OnHeadphones.com Editor's Review
Shop 4 Tech.com
05/07/07
The Good
Shop4Tech.com has a really nice design. Many pictures, bold type and bright colors make it pleasurable and easy to navigate. Free shipping on most products and a cash incentive program are nice perks.
The Bad
The inventory is limited to mostly computer and media player accessories. They have a very limited selection of headphones and most are for iPods, podcasting or iChat. If you need studio reference monitor headphones, you won’t find them here.
The Verdict
This is a really nice store for computer/media related items. They have pretty good prices but a generalized inventory. As far as portable headphones go, they carry some pretty nice ones.
When I first visited Shop4Tech.com, a few things popped out at me. First of all, they have an incentive program that offers ten dollars (towards merchandise) for every friend or family member that you refer and the second was the clean and colorful design. There are lots of graphics and the type is bold and big. It’s an easy interface and user-friendly. This is not, however, a site for audiophiles. They sell some cool earbuds, but the whole focus is on computers and media players. They even have headphones specialized for iChatting and Podcasting, but nothing for DJs, Mixing or Hi-end listening. Only a select number of manufacturers are represented, but there is a nice selection of iPod earbuds that come in a variety of colors including the VModa Bass Freq in Orange Camo which definitely caught my eye or the Remix M Class which comes in Metallic hot pink, blue or chrome.
One of the really great things about Shop4Tech.com is that they offer free shipping on most of their products and many of them ship within 24 hours. Items may be returned within thirty days, but because of some manufacturers' policies, they are not able to offer a refund for open items for Digital Media, iPod accessories, or missing UPC Codes and software. If an item is returned without all of its original packaging in tact, they may charge a fifteen percent restocking fee.
Shop4tech is based out of Southern California and has been around since 1999. They're rather customer-friendly. Payment options include major credit cards: Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express as well as Paypal. Hacker Safe and authorized by the Better Business Bureau, this is a cool place to buy iPod and computer accessories.
