Steve;

I know the owner of Central Computer very well and have bought from him for over 13 years. Our son and daughter worked at their store when they were in High School. Maybe he can give us a price break. Now all we have to do is buy 1000 units and we can get the price down to almost nothing! :)

The owner of Central Computer has a sign, "People that work at Central Computer work here for years and are like family. If you go to Fry's you never see the same person twice"! How true! :)

A few years ago I wanted to build a NT 4.0 Server. I downloaded the approved hardware list from the Microsoft site and brought it to Central Computer. I told the tech what I wanted to accomplish and he said, "If there is any problem with the new system and NT 4.0 bring it back and we will make it work"!

Fry's has a different attitude - if the computer you bought this morning does not work, they will sell you a new one.

Tom


>Nobody is allowed to touch my computer :P
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>I don't like to buy much from Fry's. They have a good pretty good books and software section; those are safe bets. I had an associate that would buy some stuff from there for our (now long gone) computer support business, and there was a pretty high return rate.
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>If I can't find a good deal around here, maybe I'll try twisting someone's arm (someone in the Bay Area) into going into a short term drive bay business...hehe
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>>Steve;
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>>You never know! I would even give Fry's a look. Just be sure you do not let them touch your computer! :)
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>>Have you ever tried to do a google search on Fry's? I have not done so for a while but last time I did, there were hundreds of web sites created by previous Fry's customers telling horror stories that were unreal! Well, that is Fry's!
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>>I have bought a few things from Fry's and sometimes they work - but not often! :) I let my wife return such items. She may only be 5' 2" tall but she gets them by the throat until they give in! Very effective! Oh no - here comes that little Peruvian again. Run for your lives! I am glad my wife is on my side!
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