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Old 09-07-09   #11 (permalink)
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Gadget = Useless gimmicky stuff, right? Then they ARE stupid for buying it...

And stupid for not just laughing and moving on.
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No, gadgets are anything from MP3 players to console systems.
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Those two are great, but I disgree with OCuK having bad customer service. I've always had great experiences with them.
TBH I'd rather buy everything in person, that way, I feel safer knowing what I'm getting.

Anyway, if I went to a shop and buy something, ask the salesman stuff about it and it's capabilities, and 3 days later I see the trash talking about me on their facebook site... I'd sue them until they filled for bankruptcy...

Those guys are there for something. They don't like their job? get another one.
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There are plenty of laws in palce to protect I haven't been burned by online shopping, ever :P

What, are you an OAP? Hehe
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Newegg needs to sell to the UK and surrounding countries... They would have a massive customer base in no time.
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No need. We have great companies like that already in the UK.

but, well, competition won't hurt (us consumers)
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There are plenty of laws in palce to protect I haven't been burned by online shopping, ever :P

What, are you an OAP? Hehe
lol nah... anyway, t's sad to see that they don't respect some people just because they don't know something about computers. Whatever, I remember I read somewhere: "an ignorant is someone who is unaware of something, but who is aware of things you might not be aware of... that makes you an ignorant as well".
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Yea you have to buy on the internets these days to get a good deal. I'm surprised you dislike overclockers.co.uk though, I found the postage to be a little pricey but other than that great. For instance I ordered a graphics card that was supposed to come with call of juarez so I emailed them and they sent me 3 different games!
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I got stuff from newegg, weird thing is that all this stuff came with... a $10 bucks gift card... Seroiusly, I was like "wat the crap? what am I gonna use this for?".

I gave it to my GF, Ï think she already spent it on something though.

Still, I didn't like the fact that things got so late here. I had to ship all the goodies to an address to the US and from there, an uncle came to Mexico and brought me everything I ordered.

I wish Newegg shipped to ALL the region of North America
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