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spodosaurus wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD have 
> it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy locally 
> (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth businesses first). 
> I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm not going to pay an 
> extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. I've dropped Trinix an 
> email to confirm their price. Does anyone know of a Perth retailer that 
> sells this MP3 player at a comparable price to Umart (~$165)?
> 

G'day Ari

Check out Strathfield 
http://strathfield.com.au/ViewProduct.asp?ProdID=1437 for $168

-- 
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

Oldus Fartus wrote:
> spodosaurus wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD have 
>> it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy locally 
>> (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth businesses 
>> first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm not going 
>> to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. I've dropped 
>> Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does anyone know of a Perth 
>> retailer that sells this MP3 player at a comparable price to Umart 
>> (~$165)?
>>
> 
> G'day Ari
> 
> Check out Strathfield 
> http://strathfield.com.au/ViewProduct.asp?ProdID=1437 for $168
> 

Thanks Oldus. I might give one or two of the WA shops a ring and see if 
they have stock (otherwise it's an online order, and I might just as 
well order from Umart...right?). I do seem to recall some people on one 
of the newsgroups (aus.dvd maybe?) having problems with Strathfield and 
warranty, though. I'll have to try and google it.

Cheers,

Ari

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neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in 
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone 
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow 
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
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spodosaurus wrote:
> Oldus Fartus wrote:
> 
>> spodosaurus wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD 
>>> have it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy 
>>> locally (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth 
>>> businesses first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm 
>>> not going to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. 
>>> I've dropped Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does anyone know 
>>> of a Perth retailer that sells this MP3 player at a comparable price 
>>> to Umart (~$165)?
>>>
>>
>> G'day Ari
>>
>> Check out Strathfield 
>> http://strathfield.com.au/ViewProduct.asp?ProdID=1437 for $168
>>
> 
> Thanks Oldus. I might give one or two of the WA shops a ring and see if 
> they have stock (otherwise it's an online order, and I might just as 
> well order from Umart...right?). I do seem to recall some people on one 
> of the newsgroups (aus.dvd maybe?) having problems with Strathfield and 
> warranty, though. I'll have to try and google it.
> 

No worries.

I had a quick Google re Strathfield, and apart from a couple of quite 
old threads there did not seem to be anything major - but it was only a 
quick look.

I have only dealt with them a couple of times, the most recent when I 
bought a Liteon LVW5005.   I normally deal with Trinix, and had ordered 
one from them which had to be ordered in. The weekend before it arrived 
I noticed that Strathfield were advertising it at around $75 or so under 
my trade price from Trinix, so contacted my guy there to see what he 
could do.   He rang his supplier and was told that Strathfield are 
buying hundreds or even thousands of items at a time, and so get much 
keener pricing.   To cut a long story short, the Trinix guy ended up 
telling me I should buy it from Strathfield, and he would return the one 
they got in for me, telling them exactly why.

I just noticed too that Dick Smith have the Creative @ $169 as well, so 
that gives you a few more places to check.

-- 
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message 
news:4285e0f1@quokka.wn.com.au...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD have 
> it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy locally 
> (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth businesses 
> first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm not going 
> to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. I've dropped 
> Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does anyone know of a Perth 
> retailer that sells this MP3 player at a comparable price to Umart 
> (~$165)?
>

Using http://www.ausprices.com.au you can get it for $169 at WaData 
(malaga):

http://www.wadata.com.au/shopping/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=36&products_id=107&zenid=3f189494d5f20313962b77b079f5c484


Liam. 

Liam wrote:
> "spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message 
> news:4285e0f1@quokka.wn.com.au...
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD have 
>>it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy locally 
>>(nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth businesses 
>>first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm not going 
>>to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. I've dropped 
>>Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does anyone know of a Perth 
>>retailer that sells this MP3 player at a comparable price to Umart 
>>(~$165)?
>>
> 
> 
> Using http://www.ausprices.com.au you can get it for $169 at WaData 
> (malaga):
> 
> http://www.wadata.com.au/shopping/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=36&products_id=107&zenid=3f189494d5f20313962b77b079f5c484
> 
> 
> Liam. 
> 
> 

Thanks Liam. I still haven't gotten wadata to show up in any of my 
creative muvo searches on ausprices. What search words did you use?

Ari

-- 
spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my 
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in 
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone 
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow 
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

Oldus Fartus wrote:
> spodosaurus wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD have 
>> it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy locally 
>> (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth businesses 
>> first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm not going 
>> to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. I've dropped 
>> Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does anyone know of a Perth 
>> retailer that sells this MP3 player at a comparable price to Umart 
>> (~$165)?
>>
> 
> G'day Ari
> 
> Check out Strathfield 
> http://strathfield.com.au/ViewProduct.asp?ProdID=1437 for $168
> 

I clicked on the store availability link: none in WA :-( :-(

-- 
spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my 
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in 
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone 
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow 
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

Oldus Fartus wrote:
> spodosaurus wrote:
> 
>> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>>
>>> spodosaurus wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD 
>>>> have it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy 
>>>> locally (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth 
>>>> businesses first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at 
>>>> $237...I'm not going to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item 
>>>> locally. I've dropped Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does 
>>>> anyone know of a Perth retailer that sells this MP3 player at a 
>>>> comparable price to Umart (~$165)?
>>>>
>>>
>>> G'day Ari
>>>
>>> Check out Strathfield 
>>> http://strathfield.com.au/ViewProduct.asp?ProdID=1437 for $168
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Oldus. I might give one or two of the WA shops a ring and see 
>> if they have stock (otherwise it's an online order, and I might just 
>> as well order from Umart...right?). I do seem to recall some people on 
>> one of the newsgroups (aus.dvd maybe?) having problems with 
>> Strathfield and warranty, though. I'll have to try and google it.
>>
> 
> No worries.
> 
> I had a quick Google re Strathfield, and apart from a couple of quite 
> old threads there did not seem to be anything major - but it was only a 
> quick look.
> 
> I have only dealt with them a couple of times, the most recent when I 
> bought a Liteon LVW5005.   I normally deal with Trinix, and had ordered 
> one from them which had to be ordered in. The weekend before it arrived 
> I noticed that Strathfield were advertising it at around $75 or so under 
> my trade price from Trinix, so contacted my guy there to see what he 
> could do.   He rang his supplier and was told that Strathfield are 
> buying hundreds or even thousands of items at a time, and so get much 
> keener pricing.   To cut a long story short, the Trinix guy ended up 
> telling me I should buy it from Strathfield, and he would return the one 
> they got in for me, telling them exactly why.
> 
> I just noticed too that Dick Smith have the Creative @ $169 as well, so 
> that gives you a few more places to check.
> 

The dick smith ones are grey imports from Singapore.

Ari

-- 
spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my 
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in 
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone 
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow 
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

spodosaurus wrote:
> Oldus Fartus wrote:


>>
>> I just noticed too that Dick Smith have the Creative @ $169 as well, 
>> so that gives you a few more places to check.
>>
> 
> The dick smith ones are grey imports from Singapore.
> 
> Ari
> 

Ah.   How about the Strathfield or Umax ones?

-- 
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

spodosaurus wrote:
> Oldus Fartus wrote:
> 
>> spodosaurus wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD 
>>> have it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy 
>>> locally (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth 
>>> businesses first). I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm 
>>> not going to pay an extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. 
>>> I've dropped Trinix an email to confirm their price. Does anyone know 
>>> of a Perth retailer that sells this MP3 player at a comparable price 
>>> to Umart (~$165)?
>>>
>>
>> G'day Ari
>>
>> Check out Strathfield 
>> http://strathfield.com.au/ViewProduct.asp?ProdID=1437 for $168
>>
> 
> I clicked on the store availability link: none in WA :-( :-(
> 

Sorry about that Ari.

-- 
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

Oldus Fartus wrote:
> spodosaurus wrote:
> 
>> Oldus Fartus wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>>
>>> I just noticed too that Dick Smith have the Creative @ $169 as well, 
>>> so that gives you a few more places to check.
>>>
>>
>> The dick smith ones are grey imports from Singapore.
>>
>> Ari
>>
> 
> Ah.   How about the Strathfield or Umax ones?
> 

Haven't checked there. I ended up getting the one from DSE before I 
realised that this Aussie chain was importing from Singapore! I guess 
I'll be okay, as DSE is big enough that if there is a warranty issue, 
they should be able to handle it for me (as the manager assured me when 
I went back to query WTF was going on and contemplating a return). I get 
the feeling that only Trinix is using Creative Australia, based on their 
pricing. I wish I'd realised beforehand. Aside from that, I'm glad I 
finally got one of these (it was supposed to be for my birthday LAST 
year, but I didn't want my wife to spend the money on the extreme 
overpriced products back then) and it's really a great unit.

Ari


-- 
spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my 
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in 
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone 
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow 
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message 
news:4288543a$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
>
> Thanks Liam. I still haven't gotten wadata to show up in any of my 
> creative muvo searches on ausprices. What search words did you use?
>
> Ari
>


Ari,

I left the 'state' box empty, and used the following terms:

muvo tx fm 512

Then I got to this page:

http://www.ausprices.com.au/cgi/Search?state=&q=muvo+tx+fm+512&cid=0


hth,


Liam. 

spodosaurus wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for a Creative Muvo TX FM (512mb) in Perth. Umart QLD have 
> it for $155 (plus about $10 shipping?) but I'd prefer to buy locally 
> (nothing against Umart, I just want to support Perth businesses first). 
> I see that Trinix has it listed, but at $237...I'm not going to pay an 
> extra $72 to buy the exact same item locally. I've dropped Trinix an 
> email to confirm their price. Does anyone know of a Perth retailer that 
> sells this MP3 player at a comparable price to Umart (~$165)?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ari
> 

Trinix got back to me not long after I bought the MP3 player. Their 
price is now $169, too. I asked if it was okay to let people know about 
this on the newsgroups and they said it was, so, here yah go!

Ari

-- 
spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my 
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in 
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone 
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow 
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/