Holiday shopping

[ukaserex]

At the risk of sounding like a cheapskate (which is probably fair), I would like to share a discovery, of sorts with the forum.

I heard about a website called Jet.com that presumably offers you more discounts, the more you buy from them - and gives you a 20% discount with a promo code they give you.

If you'll check prices for an i-7 4790k, you'll see $299. At 20% off....I got it for 50 less than that. (would have been more, but they cap the discount at 50 bucks)

Just thought I'd pass that on.

[Noyjitat]

One of these days id like to get a bunch of people together and buy a 5960x or whatever the current intel extreme edition is. Put your money together and buy a wholesale package in bulk. At 10 pcs they're like 200$ a piece as opposed to 1000$ a piece.

Someone did this once with the qx9650 on ebay and i grabbed one for my previous computer. Not only was it insanely powerful but it still runs well to this day and i didnt have to build a new computer for awhile.

[chuckv3]

One of these days id like to get a bunch of people together and buy a 5960x or whatever the current intel extreme edition is. Put your money together and buy a wholesale package in bulk. At 10 pcs they're like 200$ a piece as opposed to 1000$ a piece.

Someone did this once with the qx9650 on ebay and i grabbed one for my previous computer. Not only was it insanely powerful but it still runs well to this day and i didnt have to build a new computer for awhile.

If you have the money up front, why not just buy a "lot" yourself, then sell individual pieces on eBay?

I've bought bundles on eBay when I needed one piece, and in many cases got it for free after splitting the other things and selling them individually. Of course it takes a small effort to list the items, take them to the post office, etc. If you have a little time available, and up-front cash you can float for a week or two, you can actually save some money.