Local Source for DDR Memory

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On 27 Oct 2004 John Whitfield wrote:

> Also, one of the reasons bricks-n-mortar stores charge more for the
> chips is that someone has to pay for the bricks-n-morter (and
> displays and cashiers and store managers et cetera).  They also have
> to deal with the fact that unsold merchandise is tying up capital. 

All true.  I'll gladly pay the premium for the convenience when I need 
it.  But this applies to all items, the premium they charge on memory 
is much greater than other items.

For example I just ordered 2 sticks of memory that are about $80-85 
each from several online merchants yet cost $120 or more, a premium of 
45% or more, at MicroCenter.  OTOH a Pentium 3 3.0EGHz Prescott CPU is 
about $190 online and I think $210 at MicroCenter, an 11% premium.  I 
think the 10 - 20% range is much more typical than the 45 -50% or more 
that one sees for memory.

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Tom