[ILUG] PCWorld

[Declan Houlihan]

Peats maybe OK to go into the shop and buy
off the shelf but It is terrible for buying
over the internet.

I placed an order with them on the 23th of January
over the internet. I ordered a DVD drive and some 
blank CDs.

I received recognition of my order straight away, however
I didn't receive anything off them after that.
I mailed them three weeks later. They said they didn't have
the stuff in stock.

I mailed them a number of weeks later and they told me they
were having trouble getting the parts I ordered and offered
me some different stuff.

I accepted their new proposal.

It is now the 02nd of May, over 3 months since I made
the order and I still have not received the goods and
they have made no contact with me to explain why not.

the only reason I havn't cancelled the order is becuase
I'm lazy and I'm also interested to see if they ever
get back to me and if so what they'll say.

I have talked to others since this happened to me and
*every* other person that I know that ordered stuff from
peats, all 3 of them, had a similar story.

so, in conclusion, definately 
DO NOT BUY FROM PEATS OVER THE INTERNET.

Waider wrote:
> 
> According to cout at eircom.net:
> >
> > Yes I much prefare 'advice' from the guys in Maplin, when I went into buy 30
> > meters of networking cable, the guy in there convinced me to buy all the
> > necessary stuff to crimp my own cabeling....
> 
> That's called salesmanship. I can't see what you're criticising here, unless
> it's your own susceptiblity to a good sales pitch.
> 
> FWIW, I've had good deals at PC World, Maplin, Peats, Beyond 2000, IT Direct,
> and CompuStore (although the latter tend to be rare). I've also had bad deals
> at all of these places. I've found both helpful and unhelpful staff in all
> of them except Peats, which only seems to stock the helpful sort whenever I've
> been there.
> 
> Now, does someone have a topic handy? I seem to have lost mine.
> 
> Cheers,
> Waider.
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Declan Houlihan
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