[aklug] Re: Looking to build a new PC..

I just bought a trackball and two sticks of ram (184 pin 2700,lol).
Newegg wanted to charge me $24. I screamed like a stuck pig cause
shipping via usps priority which newegg says they can use is $13. They
eventually paid all shipping rather than have me asking any more
questions about their goofy arrangements, which has been focus of lots
of flames.

However, truth is that price differential with likes of tiger makes
up for over priced shipping on lots o stuff. And I like my little
newegg credit card.

On Feb 16, 2010, at 1:17 PM, "Alan C." <alan@caruth.org> wrote:

> I've had pretty good luck with shipping rates to Alaska from NewEgg.
> Not =
> free, but I purchase things occasionally from them and can't say
> I've =
> felt gouged in the last few years. I think my last fairly large
> order =
> cost me about $25 to ship to AK.
>
> Recently I went through the "build a new PC" process with a friend,
> and =
> after all was said and done he ordered a PC through CyberPower PC =
> (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/). They have some good and some bad =
> feedback online, but he has been extremely happy with his purchase. =
> Their selection of parts definitely gives that build your own feel, =
> without actually doing it (they let you pick the make/model of
> pretty =
> much everything, including items like heatsinks, cases,
> motherboards, =
> etc.).
>
> -Alan
>
> On Feb 16, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Lee Brumbaugh wrote:
>
>> All,
>> =20
>> My current box is getting to be 4-6 years old and cannot really be =
> upgraded anymore as it uses DDR1 memory and has a AGP video slot, so =
> I've started looking at putting together new hardware. I've been =
> reading various deal website forums to try to find decent prices but =
> they seem to mostly be to places like Newegg.com that doesn't have
> free =
> shipping to up here. That being said, has anyone else done any =
> comparative parts shopping lately and had any decent shipping
> prices? =
> I'd go to Amazon more, but they're prices are a little bit higher
> which =
> makes it a wash from what I can tell. Also it's been a long time
> since =
> I've done any digging into video cards and processors. Quite a wide =
> range these days it seems.
>> =20
>> Thanks,
>> =20
>> Lee
>> =20
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