Better businesses

Introduction

These are places who haven’t screwed me when I bought stuff online (this doesn’t mean they WON’T screw you). The other list, my worst businesses list, can be found here. My motivation for building these lists can be found here.

Dave’s Better Businesses List

Company Type of company Praise or comments
Alfred E. Bike Bike equipment Rare bike parts (like left shifters only).
American Airlines Airline Extra leg room throughout economy. About friggin’ time an airline stepped up for cattle.
ASIHome Electronics  
AVDeals=Plasma.com Electronics Bought my plasma TV here. Quite good outfit, but complaints make a company, and I’ve had none.
AVStreet Electronics  
Bikeman Bike equipment Bikeman likes to “fight the man” when it comes to 7 vs. 8 speed cassettes. I like that.
Bison Business Electronics Bought Siemens extension handsets here.
BrandSmall Electronics  
CDW Computer You really do talk to the same person each time.
Cellular4Sale Cell phone accessories Got Cellport adapter here. cheap.
CoffeeForLess Coffee consumables UHT creamers
CrazyAbe Electronics  
DigiKey Electronic components Fast. Even have a French speaking operator.
Drugstore.com Drugs Neat idea, too bad they suffer from FDA’s restrictive policies on drugs.
DynaDirect Electronics Went the extra mile on determining Yahoo’s screwup on my e-mail address.
ECost Electronics  
EndPCNoise Computer Quiet PC stuff.
ENRTech Electronics Got rare IR modem here for PocketPC.
Etronics Electronics Decent prices.
ExtremePCGear Computer  
EyeSave Sunglasses Decent prices.
Frontier Airlines Airline  
GameVE Computer  
GoogleGear Computer  
Go-Optic Sunglasses  
GoVojo Game rental Like Netflix, only for video games (for consoles)
Icompz Computer  
Invado Computer  
JetBlue Airline DirecTV at every seat. $200 roundtrip on short notice New York to Denver. What more could you ask. You even get a little New York attitude from the flight attendants to make you feel at home. Note, they only fly to and from JFK airport, which smells funny. Also, their destinations are typically the less popular airports (like Oakland)
Landfall Navigation Marine electronics  
Land’s End Clothing Cheap.
LD Products Printer cartridges Cheap.
Let’s Go Digital Electronics  
Mouser Electronic components Fast.
NetFlix DVD rental  
NewEgg Computer  
Orbitz Online flights Cheap, because no agent involved.
Overstock.com Electronics Cheap. Get it while you can.
PCMods Computer  
PriceLine Online flights  
Rubini Jewellers Jeweller Makes only rowing jewelry. Included a nice note.
SiliconAcoustics Computer Quiet computer stuff.
SoftPro Computer books Cookies while browsing. What more could you want?
SpectraVOX Electronics Bought VGA to component converter from them for HDTV.
StickerGiant Stickers  
SuperGo Bike equipment Poor return policy.
The Nerds Computer  
The Pouch Computer carrying cases I’ve dealt with these folks for years. They rule. Neat little neoprene form-fitting bags for any computer. I may be their most loyal customer. They’ve even screwed up an order, and handled that just fine….