The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

mcallister1

What if the laptop is faulty or does not work? If you have paid by credit card you would have a chance of getting your money back, but if they are selling things that are not the spec they say, or are refurbs that look like new, or don't work, who are you going to take it back to when they disappear? You say they have been caught out misrepresenting what they say to customers- that is lying to them about the games they sold being real when they were fake. So they are liars. Why would you trust them about what is inside your laptop? Maybe they are stolen? Who knows? Round the back of the pet shop? In a 3 wheeled van, maybe?
Its up to you- but if you are not a techie how will you know you have what they say they are selling you?

JDPower

mcallister1 wrote: »

What if the laptop is faulty or does not work? If you have paid by credit card you would have a chance of getting your money back, but if they are selling things that are not the spec they say, or are refurbs that look like new, or don't work, who are you going to take it back to when they disappear? You say they have been caught out misrepresenting what they say to customers- that is lying to them about the games they sold being real when they were fake. So they are liars. Why would you trust them about what is inside your laptop? Maybe they are stolen? Who knows? Round the back of the pet shop? In a 3 wheeled van, maybe?
Its up to you- but if you are not a techie how will you know you have what they say they are selling you?

That pretty much covers what I was going to reply with

stamford

buster1980 wrote: »

Well i went to the shop and got my samsung nc10 the laptop is brand new in sealed boxes they even opned it and checked it in front of me.
i took your advice and paid by card just incase but i got a reciept they seem like two nice chaps anyway im happy now as i have my new laptop oh and also a nintendo ds that ive been after for ages

hope all gos well for them in there new business im of to the try and set it up now with my knowledge i may be gone sometime

merry christmas and happy new year to all

Are there any other Rogue Traders you've been engaged to do an image makeover for ?

buster1980

dont get what your trying to say stamford just telling my experience isnt that what this site is for ?

Browntoa

no small shops open on a sunday round my way

even flower shops

love to know how how you "found" it on a search

Browntoa

buster1980 wrote: »

Done some digging on this company its in buiness with a company called cgk pets and aviary supplies in 36a market jew street penzance cornwall tr18 2ht , this is run by mr gary hicks

they where trading on ebay as 0173mooch untill there account got suspended for selling some games that turned out to be fakes.

i emailed them on the off chance and have arranged to pick up a samsung nc10 from there shop tomorrow which is running at the back of the pet shop untill they finish setting up there new shop in bread street.
the email also sated that anone could come and pick items up
will let you all know how it go's tomorrow

see in this thread you had some Ebay problems with Laptops and only accept google checkout now

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=17066703&posted=1#post17066703

also notice that on the ebay user id there are several negs fro non supply of this same unit , does not look good !!!

your story gets a bit confused , you are picking up on monday , then your brother is , then you picked up today .

Someone posted on the ebay forums that the shop is tiny and can no way hold the amount of stock they claim to hold , and if you visit the site you there is no live stock checking , I just added 20,000 items to my basket

they are also selling the units below wholesale prices so i'm not sure what their business model is or how they will make money

buster1980

Can i ask where the evidence that they are selling at below trade price ? also rf stock i just went to laptops direct picked a acer laptop thy said they had 20 in stock it allowed me to add 100 to my cart oes this mean they are a dodgy site aswell then , i will say im happy with my products an dont understand why people are trying to find faults with this site when they have done nothing wrong pc world , currys comet etc all started from somewhere and why whouldnt i say im happy with this company when i got what i wanted and at a good price

Browntoa

profit margins on laptops are at MAX 5% ,if the BIG volume retailers (who get a better volume deal) cannot even match the original price , how can this web site that was opened after they were chucked off ebay , knock ANOTHER 10% off that price and make money

their record of supplying these units on ebay was not good , refunds for non delivery etc

buster1980

At the end of day i got my laptop and ds for the price i wanted so im happy dont know how they do it but thats not really for me to worry about is it

mcallister1

buster1980 wrote: »

dont understand why people are trying to find faults with this site when they have done nothing wrong pc world , currys comet etc all started from somewhere and why whouldnt i say im happy with this company when i got what i wanted and at a good price

I'm afraid we don't believe you buster...:p
As for they did nothing wrong- they/you did sell fake dvds and say they were real. So that would indicate they/you are dodgy in some way.
Of course if it is all true I do apologise.:o