Do you prefer buy computer equipment online or in-store?
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I almost always buy stuff from Amazon. It is way more convenient than going to a store, especially if I realized during weekdays that I need something. I order and 90% of the times, I get the product in two days.
The downside is that I do more impulse buying online, than I do from regular stores.
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I almost always buy stuff from Amazon. It is way more convenient than going to a store, especially if I realized during weekdays that I need something. I order and 90% of the times, I get the product in two days.
The downside is that I do more impulse buying online, than I do from regular stores.
Prime?
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Yes, I do have prime. The amount of stuff that I buy (not just computer related), the investment pays back. I anyway have student account which is 50% discounted
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Same as br. TLK. Mostly online, mostly amazon/prime. For the more urgent needs, local stores (Bestbuy, Microcenter, etc.)
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If you can get your hands on it in Best Buy or another store, it's worth buying it to try it out in store. It's easier to return it. If I like, I go ahead and buy it much cheaper online. Yes, mostly Amazon. I am Queen Amazon. :D
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Amazon here as well. I buy for my whole family as I am the only one with a prime account.
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I think, those days are gone when ebay popular. 
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Amazon also lets you support your favorite charity. If you visit and shop from the webaddress smile.amazon.com, it will let the charity benefit from your purchases. :k:
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Nice! :k:
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Don’t let the crowd here fool you. Ebay is still #1](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1) when it comes to shopping.
From what I have heard from other family members, I do check amazon now as sometimes amazon can be cheaper than ebay. For computers, ebay has always been cheaper for me with a wider variety.
If I can give an analogy, amazon is like apple (organized, clean but with fewer choices) and ebay is like Android (more choices but tons of junk as well).
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ebay is like AliExpress.. I can see same vendors on ebay.
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The only thing I'd go in-store to buy at this point would be a desktop PC, since I'd take the extended warranty from the store. Apart from that, all my gadget purchases have been online recently since I'll find the deal online, then buy pretty much right away.
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I never implied that eBay is long gone. I often check eBay prices for the same product, and several times do end up buying from eBay.
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Amazon for accessories and store for the main thing - Somehow for the things I needed till now - Not much difference was there between the store presented options and Amazon.
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It depends what I am getting. I was looking for a monitor, checked online, made my mind up to get the one I liked online but when i visited the store, ended up liking a better monitor, changed my mind and ordered the one i liked at the store. So yeah I would still visit the store for getting a bigger item but don't mind getting small items online.