced, so now I will be that person who shop around 5-10 sites looking for the best prices and if newegg is $ .25 more... sorry..they lost my sale...
...trying to sell $229 drive for $499... bastards...
Like the ol' corporate saying goes... For every one negative action you take... it takes 5 positive action to make it up..
Well...YOU...Mr. Capitalism, if you are really so into the beauty of capitalistic society, I beleive you should embrace the freedom of speech and repsect others opinions - stop calling others names - I take offense being called 'socialist' 'leftist'.
First, Business 101, you should aware there is a fine line between doing what is legal and doing the right thing. As I mentioned in previous post, Newegg's pricing strategy is perfectly legal - at most we can call it 'aggressive' under demand and supply mechanism.
However, is it the RIGHT thing to do by raising price more than two fold within 48 hours without mentioning the original MSRP? I don't think so. This pricing scheme is particularly problematic for SSD - a product long viewed as 'cutting edge' and 'expensive'. Unsuspected and uninformed customer will fall right into this hole (given they have enough money to pay that is).
I think the outrage will be lesser if they clearly marked the original MSRP on top of the price they want to charge for.
As you said it is a free market, people can charge whatever amount they want and people can pay whatever amount to get what they want - but there are consequences. Unlike Ebay, retailer generally have a consensus to charge near the MSRP - have you ever seen Best Buy and Frys charge more than two times what a prodcut's MSRP even if it is in shortage (the Wii launch is a good example). You will find a Wii asking for crazy price on Ebay the first week it release, but you always expect to buy one in store for its original price if you are lucky to score one. And as a retailer if they decided to go that route like Newegg does, they should expect to suffer the consequence like this publicity fiasco - that's another beauty of free market - you can charge whatever price you want, but I can still bad-mouthing you as I please - and in nowdays economy, 'word of mouth' is GOLDEN.
Well...I for one will more than likely buy from Newegg even if their price is little higher because of their extremely fast shipping and excellent customer service.
Before this fiasco, Newegg and Amazon are the ONLY places I go to procure electronics. Now, through this post, I have found much more options and ultimately lead me to purchase my G2 at mwave.com - which I will NEVER bother to think buying from them in the past because I have no experience with mwave. Now, next time I need to buy something, I will shop more places and find out if I was tricked or not.
And FYI, I have NEVER 'camp out' a product and sell it on ebay with astronomical price...well...just so let you know if you are so interested.
You think newegg doesn't care? Think again.
Newegg has built trust with it's customers knowing that they will get the best or near best price around. Are they going to risk that for a temporary profit?
I'm one of those diehard newegg shoppers that exclusively buy components from newegg, now I'm thinking twice about that. I've built 7 desktops from newegg this year, maybe next time I'll do price comparisons now with tiger or zip.
Ram upgrades? Now I'll definitely price shop knowing that Newegg wants to charge 2x prices.
Newegg has built trust with it's customers knowing that they will get the best or near best price around. Are they going to risk that for a temporary profit?
I'm one of those diehard newegg shoppers that exclusively buy components from newegg, now I'm thinking twice about that. I've built 7 desktops from newegg this year, maybe next time I'll do price comparisons now with tiger or zip.
Ram upgrades? Now I'll definitely price shop knowing that Newegg wants to charge 2x prices.
Oh I forgot to mention. I'm pretty sure newegg pulled the drives be because of intel involvement. It's bad press to see intel and greed in the same title of these news articles.
Why would intel sell newegg anymore x25s when they can allocate more to other retailers who don't take advantage of their customers? They make nearly the same money regardless.
Why would intel sell newegg anymore x25s when they can allocate more to other retailers who don't take advantage of their customers? They make nearly the same money regardless.
Just a quick question, not regarding capitalism, socialism or any other izm.
the OCZ and Intel both have garbage collection firmware. Does that mean that it will not slow down as the drive fills up?
Thanks in advance, play nice, its only technology
Just a quick question, not regarding capitalism, socialism or any other izm.
the OCZ and Intel both have garbage collection firmware. Does that mean that it will not slow down as the drive fills up?
Thanks in advance, play nice, its only technology
Yes, the latest Indilinx and Intel G2 controller have some sort of garbage collection. Stats show that the G2 degrades less than the G1. The Intel G2 has superior algorithms than the Indilinx.
Look at the last pages of this article where they test performance after the drive is "fragmented" and brand new.
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3631
it's better to get the retail package from amazon then, with the same price you get more...
thanks fehhkk
I currently have a 250 GB HDD and only used 100GB including my music so I will like to get a 120GB SSD and have the 250GB be my time machine back up and hold my media (pictures, music) which makes up most of the space taken. I have Parallels with a 20GB image which I guess I will put on the SSD to make it load super fast.
I currently have a 250 GB HDD and only used 100GB including my music so I will like to get a 120GB SSD and have the 250GB be my time machine back up and hold my media (pictures, music) which makes up most of the space taken. I have Parallels with a 20GB image which I guess I will put on the SSD to make it load super fast.
I am so puzzled as to why Newegg still insist to sell above MSRP $100 more after so many bad publicity.
The same goes for the G1 drives also...why the G1 also selling at the same price? Aren't they want to get rid of the remaining stock. I am so confused of their pricing strategy.
Anyone has any info that it is indeed NOT Intel who raise the MSRP somehow? (I doubt it because I have indeed purchased mine for just $249...but it just doesn't make any sense Newegg keep on screwing with its reputation)
I am sure that you will be thrilled when you get your SSD upgrade...I am still so excited ever since I installed my Intel G2...it makes me silly to open an application just to see how fast it open and find it exciting...
One thing to note though, make sure your MBP do not have the beachballing/freezing problem before you upgrade...there are a lot of people get stuck with EFI 1.7/SATA 3.0 problem...you can find more info on the Apple support site (you can't miss it, there are well over 145,000 view counts)
I am one of the lucky ones who do not have any problems whatsoever....yet..lol
Oh geez...these drives really are hot cakes....
I consider myself lucky to pay only $249 at mwaves just mere three days ago.