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[Robert Heller]

This is not too unusual.  Some manufacturers just don't want to deal with the 
"hassles" of dealing with retail customers.

At Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:25:22 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi.
> 
> Sort of off topic... but curious if anyone has experienced this.
> 
> Looking to add components -- mem/drives to the laptop. Got to the
> crucial.com site, find the items, looks good!
> 
> Go to select the buy btn, and wth!! It displays 3rd party sites that
> sell the items. The cust supt rep says .. umm, yeah, crucial doesn't
> sell to customers!
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this? With other manufacturers as well??
> 
> The price from the 3rd party vendors is considerably higher than the
> listed prices....
> 
> I could have sworn that I was able to get items from the vendor site,
> but it's been awhile.
> 
> thanks for replies
> 

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