TigerDirect Offers $20 Discount for Bitcoin Shoppers
Of interest to bitcoiners needing PC components, TigerDirect has launched an interesting promo that should help save a few bucks. The company started accepting bitcoins last month, so it is perhaps no surprise that it is trying to drum up some trade. The 'PC Parts Week' discount applies to bitcoin orders over $100. Users fitting the requirements will get $20 off their order. The deal is sponsored by chip-makers Intel and AMD, memory outfits SanDisk and Kingston, add-in-board partner PNY, and TRENDnet. The offer went live yesterday, February 19th, and it will remain valid through to....
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Earlier this week, Newegg.ca joined TigerDirect in allowing Canadians to pay in Bitcoin. Newegg customers from Canada, and soon America, can save 30% if they pay in Bitcoin, up to a $150 discount. The limited-time discount of 30% discount right off the bat is an abnormally generous offer that is simply not possible with credit cards, Visa.me, Paypal, etc. Another interesting point about this release is that Newegg has followed the release schedule of TigerDirect almost to the dot, though their discounts are a hell of a lot deeper. Like Newegg, TigerDirect first announced Bitcoin acceptance....
TigerDirect Canada seems to be working on bitcoin integration, but for the time being details are sketchy. Shoppers south of the border can already use bitcoins on the company's US site. The tech retailer started accepting the currency back in January, just two months later TigerDirect announced that the total volume of its bitcoin sales had surpassed $1m. Canada could soon join the fun. TigerDirect's bitcoin rollout appears to have been a success in the US and now it appears that it is about to expand to Canada. There is still no official announcement, but newsBTC came across a curious....
TigerDirect made a splash earlier this year when they announced they'd be accepting bitcoin somewhat suddenly at the end of January, making it the second mainstream retailer to embrace the digital currency behind Overstock.com. In under one day, the retailer brought in a whopping $250,000 worth of sales paid for in bitcoin, and just last month, TigerDirect announced they'd surpassed the $1 million mark. But our friends in Canada were watching from the sidelines. Unfortunately, TigerDirect only enabled bitcoin payments here in the United States, leaving shoppers at their Canadian site at....
Another major online retailer has announced that it is now accepting bitcoin. This time it's TigerDirect. The company revealed the news on Thursday to much fanfare on its site, with an educational guide to bitcoin and incentives for GPU card shoppers to "Start Mining with AMD". TigerDirect will use BitPay as its payment processor, becoming that company's largest client to date. Bitcoin will be accepted only for online purchases, not in physical stores. TigerDirect's parent company, Systemax Inc. (which includes Canadian subsidiary TigerDirect.ca) is a Fortune 100 company with annual....
Today, TigerDirectannounced its embrace of Bitcoin through BitPay, Inc. TigerDirect has met the needs of customers for over 25 years and is known for high quality, discount electronics. TigerDirect is a subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX), a Fortune 1000 company. There was no lack of excitement from the Tiger Direct Team as the front end of the website clearly displays their embrace of bitcoin with a backdrop of physical bitcoins. Who will the next high profile merchant be! BitPay and Tiger Direct Issued the following press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. TIGERDIRECT IS THE FIRST MAJOR....