SATA drives in Dublin

grizzly

Is there any where in Dublin I can walk in and buy an SATAII drive. Would I be losing too much money verses buying online? Like lots more than 10%.

Anti

Peats sell them.

TheThreeDegrees

plenty of places.
Try peats marx's and i'm sure there are a dozen more.
yeah you might save a tenner but is it really worth it for one item?

Mantel

Itdirect, Peats, Max Burns, tbh I'd say most of the city center retailers would stock them, just check their website for a number and give them a call to see if they have the drive (you don't want to go all the way to the shop only to find they're out of stock do you?)

As for price, you can get some good prices sometimes, have to keep checking though.

mathias

Buying online would save you a bit more than a tenner , try €50 , Peats current price for a 500GB sata II is €139

http://www.peats.ie/

Dabs is € 90 and its a fiver for postage.

http://www.dabs.ie/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=42DD&CategorySelectedId=11154&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11154,45560000&InMerch=1

50 is not a bad saving , me , Id go for the online one in a second , and Peats is one of the cheapest high street shops , the price of hard drives in the likes of PC World would make you weep.

TheThreeDegrees

Still I'd prefer to spend my money on the local economy.

Shiminay

I was stuck looking for a 500GB SATA drive there a few weeks back and got one in IT Direct on Parliment St for €120 which I didn't think was too big a price difference with online + delivery and it was in my hand there and then

TheThreeDegrees

From my recent experience of building and upgrading I just feel you walk out from a local store feeling much better.

Picture This:Your in the market for a GPU.

Your options are limited if it as a "high end" or specialist type card.
So you google it a while and suddenly its "WOW" "look at that" its €50 cheaper if I order online!
You say to yourself man those high street stores are a rip-off.
Out comes the CC and bang your the proud owner of a GPU(so you think).
Its not yours until its in your hand.
Three days later when you are wandering where the hell is my GPU you send an email requesting info on your order.
You send another 5 perhaps before you get a reply.
All this time your blood pressure is raising and the only thoughts going through your head is "Ive been rode"!

You get a reply from your email requesting more info from some faceless unknown the other side of the world.
what is your mothers maiden name?
what is your date of birth?
do you eat weetabix for breakfast?
how long is your *****!

At this point you have to concede and divulge pretty much most if not all your financial and almost personal information.
Basically you get virtually financially raped!


Scenario 2:

Walk into a high street store:

"Good morning"Hows it going"Nice day out".
May I have that GPU on the shelf there?
Your handed a fresh brand new box.
"Would you like a bag for that Sir"?
"Na thats OK want to save on the environment".
You Pay.
You Leave.
No drama.


Two weeks later:

should you have a problem with the card.

Do I need to say more?

Archytas

ha ha ha - nice scenario... rarely like that though. Irish shops rarely tend to stock brand new tech either.

Don't get me wrong, I'd really like to be able to walk in to peats, or right-click or whatever shop you want, and buy some nice shiney tech for not too outrageous price. But that doesn't really happen. It'd be great. But it doesn't happen.

mathias

Im into photography , my gear is mostly canon , and I would safely say that nobody in Ireland with canon gear and an internet connection bought their gear in Ireland as Canon prices here are scandalous , with some of the main bodies costing upwards of at least 1000 euros more in the high street shops here.
A while back I bought a Canon 5d , thats a pro camera , it was priced at 3200 euros in Dublin , almost anywhere in America it was advertised as 2400 dollars and in germany at 2400 euros , so I booked a trip to new york , which cost about 578 euros , had a nice weekend bought my camera with an international warranty , and still came out better off. Now who in their right mind would buy that camera here with that price difference ?

This is also reflected in most high dollar items , for instance TV's , amps , etc.

One good example is a recent purchase of mine , an Onkyo 605 amp , Peats do it for 650 euro , whereas it can be had online for 460. Alternatively a drive up to belfast gets you to richer sounds who do it for that price too.

Ireland , with its relatively recent economic success , has become greedy , and most high street shops here ( certainly in Dublin ) are obscenely overpriced for just about everything ,

Given similar prices , I would prefer to buy in a shop , I think everyone would , but thats just not the case at the moment , and I think it would be good to let the retailers know that by buying elsewhere , maybe then they would drop their ridiculous pricing policies and come in line with the rest of europe.

That would be good for eveyone. Until then I buy almost exclusively online , and have never run into the issues posted above.

Shiminay

I agree, I do most of my shopping online and outside of Ireland now and I don't feel 1 bit bad about it as the prices are just beyond comprehension. Last year I build 2 big gaming PCs and spend nearly €4000 - none of which stayed in this country. Whilst taking our business elsewhere sends a message, it damages our economy, so it's a catch 22.