Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 08:50:13 -0700 From: Don Wilde <don@PartsNow.com> To: Tim Oneil <toneil@visigenic.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI Hardware (was: QIC-80 Floppy Tapes) Message-ID: <33B92735.75BF@PartsNow.com> References: <3.0.2.32.19970701081039.009ee470@visigenic.com>
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> Fry's Electronics, its a California Bay Area phenomenon I think. > They will send you a catalog though, let me get a number and I > will post it. They have a rep for bad customer service, they hire > kids and welfare types that have ZERO% knowledge of the products > they are trying to sell, but they generally have the most at the > lowest under one roof. I go elswhere for motherboards though, I've > had bad luck with the mb's they seem to want to carry. Got my > quantum fireball there though and that seemed to me to be a good > price. > Hey! Smile when you say that! Fry's is a good place to buy -- there are 5 of them down here in LA/Orange C as well. However, it is true that it is 'buyer know your stuff!'. They are very good about taking back incompatible stuff, no questions asked, if you include all the packaging etc. I would NOT recommend them for mail order, though. There are better places. I buy from Motherboard Express in the midwest, also Treasure Chest in the deep south has given me *exceptional* service. One thing that Fry's WILL do to you is sell you a stripped motherboard. For example, I have bought several Iwill/Quick Tech P55TV boards from both TC and Fry's, and the ones from Fry's did not come with the CPU fan or any of the other accessories -- and the price was higher. Another little devious trick Fry's will do is to sell you the so-called 'OEM' package of something... which basically means that after 3 days you are stuck with the manufacturer for support. Read the sales slip on that disk drive you mention, they do it a lot with the WD drives and Adaptec controllers as well. All this said, however, the beauty of Fry's is that the prices are screaming low -- enough to usually counter the high 8.75% sales tax -- and you can walk in and walk out immediately with top quality computer hardware in less than an hour. (that is, if you go there on a weekday morning. It's a total zoo any other time!) You just have to know what you're doing. -- oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ _________ _________ ________ _________ _________ ___==_ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde [don@PartsNow.com] [http://www.PartsNow.com ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo--ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo--oo
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