[DUG] Slightly OT

[Stephen Barker]

I've been buying from Ingram Micro/Tech Pacific/Imagineering or whatever
they've been called since they were about a 5 person company in Wairau Rd 20
years ago.

However, in recent years when I can be bothered I shop around using pricespy
or more often than not supercheappc.biz. When it's for resale to a customer
I'll usually buy from IM as it's a normal monthly trade account, but lately
they've been terrible to deal with. Ever since IM took over TechPac and they
moved to Wiri it's been hopeless especially if you need to get a part in a
hurry (forget it).

Since PBTech recently opened on the North Shore, I've had a trade account
with them and they've been excellent to deal with. One of the best things is
that they are open 7 days and usually have good stock levels. A couple of
weeks ago I had a server overheating and needed a cpu cooler on a Sunday -
no problem, had a big range to choose from. Pricing on some things are
cheaper than IM and others slightly more (and they don't have the same huge
range of products), but they are a lot easier to deal with.

regards,
Steve 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Vowles [mailto:richard at developers-inc.co.nz] 
> Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 1:17 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Slightly OT
> 
> Myles Penlington wrote:
> > Here, all the laptops are HP, desktops are Compucon. 
> > Servers vary, some compucon, some HP (mostly the higer 
> specs). Mind you
> > there is a old Dell or two in the server room.
> > Myles.
> >   
> 
> So Dell you clearly buy direct (no other option), but you buy HP from 
> from HP? Compucon probably from Compucon. What about you 
> personally, if 
> you want stuff for yourself as a developer, do you just go 
> through work? 
> This is also a general question for everyone (Thanks for 
> responding Myles!)
> 
> Richard
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