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

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

Not really, if you're going to go to anywhere to buy computer stuff, make
sure you pay a visit to www.pricewatch.com to see what the current going
rate for the hardware you're interested in is.

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Serge M. Egelman wrote:

> 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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