Hi, Ebuyer have told me that the package was dispatched with the items in (based on weight, which I presume they kept a record of the original parcel weight). When the box was received it had obviously been open and taped up again. B*****d thieving couriers who didn't even steal the most...

Anyone know who has this in stock for no less than or no more than Dabs ? £292.57 inc VAT (£249.00 ex VAT) Thanks

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 ...

See the thread at DABS.COM to Room 101 What is happening has been seem before when organisations are in financial trouble. Heads up Everyone - You have been warned!

Hi, ordered some kit off Aria on 9th October, including a system. They have taken the money from my credit card (on the 9th) but I cannot seem to get in touch to find out when I may get my goods. Emails are un-answered and each time I call I either get a recorded message saying "The other party...

Hi. On Friday 22 October, I ordered almost all parts needed to build a new PC for a friend. Asus P4C800E Deluxe 200GB WD Caviar 100/7200 8MB 40GB Seagate Barracuda 7 ATi Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR AGP Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS PlatinumPro Creative Inspire 6700 6.1 Speakers Microsoft Wireless Desktop...

This company has taken my payment of $36.28 (£26.11) last week from my bank account first time last week which I have such no records, invoices or emails from that company. Anyone know what does that company do? Anyone have similar? I am going to visit my bank tomorrow.

Went to Office World today on other matters. There I browsed their book shelves a for a little while. Came across this: "Computing for the older generation" and "Especially written for the over 50's" . In fact Babani Publishing as a whole series of books for the so called 'older generation '. How...

Dell uses PROPRIETARY motherboards. They are NOT standard. -- DaveW "Lem" wrote in message ... Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards?

I sent a faulty CDRW back to dabs about 3 months ago and have heard nothing since. Emails are ignored. Are they basically just rip-off merchants? The two occasions where I have sent stuff back to Ebuyer I have been refunded within a few days.

Hello folks, I recently bought a mobo, agp graphics card, hard drive and other bits to make my son a PC for his birthday. When I got the parts and assembled them I got the beep codes for a video adaptor error. I removed cleaned and refitted the card,same result. I swapped the card with my own pci...

Has anyone seen the new dabs.com web site? It's pretty but the functionality is terrible! How am I to know that modems are under 'hardware' not 'components'?! Where is the complete list of product categories on one page? Do they know that the description/features/specification info can't...

Hi all, I've just received a unsolicited email from CCL Computers Ltd, with the subject "Great products from CCL" and the start of the message "It's that time of the week again and we've highlighted some great products that are just too good to miss." Very strange, this is the first such email...

"Lem" wrote in message ... I want to buy a Samsung hard drive but it is hard to find one. Dabs have only got one model. Komplett advertise many model but have none in stock. Who has Samsung drives? have a look...

Hello all, im after some 'impartial' thoughts on a dispute im having with Scan. I was looking for a new monitor, i saw the Flatron F700P on Scans website. I was attracted by the description, in particular : - LG FLATRON delivers perfect distortion free images. - LG FLATRON's all 3 screen...

I know, I know, I guess someone must have slipped crack in my cornflakes , but I placed an order with ebuyer. Items in stock, delivered on or before Friday sounded fine, with most other companies it would have come Tuesday/Wednesday. Only one problem they have been stuck at "awaiting dispatch"...

Hi, I just came across a few CDs that came with my old PC - namely Windows 95, Office 95 and Office 97. They are all OEM cds, i.e. it states on them that they are "For Distribution Only with a New PC", and are all unsealed (were installed on the original machine). They each include the original...

This is hopefully a good place to ask this, its been on my mind for a while. Say I wanted to set up as a pc builder and/or a parts supplier, then how would I get good prices to be able to compete? I assume Id get some kinda trade account, but from who? And what kind of discount are we talking? I...

I'm thinking of getting the system that wins an award in this months PCPRO. Anyone got anything to say about this company? I know they are a formation of companies that went under in the past.

I've never had one before. I would prefer to buy over the Net and I live in the UK. Which is the best dvd writer for the best price and where on the Net should I buy it?