PC International, WHERE?

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Can somebody please tell me where PC International is located?

Their website description is as follows:

PC International House
200 Hendrik Verwoed Drive - (now renamed to Braam Fischer)
Randburg.

I don't go to Johannesburg that often and honestly I have no idea in which area they are located, all the online maps ask me about the area (like 20 to choose from, all in randburg it seems).

Can someone please help me out, since they lack the common sense to put the area on their webpage :confused:

By area I mean: Linden, Robindale, Ferndale, etc.

It's a bit hard to plot a course if you have no idea WHERE you actually need to go :rolleyes:
 
Alright, thanks man, helps a lot didn't much feel like cruising down HF Verwoerd until I eventually found them. Now I can use Braby's directions.
 
From N1, take William Nichol offramp and head towards Joburg. Turn right into Main Road at Grosvenor Crossing (the sign says Randburg). It's on your left shortly after Sandton Clinic.
 
general_koffi said:
From N1, take William Nichol offramp and head towards Joburg. Turn right into Main Road at Grosvenor Crossing (the sign says Randburg). It's on your left shortly after Sandton Clinic.
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Yeah I worked out that exact route, thanks :p

Just not looking forward to driving there tomorrow, read on the forum about Metro and SAPS shooting at each other, wondering if it's in on the N1, really wouldn't want to sit in that :(
 
Is the location still the same?

Its totally different from what the website says :/
 
Gnome said:
Alright, thanks man, helps a lot didn't much feel like cruising down HF Verwoerd until I eventually found them. Now I can use Braby's directions.
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yeah, I live in northcliff, so what I did was go to where braam fischer starts, then just drove all the way down the fusking road, and I almost missed the place (thank god I saw it, because I would have ended up god knows where). lol :)
 
I was confused by this too!! The website says "Braam Fischer" and not "Bram Fischer".
 
general_koffi said:
WTF?

Anyway, isn't there a cheap place in Pretoria?
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I wouldn't go there (PCInt) again. I went there thinking I was getting a good price for a Samsung LCD screen, until I was slapped with a "fee" for paying by credit card which jacked the price up to almost the same as what Incredible Connection was charging at that time...they won't see me again.
 
2.5%?

So it cost an extra 60 bucks or something? You went all the way there to save 60 or 70 bucks?
 
killadoob said:
2.5%?

So it cost an extra 60 bucks or something? You went all the way there to save 60 or 70 bucks?
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point is...they are not THAT much cheaper when you add the unexpected (and illegal according to the bank) 2.5% fee and not worth struggling through the traffic to get to them.
 
scotty777 said:
yeah, I live in northcliff, so what I did was go to where braam fischer starts, then just drove all the way down the fusking road, and I almost missed the place (thank god I saw it, because I would have ended up god knows where). lol :)
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Er... Bryanston? It's not that savage, I promise you.
 
I find PC International to be at least 10% cheaper than IC, sometimes 25%, or even more.

But yes, they charge a fee if you pay by CC - I always pay them by cheque.

IMO IC are a hopeless operation, I don't know why they don't model themselves on one of the North American chains, such as Futureshop.

But I also import computer stuff from the USA - but only when it makes financial sense. At the beginning of last year I got a P6T, i7, and fast DDR3 RAM from the USA, at the time most shops didn't stock it here and the ones that did were too expensive. PC International didn't keep i7 CPU's or motherboards at the time.
 
killadoob said:
Is it illegal?
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No, it's not illegal, the banks just don't like it when retailers do that. You sometimes hear people calling this practice illegal, but they are confusing this with undesireable (according to the banks, who want ALL your cash).
 
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