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| Thread ID: 146278 | 2018-06-18 01:21:00 | Have you bought PC parts from Amazon? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1450716 | 2018-06-18 01:21:00 | I am building a new PC. I have found that prices on Amazon for Memory and the Samsung SSD hard drive I want are much cheaper than my usual supplier. Have you bought from them, and is it worth the risk. I could save $ 50 on the memory and $ $80 on the SSD. The other items I want there is not much saving due to shipping. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1450717 | 2018-06-18 01:31:00 | If it is cheaper inc shipping, then go for it. Amazon are great, any issues they just refund yu, no argument. I have bought other stuff, not PC bits, a batter for husbands De Walt drill for instance. It was great! |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1450718 | 2018-06-18 02:31:00 | Not computer parts no. I have bought 2 kindles from them though, amazingly they turned up in under a week both times. I would have 2 concerns. The hassle of returns if you have problems, and the possibility of a dodgy supplier. Not everything listed on Amazon is sold by them directly, a lot of it is other suppliers who list there similar to Ebay and Trademe. I'd check for customer feedback if available. I will buy from amazon and Ebay but I limit myself to cheaper items as a rule to limit the risk. Another comment regarding SSD prices, a few tech sites have forecast a drop in prices coming soon as more competition hits the market. So far the only effect here is in $50-$60 120GB SSDs that have begun appearing at retailers but other brands and sizes will hopefully follow. If you are set on Samsung though they are likely to take longer to drop prices as they pretty much own the market at present. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1450719 | 2018-06-18 02:45:00 | Plenty of PC geeks in the other NZ tech forums buy PC Parts from Amazon . Supposedly they are quite good with warranty issues . Good rule of thumb when buying online Dont spend more than you are willing to loose :-) I had an online purchase go missing, NZ courier lost it but scanned it as delivered. Because it was scanned as delivered, I had zero come back. Seller saw tracking marked as delivered, NZ CourierPost just said it was delivered and that was it. So no refund or claims possible. ( luckily now 2 weeks later they may have found it, delivered to the wrong house I'd bet . I'll find out soon ) also factor in gst & $60 customs fee if over NZ$400 . You may need to split the order ? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1450720 | 2018-06-18 12:36:00 | Indeed, people sometimes loose their parcels and don't get any repayment. I haven't had such problems with Amazon. | MikeLowrance (17622) | ||
| 1450721 | 2018-06-19 11:52:00 | "Dont spend more than you are willing to loose" Words of wisdom right there. ;) |
Mikebook (17625) | ||
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