From: Andrew Webber (awebber_at_wwwebbers.com)
Date: Mon Jul 16 2001 - 17:27:02 EDT
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:39:20 -0700, Peter Machule wrote:
>Crucial ships to Canada for free.
And free International Fedex ends today! (I found a link to a
Canadian version). Though they estimate a $6 charge for "taxes and
fees" at the border, don't know if that's a brokerage fee or just
taxes or what.
>With Win 2k ...it will almost fit in 96MB (LOL ) so if you
>only run something small ...no big deal.
>But even IE 5 can use more than 96MB with Win 2k so you'd
>want to go above that.
>Re 224MB vs. 288MB I can't really say, but I'd doubt it's
>significant.
Hmm, sounds like I should perhaps go with 128 now (and put it in
slot 0, move the 64 to slot 1) to get 224, and leave it at that for
now.
>Also check out Dell, the currently have their Branded memory
>for 20% off. The 128MB module for a Inpiron 8000 ( standard
>pc100 Sodimm AFAIK ) is $36 -20% and free shipping if bought
>through their Home section.
>I don't know what shipping is to Canada ...try it .
It looks like they only sell to US customers from dell.com. I
built an order but it doesn't offer non-US "states", and the
conditions seem to imply it. I like this fine print too: "Ship-To
Prohibitions: Please be informed that your designated ship to
address must reflect the address of the ultimate end-user. Dell
will not process any order which specifies an address of a freight
forwarder, warehouse, distribution center, airport, hotel or PO
box."
Tried dell.ca and checking on memory (or motherboards, etc.) says
"call parts at 1-866-440-3355". I did that but they want C$125 for
the 128Mb!! (vs ~C$50 from the US site _before_ the -20%).
So I can either order from dell.com for U$30 and get it shipped to
a friend in the US (it would be brought to Canada in mid-August),
or from crucial.com for U$40 and have it here tomorrow.
Weird pricing on dell.com though, the 32Mb and 64Mb are $18.45
each, the 128Mb is $38.45, and the 256Mb is $259.95! (vs. Crucial
at $22, $24, $40, and $87). Must be a typo.
I think crucial is the way to go in this case, I'll have it sooner
and don't have to make mis-statements on the order form.
andrew [awebber_at_wwwebbers.com]
...re-addicted to DC since 2001-06-10.
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