Taiwan 3C

Taiwan has several computer and electronic retailers that sell a wide range of computers, communications, and consumer electronic products, thereby the term 3C.

A lot of products from homegrown Taiwan brands like Acer, Asus, and Dlink are not sold outside Taiwan, or they might be cheaper in Taiwan. These websites will provide a good comparison shopping exercise.

This is a list of the online storefronts from a few of these retailers.

• 名人3C量贩 (Ming Ren); Website: http://www.mren.com.tw/
  
• 灿坤 (Can Kun); Website: http://www.tkec.com.tw/
  
• 全国电子 (National); Website: http://www.elifemall.com.tw/
  

This list is not comprehensive, but is a good start. There are some pretty good bargains to be had, especially if you pay cash in full or take advantage of some of the online special deals.

For example, I bought my Acer Aspire Revo R3600 (Linux edition) from Ming Ren in Hsinchu at a rather good price. At the time of writing, this product is not sold in Singapore. I had to say that their service was good, personal, and friendly. They even offer free delivery to my Hsinchu science park location.

Update 2010-04-14 - adding some more to the list:

• 顺发 3C - http://www.sunfar.com.tw/
• ePrice 比价王 - http://www.eprice.com.tw/
• 欣亚数位3C - http://www.sinya.com.tw/

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