Where to Buy Computer Gear

Based on a presentation by Daryl Thomas at the July 2004 meeting. The information presented is not meant to be comprehensive - it is only a starting point with many useful references. The contents will probably be adequate for most MAGIC participants.

CONTENTS:
Local
Shopping Robots
Online
Mac Catalogs
Magazine/Newspaper ads

Local:

APPLE STORES

♦ 3000 184th St. S.W. (Alderwood Mall)
Lynwood, WA 98037
(425) 670-3800
http://www.apple.com/retail/alderwoodmall/
♦ 106 Bellevue Square
Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 709-2555

♦ 2656 NE University Village Street
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 524-8100
♦ 733 Southcenter Mall
Tukwila, WA 98188
(206) 431-1521

APPLE RESELLERS

♦ TD Curran
4370 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98226
(800) 645-2533
(360)-594-3999
http://www.tdcurran.com/
sales@tdcurran.com

♦ TD Curran
1402 SE Everett Way, Suite 181
Everett, WA 98208
(800) 645-2533
(425) 265-1000
http://www.tdcurran.com/
sales@tdcurran.com

♦ Micro Computer Systems Inc
16531 13th Ave W #201
Lynnwood, WA 98037
425-778-7337

♦ The Seattle Mac Store
815 Ne 45th St.
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 522-0220

♦ Westwind Computing Inc.
510 Ne 65th St.
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 522-3530

♦ Fry's Electronics
800 Garden Ave N.
Renton, WA
(425) 525-0200

♦ Office Max
775 NE Koetje Street
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
(360) 240-2177
Hours: M-F 8-9, Sa 9-7, Su 10-6
Peripherals and media only

♦ RE•PC
510 Andover Park West 
Tukwila, WA 98188
(206) 575-8737
(206) 575-1926 fax
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10-7
4 blocks South of Southcenter Mall
Used computers, monitors, peripherals, etc, Macs only at this Southcenter location.

♦ Boeing Surplus Store
20651 84th Ave S.
Kent, WA
(425) 393-4065
Store Hours: Wed: 10 am - 5 pm Fri: 10 am - 5 pm Sat: 9 am - 4 pm
Used corporate PC and Mac computers & peripherals - Monitors a good bet. Open to public

MAGIC

  • Swap meet at monthly meetings
  • Apple discounts to Magic members
  • MAGIC newsletter
  • MAGIC website Swap/Buy/Sell page
  • Apple discounts to MAGIC (officially recognized MUG)

    • Shopping Robots:

    macworld.pricegrabber.com www.buy.com
    CompareNet! www.compare.net
    ComputerESP shopper.cnet.com
    Dealfinder nbci.msnbc.com/nbci.asp
    Search.com - BargainFinder Agent www.search.com
    Yahoo! shopping.yahoo.com

    Online:

    Dealmac www.Dealmac.Com Great source of deals and good prices. Free daily newsletter. Can request to be notified of deals on particular items. Doesn't sell directly, but has links to deals
    Premium Memory www.premiummemory.com/apple-memory/ Great source of cost effective RAM and other memory devices for upgrading your computer's memory needs.
    APPLE STORE Applestore.com New and refurb Apple hardware and software. Also sells non-Apple software and accessories
    SMALL DOG ELECTRONICS www.smalldog.com New, refurb, and used apple gear Must be existing member to buy new Apple hardware. Free newsletter with excellent technical discussions.
    Other World Computing eshop.macsales.com Free newsletter with excellent technical discussions
    Sell some of their own branded hardware such as RAM and CPU upgrades.
    Very helpful technical support.
    MegaMacs www.megamacs.com Free Newsletter. Sometimes has great prices
    MacResQ www.macresq.com Free newsletter. Refurbished and used Apple and other hardware and software. Very helpful technical support.
    eBay www.ebay.com Auction site, but more and more fixed price storefronts are appearing. Wide selection of new, nearly new, used and very used hardware and software.

    Catalogs:

    All catalogs have online websites

    MacWarehouse www.cdw.com
    MacConnection MacConnection.com
    MacMall MacMall.com
    ClubMac Clubmac.com

    Magazine/Newspaper ads:

    Back pages of Mac computer magazines (e.g. Macworld, Macaddict) have vendor ads for products and services including many already mentioned.

    Many advertisers also have websites