Is Newegg Premiere The Amazon Prime For Geeks?

Is Newegg Premiere The Amazon Prime For Geeks? There are lots of people very familiar with Amazon Prime and how you can get free 2^nd day shipping and many other benefits like free movies and TV all for one payment of $79.00, not bad right? Well now Newegg is offering something very similar for $50.00 a year, but what do you get for the $50.00 price of entry as Newegg only ships items and does not have any fringe benefits beyond that to offer you at this time.

What you do get with Newegg Premier is free expedited shipping that guarantees shipment within 3 days on all their products as well as discounted 2^nd day and overnight shipping. Members will also be able to return items with no fees (Seriously) and no restocking fees and there will now be a dedicated phone number for Premier members. Newegg is also claiming that those who jump on this bandwagon will get exclusive deals and advance notices of future products and deals.

Now although this might seem like a good idea to some tech enthusiasts looking to save a few bucks over Amazon Prime, especially in light of how they may raise the price from $79.00 to over $100.00 this may seem like a good thing.  The idea of try after you buy and then return the item may also seem like a cool thing, but that will eventually bite them in the ass on RMA situations gone out of control. Me personally I do my research before I buy and only return something if it is defective and not working so for me this means nothing and just feels like bait.

Newegg is a little late to the table with this new offering and for myself I have to admit I am laughing in my chair as when I weigh the differences between Amazon Prime and this I feel Newegg’s new program is a light beer version that only offers what should be done by them by default if they want to beat Amazon. Amazon Prime offers more than Newegg and their service includes much more than free 3-day shipping, they offer 2-day by default and they have all their multimedia aspects as well to go along with their package.

The bottom line is that at this time point Amazon Prime is a better solution for those who buy more than just PC parts and wants better shipping across the board, but Newegg does have better deals on PC parts on many occasions. For now Newegg is calling this the “BETA” stage and is offering a 30-day trail period for free if you sign up by February 18^th. Newegg is also kicking down 100 Eggpoints just for joining, but 100 of those points equals one measly dollar so its really sort of rubbish in the finer sense of things. I am sticking with Amazon Prime for now, how about you? Thanks for reading Tech Of Tomorrow on hump day!!

Source: PC World