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Old July 1st 04, 02:20 PM
Toch
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Default Overclockers.co.uk packaging standards

Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when sending
out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a
jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round bubble
wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your experince?
Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the latter.

TIA


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Old July 1st 04, 04:09 PM
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yep, bubble wrap and cardboard box

Sean

"Toch" wrote in message
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Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when

sending
out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a
jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round

bubble
wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your experince?
Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the latter.

TIA




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Old July 1st 04, 04:40 PM
Sham B
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Always a good idea to check out komplett http://www.komplett.co.uk
They are quite often cheaper for the UK customers in my experience. They also package well

S

pRot3us wrote:
yep, bubble wrap and cardboard box

Sean

"Toch" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when
sending out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics
card's box in a jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in
2" thick all-round bubble wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard
box? What's your experince? Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the
latter.

TIA



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Old July 1st 04, 04:54 PM
Harry
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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:40:57 +0100, "Sham B"
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Always a good idea to check out komplett http://www.komplett.co.uk
They are quite often cheaper for the UK customers in my experience. They also package well

If you are after cheap then www.scan.co.uk www.ebuyer.com or
www.chillblast.com are all worth a view.

Komplett are very good at what they do, but, like Dabs.com, they
charge alot more than the ones mentioned above.

Harry

PS I have have not problems with any of the dealer I mentioned, and I
recommend them all.

S

pRot3us wrote:
yep, bubble wrap and cardboard box

Sean

"Toch" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when
sending out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics
card's box in a jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in
2" thick all-round bubble wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard
box? What's your experince? Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the
latter.

TIA



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Old July 1st 04, 08:10 PM
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"Harry" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:40:57 +0100, "Sham B"
wrote:

Always a good idea to check out komplett http://www.komplett.co.uk
They are quite often cheaper for the UK customers in my experience. They

also package well
If you are after cheap then www.scan.co.uk www.ebuyer.com or
www.chillblast.com are all worth a view.

Komplett are very good at what they do, but, like Dabs.com, they
charge alot more than the ones mentioned above.

Harry

PS I have have not problems with any of the dealer I mentioned, and I
recommend them all.


Yes ebuyer are good too and scan, also tekheads

I generally use one of the uk price search engines to search these sites
(and a number of others) for the cheapest price :

http://www.pcindex.co.uk/

http://www.computerprices.co.uk/

Sean







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Old July 1st 04, 08:28 PM
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Having been told they wouldn't provide a 30 day account time ago when I was
looking to buy stuff for a school (no chance of the school/LEA going broke),
I refuse to use them. Their inflexibility at that time was offputting to say
the least! They may have changed in the time since but according to the
reviews he http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/chart.php?1&1 , they're way
down the list in terms of customer satisfaction.

Even if they package the item well, is it still worth the risk?

Paul
"Toch" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when

sending
out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a
jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round

bubble
wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your experince?
Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the latter.

TIA



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Old July 1st 04, 10:27 PM
Hippy Paul
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"Toch" wrote in message
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Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when

sending
out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a
jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round

bubble
wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your experince?
Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the latter.

TIA



Stuff I had off them recently has been well packaged, using that row of air
filled bags thing to pack the outer box.


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Old July 2nd 04, 12:15 AM
Pip
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Toch wrote:

Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when sending
out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a
jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round bubble
wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your experince?
Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the latter.


Yeah, my 9800PRO came 3 weeks ago in a fairly large cardboard box with
one of those sheets of huge pockets of air around it.
My PSU came 1 week ago in a Jiffy bag, but that came in a damn sturdy
box from the manufacturer anyway. So it'd depend on the packaging and
type of the item being shipped, I think. Graphics cards should all come
very well packaged.
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Old July 2nd 04, 09:33 AM
Harry
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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:10:00 +0100, "pRot3us"
. removeuk wrote:

"Harry" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:40:57 +0100, "Sham B"
wrote:

Always a good idea to check out komplett http://www.komplett.co.uk
They are quite often cheaper for the UK customers in my experience. They

also package well
If you are after cheap then www.scan.co.uk www.ebuyer.com or
www.chillblast.com are all worth a view.

Komplett are very good at what they do, but, like Dabs.com, they
charge alot more than the ones mentioned above.

Harry

PS I have have not problems with any of the dealer I mentioned, and I
recommend them all.


Yes ebuyer are good too and scan, also tekheads

I generally use one of the uk price search engines to search these sites
(and a number of others) for the cheapest price :

http://www.pcindex.co.uk/

http://www.computerprices.co.uk/


I use http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/chart.php?1 too for independant
reviews...

Harry

Sean







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Old July 2nd 04, 09:36 PM
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TAKE MY ADVICE
Don't touch overclockers with a barge pole.
They screwed me around so bad, i was without a pc for weeks and they were
totally uninterested in sorting out the complete mess they made. No phone
calls answered, no emails replied to. And this was because they insisted
they had sent out something i had ordered when they hadnt, and when they did
it was totally wrong.
I had to travel hundreds of miles on a roundtrip and confront them
personally to get my goods.
Steer well clear of this shambolic outfit.

"Toch" wrote in message
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Hi

I am wondering what packaging Overclockers.co.uk generally uses when

sending
out graphics cards to customers. Does it use the graphics card's box in a
jiffy bag method or does it wrap the card's box in 2" thick all-round

bubble
wrap or foam all placed in a cardboard box? What's your experince?
Apparently Overclockers.co.uk claims the latter.

TIA




 




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