Impluse buy ! I bloody wish I could.... read on
so here I am after finally persuading myself that now is the time for me to splash out on a shiny new pc. Let's face it the old one has been on the go since 2002 and as a part time graphics and web guy the thing has brought me much cash over the years and owes me litte. She's just getting slow and sleepy and even after a few strip downs and rebuilds she just wants to retire. Now I'm trying to save for a house so the savings should take priority but surely a new pc will help keep me indoors working on personal projects and maybe the odd game.

After trawling the web for what pc I decided on the dell xps studio desktop, looks the mutts nutts for around 1200 euro with a monitor. So with an eir of balls to the blues and all that I ring Dell to play the 'will I won't I' game with their enthusiastic sales bod. After a few number selections and diversions I get put through to this chap with a strong Indian accent, fuck thinks I, this is going to take a while... and it did, an age to get my name right, and the lengthy discussion that followed, whereby he wanted all this personal information whereas I was only enquiring about the price was quite funny.

'NO SIR, NO SIR, I MUST HAVE NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE PRICE'

'NO SIR I MUST HAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS... I NEED IT SIR' all done in that very serious indian tone... and pushy ? sweet jesus

'WHEN ARE YOU BUYING SIR?' 'WHAT IS CREDIT CARD NUMBER?'

really I just want to enquire about the price for now... (I would have purchased there and then had I been 'plaumaused' a bit more, you know a bit of small talk, a few giggles, works wonders for sales folk..

it went on like this but then the cherry...

'can I get that machine with xp instead of vista?'

'NO SIR - YOU CANNOT HAVE XP - DID YOU SEE AD ON INTERNET FOR XPS WITH XP ? NO SIR , YOU DID NOT SIR . . . . YOU MUST HAVE VISTA... WHEN YOU BUY ?'


eh, I think I'll call gateway thanks...


will endevour to post something funny later on...
(The Cats Twat, Thu 21 May 2009, 20:28, 7 replies)

I've just bought a Dell.
Do it through the website, as it keeps your contact with pushy sales types to a minimum. Unfortunately, it seems you can't get XP with any of their PCs any more, though if you want to play games don't get 64bit Vista as it causes some older ones not to run :(
( Maladicta, Thu 21 May 2009, 20:43, closed)

thanks for that

but I generally like to chat with sales folk and get a few quid off... I'll try them again tomorrow and hopefully get someone more agreeable..

mind your sandwiches,

john
(The Cats Twat, Thu 21 May 2009, 20:48, closed)

I would happily pay a few quid not to talk to sales folk.
Particularly from India. Not that I have anything against Indians as such.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Wed 27 May 2009, 21:56, closed)

i find that looking at the internet gives a good indication of price.

(Fuckpig "That's not even a pound a midget.", Thu 21 May 2009, 21:09, closed)

Build one!
I've just looked into the spec of that PC, and you could build one for 2/3 of the price, easily!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 22 May 2009, 10:06, closed)

I can build many things
quality shelving, long lasting furniture, I once built an office, stud walls and all, I can build nice websites ,I make a mean spliff and am a right fucking Ramsey in the kitchen but I would not have faith in a pc I built myself... also it would look shit, however the self customising options would be great... cup holders, kettle attachment - fuckit ! why not a coffee tea dispenser and a little biscuit maker on the side... this is the future of home and small office computing...
(The Cats Twat, Fri 22 May 2009, 10:55, closed)

Seriously nowhere near as hard as you think
Building a PC

Take one inept cretin, no technical knowledge, minimal budget.. stew for few weeks reading stuff up via Google, mix parts from sites like scan.co.uk or overclockers, follow instructions pedantically to the letter, throw the switch...

Result = a happy LabRat, with a shiny behemoth machine (Beastly) thats still going strong 3 years later..


And they dont have to look shit. I bought a nice sleek black case to slot all the bits into. Although this then resulted in a dastardly urge to cram in as may flashy lights as possible, ridiculous :S


(Hikikomori** watching cartoons on, Mon 25 May 2009, 19:36, closed)