I was a little leery at first because there were some horror stories about shipping/inventory issues in the comments here.
but i went ahead and ordered a new sony laptop, (mostly because PC Nation had it for almost $200 less than i would have paid at newegg), with free shipping, and received it within a week. i did have to call customer service once to given them an "official" email address -- apparnetly gmail ones don't qualify -- but that got taken care of very quickly. the customer service guy (Mark? i think?) was very helpful. it took a couple of days to get the tracking number, but again, no big deal. and the computer's great. definitely worth it. also, i like that the customer service people have individual numbers, so that you can reach the same person again. overall, awesome.