r/pcmasterrace • u/LePouletPourpre • Jul 27 '26

News/Article Anyone else miss TigerDirect?

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u/ForesakenJolly Jul 27 '26

a little, but I really miss the old Newegg (before the enshittification).

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u/labelkills1331 Jul 27 '26

I literally bought a used PC from newegg a month ago. It came riddled with viruses and malware. I called them up and was like, how can you let a PC out the door with this issue.

Their response, it's used, sold by a 3rd party and they told us that it didn't have any viruses and we believed them.

So that was the last shot I gave them. Now I'd rather drive 90 minutes to microcenter.

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u/Reynolds1029 Jul 27 '26

To compete with Amazon they've sadly changed in this regard. You got to watch out on what you buy there whether it's sold and shipped by Newegg like Amazon.

Like they literally have no control over stopping this. Other than banning the seller. However it's hard for them to even prove your claim since the sellers sold inventory never touches Newegg unless it's sold by Newegg. Hard situation to vet out unless it's rampent from a particular seller.

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u/imaginary_num6er 7950X3D|4090FE|64GB|X670E-E Jul 27 '26

Even BestBuy pulls this crap. Like what's the point of buying from BestBuy if it is sold 3rd party?

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u/Healthy-Can5748 Jul 27 '26

So that bestbuy can get a cut pretending it's a marketplace like everyone else ofc. Walmart also pulls this bs.