Inside Newegg NJ: A New Warehouse and Another Contest
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 20, 2008 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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The Box Maker
One of the coolest parts of Newegg's automated warehouse continues to be the box maker. The one in NJ is a lot like the one in LA, just a little bigger:
The box maker takes collapsed boxes and automatically turns them into fully folded boxes, ready for all sorts of computer goodness:
The machine takes a stack of collapsed boxes and grabs each one individually using a set of four plungers:
The machine then opens the collapsed box:
And the box is formed:
Once one box is formed it's time to move onto the next one:
The arm to the right pushes the newly made box out of the way and gets the machine ready for the next box.
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Kendokan - Sunday, May 25, 2008 - link
With their business model, they're smart not to take corporate POs as payment. Most companies stretch the payment terms like crazy. Net 30? You might get your money in 60 days. Net 60? Try 90. It's hell on cash flow.Jaguar36 - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link
Newegg has shipped stuff from NJ for years, from Edison NJ to be specific. I first started buying from them because I could get stuff shipped ground and it would show up the next day. Of course now they have there '3-day' shipping which takes 3-days even when its only going 50 miles, and costs 50% more!Basilisk - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - link
Yes, for years NJ has had the quick deliver and the NJ taxes directly added to the bill. [Of course, we all add up those untaxed, out-of-state purchases and report them on our NJ-1040's, right?!]Over the years, they've cut their delivery time from two days to one; or perhaps I'm just ordering earlier in the day? Anyway, yesterday's video-card order at 1PM is en route today... but it's STILL NOT HERE as of 10am! :P LOL
gigahertz20 - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link
Seems like a very efficient system, I've always received my order within 2 days living here in State College, PA. Good prices, fast shipping, an easy to use website that has tons of search options, and also allowing users to leave reviews of the products they buy is what makes Newegg #1 in my book.PCHAngover - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - link
Yep I always get mine within 2 days. Usually it's only a day because newegg is a Ninja. If anything, I blame the commons staffing if I don't get it in time. ;)gipper - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link
It seems to have slowed down lately for me. I live in STL, MO, and it was about 3 days from ordering. More recently, it's been more like a week.It's still great service, and the prices are unbeatable. I just have to plan a little further ahead these days.
KikassAssassin - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link
Strange. I live in Illinois, about 15 minutes from St. Louis, and they always get my orders to me in 2-3 days (usually 2). I've never had to wait anywhere close to a week.BigLan - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link
Hopefully I'll be the lucky one!I couldn't help notice the 'slow moving parts' picture at the bottom of page 2. They look like 6800's, and won't be going anywhere for a while as the product is deactivated on the newegg site.