Dabs.com or ebuyer? - Page 2

MovedGoalPosts · 23-03-2005, 23:45

Never had any issues with Dabs, assuming the item is listed as "in stock" if they have to order in the timescale is unpredicatbel, but then I suspect that is true of any supplier. Dabs shipping has always been quick (next day usually) even on the basic service, but you do pay a bit compared to value of goods ordered. Other sites can be cheaper because of delivery.

I've never had to return any thing to Dabs, indeed the only place I hve retunred somethign to is Simply.co.uk (now misco), with no problems.

Raistlin · 23-03-2005, 23:49

Never had a problem with eBuyer myself but I know that a lot of people have been having problems lately.....

Mainly caused by the fact that they have (apparently) moved their offices quite a way from where it used to be and dumped all of their existing staff - as you can imagine they are now having problems finding people to work for them and therefore their service levels appear to be suffering as a result.

That said, the one person I actually know that has bought anything from Dabs had nothing but problems with them.

What's the item?

23-03-2005, 23:56

Personally I tend to prefer http://www.redstore.com or http://www.novatech.co.uk/

Tezcatlipoca · 24-03-2005, 00:52

Out of those two?

Dabs.

Some reasons to avoid EBuyer....

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=ebuyer

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=ebuyer

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=ebuyer

daggman · 24-03-2005, 02:24

out of those 2 ebuyer , have ordered lots of gear from them in the past and had no problems.

if you want to try nearer to home (salford) the following are good:

aria : www.aria.co.uk

microdirect : www.microdirect.co.uk

spoton computers : www.spotonuk.com

all the above are manchester based co.

daggman.

mrlipring · 24-03-2005, 03:16

ebuyer have a rep for bad after-sales support. They're also about the cheapest place you'll find. I and the people i've built systems for have spent thousands at ebuyer, and not had one duff bit of kit.

you take your chances.

I've also had good service from aria and scan. I bought a printer from dabs once, it was fine, arrived on time etc. But ebuyer are still cheaper.

Lord Nikon · 24-03-2005, 03:39

I always use spoton, I have had so much defective equipment from scam err scan in the past it became no longer worth my while shopping with them. 5 return visits to build one computer, then a brand new drive taking over 6 months to be replaced under warranty, no thanks.

I have bought 4 or 5 times the amount from spoton, and only had one defective part - a DVD drive which was changed on the spot.

Dabs I would trust too, a friend of mine shops there for the local authority he works for and doesn't have any problems.

Gareth · 24-03-2005, 10:04

ebuyer have been fine for me - bought a fair amount of stuff, no problems, never late and often delivered early. A mate had to return a faulty CD-RW drive a couple of weeks ago, and although it wasn't very quick as it's done online, it was hassle-free, and he got reimbursed for the postage too.

Not used Dabs... but aren't they run by a woman? Anyone know if she's a looker?

Ramrod · 24-03-2005, 10:09

E-buyer are awful when things go wrong....stick with dabs

jtwn · 24-03-2005, 10:14

ebuyer

Cheapest Prices
Returned 6 or 7 things, raised an enote each time answered in 1-3 days, returned, tested within 3-4 days, refunded quickly after that.

Never had a problem. In fact ordered a new cpu and ram yesterday, checked the courier's site and its in the van coming to me now

Can't argue with that really.

Mal · 24-03-2005, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raistlin

What's the item?

I'm after a TFT monitor. The item is cheaper a dabs, than ebuyer (and lots cheaper than scan).

Thanks for everyone's advice

Stuart · 24-03-2005, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mal

Anyone got any recommendations for which one to use?

They both stock the item that I want, but I want to know what people think of them, are they reliable, that sort of thing?

Keep it nice and friendly with the descriptions

Ta!

As with other people, I have used ebuyer on a couple of occassions, but would go with Dabs.

To give you an idea of their service, I ordered a new HDD for my laptop on Tuesday at 10PM, and got an email at midnight stating it had been despatched via Parcelforce.

It hasn't arrived yet, but they did say one to three business days.

cookie_365 · 24-03-2005, 18:16

My only experience with Dabs (so far) was an external hard drive. Ordered about 6pm one day - it arrived 7.30am the next. And this was the 'standard' delivery option.

I'm definitely going to use them again.

KingPhoenix · 24-03-2005, 18:25

I order from dabs all day, and have ordered stuff at 9pm and still had it at 7 the next morning :O

Lord Nikon · 25-03-2005, 00:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mal

I'm after a TFT monitor. The item is cheaper a dabs, than ebuyer (and lots cheaper than scan).

Thanks for everyone's advice

Something like This?