Re: [SLUG] Hardware vendors in town

From: Jim Lange (bot@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 09:28:57 EDT


> Not always. I do not believe that anybody can be higher at times than
> CompUSA. I needed a audio cable for my computer $2 at TCWO and $24 at
CompUSA
> for a piece of 3 conductor wire with 2 connectors.
>
> On the other hand I found some other parts at CompUSA competitive priced.
> TCWO $19 CompUSA $32 but there was a big difference in how they were
> physically constructed. My preference being for the CompUSA item so that
is
> what I purchased.
>
> There is suppose to be another place over here close to TCWO that is even
> better but they only sell wholesale so even though I know where it is I
never
> go there. For location East of Veterains and west of Benjamin in a complex
> north of Hillsburgh. You enter on the old road before they built the
> Veterains and changed Hillsburgh. Sorry another name I have forgototten.
>
That would be MB's www.mbk2000.com Some of their stuff is cheaper than
TCWO and some of it isn't. They have some harder to find items like a 2.5"
to 3.5" hard drive adapter, and just Friday I bought the 'iPanel' for my
Asus Black Pearl there.
Jim
>
> On Friday 24 August 2001 10:30 pm, you wrote:
> > That would be Intolan Computers. Their prices are higher than CompUSA.
I
> > recommend that you shop around before you buy anything there and bargain
> > with them if you do. When I need major hardware, I think Hillsborough
> > County, not Pinellas. Even with a much larger population, Pinellas does
> > not have the wholesale infrastructure that Hillsborough does. Pinellas
is
> > a retail county.
> > Smitty
>
> I did get a 3 button mouse there when I could not find one anywhere else
and
> the price was $3 or $4 while CompUSA was $14. Could not find one anywhere
> else.
>
>



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