AM2 Processor Prices
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The price drops make me a little sad...I could pick up a 5600+ for what I paid for my 4200+ last summer... 
| Quote : Does anyone know of a nice and cheap way to ship me a cpu? I so wish I could buy from the egg. All I want for now is a 4800 x2... |
I'm not in the USA right now or I'd help ya out. But just get any of these guys to receive it for you and then they can just stick a $5 airmail stamp on it and you'll receive it in a week or two!
That is unless they steal it and rip you off! 
| Quote : Man I wish I had relatives or something there. All I've got are you guys and I haven't even met any one of you so what a risk it would be. I'd do it though.
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Hmm... tsunami weather... that's a new one, but you may be onto something new! Wanna write a paper about it for The Seismic Meteorology Journal?
I'm in Canada for the next week. Visiting 1Tanker. Unfortunately he warned me that he had sent his teenagers out of town for the week so that I wouldn't pervert them. Took a lot of the fun outta the trip! 
I'm sure that if you can talk any of the more upstanding THGers they wouldn't rip you off. There's a lot of guys here that are ubertrustworthy!
I'm pretty sure that some of the forum regulars (don't need to name 'em... you know who they all are) would be up for it. As for me, I'd do it for nuthin' and even throw in the stamp, but I won't be back in the ol USofA for a little while. There are lots of nations that require armed coercion to be FREE!
Get used to them high tides! When almost 20% of the Arctic icepack melted, that water didn't just go into Evian bottles! 8)
I'll tell ya... I wouldn't buy a top of the line new rig today even if my San Diego decided to go off to SeaWorld and never come back. I'd make do with a second-hand Sempron/Centrino POS if I had to until the real goodies come out in a few months!
I wonder if either of the Duopolists are working on Global Warming CPUs that function underwater?
Do you wanna kill me or something? If I won't die from the heart attack of just thinking of that then it'll have to be from the shock I'll get from drooling all over my keyboard.
ATM value ram goes for anything above $133/GB here by me. That is always the big burner in my pocket and why I haven't gotten more than my 1GB...
I'll import that as well
I dunno. All the sales figures I've seen (including recent comments from Ballmer himself) show that the takeup on Vista so far is somewhat comparable to the market penetration of Amiga OS!
| Quote : The DRAM prices are heading down from their highs, Hynix expects 30% drop over 2007
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I'll believe it when i see it. I think, with VISTA out now, they(RAM mfgr's) figure they have us by the short 'n' curlies. :x
They are falling already
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCat [...] top-Memory
Just 2 months ago, the 6400 CL4 XMS2 memory was 275 after rebate. (I hate rebates).Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal.
2x512MB
2x1GB
| Quote : Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal. |
So, exactly how far are you from the Ambassador Bridge? And don't worry. You don't have to bring an armed escort to go into the RenCen area. In daytime anyway!
There are so many easy ways for Canucks to buy from NewEgg and ilk via US-based mailbox dropoffs, reshippers, etc. that it is absolutely nuts to pay high prices like that.
| Quote : Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal. |
So, exactly how far are you from the Ambassador Bridge? And don't worry. You don't have to bring an armed escort to go into the RenCen area. In daytime anyway!
There are so many easy ways for Canucks to buy from NewEgg and ilk via US-based mailbox dropoffs, reshippers, etc. that it is absolutely nuts to pay high prices like that.I'm close to 3 hours from Niagara Falls, and 1-1/2 -2 hours to Gananocque. :x
| Quote : I'm close to 3 hours from Niagara Falls, and 1-1/2 -2 hours to Gananocque. :x |
Well, head east and get an Akwesasne to get it across the border for you for free. They're supposed to be able to be exempt from customs by treaty! Although it doesn't really work like that in reality!
| Quote : The DRAM prices are heading down from their highs, Hynix expects 30% drop over 2007
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I'll believe it when i see it. I think, with VISTA out now, they(RAM mfgr's) figure they have us by the short 'n' curlies. :x
They are falling already
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCat [...] top-Memory
Just 2 months ago, the 6400 CL4 XMS2 memory was 275 after rebate. (I hate rebates).Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal.
2x512MB
2x1GB
you gotta hit up canada computers.
2X512MB
2X1GB
the 2 gig is bout the same price. Unless you take the rebate into consideration, but there's some well priced OCZ mem too
2X512MB
2X1GB
| Quote : The DRAM prices are heading down from their highs, Hynix expects 30% drop over 2007
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I'll believe it when i see it. I think, with VISTA out now, they(RAM mfgr's) figure they have us by the short 'n' curlies. :x
They are falling already
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCat [...] top-Memory
Just 2 months ago, the 6400 CL4 XMS2 memory was 275 after rebate. (I hate rebates).Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal.
2x512MB
2x1GB
you gotta hit up canada computers.
2X512MB
2X1GB
the 2 gig is bout the same price. Unless you take the rebate into consideration, but there's some well priced OCZ mem too
2X512MB
2X1GBI do, and do find Canada Computers cheaper, but NCIX and Direct Canada end up being as cheap, or cheaper for me. They are in BC, Can.Comp. is in Toronto...near me....so i have to pay 14% tax if buying in Ontario...6% if i buy from BC. 
| Quote : i have to pay 14% tax if buying in Ontario...6% if i buy from BC. |
I've always wondered why some Canuck doesn't set up a shop in PEI so they can sell to most of the country PST-free and then just act as a direct importer from NewEgg from a handler in Maine. I'm sure that the fine Northerners would be more than happy to kick in 10% fully net to get that stuff.
Let's take the example of 1Tanker buying this RAM from an Ontario etailer:
US$223
+US$31.22 GST/PST
+US$10 Shipping (Est.)
Total US$263.22
Now if the buy is from the hypothetical PEI etailer:
US$159
+10% Vigorish
+US$9.54 GST
+US$10 Shipping (Est. PEI to ON)
+US$10 Shipping (Est. NewEgg to Maine)
+US$5 Handling (Est. Maine to PEI)
Total US$209.44
That's over a 25% savings to the customer and that still allows the PEI etailer to make a tidy 10% triplenet profit for doing nothing but moving boxes.
Now you might say, hell, for a bit of RAM it aint worth it, but start saving 25% on a full-blown high-end gaming system and you're talking real bucks!!!!
How nice is Charlottetown in the Spring... really?
| Quote : i have to pay 14% tax if buying in Ontario...6% if i buy from BC. |
I've always wondered why some Canuck doesn't set up a shop in PEI so they can sell to most of the country PST-free and then just act as a direct importer from NewEgg from a handler in Maine. I'm sure that the fine Northerners would be more than happy to kick in 10% fully net to get that stuff.
Let's take the example of 1Tanker buying this RAM from an Ontario etailer:
US$223
+US$31.22 GST/PST
+US$10 Shipping (Est.)
Total US$263.22
Now if the buy is from the hypothetical PEI etailer:
US$159
+10% Vigorish
+US$9.54 GST
+US$10 Shipping (Est. PEI to ON)
+US$10 Shipping (Est. NewEgg to Maine)
+US$5 Handling (Est. Maine to PEI)
Total US$209.44
That's over a 25% savings to the customer and that still allows the PEI etailer to make a tidy 10% triplenet profit for doing nothing but moving boxes.
Now you might say, hell, for a bit of RAM it aint worth it, but start saving 25% on a full-blown high-end gaming system and you're talking real bucks!!!!
How nice is Charlottetown in the Spring... really? The tax numbers are wrong though, Cap'n. GST is charged on shipping as well..it's a service(Goods &Service Tax). :x
I had to pay $330 for my RAM, it seemed like a good deal, as far as Canada goes... LOL
Tigerdirect is the worst. Their prices on the 8800gts which i have (640mb version) were like $600 and i got mine for $450 with the pst off. 
| Quote : The tax numbers are wrong though, Cap'n. GST is charged on shipping as well..it's a service(Goods % Service Tax). :x |
I stand erected, Tanker.
Here are the revised numbers:
Ontario etailer:
US$223.00
+US$17.84 PST
+US$10.00 Shipping (Est.)
+US$13.98 GST
Total US$264.82
PEI etailer:
US$159
+10% Vigorish
+US$10 Shipping (Est. PEI to ON)
+US$10 Shipping (Est. NewEgg to Maine)
+US$5 Handling (Est. Maine to PEI)
+US$11.99 GST
Total US$211.89
Still close enough to 25% for rock and roll. And let's keep in mind that for larger orders the shipping is not going to increase proportionately so most customers will be able to save more than 25%.
| Quote : This sounds oddly like a VAT Carousel scam... |
Hey, Ninja! Thought you were on vacation!!!
Anything to do with sales taxes is a scam, except in this particular case the GST is fully paid at Canada Customs and then recovered from the end-buyer and remitted to Revenue Canada. Fully legal. Importers do that every day of the week. 8)
Even if you just wanted to take over the enthusiast segment in Canada with this import scheme, there would be some serious bucks involved! And there's nothing that the Capt. loves more than bucks... except maybe some barely legal skinny blonde buck naked!
| Quote : If this is the case then Rev Canada is getting payed GST from both ends and they are the ones scamming people. |
Rev Can exists to scam the taxpayer. It's in their charter. But here is how it works in a hypothetical buy:
Ontario enduser buys $100 worth of hw from PEI etailer of stock on hand. Enduser pays $106.
Etailer keeps $100.
Etailer sends $6 to Mr. Harper.
Ontario enduser buys $100 worth of hw from PEI etailer who gets it from NewEgg through Maine.
Enduser pays $106.
Etailer pays $90 to NewEgg.
Etailer pays $5.40 GST at Customs.
Etailer marks it up $10.
Etailer pays $0.60 GST to Rev Can in quarterly sales tax remittance.
Bottom line, Etailer always gets paid $100 net and Rev Can always gets $6 on the $100 but all from the enduser. It's just how it's broken up in the importation process that's weird. But it all comes out in the wash at the end.Sounds like money-laundering to me....that'll get you a "Do Not Pass Go" card. 
| Quote : Sounds like money-laundering to me....that'll get you a "Do Not Pass Go" card. |
Do you know how many germs are on the average currency bill? Of course I launder my money!!!
So... can we count on you to move to PEI to be our Canadian pointman in this high profit and perfectly legal enterprise?
Actually, there's really no need to restrict this to Canada. Dade was complaining a few hours ago of the outrageous prices in SA. Why not do this worldwide? Make a deal with NewEgg and then just let them int'l sales rip!!!
| Quote : The DRAM prices are heading down from their highs, Hynix expects 30% drop over 2007
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I'll believe it when i see it. I think, with VISTA out now, they(RAM mfgr's) figure they have us by the short 'n' curlies. :x
They are falling already
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCat [...] top-Memory
Just 2 months ago, the 6400 CL4 XMS2 memory was 275 after rebate. (I hate rebates).Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal.
2x512MB
2x1GB
You are on the wrong sites, you can buy 2 x 512 of "ok" DDR2 667 for about $85 bucks in Canada actually.
| Quote : The DRAM prices are heading down from their highs, Hynix expects 30% drop over 2007
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I'll believe it when i see it. I think, with VISTA out now, they(RAM mfgr's) figure they have us by the short 'n' curlies. :x
They are falling already
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCat [...] top-Memory
Just 2 months ago, the 6400 CL4 XMS2 memory was 275 after rebate. (I hate rebates).Well, a Gig of decent RAM in Canada is still $200+.....just brutal.
2x512MB
2x1GB
You are on the wrong sites, you can buy 2 x 512 of "ok" DDR2 667 for about $85 bucks in Canada actually.Ahhh!!! Yes, i realize that, but i said "decent"...meaning good....not just "ok". I also linked to DDR2-800, as it's fast becoming the standard speed for good systems.
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