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Be careful at "Computer Shows"
I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around
in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". Probably a lot of what you can buy at these shows are just some company's junk box, rather than outdated, but new stock. Caveat emptor. |
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"William W. Plummer" wrote:
I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". I wonder if they remembered to hook up the battery. |
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:33:06 GMT, "William W. Plummer"
wrote: I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". Probably a lot of what you can buy at these shows are just some company's junk box, rather than outdated, but new stock. Caveat emptor. IMO, you would go into such deals knowing you migh get something needing repairing. If you want a device that surely works, you go and but a new one. |
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ToolPackinMama writes:
"William W. Plummer" wrote: I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". I wonder if they remembered to hook up the battery. We got a batch of UPS's here at work and many of them "didn't work". Turns out they were shipped with the battery unhooked (clearly detached and taped out of the way). Unfortunately, not everyone installing them knew this, so many of them "never worked right". Jeff -- Remove "no" and "spam" from email address to reply. If it says "This is not spam!", it's surely a lie. |
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:33:06 GMT, "William W. Plummer"
wrote: I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". Probably a lot of what you can buy at these shows are just some company's junk box, rather than outdated, but new stock. Caveat emptor. In my case I had a mobo that went bad on me within a week. I called the number on my receipt and they told me to just catch them at another show to exchange it for another. Well, that is exactly what I did. That particular vendor is one I always see at computer shows. This vendor and like a lot of them do have stores also. So I would believe they are for the most part in it for the long haul. |
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A month or two ago, I went to a computer show for the first time in a
while. I wasn't too impressed. The selection was only okay, the prices weren't any lower, and in most cases higher, than name brand websites (Newegg especially), and I would have had to pay sales tax. Why bother? And by the look of the show, alot of people seem to agree with me. When I used to go to these things, they looked pretty prosperous. This one looked like it was barely alive. "William W. Plummer" wrote in message news:B12Db.539373$HS4.4103597@attbi_s01... I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". Probably a lot of what you can buy at these shows are just some company's junk box, rather than outdated, but new stock. Caveat emptor. |
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In article ,
Robert B. Clark wrote: On 16 Dec 2003 09:06:16 -0800, (MikeW) wrote: A month or two ago, I went to a computer show for the first time in a while. I wasn't too impressed. The selection was only okay, the prices weren't any lower, and in most cases higher, than name brand websites (Newegg especially), and I would have had to pay sales tax. Why bother? I'd agree with you. Several years ago, I used to frequent computer shows. You had to pay $10 a head to get in. Generally, I either wouldn't buy anything at all, or I'd only buy a few small items like HDD mounting brackets, cables, etc. The prices were a little better than Best Buy and the like, but no comparison to quality online vendors. Plus, that admission fee bugged the heck out of me. The high point of the dealer shows was before google, ebay, and pricewatch made it easy to find just about anything, new or used. I used to get more than my gas and admission charge back every time I went. I never bought big items, just lots of parts that I was able to use on my day job. In the same timeframe the magazine "Computer Shopper" was the monthly catalog of parts and systems we used to read. This was a newprint monthly the size of the Sears Roebuck catalog (does that comparison even make sense anymore?) I believe this morphed into pricewatch.com. -- Robert B. Clark (email ROT13'ed) Visit ClarkWehyr Enterprises On-Line at http://www.3clarks.com/ClarkWehyr/ -- Al Dykes ----------- |
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 04:28:41 GMT, Gordon wrote:
In my case I had a mobo that went bad on me within a week. I called the number on my receipt and they told me to just catch them at another show to exchange it for another. Well, that is exactly what I did. That particular vendor is one I always see at computer shows. This vendor and like a lot of them do have stores also. So I would believe they are for the most part in it for the long haul. It could easily have turned out differently. Such as never finding the vendor again, anywhere! Also amazing how much "no name" merchandize they pan off. With outfits like NewEgg I wonder how the computer shows even manage to exist. |
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We just called Computer Shopper the phonebook. I always knew I'd be
buying a new computer when I started unconsciously buying phonebooks. (Al Dykes) wrote in message ... In article , Robert B. Clark wrote: On 16 Dec 2003 09:06:16 -0800, (MikeW) wrote: A month or two ago, I went to a computer show for the first time in a while. I wasn't too impressed. The selection was only okay, the prices weren't any lower, and in most cases higher, than name brand websites (Newegg especially), and I would have had to pay sales tax. Why bother? I'd agree with you. Several years ago, I used to frequent computer shows. You had to pay $10 a head to get in. Generally, I either wouldn't buy anything at all, or I'd only buy a few small items like HDD mounting brackets, cables, etc. The prices were a little better than Best Buy and the like, but no comparison to quality online vendors. Plus, that admission fee bugged the heck out of me. The high point of the dealer shows was before google, ebay, and pricewatch made it easy to find just about anything, new or used. I used to get more than my gas and admission charge back every time I went. I never bought big items, just lots of parts that I was able to use on my day job. In the same timeframe the magazine "Computer Shopper" was the monthly catalog of parts and systems we used to read. This was a newprint monthly the size of the Sears Roebuck catalog (does that comparison even make sense anymore?) I believe this morphed into pricewatch.com. -- Robert B. Clark (email ROT13'ed) Visit ClarkWehyr Enterprises On-Line at http://www.3clarks.com/ClarkWehyr/ |
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