It's actually close to the same price if you account for the free shipping. On top of that, you know it's new, and you're getting it through Newegg, so that's as good as a gaurantee that everything will be taken care of in a very flawless manner. I hate buying anything through Ebay or Amazon... I've waited weeks to months for shipping before, as well as been ripped off. By people with 95%+ positive ratings with tens of thousands of feedback.
I swear by Newegg simply because they've never steered me wrong, and on the rare occasion something came fucked up, they paid the shipping cost to send it back to them, and then shipped a new product back to me through overnight shipping. I'll always pay an extra couple of dollars for that. Even though I usually save money with Newegg... lol. So yeah, I have a tendency to promote them.