Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Kind of off topic read if you have time....

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Kind of off topic read if you have time....

DVA5255
First Officer, A330-300

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Posted onPost created on February 29 2012 21:05 ET by Louis Vanbelkum

I have been reading alot of these computer support post in this topic, and I often reply with my advice. I have a question would you guys look into buying already built computers from a unknown source via lets say ebay?

Sorry for being a little off topic, and I am not here to sell anything I just thought I would like to ask you guys what you think.

Also what are your guys thoughts on me writing up some stuff for simple cpu/gpu fsx related stuff, and opening a thread about it? Like this is suggested here is some example ect. OR am I just crazy, and I should continue to crash my fsx aircraft and try to help other people with computer support topics :P.

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Posted onPost created on February 29 2012 23:29 ET by Michael Brown

Louis Vanbelkum wrote:

I have a question would you guys look into buying already built computers from a unknown source via lets say ebay?

No ...even if the seller had a great reputation and tons of positive feedback shipping already built computers is a bad idea IMO. There is no guarantee the shipping company will be gentle with your box.

Louis Vanbelkum wrote:

Also what are your guys thoughts on me writing up some stuff for simple cpu/gpu fsx related stuff, and opening a thread about it?

There seems to be a new thread every week on what the best hardware is for FSX ...just do a cooler search, you'll find a dozen or more topics with good info.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

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Posted onPost created on March 01 2012 16:26 ET by Alan Barber

Louis - Are you planning on starting up a small business doing PC builds ? If so I have a few points for you to consider. smile

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on March 01 2012 16:32 ET by Alan Barber

As Michael says there are a lot of Cooler posts with good info, also some links in the web resources, there would be a good chance that anything you posted would drop of the page quite quickly, so you could end up feeling like you had wasted your time. For now I would suggest responding to individual questions, recommending a cooler search or linking to a post where the question has already been answered.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA5255
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on November 17 2007

Western United States

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Posted onPost created on March 01 2012 20:07 ET by Louis Vanbelkum

I am thinking of it yes Alan, talking to a few friends. One is going to help me research a little see how computers sell via creigs list and ebay. Once we figure it out if its not to hard to sell for a $75-100 profit I will pry ask for a loan from my dad.

Posted onPost created on March 02 2012 14:42 ET by Alan Barber

Okay - the few things you will need to think about are:

Support and warranty you can offer - if you are selling as new, you would have difficulty selling as used as the parts you have bought you will have paid full price for.
Sourcing of components - your buying power is going to be limited, if you end up getting stuff from TigerDirect or whoever you will be paying the same price as the guy next door, to get price breaks on multiple purchases you would have to buy a few of everything which means you will have money invested with no guarantee of selling the parts.

I speak from experience - a friend of mine tried to do something similar and ended up in the hole for £2000. You might want to start off offering some sort of PC repair/Upgrade service and then slowly start assembling systems to order once you have a bit of cash behind you, and then perhaps put together a few off the shelf systems. Bear in mind the sort of companies you will be up against if you go for your option.

I do a pc repair/upgrade service as a sideline to my main job, all of my 'customers' I have got through word of mouth, I'm not making enough to retire on but its a nice supplement to my salary.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

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