darrell@comspec.uucp (Darrell Grainger) (06/20/91)
In article <DOCONNOR.91Jun17084557@titania.srg.UUCP> doconnor@srg.UUCP (Dennis O'Connor x4982 room 6-230N) writes: >mrimages@beach.gal.utexas.edu writes: >] 3) Where's the best place to get a good deal on these chips? > >My dealer will do a 4 megabyte upgrade for me for $400. Maybe this isn't >the best deal you could get, but I remember when RAM went through the >$1000/megabyte level, so $100/megabyte seems good to me. I am not up on current US pricing of RAM but I know that the price is ALWAYS lower then up here in Canada due to two reason. One, your dollar is worth more then a Canadian dollar so the exchange rate has to be considered. Two, there is a larger market in the US. With this information and knowledge of the current price on 1Mx4 80ns ZIP SCRAM in Canada, I'd say RAM in the US should be 4 meg for under $300 or approximately $70/meg. >-- >-- >Dennis O'Connor, uunet!srg!titania!doconnor >non-representative. -- Darrell Grainger % Comspec Communications Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada darrell@comspec % Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own. (416) 617-1475 % (416) 633-5605 (416)785-3553
rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) (06/21/91)
darrell@comspec.uucp (Darrell Grainger) writes: >In article <DOCONNOR.91Jun17084557@titania.srg.UUCP> doconnor@srg.UUCP (Dennis >>mrimages@beach.gal.utexas.edu writes: >>] 3) Where's the best place to get a good deal on these chips? >> >>My dealer will do a 4 megabyte upgrade for me for $400. Maybe this isn't >>the best deal you could get, but I remember when RAM went through the >>$1000/megabyte level, so $100/megabyte seems good to me. > > I am not up on current US pricing of RAM but I know that the price is ALWAYS >lower then up here in Canada due to two reason. One, your dollar is worth >more then a Canadian dollar so the exchange rate has to be considered. Two, >there is a larger market in the US. With this information and knowledge of >the current price on 1Mx4 80ns ZIP SCRAM in Canada, I'd say RAM in the US >should be 4 meg for under $300 or approximately $70/meg. > Lets say RAM in Canada is CDN$60 a meg..After PST(OST?) and GST, its CDN$276 for 4 megs... Lets say I order 4 megs of ram at US$56 a meg and pay $8 shipping from CA, we are at US$232 just to get it here, and thats free of sales tax...Lets say you lived in Windsor, just to keep it simple, and you and me were friends..I ordered this ram for you, and it came to CDN$264...You drive over here, pay the $3 toll, and 2.5% duty to bring the ram into Canada. We are at CDN$273....With GST and PST plus your local price, can you beat that? I don't know what duty would be, 2.5% was a guess, but you can bring in up to $400 per person duty-free if you stay in the states 48 hours I believe...And the way the border is grossly backed up with Canadians bringing stuff back, sometimes they don't even bother with duty...Same with the US side, but it is lazyness, not hundreds of people waiting to be processed that causes them not to bother... Check your premise that it is always cheaper...Add artifical costs like the GST that we don't pay here...Even state sales tax in Michigan is 1/2 of Ontario's Provincial 8% sales tax....If I am wrong, please correct me...But generally the logic is correct, its just the premise thats wrong... How much is SCRAM in Canada? Is it REALLY ALWAYS THAT much cheaper??? How would it compair for me to cross the boarder and buy it and bring it back from Windsor?? Take your Canadian dollars and divide them by 1.14 to get US Dollars...Don't worry about duty... Plus, installation is of course, ALWAYS extra, and you're not going to lug a $2995 MSRP computer across the border to have work done to it...My assumptions are all on "install yourself", and putting ram in the A3000 yourself isn't easy...I was taking mine apart saying, "Why didn't I pay someone to do this?!" Of course it worked out all right in the end, but taking the machine apart that costs more than my Air Conditioner and Furnace did puts me into mega-paranoid mode(I am normally paranoid)...I believe the rate was $38 to put the ram in, if I allreadyhad the ram...So the final cost would have been $65 a meg in my case if Iwould have had a dealer install install it... -- C-UseNet V0.42e Ronald Kushner Life in Hell BBS +1 (313) 939-6666 P.O. Box 353 14400 USR HST V.42 & V.42bis Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 Complete Amiga Support UUCP: uunet!umich!vela!sycom!rkushner (We are not satanic, just NUTS!) No blood for oil! Raising C.A.F.E. to 40MPG is just that!
gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Gary D Walborn) (06/21/91)
I have recently purchased RAM for my 3000 (6/21). Tower 7 technology (800-342-8777) is selling 80 nS static-column RAM for $30/chip. That works out to $120/4 Meg, considerably less than $70/meg. Gary D. Walborn <gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Gary D Walborn) (06/22/91)
> I have recently purchased RAM for my 3000 (6/21). Tower 7 >technology (800-342-8777) is selling 80 nS static-column RAM for >$30/chip. That works out to $120/4 Meg, considerably less than >$70/meg. >Gary D. Walborn ><gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Ooops! After re-reading the above article, I realized that it should read $240/4 Meg. Which is on ly slightly less than $70/Meg. Please forgive my brief mental lapse :-) Gary D. Walborn <gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
robart@agora.rain.com (Robert Barton) (06/23/91)
In article <142798@unix.cis.pitt.edu> gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Gary D Walborn) writes: > > I have recently purchased RAM for my 3000 (6/21). Tower 7 >technology (800-342-8777) is selling 80 nS static-column RAM for >$30/chip. That works out to $120/4 Meg, considerably less than $70/meg. 4 Meg requires 8 chips, not 4. So it comes to $60/meg.
rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) (06/23/91)
gwalborn@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Gary D Walborn) writes: > > I have recently purchased RAM for my 3000 (6/21). Tower 7 >technology (800-342-8777) is selling 80 nS static-column RAM for >$30/chip. That works out to $120/4 Meg, considerably less than >$70/meg. > Don't want to burst your bubble, but if you purchased 1mbx4's, you are only getting 2 megs, which you won't be able to plug in your A3000 until you get 4 more chips...and its $60 a meg at the price you paid....Still less than $70 a meg like you pointed out, but not considerably less... Ron -- C-UseNet V0.42e Ronald Kushner Life in Hell BBS +1 (313) 939-6666 P.O. Box 353 14400 USR HST V.42 & V.42bis Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 Complete Amiga Support UUCP: uunet!umich!vela!sycom!rkushner (We are not satanic, just NUTS!) No blood for oil! Raising C.A.F.E. to 40MPG is just that!