anatak Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Does anyone know a good (reliable) not too expensive online hardware shop ? I want to buy an external dvd burner. My internal burner in my laptop died and Toshiba asks around 3000 US Dolars (30 000 yen) to repair it. slightly ripoff imo I am looking for a Samsung SE-S184M OEM LightScribe External DVD Burner Or HP DVD1040e Lightscribe SuperMulti Retail DVD Burner all suggestions and comments are welcome. anatak Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 My internal burner in my laptop died and Toshiba asks around 3000 US Dolars (30 000 yen) to repair it. 30,000 Japanese yen equates roughly to 275 USD - a much different value than 3,000. For shipping addresses in the US, I always recommend www.newegg.com, but since you're talking about prices in yen, I suspect that you're not in the US. Unfortunately I don't know anything about any world-wide shops. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-400926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 If you're in the U.S. (or elsewhere within their shipping range), I second newegg.com Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-400950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatak Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 My internal burner in my laptop died and Toshiba asks around 3000 US Dolars (30 000 yen) to repair it. 30,000 Japanese yen equates roughly to 275 USD - a much different value than 3,000. For shipping addresses in the US, I always recommend www.newegg.com, but since you're talking about prices in yen, I suspect that you're not in the US. Unfortunately I don't know anything about any world-wide shops. Oops I meant to say 300 US $ but 275 is more accurate. yes I live in Japan and one of the things I think is strange that Japanese products are cheaper in US than in Japan. I feel that Japanese people actually like to pay high prices. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-401048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Try BestBuy.com. We also have a best buy in china/hong kong now. So, something you might want to consider. we also ship to countries overseas and our Mangolia store ships within canada. oh the joys of working for best buy during the holidays....just so you guys know, us retail sales people hate you during the holidays. LOL! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-401294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatak Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Can you give me the URL to the bestbuy in HongKong ? Or can I order from bestbuy.com and get delivery to Japan from the Hong Kong store ? thx anatak Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-401984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 just visit bestbuy.com because it is actually called best buy over there. If you were in canada you would have to visit our mangolia (SP?) online store, instead. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-402056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakus_maximus Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Just a comment on the Samsung Lightscribe drives... I have 2 in my new system I built about 4 months ago. They are great, have worked without any issues at all. I think Samsung products in general do not get the praise they should. I bought 2 20" flat screens with a 2ms response...incredible. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-403068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Another thing I'd like to add. I'm of the mindset that you get what you pay for, but when it comes to any sort of optical drive I buy the cheapest ones possible. I once spent a lot of money for two separate CD burners that worked great at first, but eventually went to crap. So next time I bought one I said screw it and dumped $20 on an OEM NEC (and later an Asus) DVD Burner. They still work great. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/79208-online-hardware-shop/#findComment-403142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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