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| Thread ID: 49759 | 2004-09-29 12:15:00 | Online Shopping Experiences | ApeNz (4220) | PC World Chat |
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| 276864 | 2005-11-03 03:31:00 | My only complaint is that so many on-line retailers will not accept payment by credit card. If I've got to go into town and muck around getting money and putting it in their account I might as well try the local shops. Some banks take up to two days to show the credit and by the time the retailer has satisfied that he's got the money he takes another ccouple of days to send the items. I wont get involed in internet banking. So I do all my computer shopping with Ascent now. An e-mail today and I've got the items by lunch time tomorrow. Because theres no safety for the retailer. I've seen it happen. Not saying YOU are a dodgy credit card but it does happen. If the person has or uses National bank for instance and deposits the money after 8pm on a Friday then yes it can take 2 days to show up. I never take 2 days to send anything. There is phone banking for those who don't like internet banking. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 276865 | 2005-11-03 03:51:00 | Because theres no safety for the retailer. I've seen it happen. Not saying YOU are a dodgy credit card but it does happen. If the person has or uses National bank for instance and deposits the money after 8pm on a Friday then yes it can take 2 days to show up. I never take 2 days to send anything. There is phone banking for those who don't like internet banking. Phone Banking. That's a bigger joke than internet banking. How am I supposed to remember user name and password? I don't even know what my password to this forum is. Everytime windows packs a sad I've got to e-mail in and ask what it is. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 276866 | 2005-11-03 04:01:00 | Ascent: the only comp store I've dealt with online, and were excellent. QMB: Their web site sucks, looks bad, seems to never be updated (or everything is eternally 'out of stock') and you have to view specs in a pop up window...with not much info, prices generally good though. They are just down the road from me, so I check out what I want on the site, phone them to confirm they have it in stock then go get it. Not much service in person at the Mt Roskill branch, just young Asian guys who seem more interested in browsing the web and strange 'chain of command': you say you want to buy something, the young guy asks an older guy who nods, young guy gives you invoice you take to desk where young girl takes money, stamps invoice then gives it back to you so you can go to 'warehouse' window right next to her, ring a bell give invoice to yet another guy who goes away and gets what you've bought. Hilarious if you're in the mood. My BIG gripe with online comp stores is when they show an item as 'in stock'. You go in to buy it and they go "No we don't keep stock of those...". I wanted to buy some speakers a while back, tried 5 different stores in Auckland with the same result. A really good way to piss off potential customers. General online stores in NZ are dismal, at best most of them just use a web presence as a teaser... probably just so that the can say they are on the bandwagon and have a web site that does nothing. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 276867 | 2005-11-03 04:13:00 | I have also found Ascent, Digitalmax, and Flashcards excellent. No trouble using Credit Card either. It is good to hear who not to deal with. Thanks. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 276868 | 2005-11-03 20:47:00 | My only complaint is that so many on-line retailers will not accept payment by credit card. If I've got to go into town and muck around getting money and putting it in their account I might as well try the local shops. Some banks take up to two days to show the credit and by the time the retailer has satisfied that he's got the money he takes another couple of days to send the items. I wont get involved in internet banking. So I do all my computer shopping with Ascent now. An e-mail today and I've got the items by lunch time tomorrow. On your recommendation Jack,I have just ordered a Canon pixa 4200 printer from ascent. We will see how it goes. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 276869 | 2005-11-03 20:51:00 | On your recommendation Jack,I have just ordered a Canon pixa 4200 printer from ascent. We will see how it goes. And I have just ordered ordered an X800XL video card from them and have received their acknowledgement. Pretty fast. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 276870 | 2005-11-03 20:55:00 | Still, You would be up poo-creek without a paddle if you didn't manage to get good advice from the people at this forum. Hell, if you had purchased from a real store you probally would have saved thousands that was otherwise wasted on poor choices and your own meddling. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 276871 | 2005-11-03 21:16:00 | Still, You would be up poo-creek without a paddle if you didn't manage to get good advice from the people at this forum. Hell, if you had purchased from a real store you probally would have saved thousands that was otherwise wasted on poor choices and your own meddling. 1 x Gigabyte GV-R80L256V, Radeon X800 XL, 256MB, DDR3, AGP, TV out, DVI @ $696.71 each ($619.30 excl GST each) *** Shipping today Is this a poor choice? Ipicked it on the advice from the experts on Press F1. :) |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 276872 | 2005-11-04 01:24:00 | Ascent is good but not even they always have something in stock. It took me 3 weeks to get an anti-static mat from them...with many emails back and forth as they kept changing the ETA. As a lot of stores do, they sometimes ship direct from the supplier too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 276873 | 2005-11-04 01:34:00 | 1 x Gigabyte GV-R80L256V, Radeon X800 XL, 256MB, DDR3, AGP, TV out, DVI @ $696.71 each ($619.30 excl GST each) *** Shipping today Is this a poor choice? Ipicked it on the advice from the experts on Press F1. :) The point was that while you rag on shops for not supplying you with online credit card facitities you don't take into account that being real world stores they can offer you and others services well and above what can be done via an online shopping cart. If you didn't have us to steer you right then you would simply be looking at a long list of video cards that mean nothing to you. Attack that with no knowledge and see how you go. |
Metla (12) | ||
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