Looking to buy a fairly modern desktop, Dell's Dimension 8300 looks good, for around £700-£800, am I getting good value for money? Marcus

Hi, I've had a bad experience with Aria, which I thought would be worth sharing here. I ordered £400 worth of bits from them last Tuesday 6th. The order status said 'Processing' and continued to say this until the next Tuesday, when I called them, and was kept on hold for ages. They said they...

WTD: Best price for 50qty Zip 100MB PC Formatted disks? -- With regards, Gordon Walker.

I sell or I exchange cd/mp3 with full-album of rock, jazz, pop, etc..., harvests complete chill-lounge, novelty, can send list to application. La Yena

Well, Yahoo Japan put out on their online shop a new Mac desktop (worth £600) for £15. 20,000 people put in orders for 100 million units, before the error was spotted and the item removed. Yahoo blame their sales agent for the mistake and as 'no contract of sale has been established', they...

Credit where it's due, I've just received my Zen from www.myshuttle.co.uk and I'm overjoyed with it, and with the service I've received from them. They've taken the time to promptly and politely answer all my queries, even during the Easter weekend. The icing on the cake for me...

Hi I had my local trading standards speak to them on my motherborad yet to no avail. So now getting my credit card to take it up. Wishung you all the luck they seem to be able to talk thier way out of a carrier bag. grrrrrrrrrrr

New SanDisk 128Mb Compact Fash Card Surplus to requirements, still in sealed retail packaging. Ebuyer.co.uk have these at £25 exluding delivery. http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2 92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=50708 or

Longest I've been able to find is 10m, anyone know if it's a technical limitation or just that there's no demand so nobody does them? Anyone know anywhere that does or the best way to achieve this? regards, Paul -- paul at spamcop.net

Anyone bought an ATX case from Maplins? Any caveats, any recommendations? -- - Martin Francis "Two hundred channels, and nothing but cats" - Jasper

I havn't posted this here before so I thought I ought to say that I'm another person who will never order from Aria again in my life. Alun Harford

the last one I went to was probably bowlers (manchester) in 2001. which fair would you recommend in the north-west and why? -- hoowot.com - your personal billboard

Hi there, I'm looking to buy some RAM for my computer and I've recently had a few problems with 'overclockers.co.uk'. So, I'm looking for an alternative supplier. I've noticed that overclock.co.uk (i.e., without the 'ers' on the end) seem to have a pretty good site. They are also a bit closer to...

Anybody using Agent who knows the syntax for a kill file that will deal with anything @vf.shawcable.net? -- Peter Langley

Hi, Anyone got a stock of these: 1.1Ghz/1.2Ghz/1.3Ghz Durons? -- With regards, Gordon Walker.

Ordered on the 15th March Delivered on the 16th March - DOA RMA 11703 raised 16th March Sent Back recorded 17th March Tracked into them 18th March Acknowledgment of receipt 21st March Chased 5th April by phone - Nothing they can do, short staffed 7th April - Nothing Chased 14th April - Told No...

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

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986, that a meeting of Creditors of the above-named company will be held at 2 Nelson Street Southend-on-Sea SS1 1EF, on 19/03/04, at 02.15 pm for the purpose of having a full statement of the position of the Company's...

Regal wrote: || I have been playing with my PC's fans and have thoguht that I would || like to see them under a stroboscope so that I can see the effect || of any play in the bearings. || || Where can I get a cheap strobe from? I have tried Maplins but they || seem to have only a kit. Radio...

Cheapest I;ve seen is just over £100 for a 200gb hard drive from ebuyer. anyone seen cheaper? -- www.stri.tk "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings"