Monoprice down, where to order until it's back up?

[dzirkelb]

I need to order the following:

15ft hdmi cable
200 ft in wall speaker wire
some usb extendors
some cable management (the velcro kind)
some other random stuff

However, Monoprice is down and won't be taking orders for a couple weeks...do I just syphen through amazon to find what I need, or is there an equal place for price out there?

[blujacket]

http://www.parts-express.com/home.cfm

[dzirkelb]

sweet, thanks, I'm looking there now

[SeanMF]

I'd say just wait till it's back up again. Shouldn't take long I wouldn't think.

[blujacket]

Originally Posted by SeanMF

I'd say just wait till it's back up again. Shouldn't take long I wouldn't think.

2 weeks

[dzirkelb]

yup, couple weeks, no thanks, need cables now!

[mywxrld]

Originally Posted by blujacket

2 weeks

Where did you get that information? This is directly from their website...
The Monoprice website is temporarily unavailable while we correct some problems and perform maintenance.
Most of the orders placed by Friday will be shipped out on Monday as scheduled.
We expect the site to be available again in 4 hours around 12PM, Tuesday, March 9th, 2010.
It may take another week or two for us to have the servers completely back up and running in order for us to take orders from customers.
Truly sorry for any inconvenience it may cause you. Thanks again for your understanding and doing business with us.

[NorCo_1806]

I bet I'm not the only one to notice MonoPrice went off-line last Friday/Saturday?

I placed an order on Friday, tried checking status over the weekend and found they wouldn't re-open until today (Tuesday). I just checked again, looks like a few more hours.

Also states, "It may take another week or two for us to have the servers completely back up and running in order for us to take orders from customers." WOW, just wow!! That will certainly hit their business hard.

I suppose you can still call in an order. But so many of us prefer the web.

I'm also concerned with, "Most of the orders placed by Friday will be shipped out on Monday as scheduled." ...most??....I sure hope my order was one of the ones that went out as scheduled. I wanted mine shipped Friday...but I should be some what patient, I ordered Friday.

Is this issue interfering with anyone else?

[y2k692hu]

everyone is asking where to buy now that they are closed down for a week,

i think that buy.com is the best place to order ethernet and hdmi mostly because most people offer free shipping on there.

[DougMac]

Does anyone know if it is only recent customers who have been affected? I like monoprice and have used them a handful of times in the past, but I haven't ordered anything in the last 6 months. I haven't seen any unusual charges, but I'm wondering about the nature of the hack.

[quetzalcoatl]

Originally Posted by DougMac

Does anyone know if it is only recent customers who have been affected? I like monoprice and have used them a handful of times in the past, but I haven't ordered anything in the last 6 months. I haven't seen any unusual charges, but I'm wondering about the nature of the hack.

Right now nobody knows the best thing I can say it to watch their facebook page for the update.

[Drew664]

Originally Posted by DougMac

Does anyone know if it is only recent customers who have been affected? I like monoprice and have used them a handful of times in the past, but I haven't ordered anything in the last 6 months. I haven't seen any unusual charges, but I'm wondering about the nature of the hack.

The majority are the most recent customers, however after reading through most of the Facebook page, I would cancel/reissue your card. There are people claiming fraudulent charges to their cards even if they didn't purchase within the last 2 weeks.

[jason34cincy]

http://www.parts-express.com/home.cfm

I second Parts Express. I've only purchased from their retail store which is located in front of their warehouse, but they are extremely friendly and you can get everything they sell on their site. I think their prices are pretty competitive and the quality of the items I have purchased are very good.