mac vendors
Thinking of an imminent Powerbook purchase - and would prefer to do it in a way that does not attract sales tax, such as that charged by the Apple website. Amazon does not charge tax, but was thinking it would be better to go with a more specialised vendor.
Any recommendations? I've seen some hatemail against MacMall, but that's all I've heard about to date?
Thanks
Any recommendations? I've seen some hatemail against MacMall, but that's all I've heard about to date?
Thanks
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Originally posted by MacsRGood4U
For the past three years I have never had problems with MacMall. I've purchased an iBook, iMac 17" Superdrive and a iPod. They came on time and a rebate check came in 6 weeks. It took me 6 months to finally get one from Amazon.com as they use an outside vendor. MacMall does rebates in house.
Hmm, so why, I wonder, all the hate mail about MacMall?
I've never used MacMall myself but someone in my office bought a PowerBook from them a few months ago; they had the best overall combination of stuff. She had no trouble with them at all. I got a great deal on an iMac last December from MacWarehouse; there were about four different rebates I had to apply for, but they all came through.
Years ago, just before the G4 came out I nearly bought a G3 Power Mac. They offered to essentially match The Apple Education Store Price. I was buying a printer too, as I recall. At the last minute I was given access to a G3 laptop from a school grant and didnt buy the Power Mac.
If they regularly match the Apple's Ed prices, that would be a factor in their favor.
Now that I work at a University, we make all of our Apple purchases through the online Apple Edu. Store.
Once the dual G5's and Panther are available, I'll be buying again from PowerMax.
Originally posted by Cake
Once the dual G5's and Panther are available, I'll be buying again from PowerMax.
Here's another shout-out for PowerMax. I dealt with them recently when I was considering trading in an old iMac toward a new one, and they were VERY helpful and easy to deal with.
I mean $489 for a G3/350, 192mb Ram, 12gb HD, CD-ROM and zip.
Hey, anybody here want to buy my B&W G3?
Powerlogix G4 450, 704mb Ram, 6gb HD, 30gb HD, Radeon 7000, Rage 128, CD-ROM, modem. In very good condition.
I'll sell it for $489
The one good thing I can see about powermax is that they take trade-ins. But, I have no idea how much they will give you for your computer.
Maybe their deals on new computers (with a trade-in) are what makes powermax so nice?
I sold my GF2MX on eBay for $168 ! I felt guilty for practically stealing his money, but I got over it.
PowerMax will give you a fair price for your trade-in - remember they have to make a bit of money when they turn it around.
If you want to maximize your profit then sell it to the suckers on eBay.
Some examples:
Quicksilver 733, CDRW, 640 MB RAM, 40 GB drive, keyboard - $1359! Yeah, $1359 for a machine with a bit over half the clock speed of the current $1299 PowerMac G4 1.25 GHz, which also has a Combo drive, is brand new, and has double the hard drive space, not to mention the graphics card. But it has more RAM!
PowerMac 7200/120s range from $70 to $92 when people everywhere else are practically GIVING them away. Other old pre-G3s are similarly overpriced.
But I don't want to knock PowerMax too hard, they used to be worse for that sort of thing (anyone care for an $800 Wallstreet?). Those were the only two examples I could find where their asking price was WAY out of line. You want some real ridiculous prices, go to Sun Remarketing (www.sunrem.com) and look at the 68k section... Quadras are being sold for as much as $400! I have a feeling that Sun Remarketing just doesn't update the lower traffic portions of the site much, because their prices for more modern ones are fairly reasonable.
Actually, I've been looking for a good place to find a refurb G4, either an 800 MHz or greater single processor or a 533 MHz or better dual processor. PowerMax has a single 1 GHz for $1150 which seems like an okay deal. Unfortunately, SmallDog has no refurbished PowerMacs, only 1.25 GHz versions for a bit more than I am willing to pay.