Hurricane Sandy Recovery/Spook Central Status Update
Sorry to hear it’s still been a bit rough. 2013 hasn’t been fun and games for me either. The bundle from NewEgg/Tiger Direct seems like the only route left for you to try. Is that person that made you your old custom computer before Sandy available to help or is he still booked?
I could *probably* get Lance to help me next month – he helped put together the last computer in July 2007, so July should be an unbusy time for him – but I’m thinking of only using his as an absolute last resort.
This experience has taught me that it would be better if I could do this myself instead of having to rely on Lance. I was relying on him not just for his knowledge, but for his van. It’s a lot easier to transport a large computer case box, a large monitor box, large scanner and printer boxes, and all of the smaller components in his van than it would be to do all take all of that on public buses. In fact, I’d say it would be near impossible to transport all of that across two public buses, WITH lots of walking and waiting in between.
Thankfully, now that I have a Staples (office supply store) nearby, I was able to get the monitor and scanner from them, and I found the printer in a nearby Walmart. That means I wouldn’t have as many *big* items to transport from Microcenter in Westbury anymore.
On top of that, if Tiger Direct and/or NewEgg can ship all of the items to my house, that solves *ALL* transportation problems! That just leaves putting it together. Honestly, it might be for the best if I try to learn how to do that for myself, even if I make a few mistakes along the way.
Good point, Paul.
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