[TriLUG] shopping help, please

Glenn Hennessee Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu
Fri Aug 31 15:23:18 EDT 2007


There is a small computer parts store near Crossroads in Cary. It's in 
the BJs, Petsmart center, up at the Walnut street end. I was in it once 
but I don't remember it's name though. Don't know if they would have any 
CF cards though.
glenn

J.C. Jones wrote:
> I knew about the Durham store, but if the Raleigh store is any 
> indicator, I would be out of luck there as well. It is a long drive from 
> Wendell, NC to Durham just for one compactflash card.
> 
> I had already tried the consumer types like Target, Walmart, etc. Unless 
> it was on sale, I am positive that Best Buy, Circuit City would be 
> priced too high.
> 
> Newegg has the same item that tiger direct shows in it's flyer for about 
> 7 dollars less, My experience with Newegg has always been good.
> 
> I guess that is the route I will take.
> 
> Who wants to pool resources to start an computer/electronics supply 
> store in the Triangle??? ( or Raleigh )??
> 
> jcj
> 
> OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
> 
>> Did you try the Tiger Direct store in Durham? (Yes, for those who didn't
>> know -- there are 2 locations now)!
>>
>> If you're willing to wait, order it from NewEgg, ZipZoomFly ...or one of
>> the likes. Otherwise you're stuck like chuck with something like
>> BestBuy, Circuit City ...etc.... 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
>> Behalf Of J.C. Jones
>> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 3:03 PM
>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
>> Subject: [TriLUG] shopping help, please
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I live near Raleigh and need to purchase come compactflash cards ( not
>> sticks ). I visited my favorite place, Intrex store, but was informed
>> that they only carry memory sticks and some sd cards -- no compactflash
>> cards.
>>
>> Even though Tiger Direct shows a complete line of compactflash cards in
>> their flyer, all the local store had was 8.0 gb cf's. I was looking for
>> 4.0gb!! (about half the cost of 8's )
>>
>> Question! Is there any other store in Raleigh that might carry such an
>> item?
>>
>> It appears that Newegg is my only practical hope ( on line ) -- I have
>> had too many bad experiences with tigerdirect.com :-(
>>
>> jcj
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>>
> 


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Glenn Hennessee
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