Hardwareversand query

newirishshogun

Hi, on hardwareversand at the end of a build request there is the option for Windows XP Activation (Windows XP-Aktivierung), any idea what that is, is it an xp install? its only €13

Thanks

BeciMester

I believe they get on the phone/online and activate the copy of windows you bought so you don't have to waste time with it when you receive the machine.

PogMoThoin

Not sure what it is, maybe they contact M$ and pair the copy of Windows with the other hardware You bought. You're not supposed to buy an OEM copy of Windows without some other hardware, I've read of people getting around this by buying a single sata cable. They don't install it as Software Install is listed as a service they offer and charge 35 quid for

newirishshogun

Thanks lads that makes sense, it was bugging the crap outta me!

Icyseanfitz

hey lads im thinking of buying from these guys as opposed to pixmania.ie would ye recommend them? ive heard they use a bank transfer instead of a credit card is this easy to do or is it a pain in the arse? il be spending a good bit of money on my new pc so im just wondering are they a reliable company that are easy to use?

PogMoThoin

Very reliable, have used them several times. The first purchase from them will mean a trip to the bank and wait a few days for payment to go through. they'll process Your order as soon as cash has transfered. A slight problem I encountered is that the gpu was in stock when I ordered, but 5 days later (waiting for cash to transfer) they were out of stock and I had to wait for them to be in stock again, they did ship the rest of my order, just without the gpu which followed a few days later

I've now got them added to my account as a third party transfer and can one click pay, orders are then shipped the next day.

Icyseanfitz

thanks so they are a good company then savings are great from them il be saving around €200 compared to pixmania

Donne

How do you find 'Build Request' on their site? I must be blind!

Donne

Donne wrote: »

How do you find 'Build Request' on their site? I must be blind!

Nevermind found it under "PC Configurator".

newirishshogun

Donne wrote: »

Nevermind found it under "PC Configurator".

I had to search a while for that onew too!

CombatCow

Hi im gonna order from them on friday but just to clarify, at the end of the order they will give you details on to transfer them the money? And you have to physically go to the bank and fill out a form.... ?

Thanks,
CC

PogMoThoin

CombatCow wrote: »

Hi im gonna order from them on friday but just to clarify, at the end of the order they will give you details on to transfer them the money? And you have to physically go to the bank and fill out a form.... ?

Thanks,
CC

The bank clerk fills this out, You'll have to go to customer service. Hardwareversand.de will give You a BIC and IBAN which is all You need

newirishshogun

CombatCow wrote: »

Hi im gonna order from them on friday but just to clarify, at the end of the order they will give you details on to transfer them the money? And you have to physically go to the bank and fill out a form.... ?

Thanks,
CC

Yeah thats it, straightforward enough its 12 euro for a transfer tho!

PogMoThoin

newirishshogun wrote: »

Yeah thats it, straightforward enough its 12 euro for a transfer tho!

What, European law says its free:

BIC + IBAN is often the cheapest way to transfer money internationally and is now free of charge* in much of Europe under EU/EEA directive 2560/2001. BIC + IBAN international bank transfers are faster, more efficient, and low-cost as they are sent directly through the SWIFT interbank network without using intermediary banks (who deduct charges or fees for their service). IBAN will be progressively introduced in most OECD countries to allow Straight Through Processing of cross border payments.

* For amounts up to €50,000 under EU regulation 2560/2001 within the 15 EU Member States and EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway).

http://auctionfeecalculator.com/iban_transfers.html

Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 on cross-border payments in the Community eliminates the differences in charges for cross-border and national payments in euro. It applies to payments in euro, up to the value of EUR 50 000, in all EU Member States. The basic principle is that the charges for payment transactions offered by a payment service provider (e.g. your bank) have to be the same whether the payment is national or cross-border.

The Regulation applies to all electronically processed payments, including credit transfers, direct debits, cash withdrawals at cash dispensers (ATMs), payments by means of debit and credit cards, and money remittance.

Some conditions may apply depending on the type of a payment transaction. For example, for credit transfers and direct debits, the use of IBAN and BIC when ordering the payment, is obligatory.

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/payments/crossborder/index_en.htm

My bank didn't charge me for mine, I've it setup on my account and can now do it anytime online. I'm with Permanent TSB

Solitaire

newirishshogun wrote: »

Yeah thats it, straightforward enough its 12 euro for a transfer tho!

:eek:

Who are you banking with? Hopefully soon-to-be-not-banking-with, the cheating feckers!

CombatCow

Great thanks guys, is their any way I could speed up the process, say by ordering tonight and having the bank details ready for the x-fer on Friday ?

PogMoThoin

CombatCow wrote: »

Great thanks guys, is their any way I could speed up the process, say by ordering tonight and having the bank details ready for the x-fer on Friday ?

Nope, it'll take a few days first time, after that the next transactions are instant

CombatCow

Ah right, I might add their details to my online banking so I can x-fer money easily.

newirishshogun

Solitaire wrote: »

:eek:

Who are you banking with? Hopefully soon-to-be-not-banking-with, the cheating feckers!

****!! Bank of Ireland, been paying €12 for yonks! gonna have another look at my statements and have a word, another reason to hate frackin bankers

brav

PogMoThoin wrote: »

The bank clerk fills this out, You'll have to go to customer service. Hardwareversand.de will give You a BIC and IBAN which is all You need

Are you sure?
I just did via online banking with AIB, didn't have to call in

CullyA

hey brav,

tell me more ,as im close to purchasing a rig & need more info on payment side of things with them ,im with BOI have have 365online

cheers:)

BeciMester

CullyA wrote: »

tell me more ,as im close to purchasing a rig & need more info on payment side of things with them ,im with BOI have have 365online

You can find the account setup details for BOI 365 in this post.

I've done the same, just one observation, when you get to this line:

Beneficiary Address 2 Registergericht Arnsberg, HRB 5956, 59821 Arnsberg

it won't fit in the field in the online form, so what I did was I just dropped the first two words, so the field looks like this:

HRB 5956, 59821 Arnsberg

It still works, see below. I do believe though that it doesn't really matter, as BOI should just need the IBAN number, that's what it's invented for! :rolleyes:

Once you filled everything out you'll have to wait for their confirmation letter in the post with the account activation code, for me it arrived on the 4th working day. Then you go back to 365 and activate it, and you can transfer money immediately. I sent the money at 1am on Monday and hwvs confirmed the payment 4pm Tuesday. Goods dispatched the same day.

CullyA

thanks romperstomper & BeciMester,

that worked a treat :)
now all i need is my RMA from OCUK refunded & im in action

Gumbi

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Very reliable, have used them several times. The first purchase from them will mean a trip to the bank and wait a few days for payment to go through. they'll process Your order as soon as cash has transfered. A slight problem I encountered is that the gpu was in stock when I ordered, but 5 days later (waiting for cash to transfer) they were out of stock and I had to wait for them to be in stock again, they did ship the rest of my order, just without the gpu which followed a few days later

I've now got them added to my account as a third party transfer and can one click pay, orders are then shipped the next day.

I ordered through PayPal from them (my first ever order from them) a few days ago. Will that mean a trip to the bank for me? Because it says the order has been confirmed by PayPal and they've taken the money out of my account but I can't seem to find an ETA of the delivery on their site...

CombatCow

Paypal! wheres the paypal option!?!?!

Had to go to the bank and fill out the form with their IBAN etc...then they have to send it to my branch then it can be processed. So a tip would be to do the transfer from the branch your account is set up, to save time...

Only thing im worried about is how are they going to know I paid them, will they compare my name with my order or the purchace ammount ?

CC

Solitaire

I think they match order numbers

And PayPal?!?!??!?! :eek::eek:

Gumbi

Solitaire wrote: »

I think they match order numbers

And PayPal?!?!??!?! :eek::eek:

Cost me €25 extra though (3% of total price). I also payed €20 for a so-called "pixel-test to be carried out on my monitor before shipping. I regret doing it (it's supposed to work perfectly before shipping anyway, and if it doesn't I shouldn't have to pay for it, oh well).

And to answer your question, yes, PayPal

Edit: Any way of finding out the ETA of my order?? Thanks

BeciMester

No way. They use DHL but not the express service (which they goddamn should for €30), it's normal ground shipping. Just spoke to DHL Ireland today, they said An Post will deliver to my house, so it looks like DHL hands it over to them when it's in the country. You can track the shipment on dhl.de with hwvs' tracking number though.

Solitaire

Nowadays most places charge nearly as much to ship smaller items a shorter distance :mad: HWVS aren't even that bad anymore, comparatively speaking!

PogMoThoin

BeciMester wrote: »

No way. They use DHL but not the express service (which they goddamn should for €30), it's normal ground shipping. Just spoke to DHL Ireland today, they said An Post will deliver to my house, so it looks like DHL hands it over to them when it's in the country. You can track the shipment on dhl.de with hwvs' tracking number though.

Because DHL don't operate in this country anymore

Gumbi

BeciMester wrote: »

No way. They use DHL but not the express service (which they goddamn should for €30), it's normal ground shipping. Just spoke to DHL Ireland today, they said An Post will deliver to my house, so it looks like DHL hands it over to them when it's in the country. You can track the shipment on dhl.de with hwvs' tracking number though.

Thank you.

CombatCow

Solitaire wrote: »

I think they match order numbers

And PayPal?!?!??!?! :eek::eek:

Mmmm in the "details of payment" part on the money transfer form I put my name rather than the order number.... hopefully it will be ok, fingers crossed.

brav

CullyA wrote: »

hey brav,

tell me more ,as im close to purchasing a rig & need more info on payment side of things with them ,im with BOI have have 365online

cheers:)

Sorry for late reply

I have AIB and BOI online accounts

With AIB you use a code card to verify the process thats it, with BOI they send you a letter in the post with confirmation code

I find AIB online banking a bit easier and more flexible than BOI, but I have also seen better online banking solutions from other banks(like ANZ etc)

CullyA

brav wrote: »

Sorry for late reply

I have AIB and BOI online accounts

With AIB you use a code card to verify the process thats it, with BOI they send you a letter in the post with confirmation code

I find AIB online banking a bit easier and more flexible than BOI, but I have also seen better online banking solutions from other banks(like ANZ etc)

cheers brav

TVMANIAC2

brav wrote: »

Sorry for late reply

I have AIB and BOI online accounts

With AIB you use a code card to verify the process thats it, with BOI they send you a letter in the post with confirmation code

I find AIB online banking a bit easier and more flexible than BOI, but I have also seen better online banking solutions from other banks(like ANZ etc)

Might be buying some stuff from HWVS in the coming days.

Brav, are you saying this can be setup with minimal hassle through AIB's online banking system, as opposed to going to the bank to arrange transfer? Does this reduce the waiting time for payments to process at HWVS's end?

I've never shopped from them before! How do they deal with RMAs?

Cheers ...

BeciMester

Well if you walk into your branch and transfer from there it'll surely take 4-5 working days just for the money to go through. I did it online @1am on a Monday, got the email that they received the money ~4pm Tuesday, stuff showed up at my door 9am the next Monday. Didn't need an RMA yet thankfully but I remember reading that they're pretty effective.

TVMANIAC2

BeciMester wrote: »

Well if you walk into your branch and transfer from there it'll surely take 4-5 working days just for the money to go through. I did it online @1am on a Monday, got the email that they received the money ~4pm Tuesday, stuff showed up at my door 9am the next Monday. Didn't need an RMA yet thankfully but I remember reading that they're pretty effective.

Cheers BeciMaster. Are all the details the same as for a BOI transfer? As in this post http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57287806&postcount=5 ?

Thanks ...

BeciMester

Yeah they should be the same, except I think you won't need everything, someone mentioned here that AIB online just needs the IBAN.

Chuck Finlay

BeciMester wrote: »

No way. They use DHL but not the express service (which they goddamn should for €30),

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Also, a 10kg package to Ireland is 21€, so any order with a case or a screen and they are practically losing money

Solitaire

Yup People really don't get how much couriers charge, as I've said before HWVS' shipping charges are practically a bargain nowadays A very simple build from Pix is gonna set you back ~€27 anyways, add a monitor or something and HWVS is cheaper!

Hank Scorpio

Just about to click submit for my new pc on hwvs.de

Could anyone recommend me a solid psu(cheaper the better) for a i5-760 gtx460 build

Thanks..

PogMoThoin

nuxxx wrote: »

Just about to click submit for my new pc on hwvs.de

Could anyone recommend me a solid psu(cheaper the better) for a i5-760 gtx460 build

Thanks..

Any of the Corsairs over 600w, depends on Your budget. Nice and silent too

Chuck Finlay

Some prefered ones are currently not available on hwvs, however pricewise good bets are the Cougar A450 for normal, and the Cooler Master Silent Pro 500 for modular use.

Gumbi

What do dhl do if they show up at my house and I'm not there? Also, I got an e-mail from HWVS saying that the package should have reached me by now and it hasn't...

(Don't wanna butt in on a conversation, but since people are discussing HWVS's qualities, it seemed appropriate).

PogMoThoin

Gumbi wrote: »

What do dhl do if they show up at my house and I'm not there? Also, I got an e-mail from HWVS saying that the package should have reached me by now and it hasn't...

(Don't wanna butt in on a conversation, but since people are discussing HWVS's qualities, it seemed appropriate).

DHL don't operate here anymore, its in the hands of An Post. If You're not at home You'll get a leaflet telling You to collect it at the PO

Gumbi

PogMoThoin wrote: »

DHL don't operate here anymore, its in the hands of An Post. If You're not at home You'll get a leaflet telling You to collect it at the PO

OK, that's strange though, as I saw a DHL lorry on my way home today and (having never seen one here before) got a bit excited But I didn't get it today Oh well, hopefully An Post are up to the job, I did order last wednesday...

Thanks for the reply.

Hank Scorpio

Gumbi wrote: »

OK, that's strange though, as I saw a DHL lorry on my way home today and (having never seen one here before) got a bit excited But I didn't get it today Oh well, hopefully An Post are up to the job, I did order last wednesday...

Thanks for the reply.

I ordered my new pc there 5 mins ago and payed by bank transfer

I`ll let ya know when i get it, how long r u waiting?

Gumbi

nuxxx wrote: »

I ordered my new pc there 5 mins ago and payed by bank transfer

I`ll let ya know when i get it, how long r u waiting?

Cool, thanks. I payed with PayPal and the money went through within a day - anyway, I ordered last Wednesday night, and I'm waiting on it presently.

Hank Scorpio

Gumbi wrote: »

Cool, thanks. I payed with PayPal and the money went through within a day - anyway, I ordered last Wednesday night, and I'm waiting on it presently.

Shouldnt take a week should it?

I sent it via bank transfer and had it setup to go through instantly

If the items are shipped tomorrow i`d be expecting to have it monday

BeciMester

nuxxx wrote: »

Shouldnt take a week should it?

I sent it via bank transfer and had it setup to go through instantly

If the items are shipped tomorrow i`d be expecting to have it monday

It took exactly a week for me. Ordered and paid w/online bank transfer Monday morning, they received payment on Tuesday afternoon (that's when the confirmation appeared on hwvs' Order History page, also got email), they shipped the same evening, An Post handed me the package the next Monday 9am.

el dude

Gumbi wrote: »

Cool, thanks. I payed with PayPal and the money went through within a day - anyway, I ordered last Wednesday night, and I'm waiting on it presently.

I've just made an order through paypal too, how do you know when it's "gone through"?

Anyway, let us know how you get on with your order.