A man walks into a branch of PC world...

[oolon]

My gf bought me a t-shirt (stars removed) that says "Do I look like a F***ing people person?".

[pauldarkside]

PCW staff have dreams?!

Dreams of working elsewhere I suspect

Think of the damage it can do when you see a name like Hexus being dragged down to those levels. OiD, you've let the side down

[Lambie]

Last time I went into PCW (Can't for the life of me think why) I asked a someone who was stacking the shelves if they had any long SATA cables in stock. To which I got the response, "I'll have to be honest with you sir, I'm not sure what they are"

Only then could I see the cables right there in front of them where they were filling the shelves.

Feel sorry for the staff in a way, the training that they receive must be so minimal..

I remember a few years back when I urgently needed a floppy drive (just a cheap internal one for XP SATA drivers) - the cheapest one they had that day was an "Iomega USB External drive" - ~£50...

[oolon]

I remember a few years back when I urgently needed a floppy drive (just a cheap internal one for XP SATA drivers) - the cheapest one they had that day was an "Iomega USB External drive" - ~£50...

I wanted to buy a freeview box and was looking at all of the options in comet, a sales droid came over and asked me if he could help, "I replied can you...? Ok of these boxes which ones of them output the digital signal (decode) via the coax as well as a scart", the reply was ... "oh they all do.", so I got one I liked the look off and left. Got it home you know what ... it didn't just an analogue loop through. So I check all the boxes they had online (what i should have do in the first place) and none they had did. So I found one that did a Humax and bought it at John Lewis and took the one back to comic (sorry comet). I only had one question, a simple one and they blew it.

[Zhaoman]

My gf bought me a t-shirt (stars removed) that says "Do I look like a F***ing people person?".

Just too good

[darkghost]

My gf bought me a t-shirt (stars removed) that says "Do I look like a F***ing people person?".

I got my mate a similar one, "No I'm not on F***ing Facebook.com"

[SeriousSam]

Housemate brought me back a T-Shirt from Bulgaria with a picture of an AK-47 on the front and all its technical details listed... which I'm quite happy with Of course the caption should read...

"The AK-47, for when you want to point... shoot... and have no clue what you're going to hit"

[menthel]

personally, any hexus member caught going into PCW should be banned from this forum

Not always! There are sometimes some completely inexplicable good deals on buy and collect on their website for things like external drives and mice and other such stuff! In, out and avoid the 'can I help you?' drones!

[Stringent]

If I need cheering up I go to PC World. I laugh at the prices, I laugh at the staff, I also laugh at the fact they try and sell me some rubbish brand laptop at some ridiculous price!

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Not always! There are sometimes some completely inexplicable good deals on buy and collect on their website for things like external drives and mice and other such stuff! In, out and avoid the 'can I help you?' drones!

if anyone asked me if i needed help i would tell them to P off

i prefer Maplin than PC world

[Lee H]

PC World had a nice 40" samsung on offer over the Bank Holiday Monday

Don't ask... I got lumbered with being dragged round copious carpet and bed places all day so I wandered into PC World for a quick escape from the rain and had a nosey around.

[shaithis]

Not always! There are sometimes some completely inexplicable good deals on buy and collect on their website for things like external drives and mice and other such stuff! In, out and avoid the 'can I help you?' drones!

Indeed. I have purchsed some nice items in PCW that were on R&C at prices cheaper then any online e-tailer.

Keyboards and mice seem to fall into this category a lot.

[Betty_Swallocks]

personally, any hexus member caught going into PCW should be banned from this forum

I'd disagree. If you want something in a hurry, say on a Sunday afternoon, PC World can be useful. As long as you know what you're looking for and don't expect useful advice from the salesmen it's fine.

If any of my friends or family want a computer I always take them there rather than finding an online deal for them. Just the fact that if it goes wrong you can take it in and tell them to fix it rather than having to faff about with RMA numbers and ninja couriers is worth the extra few quid, and it means that I'm not lumbered with technical support whereas I would be if I'd built it for them.

[darkghost]

Just the fact that if it goes wrong you can take it in and tell them to fix it rather than having to faff about with RMA numbers and ninja couriers is worth the extra few quid, and it means that I'm not lumbered with technical support whereas I would be if I'd built it for them.

What the heck is a ninja courier? I've never seen any move at anything resembling a decent speed?!

[MadduckUK]

What the heck is a ninja courier? I've never seen any move at anything resembling a decent speed?!

pfft, if you can see them they are not a ninja courier tbh

they got the "you were out" card through you letterbox without you even hearing them even though you have been in all day

[watercooled]

pfft, if you can see them they are not a ninja courier tbh

they got the "you were out" card through you letterbox without you even hearing them even though you have been in all day

Yep that's happened to me but it was Royal Mail - they posted a card with my door number on it through the neighbour's door which has a different number on it, obviously?? It said 'you were out' but I was in - waiting for it then the neighbour knocked round with the card. I don't understand that.