[-Al-]

Hey guys, Im going to order a screen, tv card and 5.1 sound system form ebuyer, I set up an account online but will phone them in before hand to make sure its all ok with the phone number / fake post code you need to enter. Anyway all items are in stock, whats the usual postage time for them to get here?

[Dman001]

Website says 2-3 days. http://www.ebuyer.com/special/1293

[-Al-]

websites say alot of things

I was just wondering if anyone had any 1st hand experience with them to get an idea, when I go to the order screen it gives me thursday 10th april but that could mean anything, just don't want to order from them to save some money and end up waiting 2 weeks to get it

[butts]

Should have your stuff within 5 or 6 working days. I ordered using google checkout as this avoided any security check. Also, when some people here on boards rang them, they encountered sales staff who were adamant that ebuyer did not deliver to Ireland.

[-Al-]

I never used google checkout before, is it straighfoward? they said I could use paypal if it was verified but from paypal tell me I need to be in the uk to verify it.

What post code did you us for google checkout? i reied their REP 123 but says isnt valid.

[butts]

You just need a gmail email account to setup google checkout.

See more info about using ebuyer in the following thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055216425

[OmegaRed]

Originally Posted by -Al-

I never used google checkout before, is it straighfoward? they said I could use paypal if it was verified but from paypal tell me I need to be in the uk to verify it.

What post code did you us for google checkout? i reied their REP 123 but says isnt valid.

I too am having dificulty setting up an account. It won't take my obile number no matter how many formats I try and aslo says that my post code is invalid.

What did you guys eneter for these two fields?

[butts]

OmegaRed, is it the ebuyer account you are having problems with, or the google checkout account.

If its ebuyer, remember for the postcode use REP123 (with no spaces) and for the phone number use 3531xxxxxxx (where xxxxxxx is any 7 digit number, but if you have a Dublin landline number use that). All this info is in the link to the thread giving in my previous post.

I can't remember having any problems with google checkout.

[OmegaRed]

Originally Posted by butts

OmegaRed, is it the ebuyer account you are having problems with, or the google checkout account.

If its ebuyer, remember for the postcode use REP123 (with no spaces) and for the phone number use 3531xxxxxxx (where xxxxxxx is any 7 digit number, but if you have a Dublin landline number use that). All this info is in the link to the thread giving in my previous post.

I can't remember having any problems with google checkout.

Cheers mate, will use that instead. Thanks!

[-Al-]

I think I used my correct phone number but added a 0 to the start so it had the same about of digits as a uk number seemed to work.

My order was declined due the uk credit card thing, so went for google checkout, I was trying to use the REP123 post code with google checkout which wouldnt work. I tried some other alternatives but it wouldnt go through so I eventually gave up. I was saving more money with them but with all the hassle in actually getting the order accepted I just gave up and went with a company that was a little more expensive but was an easy order.

[butts]

With google checkout I was able to leave the ZIP field blank. I suspect that this was because I had set the location to Ireland.

[-Al-]

ah ok, never even thought to do that. Thought ebuyer would throw a hissy fit. Don't mind though goods are on the way from pixmania.

[hideous ape]

Anyone ever order from these guys?

http://www2.computeruniverse.net/

They seem to accept Credit card and Paypal, if Hardwareversand.de accepted credit card or paypal I would use them. Don't have time to get to the bank on weekdays. Germans can be very strange when it comes to business! How any e-tailer can run without CC or Paypal is beyond me.

Did up a spec the other day and I would save €180 by ordering from Hardwareversand instead of Komplett. I'm done ordering from Komplett anymore. Any opinions on Computeruniverse.net?


Regards,
hideous.ape

[extra-ordinary_]

Only dealings I've had is I ordered an item with them and then cancelled the order after the item had shipped. I rang them up and managed to get the parcel stopped before it left Germany, but I still got charged delivery - which was expected anyway. Their range and prices are good, and their postal rate of ~ €16 when paying by PayPal is both competitive and convenient.

[Alpha1.2]

hardwareversand.de

Prices: best I've seen around.

Range: spoilt for choice.

Payment: is a pain, bank transfer only which takes about 5 working days to get there (non-express)

Customer service: is mediocre - average of 20 hours for a reply to an email (I sent about 5). One email completely in German, one email showed they didn't understand what they said. I guess thats to be expected, site seems more geared towards germans. I have read other people on here having difficulty aswell.

Shipping: 30eur flat rate. Not so great if you are only buying one small thing. But fantastic if you are buying alot. I got PC, 22"monitor, 5.1 speaker system, keyboard $ mouse for 30eur.
Ships DHL but DHL germany is special in that it is actually their equivalent of An Post. Tracking only goes so far as to say 'Arrived in Destination Country'. No tracking after that. The Hardwareversand site was able to tell me that the package was in the local distribution centre though. I rang DHL Ireland and they said that they should be able to track even without number, but system was down at that time Total time for stuff to arrive at my door from time of making the bank transfer online? 10 working days (5 for money to get there, 5 for delivery).

Build Quality: TBA

Would reccomend, but ONLY order things that are in stock.
Overall score: 7/10