答复: [blug-general] going rates for hardwar e?

Hi Jeff,

 

My approach to buying hardware at Zhongguancun is to first get an idea of
how much the thing should cost.  Good sources of this are Zhongguancun
Online (www.zol.com.cn <http://www.zol.com.cn/> ) and www.pconline.com.cn
<http://www.pconline.com.cn/> .  These prices should give you an idea but
don’t take them literally.  I find that www.zol.com.cn <http://www.zol.com.
cn/>  tends to be more often closer to the mark on some items.

 

In terms of actually buying things  I offer the following suggestions:

1.       Never buy things from the groundfloor.  These are always more
expensive.  The higher one goes in the building the more realistic the price
(that does mean you wont get ripped off on the fifth floor, but it at least
stops you wasting your time on the groundfloor).

2.       Walk around and ask at several different places.  You will quickly
get an idea of who is simply trying to rip you off and who are the more
honest people.

3.       Take your lowest price and tell the next guy you can get it for 20
rmb less.  You will quickly find out what the bottom line is. 

4.       Once you know were you want to buy it from you need to try lowering
the price more.  If you Chinese is good enough you start chatting with them,
look at the product, ask sort of technical questions.  Really get them
involved in the process.  Once you have done this try asking for a lower
price again (and not just once).  By this time they have invested so much
time in you that they can’t let you walk away without selling you the
thing.  

5.       Be patient.  That is the trick to bargaining.  It is all about
seeing who loses their patience first.

 

I am sure other people have there own techniques, but this is the one that
works for me ;)

 

Regards,

 

Ben

 

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[mailto:blug-general-bounces-+qp3TudyjKPvfBIPTTProkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org] 代表 Richard Ford
发送时间: 2005年3月25日 19:13
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主题: Re: [blug-general] going rates for hardware?

 

For "big ticket" items (MB, CPU, RAM, HD, ETC) the price is generally the
same as anywhere else.....

For small peripherals and stuff like usb keychains, mouse, keyboard,
bluetooth dongles, etc... they are A LOT cheaper.

So for most stuff - take a yard stick for the pricewatch.com stuff and lower
it a bit.  Even if they "Rip you off" - the game of playing auctions is that
you know what your marginal valuations are.  So if you think 100rmb for
something is a fair price and you are happy to part with 100rmb for
something, where is the harm in whether the dude who sold it made 50 or 10
rmb?

As long as you realise it is a pretty open marketplace with nay a
restriction and you do arm yourself with the pricewatch.com prices - then
you can't really lose.

Try not to stress too much over it - it takes all the fun away of going to
buy new toys!  ;-)



On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 14:11 +0800, Jeff Warrington wrote: 

 
Regarding the next BLUG meeting, I wanted to attend the
last one but I thought it was on a wednesday so I missed
it...I will certainly make the next one.
 
On another topic, I am looking to build a box and I was
wondering if anyone could tell me the avg price I should
bargain for at zhongguangcun for:
 
CPU (Athlon 2000-2400)
memory 512MB
motherboard for said CPU
120-160G hard drive
 
My chinese is okay but I know I'll be a big target at the
market for higher prices so if anyone has the local going
rate I should for, that would be very helpful. I know I
can look online (pricewatch.com etc) but I don't know for
sure if I should expect the same here.
 
thanks

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