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Macready · 13-03-2004, 15:44

about a year ago noww, my computer went bang, so I was given about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£200 to rebuild the PC, I needed a new motherboard so decided to bite the bullet and upgrade.

I ordered an

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (Retail)
MSI Motherboard
512 Meg PC2700 RAM
and a case with power supply / side window

All came in at about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£200 by the time postage and all that was added up.

Arrived via delivery

Power supply was DOA on the case, (Found out after fitting that with everything)
The Ram was proven faulty, (tested it in my mates PC, that same day)
Motherboard was also DEAD, tested that with a Spare PSU that I had around

Athlon is installed and has worked fine to this day.

The whole system of returns with ebuyer is appalling, the stuff I sent back took about a month and a half in total to get them to return the money for, as they issued a replacement motherboard out in error, which meant that I had to pay for two lots of posting on that one motherboard.

Ebuyer are cheap enough, but personally I would never buy anything from there that I cant take back to a shop immediately after that experience.

I dont mind the fact I pay a few quid more for my goods now at the local PCWorld or Computer shop, its worth it just not to have to go through all that hassle again.

13-03-2004, 15:44	#19
Macready Inactive Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Swansea, Wales Age: 46 Posts: 77	Re: My Terrible Ebuyer experience... about a year ago noww, my computer went bang, so I was given about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£200 to rebuild the PC, I needed a new motherboard so decided to bite the bullet and upgrade. I ordered an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (Retail) MSI Motherboard 512 Meg PC2700 RAM and a case with power supply / side window All came in at about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£200 by the time postage and all that was added up. Arrived via delivery Power supply was DOA on the case, (Found out after fitting that with everything) The Ram was proven faulty, (tested it in my mates PC, that same day) Motherboard was also DEAD, tested that with a Spare PSU that I had around Athlon is installed and has worked fine to this day. The whole system of returns with ebuyer is appalling, the stuff I sent back took about a month and a half in total to get them to return the money for, as they issued a replacement motherboard out in error, which meant that I had to pay for two lots of posting on that one motherboard. Ebuyer are cheap enough, but personally I would never buy anything from there that I cant take back to a shop immediately after that experience. I dont mind the fact I pay a few quid more for my goods now at the local PCWorld or Computer shop, its worth it just not to have to go through all that hassle again.