[Ti] Best place to buy TiG4 ram?

[T Molnar]

Ah...Europe, Right, Sorry.
Still, I don't think shipping charges are the reason to not order for 
something so small as a Ram chip.

I am in Canada which still involves international shipping charges (via 
air) from the US.
My 512 mb chip was $ 94 USD ($109 Canadian, and now this chip is on 
sale at OWD for $91 USD) + $17 USD ($ 19 Canadian) international 
shipping ($21 for Paris, France in comparison) + provincial and federal 
gov't taxes 14% of chip value ($ 23 Canadian).
No duty on the chip (NAFTA)
Total Canadian $151

In Canada it was $158 Canadian (the lowest price I could find) + $ 23 
taxes (no handling, no duty
Total Canadian $ 181

So I saved $ 30 Canadian or $21 Euro's or $26 USD


Sending to Paris France is like $21 USD international FedEx,
$ 4 USD more than I paid or $ 4.5 Canadian or $ 3 Euro's

So...in essence unless there are import duties or much higher taxes in 
the EU or both
for whatever country (and there well may be I don't know), it's not all 
that certain you will pay
more getting it through the US.  It won't be the shipping charges that 
make don't
make it feasible more likely duties and country taxes.

OWC does ship to Europe, they do have quality guaranteed chips at good 
prices.
No doubt there are several factors to consider.

But I realize some people aren't loaded with a lot of $$ like me since 
I am back being a univ. student, ;-)
LOL (geez how I wish it were true) :-)

Anyway, that's about what I know on the subject.
regards and happy RAM hunting :-)

tim

ps...this response took much  longer than it did to order on line and 
wait. :-)
My chip arrived a within the week.
It's running my venerable tibook quite nicely. :-)
If nothing else go price it out at OWC for comparison purposes just be 
aware of possible taxes and duty.

On Feb 2, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Mikael Byström wrote:

> T Molnar said:
>
>> "Be careful" "Not all Ram equal" Shipping waits.
>> Exactly why I went with Other world computing.
>>
>> They lead you  through exactly what is needed.
>> Service is good. Shipping and return not a problem.
>>
>> And their prices as far as I could determine were the low if
>> not the lowest.
>>
>> I have bought there before various things and never been disappointed.
>> NO and I don't work for them :-)
>
> The main problem when not being in the US, is that freight from places
> like otherworldcomputing costs more than the chips themselves. Besides 
> a
> few places with new chips, like Wegenermedia.com (contact me for a few
> more if this is what you need) that have much lower freight pricing, is
> why I prefer to purchase major brand chips on the second hand market.
> Crucial, Kingston and of similar quality.
>
> Actually, some ram vendors that you find through ramseeker, simply 
> refuse
> to sell to any european country anyway. Something they fail to state
> upfront too.
>
>
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