Newegg launched their highly anticpated Canadian store this week with a resounding thud.
In addition to offering crap like Phenom X4 9600 CPUs (with its TLB bug) the prices are nothing special and the selection is poor. Sadly, there is more bad news:
- They force you to use UPS.
- Items are shipped from the USA.
- Provincial sales tax confuses them – they charge it even when they shouldn’t.
The first two items are deal breakers, the latter will be corrected when someone points it out to them.
UPS is a terrible substiture for Canada Post. When it comes to parcels Brown are slower, more expensive and charge criminally high brokerage fees.
I recently ordered an $800 notebook. I was hit with GST – fair eough – but UPS made me pay a $70 brokerage fee. That was almost double the tax!
If you are a Canadian looking for PC Hardware deals, stick to NCIX.
go to http://www.canadaright.com
canada is sucks because is so expensive for living
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yes it really sucks man!
It is hard and tough to live there
I agree, NewEgg.ca sucks.
Avoid using NewEgg.ca. Not only is their customer service unhelpful, but they only use UPS, the worst of the shipping companies, and they ship from the USA. This means extremely long delivery times, even when you pay a ridiculous amount for expedited service. Extremely unhappy customer who will never return.
Prices appear lower, but in the end, you pay more, for worse service, and really horrible delivery, if it ever arrives. Avoid NewEgg.ca.