Wholesale Computer Parts
Wes Davidson
building computers. I was wondering what local suppliers for components
there are out there. I have been building machines for friends and
friends of friends for the last couple of years,but I have been paying
retail prices for the components in local shops. I only charge $100.00
to build and set up these machines so my profit margin is pretty low if
I counted my time I think I would be losing money. Thanks for any help
in advance.
neil
Ive been thinking the same. But im 14, so it might be a bit harder for
me. Try www.comtronic.ca....ERGH! compition! Haha. God luck.
schooner
count your time you would be losing business. Wholesale parts are not a lot
cheaper than retail so if your not making it on your time you wont make that
up on the parts price cut. Then remember on top of that the time for
warranty service, returned items, etc. Not trying to be negative, just seems
like little planning is in this.
FYI - The two main wholesalers are Elco and Comtronic.
"Wes Davidson" <wes...@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
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Wes Davidson
No real plan yet just thinking about it first. The biggest thing I want
to find out is the wholesale price versus retail price and then I can
start to form a plan. Thanks for the input though.
Robot Man
I don't like their selection as much though...
Elco Systems is finicky with who they give credit/sell to...
Comtronic is pretty good ,but you still have to have a registered business
name in order for them to open an account....
Sales manager there is Monty...good guy...
I used to buy from Comtronic , but then discovered Robotnik....
Robotnik's prices are the same as , or often better than , Comtronics
wholesale
prices....
Much easier to return things to Robotnik if they
are defective as well....
Robotnik is or used to be Comtronics largest local customer...
Buiding computers for friends and actually running a
computer business from your home are 2 different animals....
trust me , been there....
EVERBODY and his dog are running "computer businesses"
out of their basements these days....
you won't make any amount of money on it....
and unless your retired , and have all the time in the world to throw
at it , it will rapidly become an inconvenience....
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James Adams
the tax right offs.
You can get a reseller account with NCIX and Mysterybyte. Shipping is where
you lose all of the profits beacuse you really can't charge more than what
somebody would buy from a store.
The thing is I have a full time job and this is a side business.
I am in the Valley so I am not competition.
James Adams
JMC Computer Services
765-0591
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Wes Davidson
Rod Naugler
Their prices are about the same as Comtronic and their selection is
almost identical. However, they carry more LG stuff than anyone else
locally. Greenlyph is a small computer shop in south end Halifax who
seems to have incredible prices, retail, on a smaller selection of
things than the other wholesalers. He offers a wholesaler package as
well. I haven't priced things for reselling at Greenlyph.
I've been running my own computer business from my home for the past 6
years (as of this November). You cannot make a living in computers in NS
without a large store, and super prices. You can make some extra cash
selling systems to your friends and stuff. There is more money to be
made in the service industry, but again, it is difficult to make a
living. Most customers like to shop around and go with whoever will save
them a couple cents. Your best bet is to get some really loyal
customers.
One benefit of using wholesalers without carrying any stock yourself is
that you do not have the overhead associated with stock. You don't have
to store it and, when wholesale prices fall, you're not stuck with parts
you paid more than the going retail for. The only problem with it is
that when prices rise, you don't have any cheap stock to sell from. This
often happens with RAM prices. When RAM prices skyrocketed two years
ago, most shops still had cheap stock to sell from so they only raised
their prices a small amount. I was stuck reselling at nearly triple what
I had the month before.
Comtronic is one of the oldest wholesalers here. They have a good
selection, solid sales staff, and great RMA staff.
Daiwa is overtaking them for me. Their selection is great, they will
often source and order in other parts for you. Their sales staff are
excellent and their RMA staff is really improving. They also carry more
of the parts that my customers are looking for, including mod gear.
Also, they will custom build machines for you and add a 2 year warranty
inhouse, often for less than you could have parted out the computer from
them.
Elco often has the lowest prices on RMA and CPUs out of them all.
However, they suck at customer service. They only recently moved their
accounting staff to the same location as their pickup location. Before
that, you had to go in one side of the building to pay, then drive to
the other side to retrieve your purchase.
ALC is withing a couple dollars of Comtronic's prices, sometimes higher,
sometimes lower. The main benefits of using them is that they carry 19"
LG monitors and Eclipse UPSs. There are a couple other speciality items
like that as well. If you live in Bedford, they may be more convenient
as well. The other three are all located in Burnside.
I should also mention EMJ here as well. While they are wholesalers with
a hugh selection, and the only wholesaler for Apple that I'm aware of,
their prices are always higher than anything local. Their main benefit
is their huge selection. Where the other suppliers have weekly 5-15 page
pricelists, EMJ has a quarterly catalogue of 200+ pages. I've only used
them for a couple of kingston RAM sticks for and old 486 and some
firewire cables when firewire first came out.
Good luck my friend.
Statik/Rod
Strings§
first thing you need is a company name from the registry office for the tax
man before they see to you.
"Wes Davidson" <wes...@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
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B I |2 O N
Comtronic. Frank at Greenlyph has really good prices because he usually
buys direct from manufacturers so some things e.g. WD Hard Drives u can't
get cheaper even at your local wholesaler.
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Wes Davidson
and prices are cheap! Thanks again