--- "D. Joe Anderson" [email protected] wrote:
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:05:34AM -0800, Leo Mauler wrote:
HyperTech computers at the mall at the corner of 87th & Farley in Lenexa
Computer Swap & Shop between Lamar and Nall on Johnson Drive in Merriam, KS.
Also, MicroCenter at 93rd & Metcalf in Overland
Park
Thanks for the summary of shops like this in the area. KC is big enough that I know there has to be shops like these, but any time I visit, it's hard to know where to look for them, how far away they are, if they're still in business, etc. Tried to go to one for which I saw a sign in Lee's Summit, MO, but when I actually got into the strip mall, it had been turned into something else. Only thing I could find was a Best Buy.
I happen to shop at these three stores. I found HyperTech in "ComputerUser". When they have used computer parts such as hard drives, they price them reasonably (like a 2GB hard drive for $8).
MicroCenter was a store I ordered bulk floppy disks from, which happened to put a physical store into Overland Park. They're the "Wal-Mart" of computer stores.
Finally, Computer Swap & Shop used to be a really good place to find used computer parts (like used PCI cards and suchlike), but they started selling complete systems and only have the used and cheap computer parts as a sideline now. The one thing you can say about them is that you'll always find a supply of used hard drives, used and cheap PCI cards, and bulk screws/motherboard spacers and the like. Everything except the bulk bits will be way too expensive (such as a 2GB hard drive for $24.95) but if you desperately need a sub-8.4GB drive and HyperTech has nothing, then go to Computer Swap & Shop.
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com