Tigerdirect/Circuitcity.com

BMW F22 · 03-01-2010, 03:14 PM

Anyone ordered things from them before? I bought something from there with Bing Cashback. After I submitted an order it asked for the last four of SSN. I just clicked on refresh and it took me back to the home page. There was a link that I was supposed to click on to claim cash back but afterward I got a confirmation email from CC as well as from Bing saying that I've earned cashback.

The last four of SSN is supposedly for verification purposes (even though I paid through paypal). I didn't enter it but I'm just wondering if they're legit.

DougLikesBMW · 03-01-2010, 03:15 PM

Uh, what?

Yeah, TigerDirect and CircuitCity are legit companies, but NewEgg is king.

Gavin@MMW · 03-01-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW

Uh, what?

Yeah, TigerDirect and CircuitCity are legit companies, but NewEgg is king.

Didnt CircuitCity go under?

ragingclue · 03-01-2010, 03:20 PM

I was under the impression that Circuit City was a goner.

I was never a huge fan of Tiger Direct, but they do seem to have good deals from time to time. Someone here also mentioned they used to be really really shady.... I pretty much stick to NewEgg and microcenter.

quagmire · 03-01-2010, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Craven 328

Didnt CircuitCity go under?

TigerDirect bought the rights to the CircuitCity name. Like they did with CompUSA.

Gavin@MMW · 03-01-2010, 03:22 PM

ohhh ok, thanks for clearing that up.

BMW F22 · 03-01-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW

Uh, what?

Yeah, TigerDirect and CircuitCity are legit companies, but NewEgg is king.

Yeah I mean I know people that buy from there all the time. However, I've never had to verify anything from a site before so I'm cautious. It was a box with my name, address, order number and the last field asked for last 4 of social security #. Supposedly that's standard practice for them but I wanna see if anyone here's done that before.

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Originally Posted by Craven 328

Didnt CircuitCity go under?

They did. The stores closed down but Systemax bought the site's name. They also own Tigerdirect. Tiger and Circuit are essentially the same thing with different names.

BMW F22 · 03-01-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ragingclue

I was under the impression that Circuit City was a goner.

I was never a huge fan of Tiger Direct, but they do seem to have good deals from time to time. Someone here also mentioned they used to be really really shady.... I pretty much stick to NewEgg and microcenter.

Yeah that's what I heard too. From what I know they've revamped their shit so they're much better than before. I've never bought anything from there though so I don't know. It was just weird that I had to verify my identify for a freaking order.

bosstones · 03-01-2010, 05:14 PM

Tigerdirect isn't bad but I pretty much stick with Newegg, though.

smellfish · 03-01-2010, 05:16 PM

Newegg FTW

Dan in PA · 03-01-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by smellfish

Newegg FTW

DougLikesBMW · 03-01-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW E90

Yeah that's what I heard too. From what I know they've revamped their shit so they're much better than before. I've never bought anything from there though so I don't know. It was just weird that I had to verify my identify for a freaking order.

NewEgg never made me verify stuff like SS and what not

...

Just stick with NewEgg.

BMW F22 · 03-01-2010, 06:10 PM

Looks like newegg has what I want but is about $70 more. Does anyone know how often their cashback % go up? Right now it's at 2% which is pretty low.

03-01-2010, 03:14 PM	#1
BMW F22 Major General 3629 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	Tigerdirect/Circuitcity.com Anyone ordered things from them before? I bought something from there with Bing Cashback. After I submitted an order it asked for the last four of SSN. I just clicked on refresh and it took me back to the home page. There was a link that I was supposed to click on to claim cash back but afterward I got a confirmation email from CC as well as from Bing saying that I've earned cashback. The last four of SSN is supposedly for verification purposes (even though I paid through paypal). I didn't enter it but I'm just wondering if they're legit.
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DougLikesBMW Fapmin 428 Rep 2,660 Posts Drives: '03 E46 330Ci Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Plano, Texas iTrader: (0)	Uh, what? Yeah, TigerDirect and CircuitCity are legit companies, but NewEgg is king.
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ragingclue One cam is enough 134 Rep 6,801 Posts Drives: VF Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: mulletville iTrader: (1)	I was under the impression that Circuit City was a goner. I was never a huge fan of Tiger Direct, but they do seem to have good deals from time to time. Someone here also mentioned they used to be really really shady.... I pretty much stick to NewEgg and microcenter.
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Gavin@MMW Brigadier General 426 Rep 3,879 Posts Drives: MMW Supercharged E90 328i Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 818/805 iTrader: (18)	ohhh ok, thanks for clearing that up.
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bosstones Lieutenant Colonel 1226 Rep 1,584 Posts Drives: o_0 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Suburbia iTrader: (0)	Tigerdirect isn't bad but I pretty much stick with Newegg, though. __________________ - Jeff bosstones' flickr
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smellfish No one on the corner has stagger like us 53 Rep 342 Posts Drives: '11 AW E90 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: COS iTrader: (2)	Newegg FTW __________________
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BMW F22 Major General 3629 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	Looks like newegg has what I want but is about $70 more. Does anyone know how often their cashback % go up? Right now it's at 2% which is pretty low.
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