Sainsbury's Glitch

loobylou2

Hi everyone

I've been looking for a new laptop for a while and was about to order one from Tesco's because using the current voucher code you can get a Compaq for £229 but I've just been into our local Sainsbury's in Wakefield and managed to pick a Compaq CQ56-102 SA up for the grand sum of £169.99, The shelf edge label shows that it should have been £329 with £80 off which reduces it down to £249.99. However when I got to the till it went through at £249.99 with a further discount of £80.00 making it £169.99 which IMO is an absolute bargain. It wasn't in the main entertainment section of the store but on a side aisle with all the back to school and seasonal offers and a couple of other laptops which were Samsung I think. I did query the price but the assistant said it was correct. Hope this helps someone.

xoAmyox

Off to Sainsbury's now to try and get this fab deal, will report back shortly!

*Jelly_Tots*

I know it's a great deal (thanks to OP) but wondered if anyone knew if it was a decent laptop? I don't know anything about this type of thing and we need a new one!!

Hsl500

Hi does it have a cd Rom?
I'm looking for one for Xmas 9 yr old
Thanks

Savvybunny2009

HP Compaq CQ56-102SA with Windows 7 Home Premium, Single Core Processor, 2GB of Memory and 250GB Storage on Windows 7 Home Premium. 7.5 hours of battery

I would say it has the same specs as your average netbook except it is the size of a laptop. A netbook for the same specs would be roughly the same price online. I think it is ok for the price but I wouldn't rush out to see if my store had any.

It will do the job if your just word processing though. Depends what you would use it for?

loobylou2

Sorry, I'm not up on the specs because I'm not technically minded. I just wanted something that was more substantial and not as flimsy as the netbook I've been using for the last year. Its a Samsung N150 and I don't rate it at all. The Compaq however does have a CD/DVD rewriter drive which for me is a bonus feature.

*Jelly_Tots*

I just need to it to upload photos and surf net. Any good ?

Savvybunny2009

Looks like the ram is upgradeable up to 8gb, so if your techy might not be too shabby for the price.

Malaga0034_2

*Jelly_Tots* wrote: »

I just need to it to upload photos and surf net. Any good ?

it will be sound to do photos and net
But personally i would get interest free interest and get a mac

jjlancs

check this out first, i think it is the same and it is £41.95http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Compaq-Presario-CQ56-102SA-15-6-LAPTOP-LED-SCREEN-/140493807900?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopAccess_RL&hash=item20b615611c
take no notice of this post, thought this was same item and it isnt. sorry, in fact this laptop is a bargain if you check out others on ebay.

*Jelly_Tots*

jjlancs wrote: »

check this out first, i think it is the same and it is £41.95http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Compaq-Presario-CQ56-102SA-15-6-LAPTOP-LED-SCREEN-/140493807900?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopAccess_RL&hash=item20b615611c

It says "This is not a Netbook, Laptop or a MacBook.This advertisement is for a laptop screen/panel only".