My experiences in Glasgow:
Creative Computing, Shawlands
- knowledgeable and helpful
- technicians on-site
- annoying tendency to put BIOS passwords
into whole systems
- prices good but not the cheapest
Infiniti (southside of the river, near Scotland Street)
- cheaper than Creative
- in-shop service was OK but a tendency to
be distracted by other customers. The fact
that one of them smoked in the shop was
annoying. And they go a bit OTT on the
old "we're experts, you're not so don't
come crying to us if you break your machine"
warnings.
- sold me duff memory which they replaced
(that's a good point :-)
- I bought the bits for my second system
from them
Priceless (shop on Argyle Street, near PC world)
- cheapest shop
- repeatedly the worst retail service I've ever
had anywhere and I've been served by waitresses
in Paris. I mean, they were *bad*. *Unbelievably*
bad. So bad it makes me think maybe it was being
done on purpose, as a kind of cute 80's throwback.
Easily overwhelmed their price advantage.
But that was one shop only. There are a few
others which may be more human.
PC World (Finnieston, East Kilbride)
- lots of pretty boxes
- expensive for hardware
- good quick pace for consumables and browsing
- almost completely clueless front desk staff
(I think they keep their good folk away from customers)
DABS Direct (mail order)
- fast
- cheap
- helpful phone staff (although a colleague has said the
opposite)
- wide range of stuff.
- I bought the bits for my first system from them
My choice:
1. DABS
2. Creative/Infiniti
3. PC World
...
100. Priceless
The first three are all worth using.
The last is worth a visit for a laugh, or emergencies.
t
Dan Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm new to Scotland, and am getting ready to put together another computer.
> This one will be a Duron. At any rate, I want to put it together by
> parts--that is, I want a specific motherboard, case, etc. Does anyone have
> any recommendations for computer stores that are good & cheap? I'm willing
> to mail order.
>
> Thanks!
> -dan
> --
> Dan Kirkpatrick, Software Architect
> Blue Lotus Software +44 (0) 1224 575 985
> http://www.bluelotussoftware.com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk
> http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk
http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------
