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2 G Ram 39.99????

Wow, in addition to paying $40 in shipping now I have to pay them another $18.43 Cash On Delivery


2 5448239 DDR2 2GB PC5300 SO-D TRA 79.98

Total $: 79.98
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Order Recap:
Total Product $: 79.98
Net Product$: 79.98
Sales Tax: 0.00
Shipping & Handling: 38.23
Grand Total: 118.21


I've already paid $38.23 for S&H. Why am I paying another $18.23 in shipping costs tomorrow?
 
pyr0sphere said:
Wow, in addition to paying $40 in shipping now I have to pay them another $18.43 Cash On Delivery


2 5448239 DDR2 2GB PC5300 SO-D TRA 79.98

Total $: 79.98
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Order Recap:
Total Product $: 79.98
Net Product$: 79.98
Sales Tax: 0.00
Shipping & Handling: 38.23
Grand Total: 118.21


I've already paid $38.23 for S&H. Why am I paying another $18.23 in shipping costs tomorrow?
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Where is this $18.23 coming in? I don't see any math that doesn't add up there. Perhaps the COD is a mistake - first off, unless you live in Kalamazoo, I don't see how the shipping could be $40 in the first place. Its RAM, not a TV! Give frys a call and see if they can help you sort this out. You're paying too much and they ought to help you out.
 
pyr0sphere said:
Wow, in addition to paying $40 in shipping now I have to pay them another $18.43 Cash On Delivery


2 5448239 DDR2 2GB PC5300 SO-D TRA 79.98

Total $: 79.98
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Order Recap:
Total Product $: 79.98
Net Product$: 79.98
Sales Tax: 0.00
Shipping & Handling: 38.23
Grand Total: 118.21


I've already paid $38.23 for S&H. Why am I paying another $18.23 in shipping costs tomorrow?
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You're in Canada, right? The extra amount is for GST plus brokerage fees. Actually a relatively good deal - if it was with Purolator, you probably would have paid about $50.
 
MacinDoc said:
You're in Canada, right? The extra amount is for GST plus brokerage fees. Actually a relatively good deal - if it was with Purolator, you probably would have paid about $50.
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Well the DHL guy came again today and you were right. The $18 was a tax


Anyway, I still don't understand why they only provide one shipping option to Canada. I would've preferred saving $20 or so dollars for it to come next week or so than to pay $40 for it to come 20 hours after I order
 
pyr0sphere said:
Well the DHL guy came again today and you were right. The $18 was a tax


Anyway, I still don't understand why they only provide one shipping option to Canada. I would've preferred saving $20 or so dollars for it to come next week or so than to pay $40 for it to come 20 hours after I order
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As i said in other posts I will be glad to ship it to you for cost of postage, I am well known here on marketplace and have done this for other people, just PM me and i will give you my address, its not a problem as i go to the PO everyday and its a mile from my home.........
 
pyr0sphere said:
Well the DHL guy came again today and you were right. The $18 was a tax


Anyway, I still don't understand why they only provide one shipping option to Canada. I would've preferred saving $20 or so dollars for it to come next week or so than to pay $40 for it to come 20 hours after I order
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I had the choice of standard or express, don't know why you didn't. My RAM came today, BTW, by standard shipping (most impressed, arrived 3 days after ordering, including getting through customs, when Fry's had them listed as back-ordered). All 4 modules work like a charm!

On a side note, I only paid GST plus $7 brokerage fee COD (total $16.86 for 4 modules). Looks like your express delivery increased the brokerage fee, too.

I think I'll try to stick with DHL for international deliveries from now on. Fast, relatively inexpensive and with very modest brokerage fees. Not at all like Purolator.

All in all, I'm very happy, four 2GB modules delivered to Canada for less than $200, including all taxes and fees!
 
MacinDoc said:
I had the choice of standard or express, don't know why you didn't. My RAM came today, BTW, by standard shipping (most impressed, arrived 3 days after ordering, including getting through customs, when Fry's had them listed as back-ordered). All 4 modules work like a charm!

On a side note, I only paid GST plus $7 brokerage fee COD (total $16.86 for 4 modules). Looks like your express delivery increased the brokerage fee, too.

I think I'll try to stick with DHL for international deliveries from now on. Fast, relatively inexpensive and with very modest brokerage fees. Not at all like Purolator.

All in all, I'm very happy, four 2GB modules delivered to Canada for less than $200, including all taxes and fees!
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If you don't mind, could you do a screenshot pointing to the shipping option selection? I still can't find it. It'd be stupid to have express be default anyway


If you look at the top right, you can see that if I enter all the information and click continue, all it does is confirm the order, meaning it should've let me choose shipping before that page. The page previous to my screenshot allows you to choose shipping but it's only for US citizens to use AFAIK
 

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MacinDoc said:
I had the choice of standard or express, don't know why you didn't. My RAM came today, BTW, by standard shipping (most impressed, arrived 3 days after ordering, including getting through customs, when Fry's had them listed as back-ordered). All 4 modules work like a charm!

On a side note, I only paid GST plus $7 brokerage fee COD (total $16.86 for 4 modules). Looks like your express delivery increased the brokerage fee, too.

I think I'll try to stick with DHL for international deliveries from now on. Fast, relatively inexpensive and with very modest brokerage fees. Not at all like Purolator.

All in all, I'm very happy, four 2GB modules delivered to Canada for less than $200, including all taxes and fees!
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Glad its working well for you mine will be here Monday....I am hoping for sat since it already so close
 
filmgirl said:
If you're uncomfortable with buying generic RAM, NewEgg has Corsair 2 GB DIMMS for $49.99 after rebate, with free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145172

They have the Transcend stuff for $42.99 after rebate too.

Don't get me wrong - it's a great deal, I'm just partial to Crucial myself.
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I'd stay away from corsair, google around and you'll see corsair + mac a happy couple they make not...

Cybergypsy said:
Crucial is Overrated :rolleyes:
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Crucial sticker: 'Country of Origin USA'
Gotta love 'em.
 
techlover828 said:
on the new santa rosa macbooks you can run 4gb and on the old ones you can run 3.3GB
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a MacGuide from MacRumors (Understanding Intel Mac RAM) says "3.3 GB" http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM but the official Apple specs for my iMac (2.16 GHz 20" late-2006 "white") says it "supports up to 3GB" http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMac_Late_2006.html so which is correct? (or did Apple just "round off" since 3.3, to the nearest whole number, is 3) I assume the 3.3 is correct, but why would Apple be sloppy and under-rate their own computer?
 
craigr577 said:
why would Apple be sloppy and under-rate their own computer?
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Uh, I just discovered that Apple REALLY under-rated my old G3 Powerbook "Firewire Pismo" which (according to an Apple Forum and MacTracker) can run two 512's for a max of 1024 MB, even though Apple claims it's limited to two 256's and 512 max. Wow. I assume Apple knows their official specs are wrong, so why don't they update the specs to give users accurate information?
 
maybe if your machine can last you another year with twice the amount of max ram, they won't get to sell you another machine sooner. :D

just kidding. but it's sure strange that apple does that, since higher specs would mean one way of competing.
 
Just got my 4G ram in and ran a test thing flys......... I am in awe of the speed :)
Transcend also has a lifetime warranty......dang....loving it :)
 
Received today, and installed! It flies O.O I doubled my RAM and it's amazing. A must if the deal is still going on!
 
mine has been shipped...just DHL is having issues. They spelled my address wrong..and now they delivered it to the wrong location claiming that it was sent to my address.
 
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