I have a case being shipped from NJ and the rest of the shit from TN

If it shipped you should get tracking #’s
newegg is about as fast as it comes. only thing faster for me is through monoprice for my electronics cables b/c the factory is close to my area.
The shipping is via FedEX so you’ll get a tracking number that you can follow it’s progress.

You bought a case online? I guess you couldn’t find that same case locally and you wanted that case really bad.
I learned the hard way to buy your case locally unless you can’t find it and really really really really want that case; sales tax is much cheaper than the shipping (in most cases) and you usually get your hands on to get it a first hand look and feel for it before you buy.

But yes Newegg does it get out fast, then it’s up to FedEX which is usually quick but things do come up. So when you get the tracking number, remember it’s out of Newegg’s hands then, so if it’s slow getting there don’t give that a con of the product when writing your review back at Newegg.
^^ The carrier is picked when you place the order. I use UPS 3 day guaranteed it’s usually free. Fedex usually costs more.
I ordered a DVI cable from Newegg, and some engine hoses for my car from another site. The cable was ordered two days later and showed up yesterday, but the hoses aren’t even in-stock yet.

They still haven’t given me the tracking number yet.

I just ordered parts for a whole new computer so the shipping was $30 including the case. The case for some reason is just coming from somewhere else.

paranoia or you are just too excited to receive your parts?

Same here.
they’re awesome.

Status: Shipped – Your order has shipped. You may view your tracking information by clicking the applicable Order Number above. However, your tracking number may not appear immediately as the shipping couriers update only periodically. Your tracking number(s) will also be sent via e-mail to your Newegg.com login.

I haven’t gottan an email and it hasn’t appeared above where it says that. It’s been like 7 hours. It’s not that I’m getting worried, I was just wondering if I’d have it by the end of this week.
Only ordered from Newegg once and got super fast shipping. Took about 5 days total from the time I ordered (on a Saturday) to the time I got my package. And that’s cross country.

You mean UPS don’t you?

That’s the default shipper for everything on Newegg.

fedex used to be the default a while back. And you can still ship it via fedex…but I don’t know why you would because that costs more and usually is not any faster.
3 days or less, saturday might be pushing it because they ship UPS

FedEx delivers on Saturday. UPS is too Jewish to plow on the Sabbath.

i seem to remember getting my stuff faster when they used fedex. keep in mind that I never "upgraded my shipping" (waste of money imo). I haven’t purchased from newegg in probably 8 months now!

damn I need to get something new…time to check their site.

There’s also the fact that FexEx ships internally on weekends, and UPS just lets shit sit in the warehouse instead of getting it where it needs to go for Monday deliveries.

I keep telling myself I should build a new computer, but I keep putting it off because ultimately, all I ever use my home desktop for anymore is websurfing, casual gaming, and the occasional pr0n.

yeah I’ve built every computer I’ve owned for the last 10-15 years.. but I won’t ever build another. The next PC I get will be an all-in-one or a mini like the Dell Studio Hybrid

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Either Seagate or the new WD’s are nice. My Local Fry’s is kinda $$$ for them though.

NewEgg is shitty for drives I hear, they don’t know how to ship’em or do bubble wrap???

Any thought?
I just ordered 5 Seagate ES.2 1TB SATA drives from zipzoomfly for $20 less per drive then newegg.

My first order from them and should get it today, will let you know how they shipped them. I know when I ordered my drives from newegg last time (6 drives plus other stuff), they sent them in their static bags taped in a foam drive case thing, and with packing peanuts in a box. The foam thing they used is the same as what we get and ship drives in (from manufacturer & to OEMs).

My understanding is that, with Seagate at least, they are not going to have a 1.5TB enterprise level drive because no customers want it. They are releasing a desktop (7200.11) version this month though. They are releasing an enterprise and desktop 2TB drive in early next year.
I’ve gotten all my drives from newegg. I always buy them OEM style, and they come wrapped in a very thick bubble wrap. The kind with the bubbles that are like a square inch.

Did you read something on here that they dont wrap them?

I’ve read on other forums, storage forums,etc that drives come DOA or only last a few days from NE. And they always come in bubble wrap, which seems to be a no-no for HD’s.

Dunno… just wondering. I don’t need retail, OEM and the best price would be great, just would suck to buy 12 units and have 1 be bad and wait for a RMA and 2 weeks for a replacement
Hmm. I definitely didnt get mine in static bags. Just bubble wrap. But ive never had any problems.

HD’s that don’t come sealed from the factory and not in static bags

That’s great! but again, that’s what i’ve heard
I’ve ordered 15+ drives from Newegg, and all came in static bags
check clubit, zipzoomfly, mwave, fry’s/outpost, tigerdirect… they probably have the same if not better deals.

fatwallet/slickdeals.net for even better deals…
Every hard drive I’ve bought in the past 7 years came from Newegg. Every single one was in a static bag wrapped in bubble wrap. Every single one works perfectly to this day.

I dunno what you’re on about…

I ordered a laptop hard drive from Newegg and it came in a static bag swaddled in bubble wrap and surrounded by foam peanuts. I’ve had zero trouble out of it in the 5-6 months I’ve had it.
So I got my drives from ZipZoomFly today. I must say that I am impressed with their shipping. Each drive wasn’t in a static bag but in plastic cases. The drives were each placed in their own foam block with 1/2"+ thick walls. They even had a foam door thing on them. They were stacked neatly into a box with all excess space taken up by air bags. The box arrived via FedEx in like-new condition.
i ordered my first drive from newegg recently and it was in a static bag which was wrapped in bubble wrap. the drive was DOA and i had to pay $10 to ship it back to them and it has added at least a week to the whole process. it is pretty annoying.

You can’t base an opinion on one experience. You have no reason to believe the drive was killed in shipment, and wasn’t dead to start with.

i’m not basing anything on anything. he asked about buying drives from newegg and i told him my one experience which was pretty annoying. i didn’t say i’d never buy hardware from them again or even that i wouldn’t buy a hard drive from them again. lrn2read.

Fair enough.
So it seems the price breaks are as follows…

$59-500gb, $79-750gb, & $139 for 1tb.

Considering this is a RAID-6 and at the 8+ drive level I’ll get more then the 75% array capacity efficiency (or less then 25% used for parity) but at this point today, 750’s are the price point…

in Oct, when the 1.5tb’s come out, then the 1tb’s will drop so maybe I’ll wait?
you’ll be "waiting" forever.

just buy what you can afford now.

Still waiting for the card and the "snazzy" cables to get here. Then I will be going down to Fry’s (3 miles away) and figuring out which 2nd pwr sply to put in the case just to run the additional drives, etc…

I have another 2-3 weeks before I start this at minimum, not excluding family that’s coming out in Sept to visit every damn SoCal attraction there is, and 3 other clients that want video production storage systems done before the DVExpo in Nov. What I’m building them is similar to this…

This one is just fro my personal needs so I have time, but running out of room… I’ll post pics along the away

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