>On Thursday, September 6, 2001, at 12:46 am, Martin Sheppard wrote:
>
>> I have just spent a pleasant (?) half hour trawling through the
>> Velocity Upgrades (http://www.velocityupgrades.com) site, amongst
>> others, salivating at the thought of buying two 32MB DIMMS for the
>> pricely sum of $11.95 each only to discover, at the point of submitting
>> the order, that the shipping costs would be some $75! This even makes
>> the Crucial.com prices in the UK (about �30 each) quite competitive.
>>
>> I suspect this is something of an old chestnut on this list but could
>> anyone tell me the best source of supply for a 168 pin DIMM FPM 5V
>> suitable for a 7200/75 in the UK. (Buying cheap through eBay is nice
>> but frustrating when you keep being outbid with about 10 seconds to go!)
>>
>
>Crucial was by far the cheapest place I found for 7x00 168pin DIMMS. I
>had a 7500 before I got my G3 and pumped it up to 136MB of RAM from
>64MB. I never found a cheaper source. I trust the $75 took into account
>that you have to pay VAT on imports too :(. I was going to import a 2nd
>hand/refurb iBook before I found this out.... I just bought a refurb
>from CANCOM UK instead. It really is silly how cheap stuff is in the
>US......
Try www.ramseeker.com for the latest prices. A west coast supplier by the name of
1 8004 memory sells 64 dimms for around 20 dollars and international shipping is
charged at 12.5 dollars - their 128 dimms are only 35 dollars. Not too bad.
Pete
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