Jim,

I have bought several hard drives from Googlegear and they were shipped as
promised. All as advertised, no problems, no returns yet.  I am planning on
making further purchases from them.

I haven't bought anything from TigerDirect for several years.  When I did
order, the items were shipped as promised.  However, the article another
list user referred to regarding TigerDirect almost exactly mirrors my
ex-wife's experience with them.  She ordered a motherboard that included a
CPU and CPU fan.  The CPU fan was too large and made contact with other
motherboard components.  She described her experience with them as rude and
un-cooperative.  She only got somewhere when she had a male friend call in
for her.

I am a network administrator for a college and my ex-wife is a network and
computer technician for a small city.  She knows her stuff and I have not
bothered to buy from Tiger after her experience.

Fred Nielson

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:59 AM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Where to buy computer parts

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My problem, at this time, is not what to buy, but where to buy it. A couple
of companies that seem to have a great variety and good prices are
"Tigerdirect" and "Googlegear". However, I don't know anything about either
one.
Jim Markellos

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