I dont like waiting for my memory, so sure I could buy it online but what places have a lot of memory?
Where can i buy ram in a store?
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All the biggies, like CompUSA, Best Buy, Fry's, Circuit City, Radio Shack. Also your local stores such as SWS Electronics (Use the yellow pages.)
What you can do is go on line to Crucial or Mushkin and identify specifically the type you need, then go shop for that specific type.
What you can do is go on line to Crucial or Mushkin and identify specifically the type you need, then go shop for that specific type.
What a rude question!
The OP has every right to keep his/her location a secret, then ask for nonsense advice.
Stick to your guns bigben! Ask about purchasing in a secret local
Costco & Office Max are where most buyers on Maui get their RAM, nowadays. Price is the determining factor and these outlets have the inventory and better prices.
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Actually they buy direct from Corsair, OCZ, Mushkin, etc. Never gray market. Unless you're calling the repackaged bulk stuff "gray market" which just shows you're ignorant because you don't actually know what gray market means.
If Systemax buys a bunch of bulk memory for builds and repackages a percentage of it for retail sale, that's not gray market. That's OEM. If Compaq over buys and then dump excess stock into the channel via a broker, that's gray market.
The big difference there is that because the product was bought and sold via a Systemax company, it still has a full factory warranty. Through gray market, you're limited to the warranty implied by the broker.
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Well,
Was in exactly that boat a few months ago--when I added 256 MB to my wife's somewhat older computer. Step one was finding exactly what I needed---ram brands and matching numbers
off a variety of different ram suppliers. I happened to go to a decent sized big city on other business----circuit city, best buys, staples, and a few other failed to have any matches.
On the way home---I stopped in a small town computer store---and found EXACTLY what I needed in stock---and for a decent price---and a short trip to take it back if it did not work.
Was in exactly that boat a few months ago--when I added 256 MB to my wife's somewhat older computer. Step one was finding exactly what I needed---ram brands and matching numbers
off a variety of different ram suppliers. I happened to go to a decent sized big city on other business----circuit city, best buys, staples, and a few other failed to have any matches.
On the way home---I stopped in a small town computer store---and found EXACTLY what I needed in stock---and for a decent price---and a short trip to take it back if it did not work.
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That's actually not bad advice at all. A mom and pop shop that does repairs is going to have a variety of RAM in stock. They might not have the bleeding edge PC12000 DDR4 XL, but they'll have a good mix and match of everything else.
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I know exactly what "gray market goods" are - they are imported merchandise that are not supported in the USA with warranties, etc. It is usually sold at a lower price because of that.
Gray">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market</a>
I'm a bit surprised at your insinuation - not like you at all.
Gray">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market</a>
I'm a bit surprised at your insinuation - not like you at all.
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Originally posted by: corkyg
I'm a bit surprised at your insinuation - not like you at all.
:beer: For knowing what the term "gray market" means.
Sorry to "surprise" you, Corky.
(Hell.. life is full of surprises.) But since you really do know what gray market is, why do you say it's "Tiger's specialty." You had to pull that out of somewhere. Makes no difference to me personally, but like when people say PC Power and Cooling is made in the USA and Wal Mart is owned by the Chinese, etc. I just don't like misinformation floating around out there.
Now you want to talk about gray market... MA Labs is the KING of gray market.
SVC used to be, but it's been a few years since I've bought from them. They might have straightened that out.
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I think we are on the same page. My comment about Tiger was not to mean that is their specialty - but that they do slip in gray market stuff without labeling it as such. (My experience and that of a close friend whose business is computer repair and installation in Florida.) Some very reputable stores will list items as "USA" and "Imported." Same item, but two different prices.
Here's an example:
B&H
The first two lenses are identical - except one is gray market and the other regular for USA. There is a price difference. That is the way it should be so the buyer knows what he or she is getting.
Here's an example:
B&H
The first two lenses are identical - except one is gray market and the other regular for USA. There is a price difference. That is the way it should be so the buyer knows what he or she is getting.
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Ah! Ok.
Well, I'm not going to argue that Tiger does or doesn't do that with other items. In fact, I'm fairly positive their cell phones are all gray market.
Since we're talking about RAM in this thread, when you said their specialty is gray market stuff in a thread about memory, I'm going to assume you're talking about gray market memory.
But I know their RAM and CPU's are not gray because I actually know the product managers that work at Tiger that handle those categories and know the people they buy from as well.
I do agree that if something is "gray" it should be labeled as such, but in the computer industry it's pretty cut and dry. Retail box product is going to have factory warranty. ANYTHING OEM should be suspect because 90% of the time it's going to be gray.
I've gotten to the point where I don't even bother buying OEM CPU's. It's just not worth it. $15 more? Just give it to me with the 3 year warranty and call it a day.
Well, I'm not going to argue that Tiger does or doesn't do that with other items. In fact, I'm fairly positive their cell phones are all gray market.
Since we're talking about RAM in this thread, when you said their specialty is gray market stuff in a thread about memory, I'm going to assume you're talking about gray market memory.
But I know their RAM and CPU's are not gray because I actually know the product managers that work at Tiger that handle those categories and know the people they buy from as well.
I do agree that if something is "gray" it should be labeled as such, but in the computer industry it's pretty cut and dry. Retail box product is going to have factory warranty. ANYTHING OEM should be suspect because 90% of the time it's going to be gray.
I've gotten to the point where I don't even bother buying OEM CPU's. It's just not worth it. $15 more? Just give it to me with the 3 year warranty and call it a day.
I wouldn't buy any PC hardware from BB, CC, or CompUSA because they do not move with the price changes as fast as the etailers however this may be a good thing sometimes. Yesterday I went to CompUSA and saw a socket 754 MSI nForce3 board for only $25 sealed in package while a socket 754 Athlon 3000+ was $240.
One thing I noticed was that RAM prices did not change yet in my paticular CompUSA as I saw a 2GB Corsair kit for $150.
Always good to look around.
One thing I noticed was that RAM prices did not change yet in my paticular CompUSA as I saw a 2GB Corsair kit for $150.
Always good to look around.
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