Price Check U120E Mounting kit
by Administrator on Feb.02, 2009, under Editorial, PC Hardware
This is a new series I will periodically do where I pick an item and do a pricing snapshot. The first item is the Thermalright LGA1366 bolt thru kit for the Ultra series. IMO this has been an item many shops have gouged people on. That of course often happens with new items on the market and a reseller is the first to have a new item in short supply (now abundant). Of course it does not do a lot in furthering customer relations. This product is somewhat unique in that it allows the reuse of a previous generation heatsink at minimal cost which a lot of shops probably don’t like because the mainstay of a cooling shop is usually the burst of sales from coolers for a new CPU platform. It is what it is though; some will reuse and some will buy a new cooler.
Just to be clear the reseller price on this item has not changed since day one. I base my pricing on the cost of the item and a fair markup (not 200-400%). Below is today’s snapshot for pricing on this item. I won’t point anyone out but some sites have just recently dropped from a pricing level of $15-16. This is a listing of shops readily found in Yahoo search selling in the US. You will note some well known sites conspicuously missing but either they don’t carry the item or don’t carry Thermalright at all.
| CrazyPC | 10.99 |
| Jab-Tech | 9.95 |
| CoolerGuys | 11.00 |
| Sidewinder | 9.95 |
| PCToys | 14.95 |
| FrozenCPU | 9.99 |
| AcousticPC | 10.00 |
| Central Computers | 12.95 |
| QuietPC | 9.95 |
| Anartik | 8.95 |
| Performance-pcs | 12.95 |
| Memory Express | 12.99 |
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