I was looking at the online listing for a local computer store and their prices are something like 20 to 30% more than online places like Tiger Direct or New Egg (I generally like New Egg better)
What I am curious about is if there is anything people prefer to buy at local computer stores instead of buying online?
Online or Local Instore?
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Online or Local Instore?
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Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
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Re: Online or Local Instore?
I tend to buy larger, heavier items in stores, because their shipping costs tend to offset the price difference seen from online vendors. For example, I usually buy towers from the local store. Printers, too. Anything else, though, I'll definitely get online.
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Re: Online or Local Instore?
Many times, items have free S&H from Newegg, that is one reason I prefer them to Tiger
3BTech always has free S&H
3BTech always has free S&H
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
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Re: Online or Local Instore?
Quick replacement parts or stuff like cables, risers, thermal paste, etc. I'll get locally. Everything else I'll buy on-line. Circuit City is going out of business and I went to a local store to see if there were any deals. They had some 500GB sata II 16MB drives for $100, which is 30% off the regular price. NewEgg has the same drive with double the cache size for $60.00.
It's no wonder CompUSA, Circuit City, and others are folding. How can you compete with those kinds of prices? Most of the time when I order something from NewEgg it arrives the next day.
It's no wonder CompUSA, Circuit City, and others are folding. How can you compete with those kinds of prices? Most of the time when I order something from NewEgg it arrives the next day.
Re: Online or Local Instore?
On another board, there was discussion that it is cheaper to buy a whole new name brand machine instead of upgrading.
I think much of what they are looking at is buying them from stores not online.
I think much of what they are looking at is buying them from stores not online.
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)