[ale] Sortof OT : Buy online or go to Fry's

[aaron]

"Buy on-line or go to Fry's?"

;-)
You're just trolling, right??  :-)
;-)

For any self respecting Linux geek, the proper phrasing of your subject 
question is not _IF_, but _HOW OFTEN_ you should be going to Fry's. **

<http://www.outpost.com/> is Fry's on-line catalog, if you feel a need to 
redundantly compare prices before making the obligatory pilgrimage to Fry's 
expansive regional arena of Nerd Nirvana, there to be amazed and overjoyed
by the concentrated plethora of gadgets, gizmo's and  geek goodies, all 
enticing you with sleek packages, dancing screens and flashing diodes that 
beckon to your widget lust from every shelf of every aisle, like mystical 
sirens draped in glistening jewels of red, gold, green and blue...
:-)

peace
(because "Blessed are the peace makers.")
aaron

**The answer, of course, is:
"As often as your significant other and your credit
  limit allow (in that order)." 





On Thursday 02 December 2004 17:48, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> Ok, so I know that there are other options (and I'd love to hear those 
> too), but the two mentioned are the two that I'm most interested in.  I 
> am going to be buying some computer 'stuff' (I have 4 boxes now, one 
> will be retired, the other three will have various upgrades, and one new 
> one will be purchased) over the next few days.  I generally buy from 
> Pricewatch to get the lowest price, but my Dad and I have been looking 
> for an excuse to go to Fry's, and this looks like a good one.  I'm in a 
> bit of a hurry to start putting stuff together (had a bit of a hardware 
> issue recently), but I can wait 2-3 days if need be if there's a HUGE 
> price difference between Fry's and Pricewatch.  My total [from 
> Pricewatch] is just over $1,100 (parts list available upon request). 
> Can anyone that's been to Fry's give me some idea on where their prices 
> are compared to Pricewatch?  I'm not going (on Pricewatch) for the 
> absolute cheapest, I'm just looking for the best prices on the parts I 
> want (an MSI mobo, a DFI mobo, some RAM, a video card, SATA HD, etc.).
> 
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