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Does anyone know a place that isn't outrageously overpriced? I mean we're all used to paying more for everything here but I recently bought a 2GB stick of totally generic DDR3 for $100 from MicroMax. That same stick in the states is $14, how's THAT for a mark-up?
I know of MicroMax and the PC place next door to Shipwreck Tavern, but that's about it. OfficeMax does carry some stuff but not much, I need a place that carries motherboards and cpus and hopefully video cards and drives, power supplies and cases. Pricesmart and Electronics Unlimited don't have these things, neither does Kmart.
Do we have a decent parts store or is it all internet orders?
Posted : June 29, 2012 1:14 pm
Mail order or day trip to PR..... I have yet to find a good parts place here hince why after years of building my own machines the last 2 were prebuilts.
Posted : June 29, 2012 1:29 pm
I don't know if they will ship to the USVI but I have mostly gone through newegg.com to get parts with some from Amazon.com
Posted : June 29, 2012 8:22 pm
My techie uses eBay!
Posted : June 29, 2012 8:47 pm
It's been a couple years but when I was running my tech business on St Thomas I used this place a lot: http://www.directron.com/index.html
They ship USPS to the VI and have a decent selection of PC components and other stuff at pretty good prices. I ordered from them weekly and never had any significant problems with the parts, prices or service.. but again it was a couple years ago so YMMV.
::edited to add:: Also, unless things have changed they ship the majority of their stuff from Texas or Florida so it usually makes it to St Thomas pretty quickly via USPS Priority Mail.
Posted : June 30, 2012 12:29 am
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I've used Directron.com, Newegg.com, PCConnection.com, Tigerdirect.com, and Amazon.com extensively. Newegg doesn't ship here but I don't really mind because honestly their prices aren't as outstanding as they used to be.
PCConnection has a lot of inventory but their shipping is outrageous. Directron, TigerDirect, and Amazon seem to be the way to go for the most part.
Problem is, sometimes I really need/want a part and I really need/want it now... but MicroMax is priced too crazy to even consider on a regular basis.
Maybe a business opportunity for someone? (Almost entirely kidding.)
Posted : June 30, 2012 6:06 pm
Yeah, that's tough when you need/want something right away on island it's either not available or it's cost prohibitive.
It was with that in mind that I started stocking more "inventory" when I was running my tech consulting biz so I would have it when items when I needed them. Word got out in some circles (with tech people mostly) and people started coming to me for parts periodically but it was a tough situation then too because they would price things at stateside prices and weren't very accepting of my marking things up past about 15% of stateside prices. After a year or so I got tired of sitting on thousands and thousands of dollars of inventory and dealing with all the associated drama for such a small return. Also doesn't help that most PC components start dropping in value rapidly as soon as you purchase them, tough business for sure.
After that I went back to just keeping enough inventory for in-house use and things worked out better, at least for me.
Anyways I feel your pain, sorry.
Posted : June 30, 2012 6:49 pm
micromax and pc zone (vitraco park) both good when you need i.t. stuff fast.
Posted : July 1, 2012 2:20 pm
I've used Directron.com, Newegg.com, PCConnection.com, Tigerdirect.com, and Amazon.com extensively. Newegg doesn't ship here but I don't really mind because honestly their prices aren't as outstanding as they used to be.
Newegg started shipping down here again someone told me, I haven't ordered from them in quite awhile so have not confirmed this
Maybe a business opportunity for someone? (Almost entirely kidding.)
Like Count said unless you have money to burn, a parts business down here is one that is difficult to pull off
Posted : July 2, 2012 2:01 pm