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    Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds

    Moving Scroll Bar Clock Makes My Inner Web Designer Queasy

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    Image of Og, the Bridge Burner Og, the Bridge Burner
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    This is the actual URL: [www.eggxpert.com]

    Those tags do exist, but the negative ones all return 0 search results, so I'm sort of wondering how they got there.

    Example: [www.eggxpert.com]
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    Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach promoted this comment Og, the Bridge Burner was starred Og, the Bridge Burner was unstarred
    Image of Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars
    12/04/09

    @Og, the Bridge Burner: Perhaps they have been hidden from the public?
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    Image of Og, the Bridge Burner Og, the Bridge Burner
    12/04/09

    @Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach: That's a possibility, but why would they do that and not remove the tags?
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    Image of Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars
    12/04/09

    @Og, the Bridge Burner: I dunno, actually. Maybe a limitation in their system, but that's all I've got. o_o;
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    Image of OrbitalGun OrbitalGun
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    It's already been stated plenty of times on here, but I'd also like to go on record as saying that I have always received great support from Newegg. The few issues I've had have been DOA parts, for which Newegg has always issued a prompt RMA and sent me a replacement.
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    Image of En0s1 En0s1
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    Wouldn't a support forum mainly consist of people, I don't know, looking for support for some kind of problem they are experiencing?

    Personally I have nothing but good things to say about Newegg and their customer service and yes I did post my one resolved issue on the product page way back when if you're wondering.

    The tag cloud is misleading at best but hey at least they're honest.
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    I love Newegg for what it offers but I really hate living in one of the three states where you've got to pay tax on Newegg purchases.

    Just in case you were wondering. The three states are Tennessee, New Jersey, and California.
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    12/04/09

    @senatormayer: That's the 'living in the coolest states' tax.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @njdevil: Suck on that Texas!
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    I can only assume this is due to a "for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they will like" dynamic of a complaint forum. NewEgg has always been a good, reliable, speedy method of getting electronics for me.

    Perhaps it would benefit their automated system a bit more if I were saying this over at this site, maybe? Heh heh.
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    Image of friendlynerd friendlynerd
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    Yeah...never once has Newegg disappointed me, even going so far as to fix problems for me that they didn't cause.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment friendlynerd was starred friendlynerd was unstarred
    Image of -zargon- -zargon-
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    It seems that people come out of the woodwork to complain, but people rarely take the time to praise. So I am not surprised by this tag cloud.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    12/04/09

    @-zargon-: Yes, exactly. Same for just about all industries. That's why I try to weigh in with my positive experiences when people are badmouthing, say, VZW or Comcast.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    Those experiences are not the norm. It does look like it is a problems forum, so I would expect it to be bad things in the tag cloud. To me that just says that they acknowledge that customers cna have bad experiences and are trying to help people find like bad experiences to resolve it quicker.

    I, for one, have yet to have a bad experience with Newegg and feel it is one of the more reputable and reliable sites out there.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    wtf? I have never heard one bad thing about newegg. They always take good care of me. This is the case for any egger i know.
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    Bertone77 promoted this comment Official was starred Official was unstarred
    Image of Joel Selby Joel Selby
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    It's a little misleading.

    Anyone who has a good experience will most likely post a review on newegg.com. Anyone who has a horribly bad experience is probably going to post a review on newegg.com and on the eggxpert site.

    Being a extremely satisfied customer myself, I have never felt the need to go to this site.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Calzo approved this comment Joel Selby was starred Joel Selby was unstarred
    Image of DigitalPasture DigitalPasture
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    Aw, that's too bad as the Egg has always done right by me. I have gotten some defective components from time to time and they take them back with no restocking fee and refund me. Sometimes components get damaged coming to you and other times they are DOA to NewEgg.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment DigitalPasture was starred DigitalPasture was unstarred
    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    Guess it's been a while since I've bought from Newegg. I haven't had the slightest complaint.
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    BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 promoted this comment Slyd3z was starred Slyd3z was unstarred
    Image of LastOne LastOne
    12/04/09

    In reply to Some Pages Are Better Off Without Tag Clouds
    I have a feeling someone is getting fired over at Newegg.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment LastOne was starred LastOne was unstarred
    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @LastOne: Why? It is a beta and it does appear to be a complaint/customer service forum.
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    Edited by Nathan Obbards at 12/04/09 4:38 PM Nathan Obbards was starred Nathan Obbards was unstarred
    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/18/09

    In reply to Moving Scroll Bar Clock Makes My Inner Web Designer Queasy
    Now, you say the scroll bars work, and that's true, but moving them doesn't do anything. I was hoping that each one would represent how far along that number is from changing (if it's 1:30:00, 1's scroll bar would be halfway down, but all the other numbers would be right at the beginning).

    Something else I like in this vein -- [the389.com] (though it only really works well in Chrome or Safari).
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    Image of iheartpie iheartpie
    11/18/09

    @Platypus Man: now THAT is cool!

    Question in regards to both sites; I'm assuming these are actually scroll bars and not just fancy scripting with some graphics? Cause that'd be easy to do ... actual scroll bars not so easy to do.

    Can't test with OS/browser either, cause the graphics could be dynamically set depending on these factors ... and most code and right-click functionality can be altered server side :( I need answers!
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment iheartpie was starred iheartpie was unstarred
    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    11/19/09

    @iheartpie: I use a custom XP skin (XPMC Compact) and the clock showed the correct scroll bars , so it's definitively using actual scrollbars and not just emulating them with graphics.
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    Image of Crimson33 Crimson33
    11/18/09

    In reply to Moving Scroll Bar Clock Makes My Inner Web Designer Queasy

    Too bad ME users might be using IE 6 or lower... And it might look like this.
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment Crimson33 was starred Crimson33 was unstarred
    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/18/09

    @Crimson33: Better than IE8, where it doesn't even appear...
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