[mythtvnz] Buying Hardware

[Toby Mills]

For suppliers, when you buy is more critical than where you buy.
Prices often change daily depending on availability, source, quantity, 
currency and lead times.
The guy on trademe, may only sell that one item, he may have bought a 
box of 100 and therefore scored a quantity discount that he can pass on.
The guys at bioprotech may buy items directly from the supplier as 
people order them, therfore they would pay a higher price (probably 
higher than what the tradme guy is selling them for).
Some of the others may stock a few of them and got a discount for buying 
5 or more.
Someone else may be stocking an item that they bought 6 months ago when 
it was at the bleeding edge and therefore much more expensive.
Whenever you ask for a price on something, quantity is the leading 
influence, prices go down exponentially with quantity, I'm aware of some 
products where it is cheaper to buy 100 than it is to buy 20 in quantity.

What does this mean for consumers?
shop around for EVERYTHING, one supplier may be cheaper on one item but 
more expensive for another.
Companies that specialise in specific hardware are more likely to be 
purchasing quantities of that specific item and can therefore get 
quantity discounts.

Companies that buy one off items for individual orders often have fast 
turnaround but prices can change daily and they often aren't the cheapest.
Beware that trademe items may be b-stock, older firmware versions or 
parallel imports with no warranty etc.
Items that are old stock or have been superceded are you most value for 
money as suppliers are often looking to quit them at cost to avoid 
getting stuck with them.

ps, I'm not affiliated with any of these suppliers, or any supplier in 
the IT field and the above examples are just that and probably aren't true.

Cheers
Toby




Craig Whitmore wrote:
> I've been looking on the net for places in NZ to buy stuff and I picked 1
> bit of hardware and compared prices. I presume the wholesale price maybe
> around $100 or less for these so a retail price of $199 is a little big of
> a disgrace for ppl selling it that high I think.
>
> Moteck SG2100 Mover
>
> $115.00 trademe (superjack)/ultrapower.co.nz )
> $130.00 satnet.net.nz
> $135.00 freeviewshop.co.nz
> $176.00 freetv.co.nz
> $176.00 www.electronicstuff.co.nz
> $199.00 www.satmax.co.nz
> $199.00 www.bioprotech.co.nz
>
> As you can see there is a HUGE price difference just for 1 bit of hardware
> and I (or do I) they all get them from the same place, or do they all
> import them seperately? Any places ppl find the best or worse?
>
> There doesn't really seem to be 1 place to go to in NZ for all this type
> of information?
>
> Does anyone else have a list of suppiers of hardware/information?
>
> In the last 2 months, a large number of websites have popped up to sell
> you freeview stuff
>
> www.av1.co.nz
> www.freeviewshop.co.nz
> www.satnet.net.nz
> www.freetv.co.nz
> www.freeview2go.co.nz
> www.satlinknz.co.nz
> www.satmax.co.nz
> www.freeviewtelevision.co.nz
> www.freeviewnz.tv
> www.digitv.co.nz
> www.freenztv.co.nz
> www.hooktech.co.nz
> www.sattvinstalls.co.nz
> www.electronicstuff.co.nz
> www.dgstation.co.nz
>
> Can anyone list any more?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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