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Posted by Tricky Dicky on 01/02/06 19:08
"watty" <watson.d@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Tricky Dicky" <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1136210722.27222.0@dyke.uk.clara.net...
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>> "watty" <watson.d@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> > "Owen" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
>> > news:cLmdnQEuM7LpjyTeRVnyjA@pipex.net...
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>> >> "watty" <watson.d@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >> news:KX7uf.49955$PD2.37815@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
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>> >> > "Owen" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:IIGdne1eWtZlmyTeRVny3g@pipex.net...
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>> >> >> Just been looking around for a decent multi-region player on the
>> >> >> high-street. Nobody seems to sell them any more. Argos? Nope.
>> >> > Bennetts?
>> >> >> Nope. Dixons? Nope.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On the web, Amazon.co.uk sells a few (poor selection) but play.com
>> > turns
>> >> > up
>> >> >> nothing.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What happened?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Owen
>> >> >
>> >> > I picked up a multi-region player from Dixons yesterday for a
> relative.
>> >> >
>> >> > Matsui for 25. Haven't tried any R1 disks as the player isn't mine
> but
>> > it
>> >> > says in the shops that its multi-region.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Yep, actually I did see the Matsui on the dixons website - looked a
>> >> bit
>> > shit
>> >> to be honest, so I passed on it.
>> >>
>> >> Funny though because 3 years ago I'm sure there were loads of 'em, in
>> >> fact
>> >> it was a big selling point. Whereas today it seems almost taboo.
>> >>
>> >> Owen
>> >
>> > You're right, its not the best looking machine and has very basic
>> > features...... but it wasn't for me so don't care :) still it is only
> 25
>> > so
>> > you get what you pay for.
>> >
>> > amazingly though, Dixons asked if we wanted to take out extended
> warranty
>> > on
>> > the player for 30!! as if anyone is going to bother with a machine
>> > that
>> > cheap.
>>
>> Many years ago, a Comet salesman tried to sell me an extended warranty
>> for
> a
>> hi-fi rack. I just laughed
>>
>> Tricky
>
> Ah! good old Comet.
>
> I can still remember going to buy a Dreamcast from Comet in the late 90's,
> they had sold out of those but instead tried to flog me a memory card for
> the system!!!!
>
> or the time I bought my first PC from Comet (what a great store!) and all
> they delivered was a printer!
> after waiting a week for the PC, I rang them and they said it had arrived
> in
> the store but they couldn't deliver for another four days which I found a
> little odd as the store was only 3 miles from my house and I was paying
> 10
> delivery charge.
> so instead I picked it up myself and took it home only to find that all
> the
> leads had european connections so it still wouldn't work.
>
> then shortly after the monitor packed up but I did pay extended warranty
> on
> this so rang Comet only to be told that they didn't deal with the warranty
> or the replacement of faulty items and gave me a number for the computer
> manufacturer so I had to deal with them instead which made it sort of
> pointless in getting the warranty in the first place if Comet were going
> to
> do bugger for me! it took me 3 weeks to get a replacement monitor.
>
> Comet aren't my favourite place to buy from :)
However, on behalf of a friend I did manage to wangle an ex-demo LCD telly
off them with a nice stand, one of those gold-plated aerial cables and a
load of cleaning stuff for about 250 off the actual price of the bundle
just by quoting prices from other suppliers and the floor manager being
about 19 years old and a bit scared of me ;-)
But, most of the time Comet/Dixons/Currys/PC World are very very crap
Tricky
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