Small computer shops

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I fairly regularly buy stuff from one of two local PC shops here.

Disk Depot and AW Computers

Both have good people working in them.

I went into AW a few weeks ago with a PS2 network adapter and asked for a Maxtor 80GB hd for it.  I stated that I would buy it only if it physically fitted to the adapter (Sony decided to have the connectors solidly attatched to the circuit board so they can't be moved).

He walked over to a shelf, picked up a Maxtor Diamond Plus 80GB HD, opened it and attatched it to the adapter.  "That'll be £40 please" :-D

Never had a problem with Disk Depot either.  Infact, I couldn't get into the shop so I ordered online.  There was a delay in getting the items out to me so the owner of the shop (who's not usually in the shop during the week) drove out and hand delivered it to me :-)

Later on I found out that the owner's wife knows my sister (I think both taught at the same school).

Maybe we're just lucky that we have 2 good shops here, but I think there is another PC shop here that's crap.  Can't remember the name of it though.

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CannonFodder wrote:
That's rather steep for a small HD. :-o

I know, but I was willing to pay that for the HD as it was exactly what I needed, and if there were any problems with it I could just go back to the shop with it.  I'd explained what it was for and asked about returns/replacement policy.

If I'd ordered it online and there was a problem with it on the PS2 I'd have a bit more difficulty in getting a replacement.  Especially as most computer shops (online or not) only test things on PCs.

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And the fact that I could take it home and plug it into the PS2 right away is a great bonus :-D