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    Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Been looking at ebuyer over the past few months, and found that they seem to be very expensive does any one else find them expensive.

    ebuy ati card £248 at ebuyer and £220 at a few other sites, 28 pound difference.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    if its a little more than other major sites i use them as they don't rip you off once its end of life, you get a full refund unlike other companies who give you partial refunds if they cannot replace the item.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    if its a little more than other major sites i use them as they don't rip you off once its end of life, you get a full refund unlike other companies who give you partial refunds if they cannot replace the item.
    Ummm, a partial refund isn't a "rip off" it's the minimum legal requirement in most circumstances. Anything more than that is a bonus that you should be grateful for.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lucio View Post
    Ummm, a partial refund isn't a "rip off" it's the minimum legal requirement in most circumstances. Anything more than that is a bonus that you should be grateful for.
    Maybe not, but it certainly feels like one. If your component breaks, and you're recompensed with so little money that you can't even buy a worthwhile replacement, then there's very little point in having the warranty at all.

    If, as Gonzo says, you pay a little bit more to Ebuyer to receive that kind of customer service, then it's not so much "a bonus that you should be grateful for", it's premium service that you've paid a premium price for. I appreciate that it's not set in stone, but they have a very good reputation when it comes to RMAs.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    When I shop around I tend to find that for most items Ebuyer is still competitive with other reputable etailers. I imagine it's always possible to find one or two items that are significantly cheaper elsewhere, but across the board I don't think they're particularly expensive. And if they are expensive for an item you particularly want, just get that item somewhere else!

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post
    When I shop around I tend to find that for most items Ebuyer is still competitive with other reputable etailers. I imagine it's always possible to find one or two items that are significantly cheaper elsewhere, but across the board I don't think they're particularly expensive. And if they are expensive for an item you particularly want, just get that item somewhere else!
    my new build came from scan, at the time scan was cheaper buy upto £10 on the processor and motherboard, hdd was 2 cheaper.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    I generally use either ebuyer or scan for my bits as they tend to be pretty good on price and they don't try and shaft me on delivery I know I get free delivery with Scan, but they don't always have the bits I want.

    I went looking for some laptop DDR2 ram the other week and they had naff all in.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    You've just got to keep an eye on them as their prices can change from day to day you can get a really good price one day only for it to change the next (I got my 5850 from them for £199.99 which was only available for a very short period of time) but I've found they're generally very good on prices. And as others say their RMA service is really good (I've had to return the odd item with zero fuss).

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Got a laptop hard drive from ebuyer, it was the cheapest of the major sites I would trust with my money. Threw in a micro-sd card and got myself free delivery which turned up 2 days early. It would take a reasonable price difference for me not to shop with them or someone equally as reputable.

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    I ordered a laptop hard drive and some ram a few weeks ago. The hard drive came 2 days early in a massive box inside a smaller box !

    The ram turned up the day after in a jiffy bag in a parcel force van ! Nuts !

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Behemoth View Post
    The hard drive came 2 days early in a massive box inside a smaller box !


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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    lol I really should read through what I post more often to makesure I've got the context of it right !

    What I meant was the hard drive came in two boxes, a very big box which could have taken a motherboard and nearly all the parts to build a new PC, and inside that larger box was a very small box with the hard drive in.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Always seem fine to me.Just bought a laptop for the Parents-in-law. Was a good value item and came quickly.
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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    I've only had one issue with them when something didn't turn up. It transpired that City Link delivered it to the wrong address, so they sent out a replacement, only for the original to turn up from the people the driver had delivered it to a week later

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    Was a big ebuyer fan in the past but recently they have been really uncompetitive and seemingly one of the last to respond when there's a fall in prices for certain components. Having said that I did buy a 6gb RAM kit from them a few weeks ago as it was a better price than their competitors at the time, although they've slipped back again since.

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    Re: Ebuyer getting too expensive?

    AMD Phenom II X6 1055T, Thuban, Sok AM3, 2.8GHz, 9MB Total Cache, 125W,
    SCAN 152 EBUYER 155 BOTH HAVE FREE DELIVERY.

    AMD Phenom II X6 Black Edition 1090T 3.2GHz 9MB Cache 125W Retail Box Processor
    scan 219 ebuyer 228.
    you can see there is a difference soemtimes as much as a tenner or even more.

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