Hi, I have been experiencing terrible customer service from Aria. For the past 3 months I have sent 6 emails to them which have been unanswered, and also tried 'phoning them on several occasions but been unable to get through to anybody. The problem was with a dead motherboard that was returned...

Not mine, I hasten to add... Company A has purchased 12 'X' brand PCs each with 1 yr on site warranty from Company B. Company A has installed the PCs for a customer. Fast forward 2 months... Company B (PC assembler) has gone bust.

Hi All, (U.C.V - I know this is a bit OT, but you all know your stuff and thought might be able to help) - anyone know of any good repair people? Looking for a firm to do the following: 1) Laptop repair - now the excellent IT dealers have gone. Any similarly decent people doing non-warranty work...

In message , Lem writes If so then how is it online traders (such as Amazon UK) give the impression that it is the customer's responsibility to pay return postage for unwanted goods? Cos nothing in law says they pay - you pay which seems...

On 15 Apr 2006, wrote: ISTR that Xmas and Easter were the two days when large shops had to close. Is this true? However Tesco says it will open between 6 am and midnight on Easter. Is this a typo? Must be? http://tinyurl.com/f9zb7 M&S is normally open...

Does anyone know of a supplier of the above CPU's? I can only find one (Simply) any more? Martyn

In article , "Jane D" says... snip No you haven't.

In uk.d-i-y Meg A Hurtz wrote: I want to know when someone is approaching my front door. I want a sort of doorbell system which is triggered by a PIR rather than by a user pressing on push-switch. Of course I don't want the bell/buzzer to sound for minutes each ...

Who actually brought one? What do you think of it? I didn't and now I'm (again) getting sick of looking at a 15" TFT at home and an 18" TFT at work because the one at home suddenly seems a lot smaller than it did before I got my new work PC :-) I see that savastore.com and pcnextday (never heard...

I want to use a PCI controller card to let my old PC take a SATA hard drive. Most of the controller/adapter cards I have seen cost over £20. Surely I can get one cheaper without stooping to "no-service" sellers like eBay or the dodgy mail order outfits? Has anyone seen a cheap SATA PCI-adapter...

Have lost one of the four rubber "feet" on which this notebook sits. Have you ever tried to type on a wobbly notebook :-(( Anyone know where I could get one? Have tried Samsung's UK distributors. My enquiry must have had them running around in delirium as they were then too exhausted to reply -...

Does anyone know how reliable this firm is? www.ginger6.co.uk

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Could anyone point me to a supplier of refurbished handheld barcode scanners please. I saw one mentioned on here a while ago that were selling for around 35 quid and offered a months warranty too. Any ideas who it was? Please email your reply as newsgroups are not checked very often. TIA Kev

Okay, skipping the Maplin cases... however they have a Lian-Li case for £50 at the moment that I was planning ordering. Anyone have any experience with their aftersales? -- - Martin Francis "Two hundred channels, and nothing but cats" - Jasper

I need to use my PC to use Skype to chat to someone across the pond, PC to PC. I understand there are two ways I could go to set up the communications hardwa 1. Buy a standard headset. 2. Buy a Blue Tooth adapter which will enable me to connect my Blue Tooth headset to my PC. Questions.....

ordered a laptop from ebuyer on the 11th and chose the standard service for delivery. just checking the order status online this morning and it is showing up delivery date as Deliver By: Thu 1st Jan 1970 (Standard Service*) :) i wasn't even born in 1970. did ibm form as a company in 1970? hmm..

Anyone seen any retailers reacting to Intel's announcement last Sunday of the P4 price drop?? Or any idea how long it usually takes for price drops to filter down??? Need a P4 for a system build, but trying to decide whether to wait a bit. Any advice appreciated.

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In , Zapp Brannigan ) said: Anyone know what the cheapest Radeon retail box with a Halflife 2 voucher is? Thanks. IIRC the only two that did it were the 9800XT and the 9600XT, coming in at about £380 and £160 respectively.