NCIX grand opening sale

[Ijaaz A. Ullah]

Looks like they've been cleaned out...
> The price on that acer is amazing! I was just looking at ordering one of
> those for a new myth fronted. Wonder what the price is now..
>> | From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
>> | Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:54:41 -0400
>>
>> | They will be opening at 9:30. No one was in line yet. :)
>>
>> Apparently the first person in line showed up an hour after you posted
>> this.
>>
>> I lined up at 7:45. I would not have done so if I had known how long
>> it would take. Not only was the line long, it moved very slowly.
>>
>> Service inside was quite good considering the backlog.
>>
>> I bought a number of things that were at good prices. Most purchases
>> were about $10 less than good sale prices (eg. 8-port 1G ethernet
>> switch for $9.99, WD Green 2T $89.99). Best bargain I got: Acer Revo
>> R3610 for $199.99; best price on shopbot.ca $325.28 (so tasty that I
>> bought two).
>>
>> The freebies were not worth the bother but they did break up the
>> monotony of the wait. They were essentially swag from
>> manufacturers. I got an AMD ballcap that I put to good use in
>> the hot sun.
>>
>> There were draws, but you were only eligible for real-time draws while
>> in the store (generally a short period), not while in the lineup.
>>
>> My impressions of stores:
>>
>> - NCIX and Bewawa have good sale prices. Not so sure about regular
>> prices. Bewawa delivery is great (free in GTA, same day if ordered
>> before 15:00; credit card on delivery -- a lot like pizza delivery)
>>
>> - Canada Computers sales are less often exciting, but their normal
>> prices are reasonable.
>>
>> - Tiger Direct sometimes has good deals but you cannot tell from their
>> ads -- they emphasize mediocre prices as much as good ones. Their
>> normal prices, especially when including shipping, are bad. But
>> they do have stuff that others don't.
>>
>> - Newegg.ca sometimes has good sale prices. My impression is that
>> their normal prices are better than Tiger Direct's. They too have a
>> very large set of products. Shipping adds friction but a subset of
>> deals throw in "free" shipping.
>>
>> - Dell sometimes has a good deal within sales. Lots of that stuff is
>> not Dell branded (pace, Lennart).
>>
>> - I haven't bought anything from PC Village, Sonnam, Filtech, or
>> Infonec in a while but they are worth considering (probably in
>> reverse order).
>>
>> - once in a blue moon, Future Shop, Best Buy, Staples, or The Source
>> accidentally have a good sale price. Future Shop has a good price
>> match policy, but when I've found a good example to use, they refuse
>> to apply their policy.
>>
>> - there are lots of amusing cheap junk available mail-order from Hong
>> Kong and China. I've dealt with dealextreme and focalprice. I've
>> had to RMA some things. I was recently warned that cheap some green
>> lasers may emit an eye-damaging amount of (invisible) infrared.
>>
>> There is a correlation between the money you "save" and the time you
>> spend bargain hunting. If you value your time, bargain hunting may
>> not be worthwhile.
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