On 10/02/2009 08:54, Dianne Reuby wrote: > This is interesting, on their forum: > http://www.afm96.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=320 > > The reasons why fairs are dying out, and vendors switching to online > stores. > > Dianne > Although I do buy a lot of stuff online now, there's often times I need to get something small which doesn't warrant high delivery costs. For instance I occasionally buy blank DVDs and CDs but often not many at a time, last year when SVP was in Paignton I'd just order online and pick them up same day from their warehouse (it was cheaper in fuel than postage from where I lived) but now it seems that the prices have gone up and the quality of their product range have gone down, not to mention I have to pay £6 for delivery. Nowadays I either wait until they have the cheap shipping offers or just get discs locally.
If there were computer fairs in my area I'd take my business to them. When I lived in Derby there was a computer fair at a local sports hall about 5 mins away from where I lived, I'd go every time (there were usually 2 a month on) and I'd often spend a good £30 or £40 a time. I wouldn't be surprised if a few people did the same, often buying something like a addon card or something that they wouldn't normally get because it was cheap. Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
