Brad

Another possible option: 1) Sign up for Amazon Prime for $79 2) Order the Princeton 19" LCD for $298 AR 3) Pay the $3.99 for next-day air shipping In the end it costs you about $49 more out-of-pocket, but then you have the Amazon prime membership for the rest of the year. So you are basically paying the same as Buy.com for the LCD and getting the Amazon Prime membership at $30 off. Probably not worth it unless you/your client (whoever is going to be ordering) orders a lot from Amazon during the year.

Do they have 2nd day air? Don't know if they guarantee Friday delivery at this time of day though.

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=6852 Don't know what next-day shipping would be though...

Nope. Newegg does not have an affiliate program of any kind. I think the feeling at Newegg is that they get so much free "advertising" on all the tech forums everywhere that they don't need to pay sites to get people to buy from them. They are the de-facto recommended site for a lot of stuff, so it makes sense for them I guess. Plus if they paid commission they'd probably have to raise their prices. Although we do get a few cents if you go through our Pricegrabber partner site and then click through to Newegg, whether you buy something or not. It's a hassle for people to do that, so we don't really bother mentioning it. If you notice, when I post a Newegg deal on the main site, I usually link to the Pricegrabber listing instead of directly to Newegg.

Yep, I've used the Ritek/Ridata with no problems. Both R and RW formats.

Pretty much the same price when you factor in Newegg's shipping. Newegg - 100 for $31.49 shipped after $12 rebate Amazon - 100 for $31.48 shipped after $16 rebate (max 2 $8 rebates) Of course if you order from Amazon, the out-of-pocket cost is $4 more, but you are helping support the site since we get commission from Amazon (but not Newegg)

yep

I think that we should have more than a days worth on the home page. The descriptions will all be short because we are getting rid of the big paragraph of background info with each item for several reasons. That is still being considered. Nothing about the layout and organization will really change too much. All the old links will work. Everything will pretty much be where it is now. The best way for our members to post deals is to post them here on the forum. Assuming they are "hot enough", we can quickly find an appropriate image and post them on the main site. We've done this several times and give credit to the person who posted it. That's one of the main reasons we have this forum. Thank you for them all :)

Don't forget the free t-shirt as well

I still don't think we need a full-fledged FS/FT forum at this point. I see no reason why anyone can't just post in the lounge (or in the future tech/computers forum) listing what they have and their references. If it gets to the point where we have so many threads that it clutters up those forums, then we can have a dedicated board, but I don't think it's needed right now. If the concern is about not letting every newcomer buy or sell, maybe we can look into ways to prevent abuse. Anyone else have any thoughts one way or another on having a dedicated FS/FT board?

The compact router dropped to $63.64 today (from $67 yesterday): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007MGG2M

I think 3 days worth of deals would be a good amount. That way if someone doesn't check in over the weekend, when they come to the site Monday they'll see the deals from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Then you'll be able to go to the previous 3 days on the next page, then 3 more days back, etc...

The new MuVo Micros (512MB) are down to $89 shipped AR: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00067KZA2 Several colors to choose from.

Now available at Amazon for $131.94 shipped: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000058BCQ Should've waited a few weeks :)

or if you don't have a staples nearby (or they are OOS): http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101318 http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10339906

there looks like there are some spaces in the link URL

Some options: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=5T040H4-N&cat=HDD http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=711006-017 http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?DEPA=0&description=22-140-133 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-152-008 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101284 At this price, you'll be fine with any of these, so you might just want to pick the cheapest.

Might be a good time to pick up the new compact 802.11g router: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007MGG2M Just need to find $33 in other Linksys items.

It could, but given the fact that the majority of our visitors probably wouldn't change it, we are still looking for the right "default" number.

Directron might be a little cheaper depending on the shipping charges to your location: http://www.directron.com/cavt03uwa.html They were a few bucks cheaper for me when I compared the two.

This $10 rebate is still valid through 3/15: http://images.pricegrabber.com/rebates/23936-595.pdf Worth a shot

It all depends on which model you are looking at. Newegg has deals mostly because they carry almost everything. But you can find deals elsewhere. Buy.com and Amazon have nice prices on Antec cases. ZipZoomFly and Directron also occasionally have deals.

Also, in case anyone is interested, there is an optional MP3 "companion" that you can slide the flash drive into and turn it into an MP3 player: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90136155

i went to 2 different radio shacks - both had plenty of them.

i'm going to a RS in a few minutes. hopefully their in-stock status is true.