[nycbug-talk] Hardware Whereto

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On Apr 13, 2004, at 1:36 AM, Pete Wright wrote:
> in a pinch i'll use DataViz at 445 5th Ave.

You must have plenty of surplus cash & not mind being lied to your 
face. That place is like a bottom-end used car dealership, before I 
stopped going altogether, I always felt like I needed a shower after a 
visit.

For buying hardware, for price, selection and consumer protection I 
almost always shop online.
http://www.newegg.com
is a favorite (they're even starting to advertise on busses), and their 
ground shipping is in NYC in two or three days, quite fast. I've also 
just started using
http://www.axiontech.com
Some of their stuff is even cheaper than newegg, but it takes a week to 
get here. Then for cables & media it is hard to beat
http://cyberguys.com
but again, you're going to have to wait about a week for ground 
shipping.

If you absolutely have to have it today, try Chips & Tech around the 
corner from Data Vision on 39th Between 5th & 6th. They have a lot of 
suff, and connectors and adapters that DataVis won't. Their prices are 
a crap shoot. Sometimes they're great and sometimes they're not.

As far as a box of cat-5 goes, have you tried Home Depot?

jeff.knight not junkmail at nyphp.org