Re: -> 8 MB DIMM for sale <-

[davidsaid@my-dejanews.com]

In article <35CDCB00.7F84@dept.english.upenn.edu>,
  mruben@dept.english.upenn.edu wrote:
> Steve Sullivan wrote:
> >
> > In article <6q9lld$m2u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, davidsaid@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> >
> > > The prices I've seen for the same Viking 8 MB DIMM is $36 new.
> > > I'm asking half that plus $2 for shipping, OR BEST OFFER.
> > > If you don't like my price then make a suggestion,
> > > maybe I'll take you up on it.   :)
> >
> > Really?  A month or so ago I bought a 32 meg sdram for my g3 for only
> > $35.  I wonder why dimms are so expensive compared to sdram?
>
> I think what's going on here is that the only places that advertise
> Viking RAM specifically are major catalog houses, particularly
> MacWarehouse. If anyone's looked at a MacWarehouse catalog recently,
> you'll notice that for "name brand" memory like Viking, their prices are
> in the stratosphere -- $299 for a 64Meg DIMM is common.
>
> So I'm sure that the poster has in fact seen an 8Meg Viking DIMM
> advertised for $36, most likely in a MacWarehouse catalog.
>
> The problem is, many (most?) readers of this newsgroup (a) don't care
> about different name brands of RAM, (b) can find other name brands
> (Acme, techworks, PNY, etc.) of RAM at prices only a few dollars higher
> than generic RAM, or (c) both of the above.
>
> Thus, it's easy to understand why the price the poster quoted for the 8M
> DIMM seems too high--it IS too high. But it IS based on the price scale
> of a major Mac catalog reseller--however, that reseller's price scale
> has no relationship to the rest of the RAM market today.

You guys win, okay? Lesson learned. Next time I have some computer software or
hardware that I don't need I'll (a) ask all of you what my price should be
before I post, (b) hire a consultant to help me re-word the phrase "or best
offer" so that people reading this newsgroup can understand what it means, or
(c) both of the above. Sheesh. ;)

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