UK electric plug ?

[5cupa]

i just got a new external hdrive. but it has only come with a 2 pin euro plug. surely any UK seller has to provide a UK psu & plug?

[dangel]

Where from? I've had a couple of PSU's from scan with the wrong leads but they've sent out uk ones pronto

[mycarsavw]

i just got a new external hdrive. but it has only come with a 2 pin euro plug. surely any UK seller has to provide a UK psu & plug?

I bought 10 Dell TFTs, they all came with two pin plugs. I emailed the reseller and got new leads sent out.

[5cupa]

another online retailer. the unit requires its own 'brick' psu

[greenalien]

surely any UK seller has to provide a UK psu & plug

Yes, they certainly do - but they must be UK-based. Having a '.co.uk' website is no guarantee that they are a UK company - at least one popular box-shifter - P******a - is based in France, for example.

If you don't like what you've got, you can always send it back, although it's probably less hassle to just buy a replacement wall wart...!

[Betty_Swallocks]

Yes, they certainly do - but they must be UK-based. Having a '.co.uk' website is no guarantee that they are a UK company - at least one popular box-shifter - P******a - is based in France, for example.

If you don't like what you've got, you can always send it back, although it's probably less hassle to just buy a replacement wall wart...!

Yes, I got bitten by them.
I bought a Logitech steering wheel off them which has a french plug moulded onto the psu brick so all I could do was use a shaving adaptor. I emailed them to ask for a replacement but they refused.

[schmunk]

I ran up against this with Pixmania as well.

Their website "clearly states" that all products are EU models, rather than UK. Clearly, my arse...

Anyway, I sent my camera, complete with European plug and French manual, back and got it cheaper from a UK-based retailer...