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| Thread ID: 120705 | 2011-09-21 21:26:00 | Great retailers ! - no wonder people buy online ! | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1232844 | 2011-09-21 21:26:00 | I live in Tauranga - NZ's fifth biggest city. I need an internal DVD writer (Sata) for a new PC I am building (well rebuilding) So I went to Warehouse Stationery (where I have bought them over the years) and now they only stock an external model. So I went to Dick Smiths and they had one (just one) in stock at $99.00 ! They have got to be joking - I used to be able to buy them at Warehouse Stationary for about $60.00 I can get them from PB Technology for about $55 incl GST and freight. If either of these two retailers had them in stock at a reasonable price I would have bought one as I need it in a hurry as getting one from PB Tech will take a few days over the weekend banking payment etc. I am going to phone a couple of computer shops but won't be holding my breath as 18 months ago I wanted a 500 gig hard drive and the biggest they had in stock was 160 gig ! dur. (If not I will have to order from PB Tech and wait over the weekend) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1232845 | 2011-09-21 21:43:00 | I wouldn't buy any PC parts from Warehouse or Dickies. They're either a rubbish brand or they charge twice the price that you can get it online. Check out your local PC shops to see what they have, otherwise get one online. DVD writers are dirt cheap :D |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1232846 | 2011-09-21 21:49:00 | Shops need a bigger margin because of the extra level of handling involved in simply getting the item into the store, priced and on the shelf, plus the extra cost of stock damage, theft, higher rent, cleaning, upkeep and lighting bills for a shop as opposed to a shadowy warehouse in an industrial area which handles online purchases. I have the very same issue. My employers have an online store and refuse to let the physical stores match the prices the online store offers. Frustrating for all involved. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1232847 | 2011-09-21 21:54:00 | I went to Dick Smiths and they had one (just one) in stock at $99.00 Are they friggin kidding :eek: . $55.00 is about right depending on brand. The Asus are about $3 more expensive than the Lite-ons. 50+ in stock of both brands so theres no excuse for any place not having them. I wanted a 500 gig hard drive and the biggest they had in stock was 160 gig ! dur. 500GB is the SMALLEST I can get these days :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1232848 | 2011-09-21 21:56:00 | I wouldn't buy any PC parts from Warehouse or Dickies. They're either a rubbish brand or they charge twice the price that you can get it online. Check out your local PC shops to see what they have, otherwise get one online. DVD writers are dirt cheap :D Heh, I had a similar attitude to yours regarding Dick Smith, until I went browsing and spotted a game-worthy laptop that seemed way too cheap (store price $699). I bought it and went home to check their online price ($899). Seems the store made a boo-boo, which their retail systems / bar code scanners failed to pick up on. Got it cheaper than any of the offers on Pricespy as well, so I was smiling. I gave the sales guy a bit of a clue when I said "make sure it's the one with the Radeon", and he still didn't figure out the pricing error. Even without switching it to the gaming GPU it is still quite capable on the likes of Half Life. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1232849 | 2011-09-21 22:43:00 | Shops need a bigger margin because of the extra level of handling involved in simply getting the item into the store, priced and on the shelf, plus the extra cost of stock damage, theft, higher rent, cleaning, upkeep and lighting bills for a shop as opposed to a shadowy warehouse in an industrial area which handles online purchases. I have the very same issue. My employers have an online store and refuse to let the physical stores match the prices the online store offers. Frustrating for all involved. You make some good points about retail shops needing an extra margin to cover all of those factors. But If they only have one in stock and are selling it for far too greedy a price, they will not sell any and will make no profit on stocking it. I would buy it today from them if it were $50 or $60 dollars as I want it today. But I do not feel like handing over $40 of my hard earned money for having one item in stock. And swiping it though their eftpos machine |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1232850 | 2011-09-22 01:28:00 | I So I went to Warehouse Stationery So I went to Dick Smiths Neither of whom are a PC store. Both of whom would be expensive. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1232851 | 2011-09-22 01:56:00 | just remembering another thread about length of warranties... again, complaints about pricing. People want retailers to sell things with a $5 profit, & then will expect all the warranty & after sales help in the world :banana If you want to buy from a retailer, pay retail pricing. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1232852 | 2011-09-22 01:56:00 | So I phoned a computer store this morning and they have some Sata DVD drives in stock at $65. So I am going to buy one from them this avro. (But this is the store that a year ago only had a 160 gig hard drive in stock!) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1232853 | 2011-09-22 02:02:00 | That's why you don't do grocery shopping a petrol petrol station. | gum digger (6100) | ||
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