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Old 28-12-2016, 10:52
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Hi folks Merry Xmas and a happy new year, haven't ventured out yet to the shops but plan to later today, heading to Curry's to look at their offers, thought I'd post here in the off chance some one might recommend a model there, just need it mainly for internet, mailing and photo's I have some aging HD camcorder vids that I'd like to edit, nothing fancy just being able to splice then together would be good, any advice would be appreciated.
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Old 28-12-2016, 10:54
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I would avoid Currys and PC World.
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:06
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I would avoid Currys and PC World.
Don't have much choice apart from Argos, supermarkets and maybe a local dealer.
Not really into buying off the net, prefer someone I can talk to face to face if having a problem with a product but hey, nothing ventured.....


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Old 28-12-2016, 15:27
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any advice would be appreciated
Yes, don't let them sell you Antivirus, cables etc. they will try.
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Old 28-12-2016, 16:27
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Yes, don't let them sell you Antivirus, cables etc. they will try.
Not a big fan of Currys but I had to go in there with my Nephew on boxing day as there was a decent laptop offer he wanted to spend his Christmas and birthday money on.
When we tried to purchase the laptop they only had laptops available where they had already opened them up and created a USB backup of the operating system and were charging £50 for that privilege. Suffice to say I walked away and ordered it through their Web site and paid £6 for a USB stick from somewhere else to create my own backup.
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Old 28-12-2016, 18:48
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Not a big fan of Currys but I had to go in there with my Nephew on boxing day as there was a decent laptop offer he wanted to spend his Christmas and birthday money on.
When we tried to purchase the laptop they only had laptops available where they had already opened them up and created a USB backup of the operating system and were charging £50 for that privilege. Suffice to say I walked away and ordered it through their Web site and paid £6 for a USB stick from somewhere else to create my own backup.
Surely you could have insisted on just buying the laptop?
Unless the £50 for the USB backup was included in the displayed price?

Pretty silly of them to refuse to sell you something, when shops are increasingly losing out to online sales as it is.

ETA: it seems you ordered it from Currys website, so they didn't lose out anyway.
But still a very silly policy from the shop. If it had been me I'd have ordered from someone else, just to spite them.
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Old 28-12-2016, 19:07
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Surely you could have insisted on just buying the laptop?
Unless the £50 for the USB backup was included in the displayed price?

Pretty silly of them to refuse to sell you something, when shops are increasingly losing out to online sales as it is.
This was in addition to the price listed and they said they did not have any that did not have the USB backup and it was either pay the extra or tough.

ETA: it seems you ordered it from Currys website, so they didn't lose out anyway.
But still a very silly policy from the shop. If it had been me I'd have ordered from someone else, just to spite them.
But that individual store lost out on the business. In addition to this I'm very likely to be purchasing a 4K HDR when the new models come out in the late spring and I will not be getting that from them.
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Old 28-12-2016, 19:41
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What a odd thing to do.
Why feel the need to create a backup on something new.
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Old 28-12-2016, 21:38
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Not a big fan of Currys but I had to go in there with my Nephew on boxing day as there was a decent laptop offer he wanted to spend his Christmas and birthday money on.
When we tried to purchase the laptop they only had laptops available where they had already opened them up and created a USB backup of the operating system and were charging £50 for that privilege. Suffice to say I walked away and ordered it through their Web site and paid £6 for a USB stick from somewhere else to create my own backup.
There have been stories like this about Currys/PC World in the past with customers being refused unless "extras" are purchased. (Ex-)staff posted explanations that staff are penalised unless they sell a fixed percentage of an extra with specific products. Hence their best option is to lose the sale when a customer refuses the extra as this preserves their percentage target. Seems logical for the staff but crazy for Currys/PC World.
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Old 29-12-2016, 00:00
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I remember going to PC world with a friend who wanted a laptop, can't remember the make but it came with McAfee or Norton installed and again don't remember which.
I said to the assistant can you take the Antivirus off for a cheaper price to which he said yes ... maybe £30 less was his guess but on consultation with his manager said it couldn't be done it came with the machine.

I bought a printer online from Currys before Christmas and I bought my last one from PC World so I do shop there sometimes.
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Old 29-12-2016, 02:13
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I bought my refurb laptop online from PC World in Nov 2010 (manufactured in Dec 2009) and it's still going great guns. Got a good deal on it as well. Bought a very competively priced HP printer too in 1997 that kept going until 2009. If you know what you want and are a savvy consumer there's nothing wrong with buying from them.

I don't approve of their face-to-face selling practices though or their often misleading price reductions, and their website's a pain the way they hide some laptops.
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:43
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I'm ex-TechGuys staff and I walked into our Currys/PC World the other week when my mum wanted to buy a new laptop. I explained that I was ex staff (he was trying to see if he could get me a discount but he couldn't) and that I would take care of all security software and didn't mention it again.

I never have any issues with Currys/PC World staff in any of their branches!
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:59
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I remember when I bought a PC from Comet (when they still existed) and I almost had to fight to hand over a grand for the machine while also refusing the extra £300 cover plan. Looking back I wish I had lost that fight, the machine was a POS.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:55
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I would still buy from Currys/PC World. I don't understand those on here always advising everybody against it.

I mean they are covered by the same legislation as every other retailer when things go wrong. And if you have a local branch you can walk in with the item under your arm and plonk it on the desk, and make it their problem to get it fixed, rather than having to contact online retailers and trying to arrange for them to collect the item.

But I wouldn't put up with being told I had to buy something I didn't want in order to buy something that I did want.

I bought my last TV from there and, perhaps I seemed knowledgeable, but the sales assistant said "I presume you already have all the HDMI leads you need", And when I said "Yes" they didn't try to sell me anything else.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:03
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I bought my last laptop from Curry’s/PCWorld a year or so ago and just used ‘Click and Collect’ then when arriving at the store half an hour later I tell them I’m in a hurry hence the click and collect so don’t try selling me anything else.

This has worked fine for me be it computers, washing machines or cookers.

Beats the old days like back in the late Nineties when it took over 45 minutes to get out of the store after purchasing a laptop.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:53
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You should try PC Specialist they are very good, I have bought lots of stuff from them
including two PC and some software, but they may be dear for what you want

www.pcspecialist.co.uk
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/laptops/

Or try EGlobal Central
If you want a MacBook
http://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/


And use this Discount Code JBLK599
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Old 30-12-2016, 12:09
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Don't have much choice apart from Argos, supermarkets and maybe a local dealer.
Not really into buying off the net, prefer someone I can talk to face to face if having a problem with a product but hey, nothing ventured.....


http://www.neponline.co.uk/in-store-pricelists/
It depends how much longevity you expect from your laptop but one thing that often gets overlooked when considering a new purchase is the cost of replacement parts;…in particular batteries and keyboards.

As a general rule of thumb (but not always!) the bigger the brand the cheaper the replacement bits.

However, even with the well known brands the cost of parts can vary widely depending on the specific ‘model’.

It probably comes as quite a shock to some people who buy a reasonably priced, decently spec’ed laptop, only to find a year or two later that a replacement battery is £150 and a keyboard (if you can get one!) comes in at £200.

Laptop batteries have a finite life and they start to deteriorate slowly from the moment they’re manufactured,… whether in use or not.

However, as always, “you pays yer’ money and you takes yer’ choice
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:30
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Hi folks Merry Xmas and a happy new year, haven't ventured out yet to the shops but plan to later today, heading to Curry's to look at their offers, thought I'd post here in the off chance some one might recommend a model there, just need it mainly for internet, mailing and photo's I have some aging HD camcorder vids that I'd like to edit, nothing fancy just being able to splice then together would be good, any advice would be appreciated.
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