Cat-5 cables near 200 Paul, SF

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Hi,

Hate to be "that guy" but really need help. Anyone know a place near 200
Paul in SF with a major quantity of cat-5 cables? Like 30 8ft blue, 20 8ft
grey, 30 5ft blue. Need them today due to ex-employee's poor inventory
keeping.

Thanks, Tuc

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We talked about this the other day. I think the consensus was.. In San
Fran, you're best off to head over to Fry's. I'm foggy, but I believe the
word was Fry's in lieu of Microcenter etc. I think we also heard some
people reply back with Graybar.

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gray bar on cesar chavez about 5-10 min from 200 paul. Not sure if you
need to have an account or if you can just walk into the counter.

Carlos Alcantar
Race Communications / Race Team Member
1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010
Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / carlos@race.com / http://www.race.com

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I could suggest a few places. Might want to call ahead to make sure
they'll have what you need:
- Central Computer. Has locations in San Francisco and San Mateo. SF
maybe closer, but will take longer with traffic and parking.
-- http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce/misc/sanfrancisco.jsp
-- http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce/misc/sanmateo.jsp
- Frys. Much further. Closest shop would be Palo Alto
-- http://www.frys.com/template/isp/index/Frys/isp/Middle_Topics/H1%20Store%20Maps/palo%20alto/
- Jameco. Has some limited Ethernet cable selection. Has a will-call
pick up at their warehouse in Belmont.
-- http://www.jameco.com/

Cheers,
jof

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Central computer. It's next to Moscone west. It's great. No need to go to
the south bay.

-j

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We walked up the counter all the time, however that was in Alaska so the
rules may be different down here.

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The nearest Frys to SF is about 30 miles away in Palo Alto.

  Scott

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MicroCenter Santa Clara / Silicon Valley is no more, due to the rent
extortion in the Bay Area.

If you care for my rant on the subject:
    http://tu.cnst.su/post/39584711234/why-microcenter-silicon-valley-is-no-more

C.

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Tuc wrote:

Hate to be "that guy" but really need help. Anyone know a place near 200
Paul in SF with a major quantity of cat-5 cables? Like 30 8ft blue, 20 8ft
grey, 30 5ft blue. Need them today due to ex-employee's poor inventory
keeping.

Central Computer (http://www.centralcomputers.com/) is much closer than Fry's.

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You can walk up with a credit card, terms just make it easier
to place orders in advance for pickup.

  Anyway, as noted, from 200P, Graybar is your closest and best
bet, Central Computer doesn't always have the quantities that people
on this list sometimes require.

  --msa

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+1 Central computer on Howard.

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+1 ; go Graybar.

13

Needs to be a Corporate CC though.

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Graybar? My local counter here has taken my personal card, but you still have to have an account with them.

~Seth

15

Depending on how soon your need is, check out http://www.sfcable.com/

They pretty much deliver overnight in the Bay Area.

Cheers,
Ryan

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Nahh, they take my personal card in Phoenix and SF all the time.

  --msa

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I don't think they will care how you pay. It's just the question if you
do or don't need an account.

Carlos Alcantar
Race Communications / Race Team Member
1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010
Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / carlos@race.com / http://www.race.com

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Hi,

Thanks to everyone. I didn't pay enough attention the last time this was
discussed, sorry about that. I have my cables, though I need to start
working on my sob story when I put in my expense report for 30 cables that
should have been 1.44 each, not 6.95.

Thanks again,
Tuc

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an account is not required at least at the locations in Seattle, but an account gets you access to the best prices if you buy in quantity.

John - AS11404

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So the difference is $165, probably not even 3 or 4 hours of your time.
Probably the time spent writing the expense report and sob story is the
biggest waste of money.

  -Geert