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#1 Neon

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Posted 05 January 2006 - 03:49 PM

I tend to go to the actual store if i want a network cable or just small things...if i want to do a whole computer or order a few things i usually do it over the internet.

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Posted 05 January 2006 - 06:10 PM

almost always of ebuyer.com

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Posted 05 January 2006 - 07:17 PM

A store or the internet.

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 12:25 AM

I do prefer the internet but that means borrowing my uncle daves card and paying him the cash...he always hands it over in the end :D :)

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 04:48 AM

small stuff I go to staples or circuitcity, and for anything else... INTERNET :P

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 07:22 AM

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 01:06 PM

i have connections through a friends dad or i go directly to a computer store that sells really cheap

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 02:07 PM

Yeah i prefer that to!

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 03:00 PM

Just down to the store, poor old me old fashioned

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 06:52 AM

hmm I was looking online today and found a two terabyte strage system for $2,900, anyone want to help pitch in?

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 05:08 PM

I like online for big stuff, but my fav online supplier closed up a month or so ago. Need to find another, till then it is off to ebay!!

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 05:37 PM

View PostLinoman, on Jan 7 2006, 07:00 AM, said:

Just down to the store, poor old me old fashioned
Is that like Radio Hut or Comp Africa or something?

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 09:27 PM

I go to the store, somehow I dont trust the internet. I only do it online if its way cheaper than the stores...

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Posted 09 January 2006 - 12:38 AM

when its little stuff like thermal paste i go old fashioned lol

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Posted 09 January 2006 - 02:37 AM

HAHA I don't use thermal paste... I just use superglue or whatever else I have lieing around the house O.o




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