[AuckLUG] LUG activity?

[Justin Cook]

I've had several bad experiences with supercheappc. Their website even 
says (or used to say) that they can't guarantee a response to emails and 
are unlikely to answer phone calls. Add this to the fact that they list 
items that they can't even get (and at ridiculously low prices) and you 
have probably one of the most dishonest retailers I've ever encountered.

www.pctronix.co.nz however are the diametric opposite. PCtronix won't 
sell crap so they're not the cheapest, but they take very, very good 
care of their customers. Spent 12 hours in store with them a few weeks 
ago trying to make a new video card work. 12 freakin hours of two staff 
members' time. That's epic customer service right there.

*Justin Cook*
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Chilling_Silence wrote:
> That'd be www.pricespy.co.nz ;-)
>
> Just be careful with SuperCheapPC, there are a lot of mixed results with
> people shopping there:
> http://pressf1.co.nz/showthread.php?t=75147
>
> Ive had a dealers account with Qmb for about 4 years now, never had a
> problem :)
>
> As for LUG Activity, the AuckLUG should be back again in either the first
> monday of Jan or the first monday of Feb...
>
>   
>> I would go to www.pricespy.com, and they usually send you to
>> www.supercheappc.biz. They're the cheapest, but I've had no problems with
>> anything I've bought...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aucklug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:aucklug-bounces at linux.net.nz]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Mark Foster
>> Sent: Monday, 25 December 2006 22:26
>> To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] LUG activity?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Vincente Aggrippino wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hello everyone.  Merry Christmas!! :)
>>>
>>> I'm new in the area.  I just arrived in Auckland on December 16th and
>>> I'm planning on staying here permanently.  I'm American and I'm hoping
>>> to be active in the Linux Users' Group and Open Source Software
>>> community
>>>       
>> here.
>>     
>>> I've checked out the pages at linux.net.nz, but I discovered that
>>> there hasn't been any activity since early November :(  Has this just
>>> been a break in the action during the holiday season?
>>>
>>> I brought most of my computer in my suitcase.  Now I'm looking for a
>>> good place to buy the things I need to turn it back into a complete
>>> computer.  I need a decent case, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse.
>>> Can anyone suggest a good place to shop?
>>>
>>>       
>> Hey Vince, welcome to NZ.
>> Yep - most of the LUGs go fairly dormant after end of November and things
>> wake up again after the New Year, typically mid-Jan-ish.
>>
>> In terms of suitable hardware, part of it may be influenced by where in
>> Auckland you're based. Theres a number of likely suppliers, esp as you're
>> building up a system based on components instead of buying an entire
>> system.
>>
>> OEM Computers in Manukau are pretty good (or were) if you're in the South.
>> PB Technologies are in Penrose (further north, about halfway to the
>> Central
>> City) and always treated me pretty well.
>>
>> I'm sure others on here will have suggestions.
>>
>> Again welcome to NZ...
>>
>> Regards
>> Mark.
>>
>>
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