[TriLUG] OT: Retail Sharkso

[ALFRED JOHNSON]

Changing the subject a bit, I have an "Intrex experience" to relate 
which happened just today at the Cary store. The Cary store used to 
have technicians who could work on Linux systems (they were NCSU 
students).  I've been a satisfied customer at Intrex for many years, so 
I asked Scott whether or not they had obtained another "Linux 
technician" to work for their customers who prefer to run Linux (such 
as myself). Scott replied that they "didn't because there weren't 
enough customers asking for Linux repairs".  So the only thing they can 
repair is WINDOZE  machines. Now I know that there are a lot of 
Tri-luggers who have purchased their computers or computer parts at 
Intrex. I'm suggesting that we bombard Scott suggesting that they get 
at least one Linux technician who can work on our Intrex boxes.
At the moment Scott thinks that there aren't many Linux users buying 
Intrex computers and parts !!!  As for the DVD prices, Compusa not only 
has the cheapest blank DVD's all the time, they regularly have great 
sales on the Compusa brand usually at holidays. Moreover, I have had 
problems burning DVD-R's in my Panasonic machine.  When I sent it off 
to Panasonic to be repaired, they informed me that the quality of DVD's 
varies wildly. They even sent me a list of their experiences with 
various brands of DVD's. They said that they have constantly had 
problems with Memorex disks more than any other brand. They recommended 
Fuji and Compusa at the top of their list. ---al Johnson
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very expensive, but at the moment blank DVDs actually on sale (have 
been for a week or two).  Right on the front page 
(http://www.intrex.net/) - 10 packs - Buy two get one free.  I actually 
heard a rumor today though, that some people have had reliability / 
coaster issues with them, and since I'm rather stocked for DVD-Rs at 
the moment I have yet to purchase any.  Anyone else have any practical 
experience to share?
>
> Just to be fair, I poked CompUSA's website real quick to compare 
> prices.  The best deal I could find was on unknown or CompUSA brand 
> DVD-Rs in pack sizes from 25 to 50 which were approximately $1 a piece 
> (same basic price as at Intrex).  Note that those were 1x discs, not 
> 4x discs.  The ones we have at Intrex I'm fairly sure are KHypermedia 
> or some other off-brand, but are 4x as opposed to 1x, and at the same 
> cost.  Is there some in-store special or particular bundle deal from 
> CompUSA that I'm overlooking?
>
> Aaron J.
>
> ALFRED JOHNSON wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, Intrex has extremely expensive blank DVD's while 
>> Compusa has the cheapest.  The biggest mistake most shoppers make is 
>> assuming that just because a store is the cheapest on product X that 
>> they must be the cheapest on product Y.  Just about every store has 
>> it's loss leaders and products priced sky-high. Anything you need to 
>> obtain at the lowest price needs to be compared in every store that 
>> sells it. -- Al Johnson.
>> On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 03:57 PM, Kevin Flanagan wrote:
>>
>>> If you are in the N Raleigh area, I'll give you a dozen for free!  We
>>> boxes of the things.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Retailers need to compete with online competition and get their act
>>>> together.  Example Compusa.  I needed a plain power cable for a PC.
>>>> Price  at CompUSA $19.99.  Price at Intrex $1.50.  Give me a break 
>>>> there
>>>> is no  explanation between the two prices.  If anything Compusa 
>>>> should
>>>> be  cheaper.  I can take a markup for convienence but that is a 
>>>> little
>>>> excessive.
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