Re: [Thinkpad] Reasonable memory

Wonder if the ram had been repackaged....

Did the sticks have IBM part numbers?

Just curious.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>
To: "Thinkpad Mailing List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Reasonable memory

> > I can only kind of recommend that when it comes to memory, it pays to
> buy a
> > reputable brand and not have the hassles of cheap memory.
>
> Recently I bought some genuine IBM memory for my X30. When I opened the
> (sealed) IBM box and looked at the chip, I saw that it was manufactured
> by Hynix, a relatively young Korean company currently involved in some
> 'dumping' disputes. I'd earlier passed up some inexpensive chips on
> eBay because they were made by Hynix, and I'd wanted to avoid an
> off-brand!
>
> I got a very good price for the chip, $25 including shipping to Hawaii
> for 256megs, so I really shouldn't complain about the seller, but we had
> a few strange emails about shipping. The ad had listed a $10 shipping
> cost to "the 50 United States", but he insisted repeatedly in email that
> this did not include Hawaii, only the "50 continental United States".
> Uh huh. In the event, he shipped insured priority mail for under $5,
> and perhaps he bought an atlas with the remainder.
>
> - David R.
>
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