Think Geek – Fun Stuff For Your Brain
What’s the deal with this whole ThinkGeek thingy?
ThinkGeek started as an idea. A simple idea to create and sell stuff that would appeal to the thousands of people out there who were on the front line and in the trenches as the Internet was forged. ThinkGeek started as a way to serve a market that was passionate about technology, from programmers, engineers, students, lovers of open source, to the masses that helped create the behind-the-scenes Internet culture.
Three out of the four founding ThinkGeek members started an ISP in the Northern Virginia area way way back in 1995. We couldn’t afford Solaris, learned about a free UNIX-like OS, and spent almost an entire day downloading it onto over 50 floppies for installation on an old 486 laptop with no cd-rom (thanks Slackware!). After a few years with the ISP gig, the ThinkGeek idea popped into our heads, and, operating out of a spare room at the ISP office we setup shop and launched the site on Friday the 13th, 1999…
A month or so later we were Slashdotted. Promptly thereafter, ThinkGeek was acquired by the good folks at Andover.Net who through an acquisition and a bunch of name changes, is now known as Geeknet. So we’re part of a cool gaggle of sites including slashdot.org, sourceforge.net, linux.com, and freshmeat.net. Pretty nice company to be amongst, eh? We’re pretty proud of it!
All the founding members are still in town, and we’ve continued to grow our product line, expand our staff (including several canines) and enhance the way we interface with customers. Who would have thought…
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Low Prices, Great Deals!
Why pay more when you can pay less? That’s our motto. And let’s face it, everyone loves to find a bargain. It’s human nature. So, in response to human nature, Buy.com offers not only “The Lowest Prices on Earth” backed by our Low Price Guarantee on millions of new and cool products, but also some of the hottest deals you’ll find anywhere on items that you just can’t live without. |
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Bigger Selection, Better Buying!
You want it? We’ve got it! In order to provide the most hassle-free shopping experience online, we are constantly working with our suppliers to add new products so you have plenty of options from which to choose. But sometimes having options just isn’t enough and that’s why we work with our distributors every day of the week to ensure that all the hottest products are in stock and available for shipping. |
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Customer Service!
It’s no surprise that Buy.com has become the Internet destination of choice for over 12 million customers. We know that the secret to running a successful business is keeping our customers happy. We set out to provide our customers with the kind of world-class service that keeps them coming back for more. But don’t take our word for it; click here to check out what some of our satisfied shoppers have to say. |
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Award Winning!
And as if our broad selection and low prices weren’t enough, we’ve got the kudos to prove our cool. Buy.com was named one of the Top 100 web sites yet again in 2009 by Internet Retailer. In 2006 Buy.com was named one of the best places to buy consumer electronics in the “21st Annual Shopper’s Choice Awards” Best Places to Buy”. Also in 2006, Buy.com was named as one of the top three “Best Online Shopping Experiences” by Blast Radius. And that’s not all… click here to check out some of our other bragging rights! |
