Compustore

jesus_thats_gre

I was trying to hold this back but I cant help myself..


I was in the Compustore "Superstore" in the Sandyford Industrial estate. I was unfortunate to be in need of a floppy drive and the "Superstore" is a 10 minute walk. God what a tragic waste of space!!! The shop was half empty, the stock was shockingly out of date and the prices for this out of date stock were horendous..


A Creative GeForce Ti4600, brand spanking new for €299 and the Ti4200 for €199 or something... The prices of games were equally bad, the Creatures Island add on for Black and White (4 years old now?) was 44.95 and 007 Nightfire was 54.95... A full version of XP home is over 300 euro...

How have they been getting away with it for so long??? I noticed the store in Dundalk closed recently too, I wonder is it just a coincidence that PcWorld opened recently too!!

Adeptus Titanicus

Rob U Store

Went up to a so-called sale there. They selling off display printers for about 30 yoyos less than full price, but, no power supply, no ink cartridge, no packaging, no manuals nothin'!

LegacyUser

I know what you mean. Its a ****ing waste of space if i say so myself.

jesus_thats_gre

Originally posted by Adeptus Titanicus
Rob U Store

Went up to a so-called sale there. They selling off display printers for about 30 yoyos less than full price, but, no power supply, no ink cartridge, no packaging, no manuals nothin'!

God thats a new low. It would cost you more to make up the rest of the bits haha

BigEejit

At least they have competition in Dublin, there's fuck-all competition for them in Cork and their prices are as bad ..... thank god for online retailers

neokenzo

I've been to that store up in Sandyford Industrial Estate. Thats place looks like the dump. Almost looks like they are going out of business

jesus_thats_gre

Who is actually running this company?? Do they not see whats going on around them and maybe consider reacting to it!! They seem to set up in places with no competition! No where is safe from e-tailers though

neokenzo

Yeah its funny how they can run a company like that. I guess they make money from people who dont know that they are selling way way more than anywhere else. Most companies would probably some things from them as well I guess.

l3rian

im so glad we can just ignore these rubbish irish shops and shop online

now, anyone know when i can get car insurance online

rymus

to add to the soundstore/compustore bitching thread but on a non-computer related matter...

My dishwasher has been busted now for the best part of 2 and a half months. We contacted them and they sent a plumber a few days later. Four visits later and the idiot still hasnt managed to fix it. Several complaints to soundstore and nothing. Finally rang them again about 2 days ago and they said "err, we'll contact the manufacturer". Surprise surprise, nothing back from them. Time to go up on Monday morning and demand a replacement.

I honestly don't know how anyone that does business like this is still in business!

Block (8

Going back 2 or 3 years ago I was speaking to a guy in the Cork shop about getting ISDN.

Apparently according to him I needed to buy a Trust 56k modem from him to connect to it

PowerHouseDan

they've actually closed down in cork

hostyle

Originally posted by l3rian
now, anyone know when i can get car insurance online

http://www.123.ie/

rymus

Originally posted by powerhousedan
they've actually closed down in cork

since when?

morgana

wasn't that PC Superstore that closed? I'm sure I passed Soundstore/Compustore on Oliver Plunket St today <unless I was hallucinating, that is>
There is nowhere anymore in Cork for that urgent need to get a hard drive right there and then <unless of course you have more money than sense>:D

Civilian_Target

Compustore in Letterkenny are doing thriving business sadly. Can't help noticing that no-one's bought that excellent offer of a creative 12mb Voodoo 2 for a mere €199. I remember I contemplated buying it back in 1998...

Also, does anyone know of a shop that sells extended warrantys on MP3 players and the like?

parasite

Originally posted by morgana

There is nowhere anymore in Cork for that urgent need to get a hard drive right there and then <unless of course you have more money than sense>:D

what about Cash Converters, just don't blame me when it explodes ...
:rolleyes:

jesus_thats_gre

Parasite... With a name like that, you should be running Compustore!

chopster

In Cork , is there not a pc store/repair/upgrade shop by the canal over the bridge by the RTE studios and Alfa Romeo/Fiat Garage ?

Tellox

The one in Waterford is the worst of them all. They're selling off a RIVA TNT2 for €200. Unsuprisingly, it hasnt budged. And one of them in there once told me that I needed more RAM if I wanted a faster connection speed. How in the **** did that even enter his head?

LastIrishMonkey

A couple of yrs ago i was so stupido to buy a pc from florgiffins rofl this was about 7 yrs ago now and i remember it was just out of its warrenty so i handed it into the compustore in cork for a repair it was like a faulty power switch and it took em 5 months, 5 months like Crazy

BigEejit

Originally posted by chopster
In Cork , is there not a pc store/repair/upgrade shop by the canal over the bridge by the RTE studios and Alfa Romeo/Fiat Garage ?

They keep their prices about the same as Compustore i.e. insane .... big shop, range of goods on sale is crap and also stocks products that are well over their sell by date and charges bleeding edge prices for em .... in a word, they might as well call themselves compustore as well

PowerHouseDan

ya i was in there about a month ago and saw and computer there very basic now i think it was 700mhz 256 ram 10g hard drive cd rom and 15in monitor for 799 i was like what the fcuk the only have cheap place where you could buy stuff is sound store,or there is a place ikon on the marina that used be cheap havent been there in ages,just buy stuff from the net,the worst is cork computer clinic you wont find more expensive stuff 120 for a 40g hard drive goodluck

Raskolnikov

Originally posted by chopster
In Cork , is there not a pc store/repair/upgrade shop by the canal over the bridge by the RTE studios and Alfa Romeo/Fiat Garage ?

Cork Computer Clinic, the prices there are crazy. I needed a few network cables urgently a few months back. They wanted to charge me €60 for about €20 worth of stuff. I told them where to go.

Jammer

PC World can be as bad, 3.0 P4 HT 533FSB - €700...AMD 3200+ is €330

RobertFoster

you just have to face facts that you cannot get anything for a decent price in shops in Ireland. Until people realise this and start using online stores to get their products (music, DVD's, games, computers & components etc) instead of using the "offline" stores, the prices will remain stupidly high.

palance

there are occasionally good deals in compustore....

toshiba a10 laptop €799
hp all in one 1110 €99
samsung 1510 laser €129

its not all bad guys

jesus_thats_gre

Originally posted by palance
there are occasionally good deals in compustore....

toshiba a10 laptop €799
hp all in one 1110 €99
samsung 1510 laser €129

its not all bad guys

Get him!!!!!

subway_ie

Originally posted by palance
there are occasionally good deals in compustore....

toshiba a10 laptop €799
hp all in one 1110 €99
samsung 1510 laser €129

its not all bad guys

Probably another of their ancient "Managers Specials" - no box, manual, power cables, accessories and usually cracked/broken into tiny pieces. BUT they give you a whole 10-15% off. How kind of them. :rolleyes:

tribble

Nobody forces anyone to buy there folks, while we have all had our share of muppets in all retail stores the fact remains that the general population don't know their arse from their elbow and NEED help buying PC's.

'course this whole thread is dedicated to my employer

tribble

tribble

Managers Specials

yeah, in fairness the managers specials are a bit of a joke.
Problem stems from the fact that a manager is reluctant to drop the price below the initial cost price on the system. It looks bad on the system.
But it depends on the manager, some just want rid of the junk.

tribble

mr_angry

In fairness, I considered starting a business somewhat akin to Compustore one time, but when you factor in the cost of running a shop, paying staff, etc., your prices are always going to have to be VASTLY beyond what Komplett / Overclockers and the like can offer. Its impossible.