It is a sure fact that my 2GB SD memory card (for my digital camera) would not be enough for a 5-day trip to Paris, which dubbed as an open-museum city and ranked as the most visited city in the world. Realising that, I embarked on an online research on the latest offerings for SD/SDHC card in my local market. I started my research at mudah.my and I did find several interesting offers there. But luckily, being not complacent, I fanned-out my research by “googling” for “sdhc card price”. Hence, I found one useful, a-must-share website. What I bumped with was HardwareZone.com.

I skip its introduction part to bring your attention to the most important issue; how it could help us?

Being a “geek” (opps …) during my university-years, I had assembled my own PC. It was a nice experience. I liken it to playing-with-Lego experience, literally. Do some researches on PC components. Buy PC components that suit my computing needs. Read the manual/guide-book of each component. Assemble the PC components together. Press the Start button. Wow, it is alive! Install the operating system. Install the software. And it is ready to use! One of the most important skills that I had learnt from that experience is “Tactical Procurement.” Let me explain it further.

Tactical Procurement starts by identifying vendors/suppliers. Then we survey/ask for the price list. Go back home or stop by at a café somewhere to study the available options. Our objective is to get the cheapest that meet our requirements. We execute the negotiation and buying process once the decision had been finalised.

Back to the main question; how HardwareZone.com could help us? HardwareZone.com saves us from driving and walking around PC shops in undertaking the Tactical Procurement process. And bear in mind that some of the PC shops are located elsewhere, far from us (I would not waste my petrol for it). It also allows us to download the latest PC components’ price lists. Hence, we know what the latest market price is for each PC component. And we also could know where to get the cheapest, preferably the nearest to us. In short, HardwareZone.com saves our precious time and money!

It is really helpful. Remember some of the incidents when we thought that we had bought the best offer in the market, the cheapest, only to find out that the other shop is selling much cheaper. I can think of several of such incidents. For example, I thought that the furniture shop where I bought my sofa from (I’ve been eyeing on it for two years) were offering me a bargain. Next, I found cheaper, much cheaper one (same thing!) being offered at another furniture shop. I’ve learnt my lesson with hundreds dollar tuition fee. And that is why we highlight HardwareZone.com in this IanKree.com’s issue; it supports smart consumerism.

Beside PC components price lists, HardwareZone.com also offers price lists for PC system (e.g., operating system and software), notebooks, games, electronics, mobile phones and gadgets. And that’s includes the SD/SDHC card that I’m looking for. Visit it today!

Link: http://www.hardwarezone.com

Other local links:
Singapore: http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg
Malaysia: http://www.hardwarezone.com.my
Philippines: http://ph.hardwarezone.com
Thailand: http://www.thhardwarezone.com
Australia: http://www.hardwarezone.com.au

P/S: I wish that HardwareZone.com would do better to attract more PC/IT and mobile phone shops to participate.

Disclaimer: We do not receive any financial benefit (or other forms of benefit) by promoting these website (mudah.my and HardwareZone.com). We are also not associated with them in any kind.