Purchased a modem in an order of parts for a new machine. Dabs Value 56K PCI Controllerless with Voice, £8.51 plus Vat. My instinct about Intel chipset modems proved correct once more as this V92 modem will not connect faster than 33,600bps. Intel Ham modems are the same. I am advised that no ISP...

Placed an order yesterday afternoon (27th April). It wasn't urgent so I chose the Super Saver option which said delivery would be 6th May. The "shipped" email was waiting for me this morning, timestamped 4:20 am and the order has just arrived (9:50 am). Not bad eh! -- LSR

I have been asked to construct a budget system. The guy has a tower case, but the PSU doesnt cut the mustard, 250Watt. System will be Athlon XP3200+ 1Gb RAM PC 2700 PC Chips M848 has he already has this and it is 100% rock stable CDRW+CDROM 120Gb HDD

Hi there, SVP are selling 50 CD's for 9.97. Does anyone know where I can get them cheaper? Cheers. Scott. --

Hi, I have always bought from Dabs, Ebuyer and Simply but decided to try Tekheads this time, apart from wanting a change cheaper prices had some bearing. They say on their site orders placed before 3pm are despatched same day, I placed £400+ order with all items in stock on Sunday afternoon so I...

Hi, I have sent an item back for a Refund from Ebuyer.com last October as the item Was DOA, they have sent it back to the manufacture and stated it would take 28 days max to process, I have still yet to recieve my refund and they do not seem bothered, all they can do is send silly notes asking for...

I ordered a graphics card from ebuyer.. it was faulty so I got an RMA number from them and returned it. They tested the item, accepted it was faulty and replied with... "This Item Has Been Returned To The Manufacturer For Repair/Replacement. This may Take Up To 28 working Days" That was two...

Anyone know of a cheap sullplier for one of these? Ebuyer do a firewire only for a tenner but I'd like both. J

I am looking to buy an Asus board (A7N8X-E Deluxe), XP3200 400FSB CPU, 1GB DDR 400, 160GB HD, and a 17" monitor. I have always bought from E-Buyer in the past, but of late have had some bad experiences and am looking to pull away from them. Can anyone recommend some alternative suppliers that...

Some poor misguided soul said this... Will deliver. Free? to UK? -- º~ dªv¡d ~º

I purchased a Samsung disc drive Overclockers months ago. It arrived on time but in very poor packing that gave me the impression I had bought a secondhand drive from somebody on eBay! Some days later the drive began to make grinding noises. All my data was lost. That would have been bad enough,...

wrote in message ... Selling an ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR and many more cards. http://www.torontoitsolutions.com/specials/videocard.htm Will deliver. Thank you. go away

I bought a laptop from Novatech recently and am looking at buying another battery and possibly an external battery or charger for it. Surprisingly, Novatech are no use. I believe these are rebranded Mitac laptops - are there any third party companies I can buy a battery from? thanks, Chris

I am looking for a satellite navigation system for my car. I have 2 options, first to have a dedicated GPS system fitted in the car or use a PDA with all the GPS attachments. The latter sounds more interesting as I will have a usable PDA. I have been looking...

Just seen an item on /www.3dsolutions.co.uk/ at a decent price. Has anyone got any experience of dealing with this company? -- Rod www.annalaurie.co.uk

Just received a mailshot claiming to give me £1 off an order at www.powerplaydirect.com, it claimed I was one of a select group of people, so I just thought I'd share with everyone! Apparently if you enter "VM0504" as a coupon code when you check-out on this website it will deduct a quid from your...

sigh. ordered a black chieftec BX case, got sent a purple chieftec matrix case. 'tis well nasty :-( Now I'm going to have all the hassle of getting it returned. Got a good mind to insist on them coming and picking it up, or getting the return postage charges out of them will be a blood from...

Anyone know where I could buy one of these? the fan is inset in the heatsink, and the heatsink appeared to be bonded to the GPU so I don't think I can replace the whole lot - I just need the fan itself. Cheers Ant

Motherboard arrived faulty. RMA'd it, accepted within an hour or so. Sent it back with a covering note, refund done one working day after their receipt. They forgot to refund postage. I dropped a quick enote on Friday evening, got a reply this morning. Very apologetic and postage...

I am looking for a broadband (512K) provider plus email service. Pipex is amongst the cheapest and also has above-average scores for customer satisfaction in some surveys. The combination of low-ish cost and good service seems too good to be true. Have you experienced the Pipex Xtreme residential...