My List of Places to Buy Stuff Online
This is my list so I can remember easily, so why not share?
www.amazon.com -
The one and only and original Amazon.com. It was the first great online
retailer and still one of the best for reviews, ease of use and look and feel.
For books and music it is still one of the best places, but now other places
are better on pricing and shipping charges, unless you get their free shipping deal.
www.newegg.com -
The online place to buy computer parts cheap, fast and with good customer
support. There selection is fantastic, and you can almost always find what
you want at a very good price. Check your computer magazines for special codes
to get free shipping on certain items too.
www.cyberguys.com -
Another online place to buy computer parts cheap, they are cheaper than NewEgg
on some items (typically low priced items like cables and mice, especially
in bulk), but they cost more on larger, more expensive products
(routers, video cards, etc). Typically if you are spending less than $50 on bulk
items like cables or keyboards go to CyberGuys, but for name brand computer
peripherals go to NewEgg. CyberGuys is especially good at more unique
components, parts and gadgets that NewEgg would not even carry. Their shipping
rates on multiple items are more reasonable than NewEgg as well. They are
THE place to buy bulk USB cables.
www.geeks.com -
Their selection is limited, but what they do have tends to be very aggressively
priced. They often carry some very interesting, obscure "geeky" items you will
not find elsewhere. Another place to compare with NewEgg and CyberGuys when
buying components. Their shipping prices can be a bit high too, so make sure
the deal you are getting more than covers the shipping cost (which it often
can, but other times does not.) Usually it cost $7 for one small item, $8 for
two or more small items, so if you are getting multiple mice or USB flash
drives, their total price will beat NewEgg (where you do not get much discount
on shipping for multiple items). Getting three or four small items here for $8
or $9 shipping is a good deal. Sometimes they even offer special free shipping
or $2.99 shipping for any order for one day, and then their good deals turn
into great deals!
www.ebay.com -
Hey, eBay is the online Wal-Mart/flea market of the world. You just cannot beat
it. Just watch out who you are buying from when the deals sound just too good to
be true. Many eBay retailers simply gouge you on shipping and handling, but
others are extremely reasonable.
www.bestbuy.com -
Their prices along with free shipping usually beat Amazon for music and movies,
and they can come in close to newegg on computer stuff, but their selection is
not very large. Plus many of their computer "deals" involve large rebates,
which I prefer not to use when you could get those same low prices from day one
somewhere like NewEgg, Geeks.com or CyberGuys.
www.deepdiscountcds.com -
A super low price place to purchase CD's and movies, with fast response. I have
used them a couple times and they were fast with new releases, with prices after
shipping that beat Amazon or BestBuy. Sometimes BestBuy can beat them, some times
they cannot. You have to go and check both places.
www.christianbook.com and
www.musicchristian.com -
The two biggest and cheapest places to buy Christian music online. Sometimes
their special prices beat DeepDiscount, but sometimes they do not. You should
check both along with DeepDiscount and BestBuy to see who has the best deal
at any given time. These two Christian dealers often get special deals (bonus
DVD's, autographed covers, free albums, etc.) that the secular dealers do not
have. They also have sheet music and accompaniment tracks for sale since they
are both affiliated with book stores as well.
www.inksell.com -
A low price e-tailer who sells quality replacement ink products.
We actually purchased once from someone who was cheaper, and we regretted it.
InkSell is inexpensive, but their products are very good. Use coupon code
fastship to get free 2-day shipping with no minimum order size.
www.intechraoutlet.com - (formerly Retrobox)
This is the place where you used to be able to find an old but very capable
Pentium III shipped to you for under $100. It looks like those PIII's are
getting harder to find, but you can find some slower P4's for well under $200.
(Also check geeks.com)
It is amazing how many cheap old
computers they have in storage that could be yours. Just load on a free copy of
Linux and you are set! The
shipping is a fixed $27.50 per item, but with unit prices so cheap, it is
still a good deal. Another place I have not tried yet, but which offers free
shipping on purchases over $99.99 is PC Surplus Online.
www.simplemicro.com -
We have bought from them a few times and they always have the best pricing on
laptop batteries and power adaptors. Try using
cnet.com to search for
your battery and you will likely get a hit on their site. The strange thing is
the price is often better going through cnet.com than directly from
their own site so make sure you go that way to get the best deal.
www.fastfloors.com -
The online place to buy flooring. We bought about 500 square feet of laminate
from them and it came in flawlessly (and our installation work was impeccable,
of course!). A good place to deal with, with good pricing and shipping.
www.nobrainerblinds.com -
The online place to buy blinds and window coverings. We have purchased 14 blinds
from them now, and they were very good with pricing and shipping. We actually had
to return one blind they sent in the wrong color, and the return was painless.
www3.sears.com -
Like everyone else we have some Sears/Kenmore products (like our lawn mower) and
every now and then we need parts for them so we can fix them ourselves. Here is
the direct link to the Sears Parts Store. Their prices are not wonderful, but
compared to having Sears or some repair place fix it, they are cheap!
www.rpsproducts.com -
A low priced place to buy replacement humidifier wicks and HEPA filters. Yes,
these last retailers are getting obscure and very specific, but that's why I
have this list!
FILTERS-NOW -
A good, fast and inexpensive etailer who sells Filtrete and other stock
furnace filters in bulk. If you buy 6 or more you get free shipping and a 5%
discount. You cannot beat that!
Virgin Mobile -
Another pre-paid phone service which is actually cheaper now than TracFone
($60/year compared to $99.99), but you must pay $15 every 90 days instead of
being able to just plunk it all down once a year. They also have cooler phones,
so that is what my daughter uses. They also have this deal called "Sugar Mamma"
where you can earn free minutes by watching ads for WB TV shows, hair coloring
and whatever else they can find. I, of course, watch them since I am
hopelessly cheap.
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