Why I hate a certain Orange-Striped-Direct.com website today.
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Even for that bundle the individual components add up to 299.97, not 329.99. So buy a bundle, think you're getting a deal but really you're paying $30 more than if you added the components individually. Once again, I won't do business with them again.
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
Good to know. I've hated them for different reasons already, just going to add this to the list.
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I very rarely use the 'OrangeStripe'Direct.com website to buy anything because in the past I've had problems with them. So on Saturday I break down and use them to buy a 3-item bundle (barebones shuttle, ocz ram, AMD proc) for $412.92 ($384.99 + tax $27.93). I get the invoice today for $634.50 ($591.60 + tax $42.90) and call to complain. They try to get me to authorize the additional amount on PayPal and I throw a big-a$$ fit about that. I point them to the original item number on their website and show them that the price quoted in their first email to me is correct ($384.99) and that something is seriously wrong on their end with the invoice and that they need to correct it. No Can Do. However they will only charge me the $412.92. Absolute last time I well ever order from them, EVER. So I'm pissed. But here's the icing on the cake (I looked up prices on their website as I was complaining to them to make sure I was absolutely sure I knew what I was talking about):
Item No Price on Invoice Price on Website
A79-7851 344.27 69.99
O261-8082 247.33 94.99
S451-3156 0.00 199.99
Total 591.60 364.97
For those of you that have been paying attention: Price of Bundle: $384.99 Price of Items Separately: $364.97 <== WTF? I should mention free shipping either way you ordered. Since when is a bundle MORE expensive than buying the items separately? Now I'm extra pissed. No way I will EVER do business with the scum again.
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
Sean Cundiff wrote:
Since when is a bundle MORE expensive than buying the items separately?
Since they learned that people don't actually check their sums and assume it'll be cheaper in a bundle. I have also noticed lately that bigpacks of food often cost more per weight than small packaging.
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
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Sean Cundiff wrote:
Since when is a bundle MORE expensive than buying the items separately?
Since they learned that people don't actually check their sums and assume it'll be cheaper in a bundle. I have also noticed lately that bigpacks of food often cost more per weight than small packaging.
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
bigpacks of food often cost more per weight than small packaging
I've seen that too... or at leas that they do not cost less.
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Sean Cundiff wrote:
Since when is a bundle MORE expensive than buying the items separately?
Since they learned that people don't actually check their sums and assume it'll be cheaper in a bundle. I have also noticed lately that bigpacks of food often cost more per weight than small packaging.
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
Since they learned that people don't actually check their sums and assume it'll be cheaper in a bundle. I have also noticed lately that bigpacks of food often cost more per weight than small packaging.
Yep, they got me, ONCE. I won't be making that mistake again.
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
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I've been doing some research on this. It looks like one of NewEgg's suppliers (D&H??) Ipex is the culprit. Apparently D&H has sent Cease and Desist orders to several websites that have reported this. NewEgg has also apparently stopped shipments from the warehouse in question and is working to replace the fakes with real i7's. All this before it was widely reported. So yeah. I'm going to trust NewEgg on this one. --Edit-- Apparently it wasn't D&H, it was Ipex and NewEgg has ceased their relationship with them. Bad legal troubles ahead for Ipex though.
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
modified on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:35 AM