Strong Eagle wrote:
I bought an HP Pavilion lap top for less money at HN then I could buy at most of the smaller shops in Funan. Challenger very competitive on accessories like mice, speakers, etc. I think Challenger PC's cost too much, phones and cameras competitive.
It is always some kind of running average. Challenger has sometimes very nice offers - i.e. I bought there 5 years ago or so dlink IP cameras for $S49 each. Prices for accessories I found average - some cheap, some expensive. For basic components like hard drives etc - extremely expensive; routers, other network components - expensive; storage consumables (blank DVDs etc) - expensive; printer consumable (toners, inks etc) - cheap to average; web cameras, printers - cheap to average. I've never bough a desktop PC as a single entity so no idea here.
Clear advantage for Challenger - this is one stop shop and if somebody is not that much into this kind of stuff it is much more convenient. I've been buying in SLS for years and know the places and prices but again, if somebody does it once every 1-2y the time he/she may need to find the right outlets is probably not worth the price difference.