Cantec in Manor Mills ripoff

fletch

Not sure if this is allowed or not...but has anyone shopped in the computer store in Manor Mills in Maynooth....if you thought PC World was expensive... OMG :eek: this place is a rip-off.
Just as an example, I bought a Belkin Wireless G USB Adaptor in PC World over the weekend for €29.99...how much in Cantec... €64.99 They really would want to revise their prices because that's a scandalous price to charge!

Endurance Man

fletch wrote:

Not sure if this is allowed or not...but has anyone shopped in the computer store in Manor Mills in Maynooth....if you thought PC World was expensive... OMG :eek: this place is a rip-off.
Just as an example, I bought a Belkin Wireless G USB Adaptor in PC World over the weekend for €29.99...how much in Cantec... €64.99 They really would want to revise their prices because that's a scandalous price to charge!

Well duh :v: , any sane person coulda told you that m8.

7aken

bought a d-link switch from komplett awhile back for 25yoyo, cantec had same switch for 75. i dont even bother looking at what they have anymore

Tom Dunne

Remember these places are for the uninitiated, the unwashed masses who haven't a friggin' clue.

They charge what the local market will bare.

Dell-Boy

Agreed, but the other day I saw a webcam for 15 squids, another for 20.
The logitech one was 50.

jozi

I've yet to buy anything in there and doubt i ever will. The staff in the cavan one arent even that knowledgable in pc related stuff either.

Once got a GeForce 4 Ti4200 for 150 euro in a shop in dublin, 250 euro in cantec and it sat there in the window for months after the gf5 series was launched to

Endurance Man

jozi wrote:

I've yet to buy anything in there and doubt i ever will. The staff in the cavan one arent even that knowledgable in pc related stuff either.

Once got a GeForce 4 Ti4200 for 150 euro in a shop in dublin, 250 euro in cantec and it sat there in the window for months after the gf5 series was launched to

Lol, the staff in the navan branch are clueless. They couldnt tell me what graphics card was in any of their laptops.

thecutter

Endurance Man wrote:

Lol, the staff in the navan branch are clueless. They couldnt tell me what graphics card was in any of their laptops.

Who exactly were you dealing with?? IL be glad to lend a hand if you want to contact me via PM.
Cantec is the largest Irish IT Retail store..Something like this dosent happen over night.. Cantec are number 1 when it comes to Microsoft, In the top 2 With Hp & In the top 3 With Fujitsu Siemens.
Its wrong to compare buying something online to buying something in a retail store... Of coarse its going to be cheaper on line.
Also, in the case of the Belkin wireless adapter, something is seriously wrong there, it will have to be looked at and amended, its a big difference.
There are a lot of items that Cantec are cheaper on aswell, lets not look at all the negitave things here,
People shop in Cantec for a local service, to get good customer service & staff that can speak english... sadly Or Thankfully as you may look at it, Cantecs competitors do not offer this.
This is not a slate or Praise Cantec Band Wagon, so please dont jump on it.
Cantec are an Irish company that we should be proud off, you will always get a couple of smartasses on a forum... Thats life

Endurance Man

thecutter wrote:

Who exactly were you dealing with?? IL be glad to lend a hand if you want to contact me via PM.
Cantec is the largest Irish IT Retail store..Something like this dosent happen over night.. Cantec are number 1 when it comes to Microsoft, In the top 2 With Hp & In the top 3 With Fujitsu Siemens.
Its wrong to compare buying something online to buying something in a retail store... Of coarse its going to be cheaper on line.
Also, in the case of the Belkin wireless adapter, something is seriously wrong there, it will have to be looked at and amended, its a big difference.
There are a lot of items that Cantec are cheaper on aswell, lets not look at all the negitave things here,
People shop in Cantec for a local service, to get good customer service & staff that can speak english... sadly Or Thankfully as you may look at it, Cantecs competitors do not offer this.
This is not a slate or Praise Cantec Band Wagon, so please done jump on it.
Cantec are an Irish company that we should be proud off, you will always get a couple of smartasses on a forum... Thats life

I dont mean to put them down, but when i went in with some very basic enquirys the guy dealing with me was clueless. I asked im what graphics card with in a specific laptop, he said "nvidia". I then asked what model/chipset nvidia and he told me they are all the same in laptops .
He also didnt no whether the ram in the laptop was DDR or DDR2.

Darren75

I find it remarkable! Why do you all knock the LARGEST INDIGENOUS IRISH PC RETAILER and sing praises of U.K. multinationals. Cantec Computerstore have 6 stores in the North East and Midlands and are as competitively priced as Dublin Stores.

On the rare occasion, there may be a few price differences on certain peripherals which I am sure they would be only to glad if you brought to their attention at the time. "Cantec have a core focus on providing customers with a superior local customer service, at prices in line with other U.K. multiples based in Ireland"

I am a very happy customer of Cantec Computerstore, and like many others would go back to them time and time again. If you all take joy in knocking a company who focuses on providing services in towns where these U.K. multiples dont go into, then bigger fools you!

Endurance Man

Darren75 wrote:

I find it remarkable! Why do you all knock the LARGEST INDIGENOUS IRISH PC RETAILER and sing praises of U.K. multinationals. Cantec Computerstore have 6 stores in the North East and Midlands and are as competitively priced as Dublin Stores.

On the rare occasion, there may be a few price differences on certain peripherals which I am sure they would be only to glad if you brought to their attention at the time. "Cantec have a core focus on providing customers with a superior local customer service, at prices in line with other U.K. multiples based in Ireland"

I am a very happy customer of Cantec Computerstore, and like many others would go back to them time and time again. If you all take joy in knocking a company who focuses on providing services in towns where these U.K. multiples dont go into, then bigger fools you!

The real fool is the guy paying over the top prices for inferior goods . Their laptops are horribly overpriced, as are their Pc's.
I think its great that they offer the public, with no knowledge of pc's a place to go, but they are loosing out on a lot of the "Pc savy" consumers, we no they are over charging, why would we buy from them?

fletch

thecutter wrote:

Its wrong to compare buying something online to buying something in a retail store... Of coarse its going to be cheaper on line.

I never did, I compared it with another retail PC store less than 20 minutes drive away. I totally understand that having a retail store incurs much more expenses than an online one and as such this has to be reflected in the prices

thecutter wrote:

There are a lot of items that Cantec are cheaper on aswell, lets not look at all the negitave things here,

Which ones exactly because I've yet to see any

thecutter wrote:

People shop in Cantec for a local service, to get good customer service & staff that can speak english... sadly Or Thankfully as you may look at it, Cantecs competitors do not offer this.

Agreed...I am not racist but it is nice to go into a store and speak to someone that has a good grasp of the English language...

thecutter wrote:

and sing praises of U.K. multinationals

I think you'll find I didn't praise PCWorld in the slighest, I said

fletch wrote:

if you thought PC World was expensive.

thecutter wrote:

you will always get a couple of smartasses on a forum... Thats life

I'll thank you to take back that personal insult...I merely wanted to alert people to the fact that Cantec is not the most competitively priced

Khannie

You'll always find (IMO) instances where a retail shop is just out of touch on pricing. Must admit I've never heard of cantec, but I occasionally don't mind paying over the odds for stuff if I'm in a hurry.

I nailed haaavey Nooooomans one day on their 110% of the difference (that's so patronising and annoying I just bought the goods elsewhere and asked for a refund) to the tune of around 40 euro on a 90 euro set of speakers.

deckie27

I was also in the cantec in Navan asking about a desktop PC
It had wrote on the info card "p4 775"
I what speed it was running at "Its a pentium 4 775" When I asked what speed in gigs he told me 775gig

When I asked what type of graphics card it has I was told 128mb radeon, as the card said.
When I questioned what type he repeated its a 128 radeon. He didn't have a clue of model

At this point I asked could he tell me anything that wasn't on the card- No ~So he went to get me a printout which was more detailed a minute later I seen him serving some other people

I walked over past him a few times on the forth walk pass he rembered he was ment to get me something. (Which he didn't have)
and pauned me off on another worker who knew a little more than he did.

Its a funny place I must pop in the next time i'm feeling down and ask for some advice to cheer me up.

fletch

thecutter wrote:

Also, in the case of the Belkin wireless adapter, something is seriously wrong there, it will have to be looked at and amended, its a big difference.

Still not got a chance to look at it....dropped in today for a quick price check and it's still priced at €64.99! :eek:

CrowdedHouse

fletch wrote:

Still not got a chance to look at it....dropped in today for a quick price check and it's still priced at €64.99! :eek:

Fletch 2 - RipoffIreland 0 :v:

rsynnott

thecutter wrote:

People shop in Cantec for a local service, to get good customer service & staff that can speak english... sadly Or Thankfully as you may look at it,

Irony.

By the way, am I being paranoid in noting that thecutter and Darren75 have similar issues with the English language, and a rather similar posting history?

EOA_Mushy

Whats with the defence of cantec?

I an item is 200euro in one store and the same item is 100 in another. To hell with the over priced store.

thecutter

rsynnott wrote:

Irony.

By the way, am I being paranoid in noting that thecutter and Darren75 have similar issues with the English language, and a rather similar posting history?

Whats that supposed to mean?
I just come on here, to find out information & maybe add my opinion to the odd thread.
In this case I was adding my opinion, I shop at Cantec due to the vast range of products, and is one of the few Irish retailers left in Ireland..... Its the same reason I do my weekly shopping in superquinn.
And when you checked the price of the Belkin Product, did you let any of the sales guys or the manager know of the difference?

Airblazer

EOA_Mushy wrote:

Whats with the defence of cantec?

I an item is 200euro in one store and the same item is 100 in another. To hell with the over priced store.

they probably work there...who else would quote that bull**** about being proud of an irish company that rips it's customers off....sure they could be cheaper on other goods..but that's because they're marking it up on others...irish companies need to realise that their heyday is over and start supplying goods at competitive prices and provide good support...the sooner they realise this the less chance they have of going out of business..I order all my stuff online now..don't feel why I had to pay more for goods of an irish company just because it's irish..remember we're not called the rip off ireland for nothing!!!
eircom for example will be one company I'd be glad to see going bust and I have a feeling I wouldn't be the only one..

rsynnott

thecutter wrote:

And when you checked the price of the Belkin Product, did you let any of the sales guys or the manager know of the difference?

I'm afraid that working on the basis of overcharging the uninformed and giving decent prices to those who know what they're doing really isn't much better than overcharging everybody. Arguably, it is worse.

fletch

thecutter wrote:

And when you checked the price of the Belkin Product, did you let any of the sales guys or the manager know of the difference?

Well I got the impression that you were in some way affiliated with the store/worked there so I thought you might have done something about it.....to be honest I'm not being paid to be a competitve review of the store, some companies pay people to do that so it's up to the company themselves to ensure their prices are competitive

maidhc

Darren75 wrote:

If you all take joy in knocking a company who focuses on providing services in towns where these U.K. multiples dont go into, then bigger fools you!

Welcome to the world of e-commerce and the common market! Coming from a small village with no UK multiple in sight I can tell you we survive just fine without overpriced computer stores too!

stevenmu

thecutter wrote:

Whats that supposed to mean?
I just come on here, to find out information & maybe add my opinion to the odd thread.
In this case I was adding my opinion, I shop at Cantec due to the vast range of products, and is one of the few Irish retailers left in Ireland.....

For someone who's supposed to be just a customer, you seem very quick to trot out a company line

thecutter wrote:

Who exactly were you dealing with?? IL be glad to lend a hand if you want to contact me via PM.
Cantec is the largest Irish IT Retail store..Something like this dosent happen over night.. Cantec are number 1 when it comes to Microsoft, In the top 2 With Hp & In the top 3 With Fujitsu Siemens.
Its wrong to compare buying something online to buying something in a retail store... Of coarse its going to be cheaper on line.
Also, in the case of the Belkin wireless adapter, something is seriously wrong there, it will have to be looked at and amended, its a big difference.
There are a lot of items that Cantec are cheaper on aswell, lets not look at all the negitave things here,
People shop in Cantec for a local service, to get good customer service & staff that can speak english... sadly Or Thankfully as you may look at it, Cantecs competitors do not offer this.
This is not a slate or Praise Cantec Band Wagon, so please dont jump on it.
Cantec are an Irish company that we should be proud off, you will always get a couple of smartasses on a forum... Thats life

thecutter

Im not affiliated with them in any way shape or form. I work in distribution of I.T goods myself, and I am in regular contact with these guys. All Im saying is give these guys a break, thats all.

Asok

Darren75 wrote:

I am a very happy customer of Cantec Computerstore,

No you are an employee and one that knows sweet **** all about networking by the the looks of things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address

Endurance Man

Asok wrote:

No you are an employee and one that knows sweet **** all about networking by the the looks of things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address

LOL :v: , double accounts?

thecutter

Excuse me?? Maybe a moderator can confirm by my IP address that this is my only account PLEASE?

fletch

thecutter wrote:

Excuse me?? Maybe a moderator can confirm by my IP address that this is my only account PLEASE?

I think you should stop diggin! You are doin the reputation of Cantec no favours.....I think you'll find that Asok is a moderator....maybe not of the Computers/Technology board but he does moderate FS Tickets, IRC, and Pimpdaddy

kc66

There is no doubt that Cantec is one of the greatest rip off shops around. On a few occasions I have gone into the shop in Navan for things I needed but had to leave empty handed because of the price. Cheaper to drive to Dublin. An ex-employee I know laughs at their prices too.
The Cutter- I reckon you are the big man himself!

And the shop assistants excuse for not having blank dual layer dvds is they havent decided which ones are best yet.

deckie27

I was going to let this go but
Darren75/Thecutter/Owner of Cantec was sending me abusive PM's.
I think its time for you to let it go
I know Theres a saying that "all publicity is good" but the man who said that sells some of the cheapest flights in the world


Dec

Endurance Man

deckie27 wrote:

I was going to let this go but
Darren75/Thecutter/Owner of Cantec was sending me abusive PM's.
I think its time for you to let it go
I know Theres a saying that "all publicity is good" but the man who said that sells some of the cheapest flights in the world


Dec

SHould let a mod know about this...

thecutter

I have not sent anybody on here a pm!!
As you can see by my post count I very rarely post on here... reason being the amount of rubbish that goes on here.
That will be my last post on the matter.
I would genuinely like a mod to clear this farce up. I have enough to do with my time than have double accounts ect

rsynnott

thecutter wrote:

I have not sent anybody on here a pm!!
As you can see by my post count I very rarely post on here... reason being the amount of rubbish that goes on here.
That will be my last post on the matter.
I would genuinely like a mod to clear this farce up. I have enough to do with my time than have double accounts ect

Good, good, Asok will be able to confirm that (there are records). Now, stop pretending to be an interested bystander! Naughty!

fletch

deckie27 wrote:

I was going to let this go but
Darren75/Thecutter/Owner of Cantec was sending me abusive PM's.

lol lol

bounty

Darren75 wrote:

I find it remarkable! Why do you all knock the LARGEST INDIGENOUS IRISH PC RETAILER and sing praises of U.K. multinationals. Cantec Computerstore have 6 stores in the North East and Midlands and are as competitively priced as Dublin Stores.

On the rare occasion, there may be a few price differences on certain peripherals which I am sure they would be only to glad if you brought to their attention at the time. "Cantec have a core focus on providing customers with a superior local customer service, at prices in line with other U.K. multiples based in Ireland"

I am a very happy customer of Cantec Computerstore, and like many others would go back to them time and time again. If you all take joy in knocking a company who focuses on providing services in towns where these U.K. multiples dont go into, then bigger fools you!

If Lenin ran Cantec, he would refer to you as a "Useful idiot"

Laguna

I can't believe someone stated on this thread that they shop in Cantec for the sole reason it is an Irish company as if desperately trying to cling on to Irishness with some bizarre republican-esque loyalty, what loyalty are Cantec displaying to you when they're charging 3 to 4 times the price that Komplett charge for the same item?. Talk about someone who works for the company.. :rolleyes:

thecutter

Laguna wrote:

they're charging 3 to 4 times the price that Komplett charge for the same item?.

Cop on!! so is every retail outlet!!

Endurance Man

thecutter wrote:

Cop on!! so is every retail outlet!!

Exaclty! You need to cop on ffs, you where defending Cantec for charging these crazy prices? Just becuase the company is irish it makes it okay for them to screw you up the rear?

DemonOfTheFall

thecutter wrote:

Cop on!! so is every retail outlet!!

And if everyone else was going to jump off a cliff would you ? :rolleyes:

Silverfish

thecutter wrote:

Cop on!! so is every retail outlet!!

Did you even read the first post?

fletch wrote:

JI bought a Belkin Wireless G USB Adaptor in PC World over the weekend for €29.99...how much in Cantec... €64.99 They really would want to revise their prices because that's a scandalous price to charge!

Pc World = retail outlet.

Cantec = Retail outlet.

PC World = Belkin Adaptor 29.99

Cantec = Belkin Adaptor 64.99.

Cantec should be ashamed in my opinion, I walk past the Navan branch every few weeks or so, and I can't believe the prices of some of the stuff.

Asok

While there is no IP based evidence I do find it funny that you list IT Sales as your occupation in navan....where do you work again?

Stephen

I guess these shops used to be compustore franchises then? Sounds like nothing has changed.

Laguna

thecutter wrote:

Cop on!! so is every retail outlet!!

Since you put it like that, I've seen the error of my ways buying my computer parts from Komplett at half the price, clearly I'm in the wrong by not paying overinflated retail outlet prices (of which Cantec is by far the winner).. What have I been thinking saving all this money?!..

Lump

Ah this thread has cheered me up no end Thanks you crazy kids.

John

MrVestek

This thread funny. This thread make me laugh. Ha... haha.

Aherm.. or something. Gathering card, anyone?

MrVestek

*edit*

Accidential double post.

thecutter

Asok wrote:

While there is no IP based evidence I do find it funny that you list IT Sales as your occupation in navan....where do you work again?

As I said, I work in distribution... selling I.T. goods, I live in Navan, doesnt mean I work there!! I work in Blanch, dont really want to go into too much detail after that!!

fletch

thecutter wrote:

Cop on!! so is every retail outlet!!

I'd be the first to accept(and I think I did earlier in the thread) that one has to expect to pay more for goods in a retail store given the increased overheads, I don't think anybody can argue with that.....but what we can argue is that Cantec seems to charge a lot more than their competition! How they can justify charging over 100% more for a product that is available a short distance away is beyond me.
Commenting about online stores contributes nothing to the arguement...we are all well aware that products available in retails stores can be bought for a fraction of the cost online

deckie27

I was going to let this go but
Darren75/Thecutter/Owner of Cantec was sending me abusive PM's.


Darren75 sent me the PM's

Dec

Lump

You've said that already.... Report them, or be quiet.

John