Buying a computer in London....

**phx** · 10-06-2003, 02:23 PM

My sister is in London for school, and she needs to buy a notebook. As i learned from friends , computer prizes in London are higher than the other parts of europe. She has no computer knowladge at all. So what is the best way to buy a computer in London?Is it better to buy from an online shop ,if so , which online shop is reliable and cheaper .? If we decide to buy a used laptop , do you know any reliable seller ?

**PriMaTe** · 10-06-2003, 07:46 PM

why not buy one whereever you live and send it to her?

**bamb00** · 10-07-2003, 10:36 AM

dont buy in london, your wallet will be very unhappy.

**Alientank** · 10-07-2003, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by PriMaTe
why not buy one whereever you live and send it to her?

Agreed. Build it, install windows and that, and ship it with lots and lots and lots and lots of foam

The shipping might be a bit of money but you'll save tons over buying parts from there.

**phat boy** · 10-07-2003, 10:52 AM

A couple of the better UK on-line retailers

http://www.dabs.com/
http://www.novatech.co.uk/

They both do very fast delivery and have reasonable aftersales support.

She might also want to consider going to a PC World. She'll pay slightly extra and the sales people are sometimes pushy and not very knowledgeable but at least if she does have a problem afterwards she has someone she can shout at and I believe they have a 24/7/365 phone problem solving service.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk
You could always have a look and then tell her what she needs to buy when she goes in so the sales people can't rip her off.

EDIT:
For those saying to build one and ship it. I could work but it might also arrive with a bill for 17.5% VAT (Value Added Tax). Our Customs are tricky people to deal with and I'm not totally sure where the law stands on this. Anyone know??

**PointlesS** · 10-07-2003, 11:15 AM

well you can't really build it in the first place since it's a laptop...

**phx** · 10-08-2003, 08:23 AM

Thanks for the replies .
I checked the sites you suggested. It seems Computer prizes in England are high , but higher than the rest of the Europe , not higher than Turkey . Prizes here , in Turkey , are almost the same as England , so it is not cheaper to send an laptop from here.

**LordOPain** · 10-08-2003, 08:28 AM

if youve got a friend in the states, set up a paypal acct. and have your friend do you a favor..

**Dan@354-Pines** · 10-08-2003, 08:52 AM

What about a tier 1 OEM with expanded warranty or tier 2.

With a tier one like Dell, you can not only get student discounts potentially (some t2's do too, esp' for Windows, office etc.) but you can also get extended warranty support. Furthermore, a tier 1 vendor will most likely have European support/warranty rather than UK or France or wherever, therefore, you can buy it wherever's cheapest and still get support. I know people that even buy U.S. Dell's and Toshiba laptops that actually purchase and renew their support in the US, but still get UK support due to the terms of the US offering that is also much cheaper.

In terms of Tier 2's, you may want to look at Mesh or the like, but I'm not a big laptop user/fan so am not really too up on the Tier 2 vendors as our contract at work is £m's pa and is Dell.

**emperors hand** · 10-08-2003, 09:12 AM

Stear clear of Mesh as a UK retailer. They suck bad.
Evesham and Dell are your best bet.
But if a laptop is what she needs she may be better just buying from the highstreet (PCworld, Comet etc).

**joeyst** · 10-08-2003, 10:04 AM

You could try www.ebuyer.com or www.aria.co.uk or ebay. Also i think Dell have some good prices.

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