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Old 12-25-2002, 07:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Prices for PC parts

I'm looking through pricewatch and notice that you can buy the motherboard and the chip seperate or together in a "combo".

The motherboard I want is $112 and the chip $130. That would be $242 together. Yet, in the "combo" section, the lowest price for these two is $294. I would think that if you buy both together, they get more of your money, so they would price it cheaper. Something like that. I just want to know why they price it higher.

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I'm not completely sold on pricewatch, but usually if you buy a combo as opposed to a single CPU/MOBO from the same company it is cheaper.It doesn't make sense any other way

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Old 12-25-2002, 08:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Pricewatch + Resellerratings = HAppy Shopping!

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Yea I do that combo every time, saves me tons! I was just curious why it is more money for the same thing?
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They usually throw in a heatsink and charge labor.
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Old 12-25-2002, 10:24 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Reseller Ratings has a price searching feature in it, but it doesn't seem all that useful because it doesn't have nearly as many stores as pricewatch (though it shows the RR scores of the stores right next to the prices). It's almost exactly the same thing as www.pricegrabber.com
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Old 12-26-2002, 03:50 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Generally I stick with NewEgg, TCWO.com and some othe major players and get the items separate.

The combo deals always include motherboards that I do not want.
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