PC World Prices
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Was in there yesterday looking for Toca Race Driver 2 with a friend as everywhere else localy had sold out. They didn't have the game either, and my mate also wanted a CAT5 network crossover cable so he can join his two PC's together and play the game.
Next to the tills are display racks with loads of cables on and the cable was there.
How much for a CAT5 network cable?
£10.00 I do not believe it. The robbing ba$tards.
When I got home I looked up said cable at my local PC suppliers.
CAB-NET-C/O-UTP-3M RJ-45 UTP Crossover Cables - 3M
1 off £0.90
2 off £0.84
3 off £0.81
I am totally astounded. This is pure greed. Work that out as a percentage.
With all their advertising it sounds like they are doing you a favour. I will not be going there again on principle.
Anyone else got had any similar PC World prices?
Next to the tills are display racks with loads of cables on and the cable was there.
How much for a CAT5 network cable?
£10.00 I do not believe it. The robbing ba$tards. When I got home I looked up said cable at my local PC suppliers.
CAB-NET-C/O-UTP-3M RJ-45 UTP Crossover Cables - 3M
1 off £0.90
2 off £0.84
3 off £0.81
I am totally astounded. This is pure greed. Work that out as a percentage.
With all their advertising it sounds like they are doing you a favour. I will not be going there again on principle.
Anyone else got had any similar PC World prices?
Don't know if they still do it, but for years they would price match anything they stocked.
All you had to do was take a computer mag in with you and show them the realistic price of whatever you were interested in and they'd match it.
Et voila! The convenience of off-the-shelf shopping at mail-order prices.
Might be worth a try still.
All you had to do was take a computer mag in with you and show them the realistic price of whatever you were interested in and they'd match it.
Et voila! The convenience of off-the-shelf shopping at mail-order prices.
Might be worth a try still.
Why would I want to them my business when they are quite happy to try and get away with 1000% increase?A couple of years ago they made a bit of a cockup.
Buy a laptop and buy extended warranty.
Warranty terms were that in the case of an accident they would refund the purchase price rather than replace the item.
Buy a £2000 laptop.
2 years 11 months into the policy
Whoops, its gone down the stairs.
Hey presto another £2000 laptop...
Buy a laptop and buy extended warranty.
Warranty terms were that in the case of an accident they would refund the purchase price rather than replace the item.
Buy a £2000 laptop.
2 years 11 months into the policy
Whoops, its gone down the stairs.
Hey presto another £2000 laptop...
Its not just the prices.
They are staffed by useless gimps, dont go there for advice, its a struggle to find anyone who knows what they are on about.
They often offend me with my pet hate; when you ask a sales consultant what the differences are between product A and product B they just stand there and read the key points on the price sticker infront on each product
WELL DONE YOU MORON, I COULD HAVE READ THAT
Sorry, it just winds me up!
They are staffed by useless gimps, dont go there for advice, its a struggle to find anyone who knows what they are on about.
They often offend me with my pet hate; when you ask a sales consultant what the differences are between product A and product B they just stand there and read the key points on the price sticker infront on each product
WELL DONE YOU MORON, I COULD HAVE READ THAT Sorry, it just winds me up!
To be fair to PC World, most of their stores are situated in very expensive locations with sky high rent and rates, (Probably in excess of £3,000 per week), hardly fair to compare them with somebody trading on the internet out of their back bedroom or small backstreet unit...
It's a bit like going to D0 IT ALL and buying a pack of 6 nut and bolts for £2.25 or going to a factors and buying a box of 50 for £5.00.............
It's a bit like going to D0 IT ALL and buying a pack of 6 nut and bolts for £2.25 or going to a factors and buying a box of 50 for £5.00.............
not being a massive fan of PC World or Dixons etc due to staffing knowledge (or lack of), sometimes they are actually incredibly price competitive. Small items perhaps not but they mainly sell to people who don't know about people like Dabs and Ebuyer etc. However, on larger items, they (Dixons) were the cheapest supplier by a mile for our Canon Ixus400 when we bought it, no one got close with a Philips TFT I was looking at earlier this year. Still useful to compare their prices, you can always go elsewhere if they are more expensive.
Wacky Racer said:
To be fair to PC World, most of their stores are situated in very expensive locations with sky high rent and rates, (Probably in excess of £3,000 per week), hardly fair to compare them with somebody trading on the internet out of their back bedroom or small backstreet unit...
It's a bit like going to D0 IT ALL and buying a pack of 6 nut and bolts for £2.25 or going to a factors and buying a box of 50 for £5.00.............
I totally understand your analagy, but I am not comparing them to anyone trading out of a bedroom or some small back-street unit, I buy from Combubits / Spheroid, who is one of the largest IT suppliers in Europe. Their local warehouse is the size of a football pitch. They sell to the public or to the professional with a trade discount.
Do a Google search or look at the Net Shop for £2.71 or even Dabs Direct; they are expensive @£4.70, but PCW charge over twice that. It's still day light robbery. Don't forget that my suppliers are still making a healthy profit on those cables even at £0.81p each
At the end of the day, its just a 3m network cable, something that has been available for over 10 years. I accept PCWs' rates are astro, but surely this is all part of the con. Aren't buiness rates based on the square foot? Doesn't PCW always use the biggest shed of a building they can find? Why do they do that when they could offer substantially cheaper prices and if it is not financially viable? simple, to pull punters in because they make it look like it's a good deal as everything is under one roof.
If PCW did small corner franchises which offered mail order like you have already said, I think they could clear up. Look how successful Maplins Electronics has become over the last 10 years. The big 90's style hypermarket type outlets are old news now and they are not as viable as mail order with an internet front-end as overheads are much much lower. This in turn brings prices down and keeps the competition up, which helps to stabilise low prices.
.. "so explain to me the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R" cirks said:
not being a massive fan of PC World or Dixons etc due to staffing knowledge (or lack of), sometimes they are actually incredibly price competitive. Small items perhaps not but they mainly sell to people who don't know about people like Dabs and Ebuyer etc. However, on larger items, they (Dixons) were the cheapest supplier by a mile for our Canon Ixus400 when we bought it, no one got close with a Philips TFT I was looking at earlier this year. Still useful to compare their prices, you can always go elsewhere if they are more expensive.
I've found this too. Sometimes their memory prices are well below that of ebuyer and dabs, sometimes they're significantly higher.
Incidentally, B&Q do some computer stuff now (basic networking and cables etc), and prices are generally quite a bit better than PCW.
squirrelz said:Yes, I've noticed that. Cat5e patch cables at only a few quid. Bargain when you need one, since the Mail Order places all have a minimum P&P amount that is often more than the price of the cable.
Incidentally, B&Q do some computer stuff now (basic networking and cables etc), and prices are generally quite a bit better than PCW.
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