New Laptop

notbritishgas

I am in the market for a new laptop for my GD, nothing special just browsing, facebook and word processing.
Came across this one, anyone know anything about the firm, and does the price seem very low for the spec? Surely Windows 8 would take up a large portion of the cost.
Any opinion would be welcome.

http://www.trade7.co.uk/acer-aspire-e157133114g50mnks-core-1568243-p-368.html

WTFH

Never heard of Trade7, but looking up their website...
http://www.nominet.org.uk/whois/lookup?query=trade7.co.uk

It's registered as a private individual and has been in existence for less than a month

WTFH

...there's more...
Soo Consultant: August 99 - January 04
Soo International: July 03 - May 09
Prime Network: July 03 - May 09
Capitaux Property & Finance: December 03 - October 06
Towercastle: November 03 - August 07

And then, the bad grammar in their terms and conditions is used in another website:
http://www.bluetraders.co.uk/conditions.php (set up on 16/9/13)
...but that website is "no longer taking orders".
The scam has been discovered, so they've moved on.

notbritishgas

WTFH wrote: »

...there's more...
Soo Consultant: August 99 - January 04
Soo International: July 03 - May 09
Prime Network: July 03 - May 09
Capitaux Property & Finance: December 03 - October 06
Towercastle: November 03 - August 07

And then, the bad grammar in their terms and conditions is used in another website:
http://www.bluetraders.co.uk/conditions.php (set up on 16/9/13)
...but that website is "no longer taking orders".
The scam has been discovered, so they've moved on.

Thanks WTFH, I can see that the website is a copy of the blue traders one but with a Birmingham address instead of Stockport.
What does the items highlighted in your post reveal?

Anyone confirm that the price of the item in my OP is vastly too cheap? They do seem to have more expensive laptops which may be the normal price.

danthemoneysavingman

move on from that website... you'll lose your money regardless of the pricing they offer. Probably.

WTFH

notbritishgas wrote: »

Thanks WTFH, I can see that the website is a copy of the blue traders one but with a Birmingham address instead of Stockport.
What does the items highlighted in your post reveal?

It reveals that in the last decade there have been several IT companies based at that same address, and they've all come and gone very quickly.

notbritishgas wrote: »

Anyone confirm that the price of the item in my OP is vastly too cheap? They do seem to have more expensive laptops which may be the normal price.

The price is vastly too cheap. They have other laptops to tempt people to think they might be legit.
It's a scam, avoid them.