[Gllug] L2E:- Pentium pro 233 cpu wanted

[Richard Cohen]

They also have branches in (at least) Watford (where I work), Harrow
(where I used to live) and Leeds (where my parents live :-)

Personally, I'm not too keen on them.  They're not bad for new stuff -
helped me out with a motherboard emergency in Watford last year - but
their second-hand prices are *far* from competitive.  I have seen things
for sale in there second-hand for less than the *retail* price new
elsewhere.  Plus, they sold me a 250Mb hard drive labelled 340Mb which had
allegedly been tested.  It can't have been too well tested if plugging it
in to a BIOS told me it was 250Mb, and a 2 minute search on the web gave
me its exact details.  As it happens, the drive works fine (44 days uptime
on that box at this time), but the point remains.

One thing which is worth looking at, purely for fun, is their retro shop,
behind the top of TCR, near the Playing Fields, but there's not much worth
actually *paying* for there.

On the other hand, I don't know of anyone else who does anything similar.

Cheers
Richard

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Gareth Bagley wrote:

> Computer Exchange, on Tottenham Court Road.
> 
> www.cex.co.uk
> 
> Tho, I've had problems in the past with them when faults have developed
> outside their 14 day return policy (even by a day)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: paul <paul@banon.demon.co.uk>
> To: <gllug@list.ftech.net>
> Cc: <john.edwards@brunel.ac.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 11:02 PM
> Subject: [Gllug] L2E:- Pentium pro 233 cpu wanted
> 
> 
> > There used to be a company in London
> > Round by University College (Euston)
> > called The Computer Exchange
> > They were excellent at selling second-hand chips /
> > memory bars / and motherboards (all tested)
> > and at an extremely reasonable price.
> >
> > I was thinking of going and checking
> > out if they were still there now I've moved back to
> > London, I think if you look in Yellow pages there
> > will be at least one or two similar companies
> > I used to buy loads of goodies from places like that.
> >
> >
> > In message <026db0836211620DIAL2@cwcom.net>, George F. Saxby
> > <caparo@cwcom.net> writes
> > >Hi,
> > >       I am in need of a Pentium Pro 233MHz CPU chip any one want
> > >       to sell one or know of where I can obtain one
> > >TIA
> > >C U
> > >George
> > >Just East of London Heathrow,
> > >Just West of the World famous Kew Steam Museum and Botanical Gardens
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > paul
> >
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