Re: [TCLUG:5446] Computer Show & Sale @ State Fairgrounds

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

Are most prices negotiable at the State Fair Computer Show?

serge

Peter Lukas wrote:

> GNS (general nanosystems) has some pretty decent prices, but their
> return
> policy is one of the worst I've seen.  I will give them points over
> University Computer Center (UCC).  At least they didn't pull the
> memory I
> was interested in buying out of an ice cream bucket. :-)
>
> Peter Lukas
>
> On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jason Tanem wrote:
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pani@frontiernet.net <pani@frontiernet.net>
> > To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> <tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:5446] Computer Show & Sale @ State Fairgrounds
> >
> >
> > >I need to buy some of that PC100 DRAM. I found 64M for $75.00 from
> > >a local store. Now I was wondering if paying the 7~8 dollars to get
>
> > >into the computer show will get me anything cheaper ?
> >
> >
> > I highly doubt it.  Those computer shows that come around here are a
> bunch
> > of B.S.  I went a few months ago (Blue Star sponsors them once a
> quarter, or
> > something) and all of the new equipment is of average price.  The
> claims of
> > cheap printers, laptops, etc. come from the fact that the equipment
> is 10
> > years old.
> >
> > The cheapest place I know of in the Twin Cities for comp. equipment
> is
> > General Nano Systems right off University, on the U of M side of
> 280.
> > http://www.nanosys1.com.  There current price for 64MB of PC100 is
> $69.99.
> >
> > Jason Tanem
> > g3rm@uswest.net
> >
> >
> >
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