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minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoDang when did Newegg become the problem? I’ve been buying stuff from them for decades.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-222 days agoA decade ago. A Chinese conglomerate bought a majority stake in 2016. They immediately started going downhill. Then in 2020 they merged with another Chinese company.
minus-squarepcn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoThey got bought out, and the new owners do less of their own selling and more pass-through for shadier vendors as I understand it.
Dang when did Newegg become the problem? I’ve been buying stuff from them for decades.
A decade ago.
A Chinese conglomerate bought a majority stake in 2016. They immediately started going downhill. Then in 2020 they merged with another Chinese company.
They got bought out, and the new owners do less of their own selling and more pass-through for shadier vendors as I understand it.