My customer/friend suddenly back down on a build because he said his "neighbor" can build him a cheaper PC because his neighbor can get the parts at prices before retail. Just want a confirmation if there is any truth in this because I offered to build it free of labor charges and he still refuses.
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is this true?
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Unless he is a reseller, it's BS. Your friend's mind may have been poisoned by this other dude. $5 says he will regret this decision. But now you know where you with this "friend".
I dunno what it's like everywhere, but if you happen to work in a computer parts shop you can often get parts for closer to cost price rather than retail, saving a few bucks. But I believe the mark up on most computer internals isn't massive, because my friend used to work in a computer shop and the price he'd get stuff was usually only a couple of dollars better than I could get by shopping around. Though I think the owners of the shops keep the true cost price hidden from the shop front workers.
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I would ask the friend to get an EXACT list of the parts/part names.
It would be easy to build a cheap computer, but using super cheap parts(and I dont mean price) would be really bad.
It would be easy to build a cheap computer, but using super cheap parts(and I dont mean price) would be really bad.
As per what Hagrid said, I worked in a place where the guy would get a list of parts and put in cheaper parts and still charge the same price. For example, he put an Intel i7 2700K in a computer that was supposed to get a 3930K but still charged the 3930K price. So yeah get an EXACT list of parts, part brands, and the person's signature on that list. If he signs it that means your friend can sue if he does the above things.
The computer shop I worked in years ago would charge employees 12% over cost for parts.
Price breaks were great for a lot of things, especially cables which we marked up at least 100%. Our cables still had a lifetime warranty and were sold for about 25% of what the big stores charged.
To the OP, it really depends on if the parts are exactly the same parts you were going to use and where this other person is getting them from.
Newegg, Tiger Direct, and Amazon have really good pricing on some stuff. If this other person is getting stuff for cheaper than you are, that could be the reason.
I would get an exact parts list to see exactly what the other person is doing to quote a lower price.
I think Best Buy employees can sign up for a program with Intel where they can get a substantially cheaper CPU. And if the friend has a connection with a video card vendor or with AMD or Nvidia, that'll slash the system cost as well, since the GPU is usually the priciest part.
It's hard to say what's going on without knowing much about the neighbor. Does he have a rusty Chevy on blocks in his front yard, or cannot you not see his lawn through the tasteful ivy growing over his wrought-iron fence?
It's hard to say what's going on without knowing much about the neighbor. Does he have a rusty Chevy on blocks in his front yard, or cannot you not see his lawn through the tasteful ivy growing over his wrought-iron fence?