BYO or manufactured?

[John (EBo) David]

KevinO wrote:
> 
> Dr. G wrote:
> > I agree with Fry's being good. At least at Fry's or CompUSA or even best Buy
> > I know I have the abilty to go in and buy something with a warranty. Somehow
> > I doubt the swapmeet is that reliable..
> 
> I won't buy expensive parts at Fry's since you generally have to spend too
> much for it there, it you want good quality parts. So much of there stuff has
> those 'already been returned' stickers also - gives me a real warm fuzzy
> feeling to buy a motherboard or hard drive that has been handled by somebody
> else first. There return policy suffers from the fact that you have to deal
> with the flunky's Q/A to return something of value.

...

well, I for one do like fry's for the simple fact that I can try
something new and if I cannot get it working I can take it back.  So
while I would love to have a nice little digital camera/cam I am not
going to get something that I cannot use.  I get it, try it, and keep or
take back depending on if I like it.  In the short term it can be
annoying, but in the long term I've probably bought a couple thousand in
stuff that I would not have otherwise (and probably saved a good grand
in purchases that would not have worked for me due to unknown
incompatibilities).

  EBo --