Apparantly their credit card system is down and they have absolutely no idea when they are going to dispatch orders... I'm unable to get through to a customer support rep (presumably because of volume of calls regarding said fault). Anyone here had any news? Thanks, Mike

They have had my failed external drive back for 5 weeks now and just keep saying that it will be replaced, but when is the question. Has anybody here had a successful return experience with Watford Electronics? Stryker

Hi, Does anyone know if Microdirect have a sales counter or is it mail order only. Cheers Simon --

Evenin' all Bit confused on this. I have a Blueyonder cable broadband connection which comes into a Motorola Surfboard cable modem which connects to my PC via USB. I want a wireless connection to my xbox which is in another room plus future capability to use a laptop or another PC on the network...

Does anyone have an I/O shield for the P4P800SE, or know where to source one? Thanks PL

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..

"Stu Cooper" wrote in message ... I see that Maplins are doing an offer for twelve 1800 mAh NiMH AA cells for about £10. Is this the bargain it seems or is there a catch which someone here might know about? ...

Usually when I format a hard drive and partition it, all the logical partitions are in sequence, i.e C, D, E, F before the CD drives etc kick in on the end. However, with a new PC I have built, they kick in after C drive with my remaining logical drives starting F (I have two drives). The only...

Do you use a payment company called, "Check Computer Services"? Tel: 01706 651555? The "thing" is, you have overcharged me by £15.73, and I don't have a VAT invoice yet... The purpose of this newsgroup message is that it might be of use to others to know of your real trading as accounting...

Hi all I am planning to open a computer shop in a tourist village in Cornwall. Our main line of business will be sales repairs and upgrades of PC's and sales of consumables. We would also like to do "call outs" and offer internet access and tuition in the shop. But we have a problem......

Just spotted a Sharp 15" TFT at Digi-uk (www.digiuk.com) for £85 +VAT!! From the spec it seems like it is a digital and analogue inputs, ie 2 inputs!!plus speakers!! seems too cheap to be true and its in black. Has anyone bought one or know anything about digi-uk? I might be tempted to ring them...

The cheapo mechanical wireless mouse that came with my Medion (Aldi) PC is rubbish, and the time has now come to have it replaced. My last PC (Gateway, bought around 5 years ago) came with a mechanical wired Microsoft mouse, which hasn't given me Any trouble ever - if fact it is still working...

never had to RMA before with SCAN Filled in an online form and got a OLQ reference and a note someone would contact me. Is this standard? All I want to do is wrap up the graphics card and send it back. Do I wait on an email or phone call before doing so? ta, g.

Hi the 50p ebuyer specials are making a bit of noise, can anybody recommend any quieter ones at a resonable cost of a quid or two each Hugh

Apologies if anyone considers this OT Many people make payments on-line for things including computer components ..Sometimes you get a "till" reeipt for the card payment sent with the item ordered ( showing card holder not present) and sometimes you don't....I was thinking of this today when I...

A word of warning to anyone spending the £8 Overclockers.co.uk ask for when using next day delivery is that it actually means 2 - 3 days. I followed the order online which was placed on a Sunday night. Understanding that 'next day delivery' only applies from mon - fri, i expected the order to be...

These people target the Elderly and Infirm with offers of over-priced bathrooms, and then seem only to give them bad advice and poor service. Here is an example of their behaviour: http://home.btconnect.com/tg/dolphin.htm Does anyone else have similar experience with these people?

What are they like, i'm looking at getting atft and they are the cheapest.

I'm thinking of buying a particular Vaio notebook (VGN-T2XP), but I want to find out more about it first. Where can I find a tech spec, configuration guide, user's manual etc? I've tried the Sony web site, but that's utterly useless. -- Ian

I recently changed the motherboard and it overhangs the fixing base. Now I can`t fit a caddy or DVD drive into some of 5.25 spaces. Any suggestions for a larger case? Don`t really need a PSU BTW just a larger case to fit all my stuff! Bye for now.