[TriLUG] Parts Store

[James Brigman]

On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 09:21 -0700, Jeff The Riffer wrote:
> Cool, a thread about local parts stores.
...
> So what else is there? I kept hearing about Stay Online when I first moved
> up here but was only able to locate their store once before...

Jeff - StayOnline has "contracted" into a web-only storefront. They've
closed their stores, but as I understand, the main warehouse location
near Westinghouse Drive (off Capital at the Beltline) is open for
pickups. 

You pretty much touched on the "holy trinity" of computer stores in the
triangle: CompUSA (hi prices, poor parts selection), Intrex (nice
prices, low stocking levels) and TigerDirect (returns, overstocks). 

Staples sometimes has really great sales on hard drives, CD or DVD
drives and memory products. But their software prices are shockingly
high. They recently had an incredible price on a Linksys wireless router
and wireless card, but each store had only 15 units and they all went to
to those waiting in line when the store opened. 

There are some other small stores in the area, but I rarely venture
outside the mainstream.

JKB