"Glad you found a great auction notebook buy, Steve. Where'd you get it, and how competitive did you find the various auction sites?"
Dave, I ended up getting this at uBid. I only checked out 5 sites (uBid, eBay, OnSale, EggHead, and Haggle), and quickly narrowed it down to either uBid, OnSale, or EggHead (based mainly on a gut feeling a had about their sites, content and selection). Of these, uBid seemed to have the lowest prices, much lower than OnSale (seemed like a difference of as much as a couple hundred dollars on even the low end computers I was looking at; ie notebooks similar to what I got at uBid for $570 seemed to go for closer to $750 to $800 at OnSale.) On top of that, since I live in Michigan, OnSale tacks on 6% sales tax which was going to amount to $40 or so that I don't believe uBid adds on (I could be wrong, will probably have to wait till I see my bill), plus shipping thru OnSale was going to be $40 while it was only $13 at uBid.
Please note I was pretty much a rookie here and only serious watched these sites for only a few days before reaching my conclusions and making a move. I was kinda pressed for time, since some sites say allow up to a couple weeks for delivery and I wanted to make sure I had it in time for Christmas.
Thanks for your help,
Steve |
