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Do you prefer a local electronics shop or a digital store?

Jerombolo
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When you build a PC, where do you buy your stuff from? Sure, in stores you pay up to 50 bucks more for a component but when something is wrong you can talk to someone instead of just having to send it in and wait for a respons of them. And what do you think, how much more should a store be allowed to want more for a component? When I compare prices from my local electronics shop to a online store, you can see up to 50 bucks of difference

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Bigger components - eshops

small stuff like cables - local store :)

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But a digital store has a greater variety compared to a local electronics store. Newegg for example has everything, including rice cookers.

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i normally like buying parts from my local mom&pop. when i was in highschool they let me pay them little by little and got the parts for me, they helped me plan my first build too. this was before I knew anything about LTT and linus might have still been at NCIX at the time actually.

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Well, I like with one of our chain stores (Umart) I can order & pay online and pick it up in store when it's ready. Handy. So both? :P

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Well, yes but a local store, mine specificly, only sells stuff which is good from their sight. That sounds wrong^^ I.E. they only sell GPUs from Asus and Gigabyte

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Buying Main Parts: Digital

Buying Peripherals and Monitor: Local

"Buying" Cables: My neighbors 

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But a digital store has a greater variety compared to a local electronics store. Newegg for example has everything, including rice cookers.

Dem rice cookers.

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I mostly buy my hardware online  from Newegg and Amazon. I occasionally pop into Microcenter though. There is a mom and pop computer store down the street from me, and I went in once but it look really sketchy so I decided to not look around for very long, haha.

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Buying Main Parts: Digital

Buying Peripherals and Monitor: Local

"Buying" Cables: My neighbors 

You mean more like borrowing them but never giving them back?^^

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Physical stores are good to check out what you're buying, but I will pretty much just buy online. Stuff arrives at my door and many times it's cheaper.

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Both... Local shops (In NZ) tend to charge A LOT more. But they are good to get something quick. I would not buy everything for a PC at a local store.

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Digital store because its cheaper and requires less effort.

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You mean more like borrowing them but never giving them back?^^

Yes, indeed I just "borrow" them

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Physical stores are good to check out what you're buying, but I will pretty much just buy online. Stuff arrives at my door and many times it's cheaper.

^ this

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I had several terrible experiences with delivery I prefer physical stores, though there's only like 2 or 3 with stuck but it's mostly crap on stock and even with a physical store they have fucked up their inventory before.

 

In the future I'll try Amazon since they're shipping to Mexico now.

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For parts, estore. For peripherals, local, so I can try em out before I buy.

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