Are these stores the same??

[John Prophet]

http://www.bzboyz.com/
http://www.tufshop.com/index.php
http://www.partspc.com/

all in signal hill CA etc

are they one and the same?

i searched for motherboard combos on pricewatch...I see they all had the syntax combo for about the same price....same middle of the road reseller rating also...4-6, lol.

[John Prophet]

ok evidently they are..and also "pc rapids.com"

saw this on reseller rating

"www.bzboyz.com, www.partspc.com, www.pcrapids.com and www.tufshop.com are all the same company.

Advertising on Price Watch to lure the unexpecting customer, promising a deal. They do not honor their prices and will not accept your wwworder as advertised."

lol

[Gait_Keeper]

what kind of marketing ploy is that?

[John Prophet]

I dont understand why companys do that but a lot of them do.

Tax purposes?

Different advertising for different markets?

Several web "storefronts" but one warehouse?

Dunno.

[tgxiii]

Not sure about these stores specifically, but some companies actually have multiple storefront websites because they received bad ratings in the past and wanted to clear their name.

[John Prophet]

yeah, figured that too....like for pcrapids it says


"We are back, with A NEW and IMPROVED WEBSITE New website allows accurate upfront prices. Allows you to see final total before you enter CC info. No need to register anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, "


hehe..sort of reeks of trying to correct past problems

[sevenal]

This is also a product of acquisitions.
As one smal vendor grows there buisiness
by purchasing other small vendors.
Just a thought?

[I2n0ld]

http://www.bzboyz.com/
Domain Name: BZBOYZ.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: DNS-01-001.ROOT-DNS.COM
Name Server: DNS-01-002.ROOT-DNS.COM
Status: ACTIVE
Updated Date: 04-jun-2003
Creation Date: 09-jun-1998
Expiration Date: 08-jun-2004
Registrant:
Microx (BZBOYZ-DOM)
15319 Calle Verano
Chino Hills, CA 91709
US

Domain Name: BZBOYZ.COM

Administrative Contact:
Patel, Ankur (AP4181) ankur@UCLA.EDU
Mid-Cities Computers
14330 TELEGRAPH RD
WHITTIER, CA 90604-2905
US
(562) 944-4760 fax: 999 999 9999

Technical Contact:
Kirkhuff, Eric (EKB144) eric@YOURHOST.COM
YourHost.com
18800 Main Street, #111
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
US
714.842.8511 fax: 714.841.7739

Record expires on 09-Jun-2004.
Record created on 09-Jun-1998.
Database last updated on 21-Feb-2004 12:18:26 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

DNS-01-001.ROOT-DNS.COM 64.7.192.162
DNS-01-002.ROOT-DNS.COM 64.7.192.163

http://www.tufshop.com/index.php
Domain Name: TUFSHOP.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.SITESTREAM.NET
Name Server: NS2.SITESTREAM.NET
Status: ACTIVE
Updated Date: 14-nov-2001
Creation Date: 25-nov-1997
Expiration Date: 24-nov-2010
Registrant:
Mid-Cities Computers (TUFSHOP-DOM)
2698 Junipero Avenue Suite 101-A
Signal Hill, CA 90806
US

Domain Name: TUFSHOP.COM

Administrative Contact:
Patel, Nita (NPD117) nita@TUFSHOP.COM
Mid-Cities Computers
2698 Junipero Avenue, # 101-A
Signal Hill, CA 90806
US
562-290-0111 x 204 fax: 562-290-0112

Technical Contact:
Kirkhuff, Eric (EKB144) eric@YOURHOST.COM
YourHost.com
18800 Main Street, #111
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
US
714.842.8511 fax: 714.841.7739

Record expires on 24-Nov-2010.
Record created on 25-Nov-1997.
Database last updated on 21-Feb-2004 12:16:50 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.SITESTREAM.NET 64.7.192.83
NS2.SITESTREAM.NET 64.7.192.91



http://www.partspc.com/
Domain Name: PARTSPC.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com
Name Server: DNS-01-001.ROOT-DNS.COM
Name Server: DNS-01-002.ROOT-DNS.COM
Status: ACTIVE
Updated Date: 09-feb-2004
Creation Date: 21-mar-2001
Expiration Date: 21-mar-2005

hope that helps