Nigel.D

On the way home from work the car sort of shuddered and lost power. Picked back up again then halfway round a roundabout stopped competely After a 2hr + wait along came the rac who stated that my fuel pump had died !!! ok no probs i just get a new one !!!! Then phoned local nissan dealer and wait for it yes sir we have one in stock that will be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! £ 252.34 plus vat How in gods name do they get away with that i went on to internet and i can get an uprated walbro pump (much better than a standard one) for £99.00 brand new next day delivery I asked how can they justify that price to be told its a very technological piece of equipment yeah whatever !!!!

John

How about this for a markup then, I bought the wife a ipod for xmas but it didn't have the usb lead with it, so I went to PC World and they want £29.99 for one or £39.99 for a docking station, I work for an electrcial wholesaler so I went throught some of our suppliers and found the lead at £2.22 and the docking station at £7.34 and whats more we get a further 25% off that

Nigel.D

Dont get me started on PC World I flatly refuse to shop in there any more

Bunkerbarge

You could only imagine the cost of ships main engine spares!! and Fuel!!!! Legalised robbery

wonwinglo

*** I had a Nissan Prairie once,we were charged £180 plus VAT for a wing mirror that did not even have any paint on it,Japanease cars are known for expensive spare parts back up,I think that is why the insurance is so high on them as well.

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wonwinglo

*** Is that right that they do not want computer literate people to work for them ? a friend who went for a job with them was told that he knew too much about computers ??!!

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Nigel.D

I can categorically state that pc world in my experience do not employ people with any form of knowledge at all let alone pc's " i wanted a power lead for a pc and after trying to no avail to explain to the assistant i said it is the same as a kettle lead " he then instructed me on how pc world do not sell kettles and i should try Argos lol

wonwinglo

*** What would the price be for a conrod I wonder ? every fuel upload must cost a small fortune.

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Bunkerbarge

The current price I have for a Con-Rod is $22,000.00. A complete piston with rotating mechanism is $19,800.00. and don't forget we have eighty of each.

Fuel averages out over the month to 100 tons a day and it currently costs $260.00/ton. When we fill up every 10 or 11 days the fuel bill is in the region of 1/4 of a Million dollars. So we are looking at 3/4 of a Million per month.

Bluewavestudios

Yes, I can believe the bit about PC World, same as Dixons, Currys or whatever, they employ monkeys who try to treat you like you don't know any different, I have caught them out before by asking for kit which I knew they did not sell only to see what the reaction was...I knew what the answer was going to be, I was more interested to see what sort of excuse the shop floor assistant would come up with. It was Fun as I had totally baffled him when I first asked for the item...he went blank...brain into overload, said hang on I'll go and look out the back and stopped by the video recorder stands and then came back and said No sorry we don't do those. All I had asked for was Digital Compact Cassettes (for audio recording only) which are only available from specialist suppliers but used to be available in some high street stores.
These were out the same time as Mini-Discs came out but were of higher quality, 18 bit recording compared to that of 16 bit with Mini-Discs ...for some reason they never caught on...Mini-Discs did.

Yes I will go to PC World on the Odd Occasion but only to price up goods or get the odd item if I really need it straight away, I build my own computers now so there is no way I would buy one off them.

Regards......Mark.