arrrghhh tiny computers

blinko

http://www.tiny.com/packages.php?prodid=13055

i thought i had found a great laptop

onlky to find out i have to pay £40 for delivery does anyone have any free delivery codes or smoething with tiny i was going to fone them but the 0906 number instantly stopped me

which bumps it up from a nice 499 to a 540

raeble

Tiny has got a bad reputation.

haziec

I think they amalgamated with "TIME COMPUTERS" if so TIME were without doubt the WORST company that I have ever dealt with. Avoid them at all costs!

jockettuk

had not probs with my time computer.. there customer service number is a bit extortionate but any probs i have had i went into the store and got it sorted

MimiJane

Tiny were a subsidiary of Time computers, who went bust a while ago. Tiny then started up again as a purely "online" company as far as I know.

Time had a terrible reputation and I know of a few people who had nothing but trouble with them ... not only their computers, but also their abysmal customer services.

However, I cannot vouch for the "new" Tiny company.

norvin

Tiny stands for "Tough, Its Now Yours", which sums up their attitude to customer service.

aliasojo

I agree with the above.

I wouldn't touch them either.

The problem in the past has been with the poor quality parts they use, I believe.

Have you looked online to see if you can get a similar spec elsewhere for the same price?

However good luck if you go ahead with your purchase, I haven't seen postage codes anywhere though. :-/

londonman81

I agree with the above.

I wouldn't touch them either.

The problem in the past has been with the poor quality parts they use, I believe.

Have you looked online to see if you can get a similar spec elsewhere for the same price?

However good luck if you go ahead with your purchase, I haven't seen postage codes anywhere though.  :-/

Does any manufacturer really use quality parts any more?!

The reason why Dell are so cheap all of a sudden is because, I have heard, they are starting to use cheap components too!

Apart from building a computer yourself I don't see how you can be sure you are getting quality components in your ready made mass produced PC....

MimiJane

Does any manufacturer really use quality parts any more?!

The reason why Dell are so cheap all of a sudden is because, I have heard, they are starting to use cheap components too!

Apart from building a computer yourself I don't see how you can be sure you are getting quality components in your ready made mass produced PC....

You could always have one built for you to your own spec. by a reputable shop/company. I know people who've done this and been very pleased with the result. Don't Gateway do this. ???

aliasojo

Does any manufacturer really use quality parts any more?!

The reason why Dell are so cheap all of a sudden is because, I have heard, they are starting to use cheap components too!

Apart from building a computer yourself I don't see how you can be sure you are getting quality components in your ready made mass produced PC....

Some manufacturers will use branded parts as opposed to generic unbranded parts, which are supposed to be of lesser quality.

When it comes down to it, I agree there's probably a bit of a leap of faith involved as like the poster above says, unless you build it yourself.......... :-/

N9eav

I bought a TIME computer in one of my weaker shopping moments.  The computer is fine and worked for 16 months now, no probs.
Customer service however SUCKS, and they lied to me, telling me I had this that and the other, but when I went to get it, they told me it was'nt that way at all, I had misheard!!
How can you mis hear.  5 years free anti-virus which ended after 12 months?
optical mouse which was really ball type mouse.

The only thing I go there for now is the cheap HP ink cartridges