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    Etailers again !!!!!

    after the problems with with scan and the Q6600 motherboard stock issue, I placed an order from specialtech.co.uk for the board, a Q6600 and a fan. All in stock. They used a courier which was unreliable, a phone call later and I'd arranged my own collection. Life is good.

    Item arrived today. 1 box containing on Asus P5K motherboard only, no cpu or fan. Its obvious they where never going to be sent as the box was only just big enough to hold the motherboard. No invoice, no note explaining why they where not sent.

    Amazing that this is how retailers can work these days.

    The even more ironic thing was that about 2 hours after I'd place the order, Carlh from scan took the time and effort to mail me to say the items where back in stock, but by then the order and courier had been arranged.

    So now I'm sat here with a board and no cpu.

    Fantastic service from another etailer.

    So far this week

    Let down by

    Scan
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    I'm not buying computer kit any more.
    It is Inevitable.....


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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Heh your expectations are too high, I suggest ordering things via pigeon from now on

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by TiG View Post
    Heh your expectations are too high, I suggest ordering things via pigeon from now on

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    Surely a pair of swallows would be faster?

    In all seriousness though, ive never been let down by scan, one of the reasons i used to use them a lot (back when i was at uni and had time to faf around with the pc all the time). However, ive experienced the same thing working on and off at a local school, orders will often need chasing 3 &4 times before theyre evn dispatched, and this is for a place with a 50k+ IT budget, god knows how any consumers manage to get something from them.

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    I have always had good service from Scan. I suppose the ONLY way to be sure is to go and get stuff in person, or *dreads thought* from PC World!

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Surely a pair of swallows would be faster?
    African or European ?
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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    my favourite colur is green......ok
    It is Inevitable.....


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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Moby-Dick View Post
    African or European ?
    African, specifically Zimbabwean everyone knows they can maintain the highest airspeed as a laden pair.

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by ikonia View Post
    I'm not buying computer kit any more.
    You could always go to PC world.
    "Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." Frank Zappa. ----------- "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." Huang Po.----------- "A drowsy line of wasted time bathes my open mind", - Ride.

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Moby-Dick View Post
    African or European ?
    I don't know that......
    AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!




    Was that the correct responce

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by iranu View Post
    You could always go to PC world.
    he said kit not s***!

    forgetting the staff and the price, the stock selection is terrible. according to the website they dont actually sell Mini or Micro SD cards for example, and for some reason the blackpool shop has a shelf just for 7800GT's. and no they werent at some "to clear" price, just there collecting dust and being collected by the stupid
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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    he said kit not s***!

    forgetting the staff and the price, the stock selection is terrible. according to the website they dont actually sell Mini or Micro SD cards for example, and for some reason the blackpool shop has a shelf just for 7800GT's. and no they werent at some "to clear" price, just there collecting dust and being collected by the stupid
    That may be because if they stocked 8800GT's they'd be the same price as a low end PC World PreBuilt Jobby (again, in the s*** sense ) and consumers would find that hard to grasp. Imagine being told you've paid £400 for a crap PC and then being told by a member of staff that to play Crysis you'll need to spend it again on a new card

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    its a same because if they could sell the range of an online retailer like ebuyer/scan etc at "almost" the same price. using the collect at store service that would be great, order your stuff from the huge online catalogue they would have, to augment the meagre same online as in shop selection they have now, then collect it the next day from your selected store (they would ship the items internally to the right store. id buy stuff then!
    Quote Originally Posted by Ephesians
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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Scan I can understand as its took 3wks for a RMA, but kustompc HUH, if your using royal mail delivery remember than the strikes are effecting things a bit but I'd like to hear more.

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    You've been let down by scan eeekkkk

    You should be using OcUK then

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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    he said kit not s***!

    forgetting the staff and the price, the stock selection is terrible. according to the website they dont actually sell Mini or Micro SD cards for example, and for some reason the blackpool shop has a shelf just for 7800GT's. and no they werent at some "to clear" price, just there collecting dust and being collected by the stupid
    err my quote was a joke and was in no way suggesting that he actually go to PCW. Sorry if it wasn't clear. Does Mr Green mean something else other than a green . If it does then please explain and feel free to abuse me! Maybe I should have used a pokey out tongue thingamajig although I highly suspect I may have been indulging in the dangers of beer and the internet at the time.
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    Re: Etailers again !!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by iranu View Post
    err my quote was a joke and was in no way suggesting that he actually go to PCW. Sorry if it wasn't clear. Does Mr Green mean something else other than a green . If it does then please explain and feel free to abuse me! Maybe I should have used a pokey out tongue thingamajig although I highly suspect I may have been indulging in the dangers of beer and the internet at the time.
    what? oh if you insist

    Last edited by MadduckUK; 12-08-2007 at 05:21 AM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ephesians
    Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin you, but be filled with the Spirit
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