Cost is Higher on Ebay

[TheGreatSatan]

Usually it's cheaper to buy something on ebay, but not always. The Q9550 on Newegg is $319 shipped. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115041) On ebay the cheapest is $319 plus shipping. This one (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-KIT-Q9550-C2-QUAD-2-83G-12MB-CHIP1333MHZ-AND-I_W0QQitemZ120322206306QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120 322206306&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318) is waaaaay out there.

[xRyokenx]

I was looking at Zunes on eBay and they were at least 10% higher than on Newegg. It's like paying more for less.

[jdbnsn]

I've found in many cases that the great deals of ebay's old days are becoming scarce.

[Omega]

for tech stuff, eBay is not a good place to look for deals.

For a lot of other stuff, it's alright.

[TheGreatSatan]

Well the QX6850 is still over a Thousand on Newegg, but usually under $500 on Ebay

[simon275]

I find these days ebay is good for buying hard to find things otherwise it is not worth it.

[Drum Thumper]

Ebay is decent for old tech. Case in point, I just picked up a gig of PC100 RAM (2X512 Meg) for an AMD Duron 900 MHz class computer for less than $20 shipped.

I've got plans for this system. Still trying to pound out the final requirements.

[Xpirate]

I purchased a brand new laptop after pricing the used ones on Ebay. I remember thinking what fools people are for bidding up those used laptops that was no where close to the speed and features of the new machine I got for less money.

[nevermind1534]

You can get old parts and desktops for an ok price, but old laptops sell for way too much. I can just get a system with similar specs out of the trash for free, just without the RAM.