Oh mr purple, is that why my laptop is broke?

Tombo · 2 Jan 2012 at 18:48

arknor said:
he didnt burn..
a lot of people dont know the difference between cached memory and hardware reserved

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20916951&postcount=79

He didn't take that advice though and simply mouthed off.

icedbullet · 2 Jan 2012 at 18:48

Vonhelmet said:
I'm sending him over now to bum you until your legs fall off.

I LOL-ed

Hitman_Leon · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:12

quickshot89 said:
and yet you can get an engine with 4 wheels and still call it a car, its all people need after all?

Point missed.

quickshot89 · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:39

Hitman_Leon said:
Point missed.

not at all, a salesman will then try and sell extra such as a roof, seats, etc

point not missed, point made

haz_pro · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:43

quickshot89 said:
not at all, a salesman will then try and sell extra such as a roof, seats, etc

point not missed, point made

The point was that you go with a friend who is knowledgeable about the product so you don't get done over.

Point definitely missed.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:43

I worked for them a long time ago when I was in school. One christmas we had a selling point of 'wirelessly powering your christmas tree lights' on a tower.

Don't be too harsh on the purple shirts, there is a LOT of pressure to sell extras. If you don't sell cover with a computer you get a bollocking off the manager, can be a miserable place to work.

Redmint · 2 Jan 2012 at 20:26

Oh I can understand pressure to sell extended warranties and other such as that's normal at a lot of shops, however trying to tell someone a laptops warranty is no longer valid due to a virus or other such BS is inexcuseable.

Lunawolfy · 2 Jan 2012 at 20:36

Redmint said:
Oh I can understand pressure to sell extended warranties and other such as that's normal at a lot of shops, however trying to tell someone a laptops warranty is no longer valid due to a virus or other such BS is inexcuseable.

And illegal?

I buy from them when the prices are good, and unless there PC cost £20 my place has to send to the manu, which for a Tosh lappy saved me a few bob =]

Other than that Pets at Home are more technically adept than my lot :rolleyes:

For a sheer laugh I told a guy in there I was looking for a PSU for my SLI 580 rig. Tried to tell me that 400w was the strongest supply you could buy and could easily power the computer.... Plonks...

ng93 · 2 Jan 2012 at 21:13

Jay794 said:
Am I just getting confused or that Quad-Core pic, does it not say above and below the red oval AMD Athlon X2 7550 DUAL-CORE processor?

They're giving reasons why you should upgrade to a quad, which no doubt will be stupidly expensive.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2012 at 21:22

Redmint said:
Oh I can understand pressure to sell extended warranties and other such as that's normal at a lot of shops, however trying to tell someone a laptops warranty is no longer valid due to a virus or other such BS is inexcuseable.

If a fault occurs after 7 days we used to send them to manufacturer's website and not exchange the product unless they could prove it was faulty at the time of purchase. Serious business fleecing people out of money.

Cleeecooo · 2 Jan 2012 at 23:06

OzyOly said:
If a fault occurs after 7 days we used to send them to manufacturer's website and not exchange the product unless they could prove it was faulty at the time of purchase. Serious business fleecing people out of money.

If you have a reasonable bunch at your local store, then their "RMA" service is better than OcUK's or ANY online retailer's.

The reason i prefer buying larger things from them is because if something goes wrong, you take it to the store and they give you a new one straight away. Whereas with OcUK, you need to get a courier, then wait for it to comeback via DPD again, which is really time consuming.

The extended warranties are a lifesaver if you need something urgently. For example, my Dad always needs a laptop and he buys his stuff from PC world with extended warranties. Even the Dell next day business warranty isn't as good as theirs as you get a like for like replacement instantly.

Jay794 · 3 Jan 2012 at 06:21

For Christmas I got an iPad, I then spent the whole of Christmas Day evening trying to explain to my 90 year old Grandad what it was, what it does, how it gets online, what the internet is, and simply buying a computer will not get you the internet lol

That was 4 hours of fun

"So it's a computer?"
"Yes grandad, it can also send messages and make phonecalls via the internet"
So it's a phone?"
"No grandad, but it can do somethings that phones can do"

Unicorn · 3 Jan 2012 at 22:00

I love that purple place after my 4 bad laptops in 9 days i refuse to ever step foot in the door again.

Laptop 1: Missing key out the box and i kid you not i had 3 members of staff stood around the techidiot help desk trying to figure out were it had gone
Laptop 2: Screen didn't work at all and they suggested i take it apart to look for a bad connection :/
Laptop 3: Dead pixel group
Laptop 4: Hard drive was grinding its self to death ( I didn't actually leave that time i sat in my car and checked it all over and had a go before i left the car park )

Ended up with a full refund after a long argument with the manager who was 2 brain cells short of a plant :/ Tried offering me 50 pounds off a different model but i just couldn't be bothered

My suggestions: Go elsewere as there new partner in crime isnt any better either