Views on save on laptops

bluebell321

What are people's experiences of this online retailer?

Thinking of purchasing from them but worried about comeback with faulty goods. I know Amazon are very good with problems but they are out of stock at the moment and SOL are the same price and in stock now.

Thanks.

Knarf44

Bought two Asus laptops from them 2 years ago. Found their service to be excellent, laptops arrived promptly. Was kept informed of the order at each stage by text message.
Had no reliability problems with either laptop which to this day are in regular daily use so can't comment on their returns policy.
You could always google them and see if a large number of complaints appear.

Basil1234

well reading there returns policy
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/returns-overview
you can't return anything that has been unsealed so inspection looks hard to be done.
i would order from amazon and wait usually when something ordered they get stock in more quickly than if they havent happened to me ordered a printer not due in for 2-3 weeks ordered it anyway was back in stock and sent out 3 days later!

plus see there is £50 charge if they have to put back to factory state
also if there is a fault they just kick you straight to the manufacture of the item to sort yourself there is list of phone numbers there seems once they got your money thats about it far as they are concerned if was me avoid with policys like that!

Knarf44

Generally, it's always better to go for highest benchmarking processor within your budget. How ever, it really depends on what you intend to do in computing terms. To use a car analogy, no point buying a Ferrari if all you really need is a Fiesta. Yes it's nice to own a Ferrari and if you can afford one anyway, why not? For the average computer user who spends most of their time simply checking emails, Facebook, watching YouTube, downloading and listening to music, playing the odd game etc, an i3 or i5 processor is plenty capable of all that. An i7 would really only benefit if you do a lot of high-end video editing for example. Equally important though is the amount of memory, RAM, and whether the laptop has a dedicated graphics chip or whether it uses the i3/i5/i7's graphics.
I'm sure if you put a link or two to laptops you are considering, the resident laptop guru on here will be along to suggest something he considers more suited to your needs.
Hope this helps a bit.

bod1467

Plus what your budget is.