arrrghhh tiny computers

johnllew

Does any manufacturer really use quality parts any more?!

MESH have a reputation for using quality bits. Their PCs are excellent value for money in my experience.

eiamhere69

I purchased a pc from Time. Had to pay £49.99 delivery, I aked to collect it myself but was told I had to have it delivered. My pc was faulty and I was told I had no option but to purchase a recovery disc £59.99-which didn't solve the problem.

Had to ring premium rate number. They wanted to charge me to fix the fault (or £200+ for extended cover). I saw a solicitor who said all these companies are the same (Time, Dixons, etc.).

I made one last attempt and must have got lucky and connected to a nice operator because they collected it for me. But I was lucky.

These companies make a massive profit and are quite happy to take your money,but don't want anything to do with you afterwards.

Malestrom

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

To be honest this doesn't look like much of a deal to me. Yes, its cheap but the spec is dire and the battery life is quoted as 1 hour which is flippin' rubbish! I wouldn't touch this with a bargepole, especially given who's selling it. For an extra £40 (or the same including the p&p that Tiny want to charge) you could get a Dell Inspiron 1150 (N01115) delivered to your door:

Intel® Celeron® Processor (2.60GHz, 128KB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB)
15" XGA screen
1Y CAR (Collect and Return)
512MB 266MHz DDR RAM (2x256) (Was 256MB!) Special Offer
40GB (5400RPM) ULTRA ATA-100 Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 24x CDRW/ 8x DVD Combo Drive with Software
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
8 Cell 65WHr LI-ION Primary Battery (65W/hr) offering up to 3.5 hours battery life
D-Series 65W AC Adatper
Dell USB Optical Mouse
Microsoft® Works 7.0
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2(no media)
Audio jacks: Line out (external speakers/headphone) and external microphone
15-pin monitor connector
2 x USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors
Kensington Lock socket
RJ11 and RJ45 connector

This deal isn't on for long as it has an extra £30 off at the moment (ends 26/1/05). It already has free delivery and double-memory as standard (both end 05/01/2005).

YorkshireBoy

We bought our PC package from Tiny back in the 90's when they were £1,150 for a Pentium P2 350MHz package.

I was supposed to get 12 months interest free credit, but actually got 6 years (and counting) interest free credit as, to date, they have not invoiced me ;D. No wonder they went out of business!!

The only fault I've had was with the 150W power supply unit, which I replaced myself with a 300W unit (thats how they cut corners). Other than that, everything else has worked perfectly and I'm still using it on a daily basis.

Whilst I sympathise with others, I can't complain myself.

hollie.weimeraner

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. ???

The poster is after a laptop. You cannot have a laptop built to personal spec by a shop or company.

If you want a laptop the best thing to do is decide on what you really require from your laptop and then have a look at a number of manufacturers.

Some of the better known are Acer, Mesh, HP, Sony Toshiba etc etc. You can have a look here http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/computers/laptops/ or you could also get hold of a few computing mags that review laptops.

Wiredman12

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

[warning] AVOID TINY & TIME ALL COSTS! [/warning]

jasgriff2003

Sorry to hear you probs with ur pc but its quite funny that your solicitor is saying that all those companys take your money as they charge so much just to send letters out to companys. Bought my pc from dixons £399 with the monitor collected from the store for FREE came with FREE recovery discs and looking at the paper work if i have a problem it will only cost the price of a national rate call to get it fixed. Happy Days.......

JOE_MILLIONAIRE_2

Go for the DELL!