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dvd burner.. which one?
hi yas,
I'm intending to buy a dvd burner, probably from he http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...RW_Drives.html spend around £60. do any of these stand out from the others at around this price? thanks. |
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db wrote:
hi yas, I'm intending to buy a dvd burner, probably from he http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...RW_Drives.html spend around £60. do any of these stand out from the others at around this price? thanks. The only reason for buying from OverCockers is that you're a masochist. May I strongly suggest you read http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/company.php?35 before deciding to proceed with any purchases from there? Let me give you a flavour.... ""all is rosy until." The've even sent me blatently used parts which they charged me new prices for. So this is the public service announcement, use them at your own peril, i've learned from my mistakes and have a list of reputable vendors, OcUK's prices arn't that great either when you know where to look. They wave that 20% restocking fee in your face when you call to complain about the quality of the goods, they often say they'll get a manager for you and put you on hold, suddenly the phoen goes dead, they won't process RMA's, this company is a JOKE!" "ordered from this sham of a firm only once. the order was a day late, and incomplete. the incomplete item was reported and they basically called me a liar and told me there was nothing they could do as the stock was correct. got no response to emails. had to wait 35 mins on the phone. finally after mentioning trading standards and my bank's credit card services they agreed to ship my missing item out. needless to say it arrived a day late. absolutely the worst firm i have ever had the misfortune to have dealt with." "They are absolute cowboys. Steer clear! I too wish I'd read this forum before wasting my time sorting out the rubbish they sent me. Don't buy from them!!!!!!!!!!!" "Having read a lot of negative reviews of this company I decided to try them for myself, after all, you don't know until you've tried, right? I placed an order back in March for basically a whole system. I ordered from them seeming as their product prices seem very reasonable and delivery was rather cheap being £10 for amtrak. Once my order had arrived, be it 2 days late, I opened the huge box to find that no bubble wrap had been used at all to protect my PC components. What they basically did was just dump all of my components into one huge box. This, I would assume is how they 'package' items. I was basically disgusted, £500 worth of components merely chucked into a brown box and dispatched to me. But nevermind, nothing seemed to be broken during transit, and the system build was implemented a few hours after. All items were ok, apart from my motherboard. I therefore phoned OcUK up and was held in a queue for about 45mins b4 anyone would answer. Once someone did answer, he was very arrogant, obnoxious and rude, but did give me an RMA number. Once the mobo was returned to them it took them over 1 mth to provide me with a refund, not without trouble of course. I had to phone up my credit card company and threaten them with court action b4 they would do so. I would say that this company is great to buy from, but dont expect peace of mind when your item is faulty or develops a fault. They are laughable, to be honest, I would pay more to a competitor rather than suffer crap from these muppets. Another funny thing, they were selling REFURBISHED Hercules 9800 pro's before as OEM's and as brand new. Unsurprisingly about 90% of customers returned their cards as faulty. Sigh....stay away from these idiots." "Was looking for RAM. These guys had the RAM I wanted as listed in stock for over two months. Was also listed in stock when I ordered. Ordered using next day delivery: one week later, still hadn't turned up. Emails get no response. Phone calls get you hung in their (slow, lousy) queing system. only for you to be given lie, after lie, after lie... Previous order to the RAM was also a shambles. Never did manage to get my money back from them for 'next day delivery' which took 3 days - and even then I had to go and pick the goods up myself. In short, do not believe their web site: most of the products listed are not in stock. Sales staff to not respond to phone or email, and if they do, are arrogant and rude. Would not recommend this company to anyone." I could go on, but I hope that gives you enough reason to shop somewhere else. All the above comments were taken from http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/company.php?35. |
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"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... db wrote: hi yas, I'm intending to buy a dvd burner, probably from he http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...RW_Drives.html spend around £60. do any of these stand out from the others at around this price? thanks. The only reason for buying from OverCockers is that you're a masochist. May I strongly suggest you read http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/company.php?35 before deciding to proceed with any purchases from there? Thanks, used them once or twice before with no probs but will take it into considertion. .. so about which dvd.... |
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db wrote:
"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... db wrote: hi yas, I'm intending to buy a dvd burner, probably from he http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...RW_Drives.html spend around £60. do any of these stand out from the others at around this price? thanks. The only reason for buying from OverCockers is that you're a masochist. May I strongly suggest you read http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/company.php?35 before deciding to proceed with any purchases from there? Thanks, used them once or twice before with no probs but will take it into considertion. .. so about which dvd.... You can purchase a Pioneer 107A from www.blankdiscshop.co.uk for around that price. Unfortunately, their site appears to be down at the moment, but it was definitely working the other day as I ordered a spindle of 50 DVD+RWs. I've never had any problems with their products, though I've not had to return anything yet. I bought a Pioneer from there a while back and it's working fine in my secondary system. |
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"They wave that 20% restocking fee in your face "
Which they're not allowed to do under the Distance Selling Act. If they do they're breaking the law. I'd go with somewhere like www.tekheads.com - used em loads of times with no problems. Same with www.dabs.com |
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Alex wrote:
"They wave that 20% restocking fee in your face " Which they're not allowed to do under the Distance Selling Act. If they do they're breaking the law. I'd go with somewhere like www.tekheads.com - used em loads of times with no problems. Same with www.dabs.com You want me to start on them too? IMNSHO, there are only three companies worth buying from: - Chillblast Over-Clock CaseTech Avoid like the plague OverClockers Dabs Tekheads Watford Simply e-buyer Komplett (used to be good, now just crap) |
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You kidding right? Dabs is the best company out there !! I must have
bought over 150 grands worth of kit from them (for home and work use), and haven't had a single problem with them at all. "Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... Alex wrote: "They wave that 20% restocking fee in your face " Which they're not allowed to do under the Distance Selling Act. If they do they're breaking the law. I'd go with somewhere like www.tekheads.com - used em loads of times with no problems. Same with www.dabs.com You want me to start on them too? IMNSHO, there are only three companies worth buying from: - Chillblast Over-Clock CaseTech Avoid like the plague OverClockers Dabs Tekheads Watford Simply e-buyer Komplett (used to be good, now just crap) |
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:38:49 +0100, "Alex"
wrote: You kidding right? Dabs is the best company out there !! I must have bought over 150 grands worth of kit from them (for home and work use), and haven't had a single problem with them at all. Yeah get the NEC. There are still some people who swear by Pioneer , they and Sony used to be the top brands when the dual formats were newer. NECs are one of the best burners and also one of the cheapest. I think they took Liteons cheap but excellent spot with DVD burners that they have with CD burners. A lot of people still like Liteon too though because of their rep with CD burners and youll see posts from owners who swear by them. The 2500a and 2510 are both good and cheap. They are both 8x but the 2510 is said to burn the new dual layer DVDs that hold twice as much data. However theres lots of talk about the fact you can flash the 2500a up to the 2510 with a firmware flash. Dont know if they are identical in hardware but they seem close enough to enable this if they arent according to some posts. Ive had the NEC 1300 and now the 2510 - and they both work great. |
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