[rafaelperini]

I've tried macseek.com and found pretty good deals on memory (I want to speed my iMac and my iBook with extra 512MB). I found almost 50 american dollars (80 Canadian) difference between macseek and a local store.

The problem of buying memory in the states is the shipping is more expensive, gotta pay taxes (GST, PST) and there is a custom tax on it... what makes a good deal, not so great anymore. Some deales even charge 8% more because they are delivering outside states (Coast to Coast Memory)

Does anyone here knows where to find such good deals in Canada?

I though about having the memory delivered to someone I know in states and then have it shipped to me as a gift (trying to avoid customs and taxes). The problem is.. any problem with the memory, I would have to return it and I would be paying a lot in shipping back to my friend and then to the company....

If anyone here have any suggestions, I would appreciate.

[Sander]

Aren't you a student? I would suggest your university store. At my uni store, the 512 MB chips are $333 for both the iMac and the iBook.

Cheers.

[Landos Mustache]

I think after all the taxes and soforth it is still cheaper to ship it from the US.

[rafaelperini]

Sander,

I am a student, but I am not sure how much is extra memory at the university micro store...

Is the $333 you mentioned for both iBook and iMac memories (2x 512MB) ???? Here in Calgary we have a store that sells cheap memory here are the prices:

For the iBook:
128MB - CAN$55 ($35)
256MB - CAN$130 ($81)
512MB - CAN$180 ($112)
For the iMac:
256MB - CAN$124 ($77)
512MB - CAN$279 ($175)

Landos,

as you can seee from the prices I listed, it is still cheaper in states... the problem is I don't know how much they will charge in the customs, and if there is any problem with the memories, I would have to ship it back.. that would cost a lot!

[blindemboss]

Rafaelperini, I don't know why there isn't a competitive Canadian online store that sell RAM.
I've thought about doing the same and have RAM shipped to a friend. I think if you get it from a reputable place, chances are the RAM will be okay.

However, here in Toronto, Best Buy has opened up a few stores.
Price for a 256mb -144pin SODIMM is going for $80 CDN (plus GST and PST of course).

I think at ramseeker, the prices were roughly $35-40 USD. After shipping (even to a friend in the States), I would end up maybe saving $10. Probably not worth the risk.

Not sure if you've got BestBuy in Calgary.

[rafaelperini]

Originally posted by blindemboss:
Rafaelperini, I don't know why there isn't a competitive Canadian online store that sell RAM.
I've thought about doing the same and have RAM shipped to a friend. I think if you get it from a reputable place, chances are the RAM will be okay.

However, here in Toronto, Best Buy has opened up a few stores.
Price for a 256mb -144pin SODIMM is going for $80 CDN (plus GST and PST of course).

I think at ramseeker, the prices were roughly $35-40 USD. After shipping (even to a friend in the States), I would end up maybe saving $10. Probably not worth the risk.

Not sure if you've got BestBuy in Calgary.

Yeah, unfortunatelly, I don't think we have bestbuy here in Calgary... And I agree with you that it's not woth the risk buying from macseek.com (ramseeker.com), not because we cannot trust them, but mainly because of taxes and customs...

Take a look at canadacomputers.com, they have soem good deals there...

[docholiday]

Take a look at: http://www.canadaram.com/macram.html

Originally posted by rafaelperini:
Yeah, unfortunatelly, I don't think we have bestbuy here in Calgary...

Maybe you wanna try FutureShop? http://www.futureshop.ca/FSStoreLoca...mp;WLBS=fsweb7

If you find a website that has RAM for a lot cheaper than FutureShop: Write down the URL, show it to them and they will most likely match the price.

[Landos Mustache]

Futureshop doesn't normally sell RAM over 256 megs. Sometimes you get lucky though, they had a sale and I got 512 Megs for $99 over a year ago.