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Newegg Vs. Amazon for buying PC parts
I've bought tons of stuff from Newegg in the past and it's been pretty straight forward. I like the idea of everything shipping from one location and arriving pretty much on the same day. But just this week I put together a shopping cart consisting of all the parts for an HTPC build. The shipping for everything came to a whopping $90!!! I mean, yeah, I realize it costs money to ship things but I'm all about saving a buck when I can too.
So I spec the same build through Amazon (minus one or two things they didn't have in stock). Everything on my list was several dollars less and all of it qualified for free Super Savings Shipping. So all-in-all I saved almost $100.
So I guess my question is, has anyone had experience with returns from either newegg or amazon? I'm just wondering if amazon is a PITA when it comes to RMAs. I know newegg is pretty good although I've never had to RMA anything.