[ale] Micro Center Rocks

[Mike Ivey]

Microcenter also price match. I actually used the barcode scanner on my
phone while I was in the store buying parts for my last build and found
that Newegg had some items priced lower. The microcenter staff was nice
enough to print out the price for me. I took it to the register and saved
about $100 overall.


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Note on Microcenter: They specialize in the desktop, home user, hobyist
> equipment. All decent gear and decent prices. Don't bother looking for  a
> dual or quad proc board :-) Those are server-class and they don't deal with
> that stuff.
>
> Their staff is knowledgeable and helpful without being pushy. Many staff
> tinker with Linux at home. They are plnety OK witl booting laptops from a
> live CD to test it out under Linux.
>
> They may be willing to add a sticker to a laptop sign telling what Linux
> distro and version it works perfect under. (hint!)
>
> Every time I've bought a system from them for office desktop, one of the
> managers comes out and thanks me personally.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:
>
>> We have prime, so we tend to either use Amazon, or GIM for local shopping.
>> http://gimcomputers.com/
>> (Northside & Deering is very convenient for us)
>>
>> I'll have to check out Micro Center again next time we need something. We
>> used to have an account with them, but their prices kept creeping up. I
>> haven't really checked them in a few years. Thanks for the note.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>
>> *To: *"ALE" <ale at ale.org>
>> *Sent: *Sunday, April 21, 2013 3:33:41 AM
>> *Subject: *[ale] Micro Center Rocks
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just a quick note before I get to bed way too late.  I've been doing
>> lots of research lately on purchasing computer parts, mainly gpu's and
>> cpu's.  I've found that Micro Center often has prices that are cheaper
>> than Frys, Tiger Direct, and NewEgg.  It's pretty amazing.  Just thought
>> I'd pass it along.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
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