Lloyd E Parsons wrote in
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On 10/16/11 4:16 PM, Howard Brazee wrote:
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:51:55 -0400, "Scout"
wrote:

Quite a few people make a living supplying people with such
systems customized to their specific desires.

Most of my computers have been those. But the local stores that
made my computers have all closed and not been replaced.

True, it's largely moved to mail order since that way you don't have
the overhead of a store front, or if you do maintain a store front,
it's just to pick up the occasional sale while you're processing the
bulk of your business through internet orders.

Face to face contact was good at finding out what my needs and wants
really were. Having a clone shop by mail order is as personalized
as having a big name computer by mail order.

I'd have to agree. And honestly, if that mail order clone shop is
cheaper on a per configuration basis, than most of the big names, I'd
be running away from them. It just isn't all that much cheaper to buy
the parts and put them together properly than it is to buy ready made,
UNLESS the shop has really cheap labor or doesn't factor that in.

Plus the big name gets its parts a lot cheaper due to volume discount.
Are you going to give a hobbyist the same price on a motherboard that you
give a big name? No.

Then the question becomes who does the warranty when things don't go
right, and who provides tech support if you need it? The guy that
doesn't think his labor is worth much??

Many folks who buy name brand (like from a Costco) will usually stop by a
local computer shop to fix any troubles rather than to send his laptop
back to the source.



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