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Thread ID: 38872	2003-10-20 23:11:00	HaHa, The Pricespy is down	crazymagi (4724)	Press F1

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185286	2003-10-21 04:12:00	It's bad for wholesalers, I know for starters I use to go to them and ask them to beat or match the prices (couldn't bother going into town and buying it) and they did, now I don't worry as I buy direct from the suppliers so I don't think PriceSpy will find those prices at retail but if they do, then I'd complain. Another thing is that there's a minor flaw in how items are determined, now I'm guessing it's a few common words it searches for, but say for Starters a Samsung 52x 24x 52x CDWriter, the price you'd most likely see is the price for the OEM 2MB cache one, not the Retail Box 8MB one which is far better. Unless you really delve in, you will need to try and determine what is what, and make sure it's not cheaper because it's an older model, etc.	Kame (312)
185287	2003-10-21 04:17:00	The entries are automatically generated. It's not "intelligent". It's a guide to prices. Like all the information on the Internet it can be wrong. :D You have to do some work yourself. If that's a problem for you, there's always Harvey Norman or Big Byte. :D	Graham L (2)
185288	2003-10-21 06:03:00	> > PriceSpy is OK, but it is bad in a few ways as > well. > > Oh come on JM, you can do better than that. :p > > Why is it bad in a few ways? Well basically it makes it a lot harder for the computing industry. Also PriceSpy is now having sponsored retailers whereby they pay money and get preferences in some cases. Some businesses are now purely pricespy based and charging far too little, bringing margins down lower. It's not a good thing really.	-=JM=- (16)
185289	2003-10-21 06:50:00	Do you all mean to support this sad individuals thread? The tone of the original post is extremely close to that of another recent member - F_C and Eff... as I recall.	Winston001 (3612)
185290	2003-10-21 06:59:00	>as I buy direct from the suppliers How/where do U do that Kame?	forrest44 (754)
185291	2003-10-21 07:14:00	> > as I buy direct from the suppliers > > How/where do U do that Kame? Well going by what he's said there and what else has been mentioned in other posts . . I'm picking that he has accounts with them and to get an account one would usually have to . . . . . . . . . . ;)	-=JM=- (16)
185292	2003-10-21 07:23:00	To get an account you have to be "in the industry". I aproached a few whlesalers and there methods varied widely,some asked me to fill out a half dozen pages of mumbo jumbo,asked about my finianial status,my expected turnover,my minimum garenteed spending with them,who my finial adviser was?...lmao. I ignored those companies,which i presume is what they wanted anyway. Other wholesalers merely asked me to prove the nature of my company,i just directed them to my website and that done the trick. Since ive had my site up and getting a fair bit of traffic ive been bombarded by wholesalers trying to get me to purchase from them,i scan all there pricelists but most of the stuff is round the same price so i stick with the 2 wholesalers who were the first to give me a shot. Heh...rambling again....	metla (154)
185293	2003-10-21 10:05:00	>>>>Do you all mean to support this sad individuals thread? Some kind of desire to communicate irrespective of a lack of reason,a puzzle indeed.	Thomas (1820)
185294	2003-10-21 10:08:00	It appears Thomas and Winston are still having wise debates far beyond my level of understanding :D	agent (30)
185295	2003-10-21 12:56:00	Rofl agent. hey metla, whats your site? I for one find pricespy helpful and it is often a deciding factor from who I purchase from. Ok the prices are sometimes innaccurate and the headings for items are often innacurate or hard to determine all the different features, but it still works ok. (Try searching the best price for a 120Gb hard drive with 8mb of cache).	PoWa (203)
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