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| Thread ID: 68359 | 2006-04-25 19:17:00 | Trade Me. Computers | JJJJJ (528) | PC World Chat |
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| 449393 | 2006-04-25 19:17:00 | I spent some time yesterday studying the NEW computers for sale on Trade Me. Has anyone ever bought a new computer from any of them? The way I read it, it is not an auction. Just a fixed price sale. And everyone who wants one can get one. Yet their prices "sound" very good. And in some cases a years warranty,doubtful. How many will be in business in a year? I tried comparing prices with building myself and buying from them. In all cases I could buy a computer from them cheaper than I could buy the parts myself. Their branded parts were as good as I wanted. Some parts like OEM memory were a bit doubtful. I compared "my" computer with one of theirs and found I could have theirs delivered to me for about $1000 les than the parts would cost me from Ascent. Very tempting. But the thing that puts me off. In all cases you send your money and then wait while they buy the parts and assemble it. And the most scary one. Sending money to an anonymous person with no address and spend a week hoping you will get your computer. They sound a bit like these property developers. "Pay a large deposit and we will build your home sometime in the future. Maybe?" Anyone got any opinions? |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 449394 | 2006-04-25 20:32:00 | I compared "my" computer with one of theirs and found I could have theirs delivered to me for about $1000 les than the parts would cost me from Ascent. They sound a bit like these property developers. "Pay a large deposit and we will build your home sometime in the future. Maybe?" Saving $1000 on parts alone seems suspicious. Computer shops are always moaning that hardware is low margin business, maybe that's why some cheat with pirated software. If they're on a GST or tax fiddle and get caught by the IRD, the Tax man will get paid before you'll see anything. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 449395 | 2006-04-25 21:11:00 | I haven't bought a whole system, but I have bought components via Trade Me. It works just like any other auction, except after winning the auction, you get an email saying "Congratulations on winning the auction. Please deposit $ to blah blah blah. By the way; next time, buy directly from our site www.blah.co.nz" You go there & your components are cheaper than you paid for by bidding. And this is from auctions from different resellers. The last one (last week) was just a cheap pair of desktop speakers. Bid 10 bucks & after winning & getting their email, they have them on their site for 9 bucks. Same thing happened with an mp3 player from another place, but the Trade Me/website price was a bigger margin (in the website's favour) |
Peterj116 (6762) | ||
| 449396 | 2006-04-25 21:46:00 | I wouldn't. If they are a decent shop they don't need Trademe. 1 years warranty is crap, what about full manufacturers warranty? Ascent is fairly pricey but then again they operate on service rather than being the cheapest. Too many dodgy shops playing price wars...you get what you pay for, remember, too cheap and theres always a catch - like SuperCheap Computers. Great at selling you stuff, forget it if theres a problem later... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 449397 | 2006-04-25 21:55:00 | use pp.co.nz then, if Ascent is too expensive. without a warranty (and reasonable retrun process) you just end up with lemons... also use Safetrader as well. give some example auction URLs.. |
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