Free Computer & Internet Access for Children aged 7-14 of Low Income Families

looby75

jetty wrote: »

In saying they are free, i mean free to the person getting it - in other words, they don't pay for it meaning they get it free. Now i'm sure if your friend did qualify you wouldn't be on this thread saying all this . I have 2 daughters who are 9 and 12, my 9 year old doesn't use it, my 12 year old uses it for school. I agree with you on the age thing, i don't believe children of primary school age need them, but when they hit secondary school where alot of homework is research, it is needed. Our library is useless when it comes to the internet and because so many people use them, you never get time on them. And i do resent you saying these laptops will be sold on, i know a few people who have got them and use them, no one i know has sold any on.

Well said!

I know a few people, family and friends who have got a laptop through this scheme and no one has sold them on, they have been a great help to the children in the family.

Enterprise_1701C

Unfortunately I know of a few who have sold these laptops to pay for fags - I don't mind the secondary school kids getting them, but the ones for the younger kids seem to be less than necessary and I have heard of this being abused by the parents. I know a lot of people on this thread have found it really useful and for that I am glad, but standing outside the school with my mate on just one occasion listening to two chain smokers discussing how much they got for the laptops was enough to sicken me, they just treated it as another part of their benefits to spend on themselves.

I think anyone that has this should have to prove it is still in use by the child 6 months later, if not then the money should be taken off them. Sorry if it seems a bit harsh, but this just makes me cross.

jetty

Husna wrote: »

After finding out about this scheme through my weekly email from MSE, I called up and applied for my little brother. He qualified and we have just received the card with the money topped up. Just waiting for the pin now then going to go get a new laptop

Thank you MSE

if you order online, you don't need the pin

jetty

looby75 wrote: »

just a little tip if you are planning on using the card to buy a laptop online you don't need the pin just the card.

Also have a look at some of the deals already posted on this thread, you can get a laptop, bag and mouse plus extra memory or a printer from some suppliers.

oops, should really read on before i reply! lol

Alty10

Alty10 wrote: »

Thanks for that I'll dig the paperwork out and double check.

Still doesn't distract from the fact that Home Access are useless.

Having now had to have a Sales Director from XMA and Becta involved, we received a full refund from XMA for our faulty Samsung and having been messed around by their wrong advertising.

The warranty information has now been changed on their site and we are buying our replacement from somewhere else.

Goodbye XMA and good riddance.

outofmoney

Jane_Blackford wrote: »

Unfortunately I know of a few who have sold these laptops to pay for fags - I don't mind the secondary school kids getting them, but the ones for the younger kids seem to be less than necessary and I have heard of this being abused by the parents. I know a lot of people on this thread have found it really useful and for that I am glad, but standing outside the school with my mate on just one occasion listening to two chain smokers discussing how much they got for the laptops was enough to sicken me, they just treated it as another part of their benefits to spend on themselves.

I think anyone that has this should have to prove it is still in use by the child 6 months later, if not then the money should be taken off them. Sorry if it seems a bit harsh, but this just makes me cross.

If you know of quite a few, which amazes me, that have sold the laptops on, then you should report them.
Allowing people to get away with abusing the system is almost like you agree with what they are doing.

Enterprise_1701C

I know of a few, not "quite a few". Unfortunately I do not know their names. I have mentioned it to the school but they are reluctant to give any info or do anything about it as they are trying to avoid trouble with these parents.

TAZ

Having received my grant i was just going to go to comet but after reading this tread gonna stay away.looking at the net access all the links on here seem to only use 3, i was interested in the 02 dongle as in my area i have never had problem with 02 and my friend has the 3 dongle and its alway dropping her offline.

Can anyway point me in the direction for a really good deal? i was thinking of the positive one but again it3 dongle

thanks in advance

sweetcake

TAZ wrote: »

Having received my grant i was just going to go to comet but after reading this tread gonna stay away.looking at the net access all the links on here seem to only use 3, i was interested in the 02 dongle as in my area i have never had problem with 02 and my friend has the 3 dongle and its alway dropping her offline.

Can anyway point me in the direction for a really good deal? i was thinking of the positive one but again it3 dongle

thanks in advance

hi there, you can't get a home access package with o2, only 3, t-mobile or orange, the ones that offer t-mobile are www.xma4ha.co.uk and you get a free printer aswell, and the ones that offer orange are homeaccess.stonecomputers.com and www.homeaccess4.me, the second one offering orange also offer bt wireless broadband. Hope this helps

adamg

sweetcake wrote: »

hi there, you can't get a home access package with o2, only 3, t-mobile or orange, the ones that offer t-mobile are www.xma4ha.co.uk and you get a free printer aswell, and the ones that offer orange are homeaccess.stonecomputers.com and www.homeaccess4.me, the second one offering orange also offer bt wireless broadband. Hope this helps

funny that i work for comet and i seem to recall doing 5 home access grants through today 2 of which were with 02 dongles