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Posted by satchmo on Fri Apr 22nd at 10:24pm 2005

After driving all the way to the store and spending time waiting in line, the memory I got from Fry's Electronics (a warehouse-type electronic hardware chain store) are defective.

The computer wouldn't even boot up from those. I should've know. When I got the memory, I noticed that the sticker on the chip looks seared on the edges. I bet some stupid punk fried these puppies while trying to overclock them, and returned them after they're toast.

Now I gotta drive back and return them. Bogus.

Never shop at Fry's, for those who live in the States (California).

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Posted by Natus on Fri Apr 22nd at 10:29pm 2005

that sounds very assy, in denmark we got like "ELECTRONIC WORLD" and "COMPUTER CITY" hmm..then theres "ELECRTIC CITY", the guys who made up these names lack inspiration
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Posted by satchmo on Fri Apr 22nd at 10:33pm 2005

I got lured into buying those because they're so cheap. With rebate, the PC3200 512 MB only costs US$35! I simply couldn't resist such good deal.

Apparently, they're not good deals. They're just cheap.

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Posted by Natus on Fri Apr 22nd at 10:42pm 2005

yeah, often cheap stuff = ass covered in a lie, covered in a PC3200 512 MB pack that only costs US$35!
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Posted by Crono on Fri Apr 22nd at 11:15pm 2005

You have to be careful at Fry's, something they don't tell you is that a lot of their parts are refurbished. However, I've gotten cheap ram there before and not had any problems. They are an excellent source for CD-Rs and DVD-Rs cheap, useful. (Got a 50 Pack of DVD-R for $2.50, they work great)

Overall, I usually don't shop there because they're more expensive and less options. And they're in Wilsonville (here) [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Fri Apr 22nd at 11:56pm 2005

I'm mail order all the way with my components these days, but then in the UK most places have next day or next couple of days delivery as standard so its not really a hassle. I've never really seen many shops in the UK that can match mail order prices either.
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Posted by satchmo on Sat Apr 23rd at 3:30am 2005

Yeah, this Fry's place sometimes has ridiculously low prices for parts, that's why it has so many customers. Customer service sucks, and sometimes there are defective parts, but there are times when I get lucky and score something nice for an extremely low price.

It's a gambler's mentality, I guess.

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Posted by Finger on Sat Apr 23rd at 4:53am 2005

We go to Frys in Burbank at least once a week on our lunch break - that place is awesome! Our branch is done in this sci-fi 'mars attacks' theme, with a big spaceship crashed into the front of the store, and a military jeep melted in half by alien lasers, inside. I could live there.



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Posted by $loth on Sat Apr 23rd at 6:13am 2005

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that sounds very assy, in denmark we got like "ELECTRONIC WORLD" and "COMPUTER CITY" hmm..then theres "ELECRTIC CITY", the guys who made up these names lack inspiration


Try The Computer shop (or world as it used to be known) and PC World.
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Posted by ReNo on Sat Apr 23rd at 1:32pm 2005

You are recommending PC World?!
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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 23rd at 8:29pm 2005

I just read the title and thought "Burning Memories" would have been more apt. smiley [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sat Apr 23rd at 8:37pm 2005

Satchmo, try to find an OEM shop somewhere in your area (Other then Fry's of course A.K.A. Ex-Incredible-Universe). Granted online buying may be cheaper, but I've heard endless complaints and problems with malfunctioning parts. ALSO, most OEM shops offer a 1 year warranty of their own, in addition to whatever warranty the product it self has. And face it, returning something you bought online is a pain in the ass, as far as I can see what you have to do is buy another part while you're haggling with the old part (thus costing you more money in the here and now)
But, I know that doesn't always happen.

Most OEM shops are pretty comparable to some online prices. But, seriously, some places online have to steal their hardware, I have no other idea of how they're making any sort of profit any other way by having such low prices. [addsig]



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Posted by rs6 on Sun Apr 24th at 1:42am 2005

I find teh major chains, (compusa, best buy, staples...etc) have the best deals. Just look in the weekly ad they put out and your bound to find somethign you need for cheap, and it'll be brand name stuff for cheap.

Ive gotten 25$ off a seagate HDD, 100$ off a PNY geforce 6800, and gotten PNY PC3200 for 40$ a 512mb piece. [addsig]



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Posted by gimpinthesink on Sun Apr 24th at 10:25am 2005

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You are recommending PC World?!


I hate to say it cos I hate PC World with a vengence but I would recomend them only for games they sell them really quite cheap I got HL2 there for only ?25 where Game had it and still has it for ?30 they also had a thing on where you could get HL2 for ?25 and Doom 3 for ?15 if you brought them together. I think Game had CS:CZ for about ?20 the last time I say it in there (which would have only been a week or two ago).

But please dont shop at PC World for parts they dont have many and what they do have is quite crap. They've got some nice cases in though too expensive for my tastes. [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Apr 24th at 1:44pm 2005

For buying games, the cheapest I know of is normally http://www.play.com . Most PC games are ?25 or less there from release, and even a lot of console games are coming out there at that price too.
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Posted by Leperous on Sun Apr 24th at 1:45pm 2005

They're great for music, too.





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Posted by Bewbies on Mon Apr 25th at 3:46pm 2005

yea the frys in burbank sucks balls. a friend of mine worked there for a while and gave me the scoop on how they usually dont test returns AT ALL and just put them back on the shelf. (though, it's somewhat understandable considering how many idiots go and buy pc3200's for their pc2700 max boards.)

i do 90% of my shopping online, but still manage to hit up frys at least once every 2 weeks.

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Posted by satchmo on Mon Apr 25th at 4:35pm 2005

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they usually dont test returns AT ALL and just put them back on the shelf.

I figured that must be the case, because I've had many experiences buying parts that are not labeled as refurbished but clearly are. And most of them turned out to be defective.

The pain in the ass of returning stuff from online merchants sometimes makes me think twice about buying online. For example, the Netgear wireless PCI card I got from newegg.com doesn't work, but I don't think it's worth the hassle of returning it and being charged the restocking fee. I suspect that it's a weak signal problem, so I am just going to live with it for now and use an alternative wireless USB adapter.

Perhaps once I move in to another location, the signal strength would be better when my computer is oriented differently from the wireless router.
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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Apr 25th at 4:44pm 2005

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they usually dont test returns AT ALL and just put them back on the shelf.


This is not the case everywhere. I know the people here in a local parts store, (office depot) and they are not permitted to put any item back on the shelf, for any reason once its sold.

they are also not allowed to sell it at a discount even though there is nothing at all wrong with it. (sometimes people buy the wrong size/speed and return perfectly functional items)

/ 2 cents.

[edit] /me clarifies.. Crono seemed confused, cause I was not. I fully understand that some stores do this, but I wanted people to understand that some stores do sell only quality, or they will make it so if its defective.

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Posted by Crono on Mon Apr 25th at 6:51pm 2005

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they usually dont test returns AT ALL and just put them back on the shelf.
This is not the case everywhere. I know the people here in a local parts store, (office depot) and they are not permitted to put any item back on the shelf, for any reason once its sold.
they are also not allowed to sell it at a discount even though there is nothing at all wrong with it. (sometimes people buy the wrong size/speed and return perfectly functional items)
/ 2 cents.


Orph, I don't think you understand. At Fry's they have to test the parts because they're not new. They've been redistributed from manufacturers after being refurbished. Meaning at one point they were sold at someplace (like Comp Usa ... bleh) and returned. A place like CompUSA or Office Depot have to report those defunctional units and possibly return them (depends on the 'deal' with the company)
Does that clear anything up? Fry's isn't a normal vendor. However, they do sell normal retail stuff too. But, comparitivly speaking, Office Depot is a coffee shop compared to Fry's inventory wise. [addsig]




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