Computer stores in Montreal?

[lowboyee]

In Toronto I had FactoryDirect and a bevy of cheap computer stores around, but I have no idea what's in Montreal.

 

[Steve]

I just replied to another Quebec thread a minute ago. You guys invading, or just rescuing Celine Dion?

 

[lowboyee]

You, or whoever has her, can keep her.

Was your reply pertinent to my question? I want my cheap goods!

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: lowboyee
I want my cheap goods!

Go to Walmart like the americans do then.

 

[lowboyee]

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: lowboyee
I want my cheap goods!

Go to Walmart like the americans do then.

Last time I was in Walmart, their OEM computer component selection was lacking.

 

[Steve]

Seriously, are there no chains like Best Buy/FutureShop and the like around there? Or are they above your target price range?

 

[lowboyee]

We've got the chains, but they're above my price point. The cheapest wireless card I could find at the usual suspects is $45, when I got my last one in Toronto for $15. This is echoed in everything they stock.

I don't know what it's like where you live, but in Toronto the best deals were in sketchy little computer stores which never advertised. Or FactoryDirect, which has a grab-bag of random electronics/computer supplies.

 

[Steve]

I used to live in Canada, but I wasn't into computers then. Nowadays most of what I buy I do online, new or used. I only go to a store when I need something pronto, and it's a chain because I check in advance that they have it. I really don't know what the mom & pop shops in Chicago are like. Maybe you could find your sought items on Craigslist?

$45 for a wireless NIC is insane! Does that include GST?

 

[lowboyee]

GST and then QST are not included... which makes it around $52 total.

I buy online from NCIX.com all the time, as they have great service, they price match, and their location in BC saves me 8% tax. I just wanted a wireless card so I could ditch my 6 year old laptop and use my new C2D system off of the neighbours' wifi until we get internet.

 

[Goosemaster]

when I go there Futureshop tocuhes me at nightso expensive

 

[BeauJangles]

Honestly, the cheapest way is illegal imports. Buy in the US, ship to a friend's / relative's house in the US... smuggle across border.