Question I missed the Prime Day sale so should I wait for the 7900 XTX to drop in price again?

[Faibra]

Due to me being very busy at work I couldn't find the time to research sales and make a decision, so I missed the prime day sale. I've now decided to make a completely new PC build but now the 7900 XTX has risen in price again. Even today I saw that a 7900 XTX for $906 had risen to $962 when I came back home from work.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Just get it now. Hell, it's only a 6% difference in price and Amazon is a terrible company anyway.

Here, from Newegg, it's $960 and comes with a free copy of Starfield:
ASRock RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming D 24GB - $960

You'll save $2 and won't have the fact that you supported Jeff "Lex Luthor" Bezos on your conscience.

 

[hotaru.hino]

If you need it now, then buy it now.

Otherwise go ahead and wait.

 

[punkncat]

Just get it now. Hell, it's only a 6% difference in price and Amazon is a terrible company anyway.

Here, from Newegg, it's $960 and comes with a free copy of Starfield:
ASRock RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming D 24GB - $960

You'll save $2 and won't have the fact that you supported Jeff "Lex Luthor" Bezos on your conscience.

I have to say that the game alone almost had me pulling the trigger on a (much lesser) card this past weekend. I think the game alone is $70-80 for the standard version?

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

If you want to buy it and really want it then buy it full price or find time to look for cheaper ones. Things go on sale Most off time so keep an eye out

 

[gggplaya]

Just get it now. Hell, it's only a 6% difference in price and Amazon is a terrible company anyway.

Here, from Newegg, it's $960 and comes with a free copy of Starfield:
ASRock RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming D 24GB - $960

You'll save $2 and won't have the fact that you supported Jeff "Lex Luthor" Bezos on your conscience.

The irony of your post lol. As if Newegg is any better. They've literally cheated people so much that Gamers Nexus had to surprise them at their headquarters to get a sit down interview and demand answers.

The biggest thing they did is misrepresent pricing and buying on their website. They minimized the term "open box" to the point that the letters were so small and easy to miss compared to all the other words on the page. So many people are buying open box items that they didn't even realize. Those open box items weren't thoroughly vetted and some were damaged before they shipped out. Yet Newegg refused a refund, stating the new customer damaged it. They cheated so many people.

Even if Amazon is crummy, at least you can return in for a full refund under 30 days. The bias is towards helping the customers and if anything the sellers get shafted.

 

[Avro Arrow]

The irony of your post lol. As if Newegg is any better. They've literally cheated people so much that Gamers Nexus had to surprise them at their headquarters to get a sit down interview and demand answers.

I know that, but the thing is that Amazon has cheated tonnes of people too with their hosting of fake products like fake SD cards and fake video cards. Paul from Paul's Hardware used to work at Newegg and he has no bad tales to tell so at least they treat their employees well. The same cannot be said for Amazon.

I know that Newegg has screwed people but very few companies haven't and it's not incredibly frequent because I've dealt with newegg for years with no tales to tell. Now, I realise that my small pool of experience with them is irrelevant but at the same time, I've never been screwed by Amazon either. These two companies aren't equally bad so you're spreading a false equivalency.

Newegg's shady practices:
Gamers Nexus - Newegg Scammed Us - February 1, 2022
Amazon's shady practices:
Seattle Times - Under pressure, afraid to take bathroom breaks? Inside Amazon’s fast-paced warehouse world - July 2, 2018
The Guardian - 14-hour days and no bathroom breaks: Amazon's overworked delivery drivers - March 11, 2021
BBC - Amazon strikes: Workers claim their toilet breaks are timed - January 25, 2023
Forbes - Senate Launches Investigation Into Amazon’s Alleged ‘Dangerous And Illegal’ Warehouse Labor Practices - Jun 20, 2023
Amazon's shenanigans are not only worse, but they've been going on for years (and still are). At least Newegg appears to have stopped their shady practices because Steve hasn't gone after them for the past 1½ years. Amazon was exposed for their shady practices in 2018 and it's clear that they haven't changed a thing, based on the fact that a new investigation was launched last month by the US Senate.

Even if Amazon is crummy, at least you can return in for a full refund under 30 days. The bias is towards helping the customers and if anything the sellers get shafted.

The problem that I see with you is that you only care about yourself (as the buyer) and don't give a rat's posterior about the people who are forced into slave-labour conditions at Amazon. They have to deal with that hell every single day and that's a much bigger deal to me than the odd person getting ripped off by Newegg. People without empathy are called psychopaths or sociopaths. I'm clearly not one of those because this bothers me greatly.

Since you don't care about them, maybe I can appeal to your own selfishness. Don't forget about the fact that if this is supported and allowed to continue, it's quite likely that we all will one day have to deal with the same conditions ourselves. After all, under capitalism, worker exploitation creates a competitive advantage that the psychopaths call "efficiency".

Now, there's no question that when I saw the Newegg exposed I was disgusted and I haven't purchased anything from them since. The thing is, I have brick-and-mortar Canada Computers and Memory Express stores within range of where I live but not everyone has that option (like people who don't live within range of a Micro Center in the USA). That's why, when recommending to people online (especially those who haven't disclosed where in the world they are), I use Newegg because their pricing tends to be good, it's not a clusterfrack to find things on their site and it doesn't have these labour scandals that have been going on for at least the last five years (and haven't stopped).

Steve Burke went after Newegg about 1½ years ago. He hasn't gone after them since and he himself said that the situation was based on shocking incompetence, not malicious intent. The fact that Amazon had a scandal about the treatment of its employees back in 2018 and is still up the the same crap says very clearly that this is not incompetence at Amazon, it is obviously malicious intent because, unlike Newegg, they didn't stop.

What's shocking to me is that you consider the actions of these two corporations to be equally bad.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I have to say that the game alone almost had me pulling the trigger on a (much lesser) card this past weekend. I think the game alone is $70-80 for the standard version?

Yeah, that sounds about right. I'm not 100% certain myself because I haven't looked at it yet. I'm still playing Jedi: Survivor.

 

[punkncat]

In regard to both of the above posts, the huge elephant in the room is to be paying attention the fine print, the seller, who it is shipped by, and so on. Both Amazon and Newegg offer the ability for third parties to sell through their site and among other things have returned items they need something to do with.

I have had bad experiences with both, honestly a tiny bit more weighted to the Newegg side. The resolution process in particular for Amazon is a bit vexing in that they are pretty much, like it or return it regardless of price changes even within their own site/pricing. Then they like to hold your money for 7-10 like some kind of punishment. At least with Newegg you rather know up front.
In both storefronts case nothing has happened that made the situation bad enough to completely disavow either one for shopping any more, but I tend to be WAY more cautious about who is providing and shipping product.

 

[Avro Arrow]

In regard to both of the above posts, the huge elephant in the room is to be paying attention the fine print, the seller, who it is shipped by, and so on. Both Amazon and Newegg offer the ability for third parties to sell through their site and among other things have returned items they need something to do with.

I have had bad experiences with both, honestly a tiny bit more weighted to the Newegg side. The resolution process in particular for Amazon is a bit vexing in that they are pretty much, like it or return it regardless of price changes even within their own site/pricing. Then they like to hold your money for 7-10 like some kind of punishment. At least with Newegg you rather know up front.
In both storefronts case nothing has happened that made the situation bad enough to completely disavow either one for shopping any more, but I tend to be WAY more cautious about who is providing and shipping product.

For me, I would consider them to be about equal in how customers are treated and in that respect, I would buy from one or the other. My experiences with both have been exactly the same in the respect that I order something and it arrives when it's supposed to.

What bothers me is that I know that the people that ship and handle the products at Amazon are being ground into dust. I hate that and it's one of the reasons that I'm glad to shop at Costco. Greg Jelinek understands the value of his employees and makes moves to ensure that their lives aren't complete crap like Amazon employees. That's something that people don't consider nearly often enough and that's why it's happening.

In my book, there's no fine print when it comes to treating workers like the human beings that they are.

 

[punkncat]

Where the subject you bring up is deserving of its own thread, I agree with a lot of the points you make. I also consider personal responsibility in who a person is willing to work for as well. Aside from those thoughts, I am leaving that one alone.

 

[gggplaya]

I know that, but the thing is that Amazon has cheated tonnes of people too with their hosting of fake products like fake SD cards and fake video cards. Paul from Paul's Hardware used to work at Newegg and he has no bad tales to tell so at least they treat their employees well. The same cannot be said for Amazon.

I know that Newegg has screwed people but very few companies haven't and it's not incredibly frequent because I've dealt with newegg for years with no tales to tell. Now, I realise that my small pool of experience with them is irrelevant but at the same time, I've never been screwed by Amazon either. These two companies aren't equally bad so you're spreading a false equivalency.

Newegg's shady practices:
Gamers Nexus - Newegg Scammed Us - February 1, 2022
Amazon's shady practices:
Seattle Times - Under pressure, afraid to take bathroom breaks? Inside Amazon’s fast-paced warehouse world - July 2, 2018
The Guardian - 14-hour days and no bathroom breaks: Amazon's overworked delivery drivers - March 11, 2021
BBC - Amazon strikes: Workers claim their toilet breaks are timed - January 25, 2023
Forbes - Senate Launches Investigation Into Amazon’s Alleged ‘Dangerous And Illegal’ Warehouse Labor Practices - Jun 20, 2023
Amazon's shenanigans are not only worse, but they've been going on for years (and still are). At least Newegg appears to have stopped their shady practices because Steve hasn't gone after them for the past 1½ years. Amazon was exposed for their shady practices in 2018 and it's clear that they haven't changed a thing, based on the fact that a new investigation was launched last month by the US Senate.

The problem that I see with you is that you only care about yourself (as the buyer) and don't give a rat's posterior about the people who are forced into slave-labour conditions at Amazon. They have to deal with that hell every single day and that's a much bigger deal to me than the odd person getting ripped off by Newegg. People without empathy are called psychopaths or sociopaths. I'm clearly not one of those because this bothers me greatly.

Since you don't care about them, maybe I can appeal to your own selfishness. Don't forget about the fact that if this is supported and allowed to continue, it's quite likely that we all will one day have to deal with the same conditions ourselves. After all, under capitalism, worker exploitation creates a competitive advantage that the psychopaths call "efficiency".

Now, there's no question that when I saw the Newegg exposed I was disgusted and I haven't purchased anything from them since. The thing is, I have brick-and-mortar Canada Computers and Memory Express stores within range of where I live but not everyone has that option (like people who don't live within range of a Micro Center in the USA). That's why, when recommending to people online (especially those who haven't disclosed where in the world they are), I use Newegg because their pricing tends to be good, it's not a clusterfrack to find things on their site and it doesn't have these labour scandals that have been going on for at least the last five years (and haven't stopped).

Steve Burke went after Newegg about 1½ years ago. He hasn't gone after them since and he himself said that the situation was based on shocking incompetence, not malicious intent. The fact that Amazon had a scandal about the treatment of its employees back in 2018 and is still up the the same crap says very clearly that this is not incompetence at Amazon, it is obviously malicious intent because, unlike Newegg, they didn't stop.

What's shocking to me is that you consider the actions of these two corporations to be equally bad.

You make massive assumptions about someone, then you insult the person based on the assumptions you made. That's rich.

Amazon has usurped all other major retails and literally changed the game. First it was with books, now it's with literally everything. Do I think Amazon should treat their workers better, yes. Have I worked factory jobs myself, yes during college. So I understand and sympathize with workers like them. But that doesn't change the fact that Amazon has put many local retailers out of business. So now, you either go to Walmart or Target, or you order from Amazon. As a consumer, I only shop at places that have a solid return policy. I've been burned in the past with a bad product and had to eat the cost, which I'm not willing to do any more.

I've been buying from Newegg for 20 years, and after they started changing their website around to try and scam people, they lost my business. They've since changed their Open Box to up front and center with Blue text. But the damage is done and I will prioritize myself as a consumer. Why should I be the one to eat the cost???? I have kids to feed. If Gamers Nexus didn't have a youtube channel, they would've had to eat the cost of that motherboard. In the times that I've had to eat the cost, not once was it my fault. It was always a DOA component or bad packaging, faulty software, or poor performance. Why should I eat the cost? The seller has recourse to return things to the supplier. Let them deal with it. Amazon happily takes returns, let them deal with it. Why should it be me? I work hard for my money, I just want what I paid for. How is that selfish or greedy?

Next thing you'll tell me that because I enjoy a good steak, that I'm selfish for causing global warming.