[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> My experiences in Glasgow:
I'll throw mine in too. :)
>
> Creative Computing, Shawlands
> - knowledgeable and helpful
> - technicians on-site
> - annoying tendency to put BIOS passwords
> into whole systems
> - prices good but not the cheapest
I have found creative to be an excellent shop with friendly and helpful
staff who know their stuff but aren't afraid to admit when they don't
know.
The last system I seen from priceless also had a bios password (it was 5
spaces for anyone who wants to know ;)
Creative can often compete with priceless and infiniti for most parts
but they do have crazy prices for some of their stuff.
>
> 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
Infiniti is where you want to go if you know exactly what you want. They
also sold me duff memory (133 stuff which ran at 100 and after a few
months dropped to 66) but they replaced that for me as well. And a good
few months after they had sold it to me. Top tip is to ignore everyone
who tries to talk to you and make it to the guy who sits behind the
desk.
>
> 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.
>
I have had many experiences with priceless, some bad and some good. Of
note is the time I went in and asked for a floppy drive and an IDE cable
(which is what I wanted) and the guy sold it to me without question.
> 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)
Yuck!
>
> 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
I tend not to use mail order companies - the shops around glasgow are
cheap enough not to make it worth the hassle, I also prefer someone to
shout at if something goes wrong.
>
> My choice:
>
> 1. DABS
> 2. Creative/Infiniti
> 3. PC World
> ...
> 100. Priceless
>
1. Creative
2. Infiniti
3. Priceless
> 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
Thanks,
Allan
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