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First post, by Ozzuneoj

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(Yes, I know it isn't really secret... but you do have to dig to find this stuff.)

So, this is really cool. A while back I posted this thread when Newegg changed something on their account pages and it appeared that my order history dating back to 2001 had been wiped out. Thankfully, I later found that if you go to your order page and simply search for * it will show everything you've ever bought from them (even canceled orders) with that account. I recommend doing this... it's super cool to see.

Today I was going through some old parts and found my old K7S5A... the first thing I ever bought from newegg. I was curious as to when that was so I dug up the invoice. Then I found the invoice for my eVGA Ti 4400. While looking at that, I thought about how these product pages still exist so there are probably tons of interesting old parts still listed if you just change a digit or two in the item number...

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814130112?Item … N82E16814130113
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814130112?Item … N82E16814130111
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814130111?Item … N82E16814130110

Sure enough, it works! There are likely tens of thousands of pictures of parts that may not exist anywhere outside of these product pages. I would hate to load up their server by scraping these pages but it would be amazing to archive them somehow. Most do not have product information or even titles since the old formatting was probably lost long ago and only the images and product reviews remain.

Anyway, I thought it'd be cool to post lists of items from your old invoices. Obviously, don't post your invoices, but maybe post the item links and the prices you paid at the time.

To start... my first newegg order contained a K7S5A, Athlon 1333Mhz Thunderbird CPU in retail box (wish I still had that box...) and of all things a Mitsumi 1.44MB floppy drive. Grand total for the order was under $190. Sounds like a smoking deal for such a powerful system in December of 2001. Also... there was no sales tax. Such different times. 🤣

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813135102?Item … N82E16813135102
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16819103157?Item … N82E16819103157
https://www.newegg.com/mitsumi-model-d359m3-1 … N82E16821103104

... also, I paid around $245 for the eVGA Ti 4400 in May of 2002. I know that money was worth more back then, but it's still kind of crazy to think you could get almost top of the line GPU performance for under $250 just a few months after the card was released.

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 1 of 6, by Repo Man11

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In the old thread, I used the method that was discovered to go back to the beginning, and I took screenshots of all of my old orders. This method does go back to nearly the beginning, but I have a screenshot of my very first Newegg order of a WD 30 gig hard drive from January of 2002, and this only goes back to June of 2002. Maybe the first few months of 2002 have been dumped?

After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?

Reply 2 of 6, by Ozzuneoj

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2024-07-29, 02:04:

In the old thread, I used the method that was discovered to go back to the beginning, and I took screenshots of all of my old orders. This method does go back to nearly the beginning, but I have a screenshot of my very first Newegg order of a WD 30 gig hard drive from January of 2002, and this only goes back to June of 2002. Maybe the first few months of 2002 have been dumped?

My oldest is from December 2001, so it should go back at least that far. Though, it is 23 pages for me. Perhaps there is hard limit on how many pages or records they keep?

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 3 of 6, by bakemono

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https://www.newegg.com/amd-athlon-x2-4850e/p/ … N82E16819103299
This is still showing the same old price on it, even though it's out of stock.

https://www.newegg.com/biostar-a770-a2/p/N82E … 82E16813138106R
Apparently the 'R' at the end of the item name makes it go to the discounted 'open box' product page. Removing the 'R' goes to the normal page which has reviews on it.

GBAJAM 2024 submission on itch: https://90soft90.itch.io/wreckage

Reply 4 of 6, by Ozzuneoj

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bakemono wrote on 2024-07-29, 17:53:
https://www.newegg.com/amd-athlon-x2-4850e/p/ … N82E16819103299 This is still showing the same old price on it, even though it's […]
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https://www.newegg.com/amd-athlon-x2-4850e/p/ … N82E16819103299
This is still showing the same old price on it, even though it's out of stock.

https://www.newegg.com/biostar-a770-a2/p/N82E … 82E16813138106R
Apparently the 'R' at the end of the item name makes it go to the discounted 'open box' product page. Removing the 'R' goes to the normal page which has reviews on it.

Nice! I built an HTPC back in early 2009 using an ASUS M3A78-EM and an Athlon 64 X2 5050e. For multimedia, emulation and light-weight gaming the performance (thanks to the HD3200) was amazing considering the relatively low cost and power consumption. AMD's chipsets were pretty solid back then, and the AMD 780G (and later 785G) combined with a 45W Brisbane was a nice budget setup.

https://www.newegg.com/asus-m3a78-em/p/N82E16 … N82E16813131324
~$78

https://www.newegg.com/amd-athlon-64-x2-5050e … N82E16819103298
~$59

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 5 of 6, by swaaye

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Does anyone have one of the Newegg "free gift" laser cut acrylic cubes? I think that was 2002-2003.

Reply 6 of 6, by Horun

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Farthest back my history goes is 12/2002, before that I had used a diff email and pwd that no longer works. I did buy a lot from TigerDirect from 1999 thru 2003 also....
a few examples 2002 https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813130354R?Ite … 82E16813130354R and 2003 https://www.newegg.com/leadtek-geforce-fx-590 … 82E16814122175R

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun