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I have a friend who is willing to sell me many of the parts I need at cost and I was wondering if there is somewhere I can get a "ballpark" on many of the prices. I'm trying to build a computer with many of the newest parts (Radeon X800, AMD Athlon 64 FX-53,etc.) and I'm trying to figure out about how much it will be. Wholesale prices/URLs to good wholesale websites would be appreciated.

you would probably have to contact the manufactuers...why would anyone list wholesale prices on a retailer site?

people would know how much they are getting screwed...


although, SuperChip has CompUSA connections, and i think he gets wholesale, or close to, so ask him

Thanks! When I find out how much we're getting screwed I'll post it. lol

"wholesale" in the PC world COULD be misleading. While it may sound like a good deal, not many manufactures sell too low unless bought in huge amounts (AMD=1000?). So, if you find items "at wholesale costs", you may miss out on the advantages that resalers like newegg can offer as they buy in these quantities.

Also to note are MSRP, as that is what wholesale means to me...well, IMO at least. Buying directly from, say, Plextor can net you $50-$75 more than what you can get from newegg/directron/etc...

But...if it's a wholesale buyer at a joint like CompUSA, I'd question why that individual would be selling new items at a great price as the company would frown upon the lost profits. Old stuff I could understand, but not new bleeding edge items.

Your friend should be able to set the price though, right? If you have to come up with the prices yourself, I'd be questioning my buddy's motives.

Alas, there's always Pricewatch or Newegg to check against, then if it's really a good deal that he can offer, subtract 5-10%. But, if you like warranties and stuff like that (I know I do) then I'd just skip all this and just buy the stuff like everyone else...newegg.

I don't care if it was my best friend or not, I wouldn't sell new stuff at all to him. Nothing. I'd horde it myself...

damn straight...i would too

No, I don't get wholesale. Employees of CompUSA can, after 90 days of continuous employment, purchase any regular retail product at Store-Level Cost.

Where I get these extrordinary things, such as my Athlon64 3000+ for $79.99, is AMD sent it back to the store due to mis-shipping (76 pins bent). Since it was to be destroyed-in-field, I purchased it for the price of a service of some sort: Training, Dial-A-Tech, etc. Sure, the store still lost money. But they recouped a little of it back instead of taking a completely negative hit.

Wholesalers and distributers will mostly deal with businesses. Ingram Micro is a source we used when we were building custom PC's in house, since we could get just about everything from them.

http://www.ingrammicro.com/

SC64

Create an account here and you'll be able to get accurate prices:

http://www.ingrammicro.com/

SC64

wow, thanks for the site

::adds to bookmarks::

Thanks for the website! Looks good, but I don't need to worry about my frineds motives. The reason I wanted to look at prices is he was looking into what I could get for the money. What else can I say??? I'm impatient...