This was the scene earlier.......
 

when bb31 and I took our life in our hands :eek:

we walked out empty handed after seeing the rip off prices :erm:

Any good places recommended to buy wireless stuff for bb31, she is on Pipex and wants to connect her laptop wirelessly

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Any high street shop will be pricey, and if it's cheap it's probably end of line, but then you are paying for the sales staff, brightly lit shop and all that stuff. PCworld will take that to the extreme. Your local computer shop can be a better bet, but they may not have as wide a selection. Of course by buying at a shop in theory you are paying for the advice the staff can give you?

If you know what you want then online shopping will always be cheapest - www.dabs.com, www.simply.co.uk and so on have always been good for me, but check the delivery charges first.

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Dabs.com
Komplett.co.uk
Aria.co.uk


TBH I find PC world CAN be reasonable on its prices, its just you cant guarantee that what you want will be in their reasonable price range. Plus I dont mind paying a penalty for having somehting right away.

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I have used these people before

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/

and not had any probs. I think they are reasonably competetive

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PC World are good :D

.... Only for testing things ;)

Used to buy stuff from there... test it out for a week, send it back, and If I really wanted it.. Order it for a cheaper price online :D

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& of course that's why they are at times costly - they have to absorb these sorts of costs, but if the shops are silly enough to allow such "abuse" then take advantage ;)

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Could be argued that if there price's met online retailers on all accounts, and other high street stores I wouldn't be needing to take the stuff back ;)

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They do have to spend extra money though, on shop staff, premises and associated costs, whereas many online stores are just a warehouse somewhere "oop north"!

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www.scan.co.uk are normally reasonable on price and they do a lot of 'today only' things, which are slightly cheaper still. I haven't used them, but one of my best mates has used them for most of his kit and he recommends them.

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......and they have a lot of useful info on their site, worth a visit!

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www.ebuyer.co.uk if you know what it is you want. Try not to have to return stuff

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is that you or bb31?

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I was waiting for someone to ask :D

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The only reason PC Worlds prices are cheaper online than in the store is because they charge you £5 for delivery.

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I don't think he was referring solely to PC World selling online.