SimpleSi Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 UK tech retailers are rubbish ? Channel Register Particularly liked the summary at the end Si 1
pooley Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 The summary at the end made me laugh out loud, very apt
featured_spectre Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 The summary was good, but have any of you read the report by which??? It's good reading, especially about the currys and comet stores
mattx Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Am I allowed to add PC World to that list ? This reminds me of something I witnessed to many many years ago. I was in a Dixons or Currys [ can't remember which ] anyhoo, this must be almost 15 years ago now. I was minding my own business looking at stuff when a customer approached a PFY asking for more details on a TV he liked the look of. Many questions and answers were being thrown around and then the crunch question which got the PFY is a bit of a state: Customer - ' Tell me, what does NICAM mean ? ' PYF - 'NICAM ? Oh, that's Japanese for stereo ' I had to leave the store asap as I could not control myself as I almost died laughing.
glennda Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 It's good reading, especially about the currys and comet stores well they are just the same as pc world (being the same company!) i already knew they where useless but might read it in the morning
Rydra Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 I've always wanted to work in one of these stores, simply because I know more about the tech behind most of it than any of them do. And I have waited till the village/store idiot has stopped talking and readvised another customer before as the idiot was spouting rubbish. My favourite one was when i was shopping for a new Router for home, and I was stuck for choice between a Belkin and I think it was a Linksys one; same price, same speeds, pretty much just different OS's on them. I asked for advice on them, and they sent their "Expert" over... His solution was to pickup one of the boxes and read it, only read one of them, and recommended that one. I then started making up some stuff that i wanted the router to be able to do, and sure enough he said it could do it! Richer Sounds suprises me on that list, i've always found them to be pretty good. I know just enough about tv/home cinema to know I'm not being waffled, and the shop assistants there made some good points, sold me stuff that did exactly what I wanted, and I got a good price on it all.
CESIL Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 This is coming from Which of course...they wouldn't get much interest if they concluded that all shops were wonderful. I don't go into these shops to get advice just to find a good price and to look at what's on display as I usually have a pretty good idea what I want from research online.
Rydra Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Thing is, that you still can't beat being able to walk into a store and look/touch what you want to buy. For example I would never buy a sofa from an online retailer if I couldn't see one beforehand. 10-20 years ago, if you worked in a store you had to know your products before they let you on the shop floor. Nowadays the average retailer would actually hire a monkey in a suit if they thought they could budget peanuts into the salary budget. Another case of "If Edugeek made electrical retail shops, they'd probably be the best electrical retail shops in the world!"
featured_spectre Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 I would actually use edugeek as a supplier if they had a shop!
sippo Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 What I tend to do is look in the shop then have a look online to see if it is cheaper. But if its electrical goods, John Lewis is good because they give you a five year gurantee.
Fatmas Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 It's not uncommon for a company to ask, with a worried tone, wether we are to go into the same line of business as them. But we are taking it nice and easy ATM. You are going to deploy your own brand of ATMs?!?! Oh dear.
Dos_Box Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Only £2 per transaction and located only in the poorest areas.
john Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Only £2 per transaction and located only in the poorest areas. Beats the cost of some of those in London!
sted Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 What I tend to do is look in the shop then have a look online to see if it is cheaper. But if its electrical goods, John Lewis is good because they give you a five year gurantee. but can be soo much more to buy. Tv i bought 650ish from amazon nearer 800 from jl
Rydra Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Sorry, maybe it is a little old fashioned, but I just cannot bring myself to buy computers and home theatre based items from a houseware and clothing store.... Someone here wanted me to buy a computer for their dept from Marks and Spencer a while back, thankfully I found it slightly cheaper from a business supplier. I refuse to buy computer equipment from a home store for corporate use. What next, taking my laundry to Comet? I wait for B&Q to start selling computer components.....
sted Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Sorry, maybe it is a little old fashioned, but I just cannot bring myself to buy computers and home theatre based items from a houseware and clothing store.... Someone here wanted me to buy a computer for their dept from Marks and Spencer a while back, thankfully I found it slightly cheaper from a business supplier. I refuse to buy computer equipment from a home store for corporate use. What next, taking my laundry to Comet? I wait for B&Q to start selling computer components..... i believe b&q do sell pcs/parts
Rydra Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 They sell a few bits to do with networking/cabling/TV, but mostly stuff to help install it in your home. I cannot pop down to the huge B&Q store and pickup a new CPU or some memory upgrades
Flakes Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 i only go to these stores to buy TVs and play around with items i am considering getting, then i buy everything online.
nsherin Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Computer gear - I generally shop online for and it's a case of who is cheapest with the item(s) I'm after, balanced with whether they offer free delivery or not Camera gear - either London Camera Exchange or online for smaller bits Music/DVDs/Books/Games/Software - online - normally Amazon or software4students HiFi/Home Cinema gear - I have used Richer Sounds in the past, but tend to shop at Audio T in Portsmouth these days. Nice range of kit, very helpful staff, good demoing facilities and decent pricing - managed to grab some good savings in the past on my 5.1 speaker setup (bought in stages) and recently, an Arxcam amp for stereo/music use.
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