Why is QX6700 $1500 on Newegg?

I'm sorry, but I've seen it for as low as $1050 on other sites. Just froogle it. How can Newegg account for a $450 premium?

idk about u guys, but i like both retailers. actually i only buy from those two.

I like zippy better. I got my 7900GT from there for 280, no tax or shipping, and got it in 2 days 1 day to process and it took only 1 day to ship. thats fast service.

You almost couldnt pay me $400 to buy anything from Tigerdirect with all the problems they have.

Tigerdirect likes to take opened/used products and put them in a box like brand new.....and sell it for the same price as an unopened box....Tigerdirect is well known for doing a lot of really sketchy things.

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There is a reason why newegg is the best.

If I were to guess, I'd say that was an old price (before they sold out) The next batch will probably come with a lower price tag.
If not, they wont get many sales.
Newegg's rep is for a good price, good support and quick delivery. It takes all three to keep customers coming back these days.

Thank you.
Plus also like mentioned before newegg has been getting into the trend of marking stuff up(by alot).

While that's a great idea on paper, most "well known" etailers will put a premium because they have the reputation of being able to deliver on time, and their customer service is decent.

Newegg is a favorite of mine, not because of price, but because it does deliver on time (or quicker) and it's RMA support is extremely easy. Other sites I have tried cannot compare to that type of service, and some even take upwards to 2-3 weeks, before delivering, claiming it was a stocking issue, while the item is still "in Stock" on their site.

$55 is a lot of money for a single component for a premium, but it's not worth the time wasted trying to find that $55 cheaper item that you ordered 3 weeks ago from "Joe's Computer Depot".

Just my $.02

another thing that tigerdirect does is screw you over if they run out of stock before they process your order. They either upgrade or downgrade your order (think if you purchased a 4400+ and instead you got a 4200+). 9 times out of 10 they downgrade you.

like jacking up a price on a hit item is new? demand drives it whether its a damn elmo doll or a car. until the market is saturated with quadcores prepare to pay. if they offer way low than your gonna pay somewhere else in the transaction.

Man, looks like someone has a serious penis complex --^

Anyhow, newegg has definitely taken a turn for the shady lately with their price gouging and it is very unsavory of them. Every item I priced out for my new box was 10-15% cheaper at tigerdirect. Both deliver at the same speed and cost as well so it makes no sense to go newegg any more. With any luck they will read this thread and get their $h1t together.

Heh and with a name like escrotumus.
I like Newegg as well as tigerdirect. I shopped around and found that for the most part, new egg has the best prices. They are reliable and have a good RMA policy also, but if zipzoomfly had a better price I'd consider them.

If I did, I would have one of those chips in my computer right now. I don't and have no plans to for quite some time.

Actually though I haven't bought anything from Newegg in a couple years now. Between Microcenter and another local, smaller shop I've gotten everything I've needed or wanted cheaper than what items were going for online.

My point is, if you want to be "l33t" for whatever reason. Don't start crying when you have to pay a premium for that status.

I've found Microcenter to be good for general things. Cases, powersupplies, heatsinks, input devices. They always seem to be running sales or rebates on those things, or just have good prices. While it might not always be cheaper to buy it at Microcenter/locally, the savings you get online might not be great enough to counter the fact that when you buy locally you get the item right now. But theres been quite a few times I've bought motherboards, video cards and a low end cpu and it's been quite a bit cheaper than online. Just a couple things, I got the 9600XT when it was new there for $35 cheaper than online. A s478 intel board $25 cheaper than online and earlier this year an A64 3200 cpu for $20 less. From a small local shop I got an x2 4400 about a month after they were out for $50 less than anywhere online.

Though I'm not buying new hardware every month or something. So maybe I just get lucky and happen to buy things when prices are good.

You can't be serious... TD.. beats Newegg? Lets get back to basics, one plus one equals two....

For everything i quoted, TD owned newegg on price. I have never had a problem with TD on service or shipping but had an item with newegg once that took a day longer than it was supposed to. I needed the item then and was pissed that they screwed the pooch on it. Newegg USED to be the best but they got greedy and are now slipping. Let's also not belittle people here by insinuating that they are a retard for liking one vendor over another pls thx.

I win.



Thank you escrotumus. I appreciate the help very much.

If you were a bucket, I would have you carry the water I drink.

Lol, now it's $1700 on Newegg.

In defense of newegg,they dont claim to be the cheapest,never have.Knowing youre probly getting a decent buy from newegg isnt it more exciting to find a better buy elsewhere?And might I add much more intelligent to do so?Never ASS U ME

Not saying it would cover a 600 dollar gap, but is the TD chip OEM?
The NewEgg is retail.
The QA6700 with fan is 1299 at TD. Good deal. The X6800 with fan is comparible with a few bucks of either place.
OEM proc only at TD is 1099.

I've ordered tons of stuff from TD and never had a problem. I saved $40 on my OCZ PSU. It pays to shop all the major etailers.

Who would pay $200 more for a retails CPU over an OEM?? Just put $50 of that into a decent HSF and pocket the other $150.

I didn't believe you, but you are correct. NewEgg has upped the price to $1,700. It's all supply and demand. If people didn't buy it at those prices then NewEgg wouldn't sell it at those prices. Holiday demand plus and already limited supply = high prices. Even at $1,700 NewEgg says "limit 1 per customer". If they had a lot of these sitting around they wouldn't care how many you bought as long as you bought them.

Sorry, once you take four different economics classes throughout your college career you don't mind when you see supply and demand at work.

I couldn't even find the QX6700 on ZipZoomFly.

Interestingly the Core2Quad will run your more the the extreme edition of the Core 2 Duo at tigerdirect.com

I would pay $200 more on a $1K+ CPU for the sole fact that the Intel retail box carries a 3year warranty and OEM is 90day unless the seller offers their own coverage.

So you are one of those people that buys the $400 warranty from best buy on your $2000 TV. I didn't know people ever actually bought those things. Personally, I wouldn't pay a nearly 20% price premium for a warranty.

I guess I am one of those people. A few sites (consumer reports to name one) recommended the purchase of the warranty since the technology of the new TVs (plasman, large LCDs, etc) is new enough that it's not certain how they'll age. And in my case I'm very glad I did so, I've used the service 3 times already (generally for the same issue). I don't know the going rate of the service but I'm betting I've about broken even. If they need to come look at the TV one more time, I get a new TV.

Back to the original topic. If it was just a matter of a fan I'd gladly purchase an OEM chip. But as was stated earlier, the difference between a 90 warranty and a 3 year warranty is significant. Especially when there are retailers selling retail versions for the same price as many OEMs. (All backordered of course=/).

Yeah, don't get me wrong, it was a bitter pill to swallow when I initially purchased my TV. The extra $400 in price stings the wallet. (Although I did negotiate the TV price down 10%). Generally I am never an extra warranty buying person. I'm building a new computer and purchased OEM drives and didn't think twice about it. And I chuckled at the thought of buying Neweggs warranty. But I think it relates to how much it'd hurt to have to replace (if it is outside of the warranty.) $100-$200 isn't fun to have to spend to replace something, but at least for me, it's not going to horrible. When a processor that costs $1000 breaks (*2 or *3 for a TV), that's going to make life difficult (to buy again, explain to wife, live without, etc).