If you don't have a car to get to a physical store, where (what websites) do you get your electronics?
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Online, bestbuy usually has good deals, if I can wait manufacturer websites have decent deals sometimes but month for shipping, newegg like once, amazon a lot. I do want to buy more chinese stuff, since so much amazon stuff is just rebranded aliexpress stuff with faster shipping lol. But I don't like waiting and theres a lot more research needed sometimes to not get scammed.
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Online, bestbuy usually has good deals, if I can wait manufacturer websites have decent deals sometimes but month for shipping, newegg like once, amazon a lot. I do want to buy more chinese stuff, since so much amazon stuff is just rebranded aliexpress stuff with faster shipping lol. But I don't like waiting and theres a lot more research needed sometimes to not get scammed.
aliexpress has great deals for solid tech like tablets way better than the cheap (around 300$) ones here
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Who remembers when Radio Shack carried actual radio components?
I don't, but grew up hearing the tales.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I remember growing up and hitting the radio shack components section. Bought new motors for a remote control car, modded it to fit with super glue and twisted/electrical taped a stronger battery on it.
It worked great for like 5 min before the magic smoke came out
Edit: I think I was 8-10 years old
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I walk, it's not ideal but I take one for mother earth and walk the whole 10000 cm to the store when needed.
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Monoprice for cables, even if I wasn't near electronics places I probably still would. Cable markup is goofy.
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Newegg for most things.
Some electronics, I know of smaller online stores and I prefer to order from them.The only brick and mortar store near me is a Best Buy and that is no good for anyone.
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Who remembers when Radio Shack carried actual radio components?
I don't, but grew up hearing the tales.
Who remembers when Radio Shack carried actual radio components?
It was glorious.
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If you did have a car, where would you go for electronics? There’s not many places left I wouldn’t avoid.
I’m near enough to MicroCenter and You-Do-It, but most people aren’t and there’s really not much else worth going to.
Online is king for electronics shopping
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Who remembers when Radio Shack carried actual radio components?
I don't, but grew up hearing the tales.
Even when they were an RC car store they still had that one area in the back that none of the salespeople knew about. It didnt actually get removed until it turned into a phone store
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If you did have a car, where would you go for electronics? There’s not many places left I wouldn’t avoid.
I’m near enough to MicroCenter and You-Do-It, but most people aren’t and there’s really not much else worth going to.
Online is king for electronics shopping
MicroCenter has a website you can order from and have shipped directly to you
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geizhals.de - comparison portal, and then go by offer and ratings, and which I know and used before
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I walk, it's not ideal but I take one for mother earth and walk the whole 10000 cm to the store when needed.
If someone saw me walking out of an electronics store alone, I'd 99% get mugged if I don't get into a vehicle quickly.
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If you did have a car, where would you go for electronics? There’s not many places left I wouldn’t avoid.
I’m near enough to MicroCenter and You-Do-It, but most people aren’t and there’s really not much else worth going to.
Online is king for electronics shopping
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Oh, I was just asking because I have a BestBuy that's like a 15 minute drive away, but would take forever to talk to and back from, while carrying the weight of the stuff you bought. I think I also have a Microcenter like 45 min to 1 hour away.
I had a recent terrible experience with Besbuy, so that's why I can't use their shipping anymore. (They use Doordash now, and the driver stole my laptop)
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The only possible way to get to a shop is "a car"... Poor Americans!
I think OP is speaking about their own situation. Americans in other circumstances have other ways of getting to stores and back.
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Aside from amazon ive also used newegg and for some things monoprice. For used stuff, especially phones i use swappa.
I like Swappa. If you can find what you're looking for there, you can usually get a good price, and everything I've bought on it has been in good condition.
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Allegro, Empik or Media Expert
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These and I'd add Crutchfield, Sweetwater, and Best Buy has good sales.
For components, the standard Mouser, Digikey, and McMaster-Carr
Excellent lists.
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eBay. Better not to buy tech new.
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Depends on the electronics. Computer components I try to get from their manufacturers or an online shop like bhphotovideo. Cables I get from reputable suppliers with certifications, from their online shops. Laptops, pre-built computers, etc. i would just get secondhand.
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Oh, I was just asking because I have a BestBuy that's like a 15 minute drive away, but would take forever to talk to and back from, while carrying the weight of the stuff you bought. I think I also have a Microcenter like 45 min to 1 hour away.
I had a recent terrible experience with Besbuy, so that's why I can't use their shipping anymore. (They use Doordash now, and the driver stole my laptop)
Bestbuy is more expensive than just buying the same products online, in my experience
