ot: the best online computer parts store?

[John Heim]

Well, you're right about that. Newegg is definately the industry standard 
for low prices and wide selection. I just ordered from them Monday night. Or 
I should say my wife placed an order for me. I think we can all agree that 
newegg is awesome in terms of price and selection but I would not give them 
high marks for accessibility.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jane Lee" <applegoddess at gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: ot: the best online computer parts store?


> It may not meet standards, nor might it be usable in links or what
> have you, but if you're willing to go through some of the cruft,
> newegg is not an online retailer to be ignored.  Not I'm not saying
> it's perfectly accessible, just that you shouldn't just throw it out
> if you can deal with it.
>
> Cody: Compared to newegg, outletpc is practically a joke in terms of
> selection from what I've looked at so far.  Some..wait, make that
> most, manufacturers, e.g. for motherboards, are completely missing.  I
> think newegg has more socket am2 motherboards than all of outletpc's
> mobo selection combined.  Also not available are nice discounts for
> combos.  Even on the hardware outletpc has that newegg also has the
> prices aren't that comparable.
>
> Newegg also has the fantastic option that not many have to seriously
> narrow down exactly what you want - e.g. go from Motherboard to AMD
> compatible to socket AM2 to sort by manufacturer/price..free shipping
> or not, bestsellers, and so on.
>
> If you're willing to spend the time and use the software that'll make
> your newegg experience least painful, it's worth it.  And if you like
> it enough, you should complain to them about it:
> http://www.newegg.com/Info/ContactUs.aspx
>
> for what it's worth, I don't work for newegg.  I also like some other
> retailers like zipzoomfly and (used to like) tiger direct.  However, I
> don't get the newegg bashing, cause other than the slight
> inaccessibility (please don't flame me for this, it's completely
> subjective) it's a fantastic place.  In fact even if it were more
> expensive than some of its competitors I'd still go here, because
> their products get shipped to me fast because i live near one of their
> warehouses, and also because their customer support, like I have said,
> is amazing.
>
> cheers,
> jane
>
> On 9/11/07, John Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:
>> Your idea of "perfectly accessible" is having to use IE?
>>
>> newegg.com doesn't meet 408 standards or the WAI level 1 guidelines. It's 
>> a
>> pain to use because there are a bzillion links to get past before  you 
>> get
>> to the content.
>
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