Hello I've placed several orders with Ebuyer over the past few months, mostly without problems. However on two separate orders, there has been an item which has been drop shipped from a supplier.( about two weeks between orders) On both occasions CityLink failed to deliver the item and...

Just wondering if some of you could recommend some good (by good i mean, resonable prices and resonably hassle free customer service if things go wrong) companies to order a few bits from. Im looking for a new good looking, flashy atx case, normally i order stuff from Aria (good company in my...

Anyone else here dealt with Centerprise? If so, how have you found their tech support recently? -- A. Top posters. Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?

Hi Just wanted to share this experience with the group. My daughter asked me to order an MP3 player from Aria, using all her money specially for an upcoming school trip. Player duly arrived in smart presentation box. Opened the box and the player wasn't packaged. No battery in box - checked in...

Hi folks I've just been cold-called by a guy ("Jonathan") from a company called Nu-Soft distribution that do software licensing etc to trade. He caught me at a bad moment (I'm usually less than charitable to cold-callers) and I let him email me a price list. His prices for OEM software licensing...

Hi I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when sending out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round bubble wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your...

Having recently returned from 25 years in Canada I am amazed at the inefficiency of online traders, at least the two I have dealt with to date. I ordered a Microsoft Basic Wireless Keyboard from Amazon that was indicated on their site as in stock. It will take two weeks before I receive it,...

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Hi Can this now be done online or do i need to phone the local court to get the forms etc?. Does the fact we have a business account rather being a consumer make any difference?. Anyone that has been through this fiasco i would appreciate any info on how all this works. From

Hi, Can anyone advise where I can buy an external drive (5.25" or 3.5") enclosure that has Firewire (400 and 800) and USB2 connectivity? This will be connected cross-platform between Mac and PC. I don't want a device that already has a drive in it such as the Lacie D2 as I already have the...

It's been a while since I've checked this group, but "Tekheads" used to get pretty good feedback when I was last here. How are things with them theses days? -- Regards Ripperoo

Ok, I need 2 laptops (fairly low spec) £500/600 each 2 adsl wireless modem/router's 5 wireless cards to work with the above 1 web cam 1 bluetoooth dongle I've email a few suppliers and not had a reply. Anyone recommend a vendor ? --

A new one on me..... A friend tells me his Epson printer stopped (in the middle of a lengthy and time-critical print run) saying it was due for servicing, and refused to print another page. He had to buy a new one....not an Epson apparently :-) Anyone else heard of this apparent wheeze to jack...

I have to return a faulty ADSL router to ebuyer.which I have had for about 2 months now.. Under the Sales of Goods Act (or something else?) can I ask them to arrange either: a) for the collection of the faulty item b) my P&P costs to be reimbursed. If I can choose either option - is it my choice...

We are UK software brokers and we are always looking for new sources of OEM and retail software. If you have any software for sale small or large quantities please get in touch Thanks

Hi, I am looking for copies (originals) of XP Home Trial, the 120 day useable version of XP Home, that i intend to install onto PC's I sell, for those customers who wish to try their luck at getting an OEM copy cheaper than I am charging. So apart from Microsoft (who seem do not want to answer...

Hi there I am trying to find reasonably priced retail (i.e. retail outlet) vendors in Birmingham because my parents are visiting for the weekend and I need to add some bits tro their PC. I bought a internal card reader of ebay a few weeks ago for them and it does not work plus I got a USB 2.0...

Does anyone have any recommendations for the cheapest jewel cased Taiyo CDRs? I'm not averse to getting the media and cases separately if needs be. The plextor media at ebuyer seems the cheapest so far at around 23p inc cases. regards Paul

Komputers 4 kids was founded in 2000 by Dave Burns, and based in Shrewsbury. The idea of the organisation is to recycle computers and parts that have been upgraded. When a company or individual upgrades their IT equipment, instead of throwing the old equipment away, donate it to Komputers 4 kids...

I'm guessing this newsgroup is for people to post their tales of woe about lack of CS from UK computer vendors. So here we go: Does this scenario sound familiar to anyone? I purchased a Dell 19" Monitor on ARIA (www.aria.co.uk), 31st May (a holiday Monday in the UK). Turns out in my enthusiasm I...