Kays. For all you PC needs

Occidental

Had a Kays Summer 2005 Catalogue handed to me yesterday by a relation who was considering purchasing a PC from them, with the following spec.

Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo
Celeron 2.6Ghz
256MB RAM
14GB HDD
CD-RW/DVD ROM
Lexmark X1180 Printer
15" TFT Screen
Creative USB Webcam
Creative MUVO 64MB MP3 Player
50 Blank CDR's
1 Ream A4
4 Gang Extension Lead

All for the truly stunning price of







€1569

Gilgamesh

Occ, I hope your kidding?

sorry, my humour chip just blew out when I read that

WizZard

Criminal

Occidental

Kays.ie link

Sorry, forgot to mention the 10 top CD titles included in this bargin.

Johnny Storm

Occidental wrote:

Kays.ie link

Sorry, forgot to mention the 10 top CD titles included in this bargin.

E.G. "Alan Titchmarsh Garden Design" CD - LOL!!!!

garthv

omfg,i want that pc,and its so cheap!
theres no way i could build two of them for that price,absoloutely no way!

Energizer

What a useless machine! We must burn kays! :mad:

This is the sort of thing that makes it so c**p to shop for computer gear in ireland! bloody ripoff :mad:

stagolee

they dont deserve to sell a single one. i put together a pc for a mate for 500 that is far better than that one (exept it has a 2nd hand monitor)

Lump

R.I.P. O.F.F.


John

Chalk

Occidental wrote:

14GB HDD

id laugh but for some reason it just isnt funny..........

Tom Dunne

I wonder what colours it comes in.

Nukem

Was going to write something sarcastic but in too much shock. Is there someone we can report that too. OMG

Just noticed the 10 CD bundle package cheered me up no end.

jozi

14Gb :eek:

Surelly thats a mistake? Dads pc has 20 and its practically full without have some esential stuff on it

Jozi

dabhal

There should be a kays burning on grafton street for that. madness I tell u MADNESS
I'd love to know how many they sold :rolleyes:

TacT

Occidental wrote:

Had a Kays Summer 2005 Catalogue handed to me yesterday by a relation who was considering purchasing a PC from them, with the following spec.

Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo
Celeron 2.6Ghz
256MB RAM
14GB HDD
CD-RW/DVD ROM
Lexmark X1180 Printer
15" TFT Screen
Creative USB Webcam
Creative MUVO 64MB MP3 Player
50 Blank CDR's
1 Ream A4
4 Gang Extension Lead

All for the truly SHOCKING price of :eek: :eek: :eek:

€1569

Who's getting one?

d22ontour

the software has done the deal for me

how long does it take to be delivered?

jetsonx

talking about laughable prices...check this out


http://www.mypc.ie/

zAbbo

Welcome to 1999

Nukem

jetsonx wrote:

talking about laughable prices...check this out


http://www.mypc.ie/

Oh my god it just gets worse. Ring alienware tell them they have someone who is asking as outraeous price for laptops as them

EDIT: hold the phone- wheres my credit card i have to buy this monster PC

Wertz

jetsonx wrote:

talking about laughable prices...check this out


http://www.mypc.ie/

OPTIONAL MONITORS??? :eek:

WTF?
Even the ESBshops are doing those scaleos for well under a grand WITH a monitor. Anyone who buys from that site (or Kays lol) deserves to be relieved of their hard earned...

Peteee

jaysus, 14GB, i wasnt aware they even MADE those anymore, let alone sell crap for that much!!!

My 5 year old machine has more space then that!

jetsonx

I found another one...this will site will really make you laugh


www.pcsource.ie


Who are these people who run this site?...more importantly who actually buys their overpriced crap ?



look at this...a 56k modem - a snip at only €117

http://www.pcsource.ie/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=963450

uberpixie

www.pcsource.ie

3D Blaster 5 FX5900 Ultra - 256Mb, AGP with TV Out €650.00 Incl. Vat


Radeon 9800XT 3D AGP 8X support 256MB DDR Memory DX9 DVI TV-Out €612.00 Incl. Vat

sweet zombie jebus


whats even more scary

Gigabyte Geforce 6800GT 256MB
€371.07 €449.00 inc. VAT

from peats. A half deacent peice for a gfx cards of peats!

Ruu_Old

maybe it has a 24 carat gold power button

uberpixie

Ruu wrote:

maybe it has a 24 carat gold power button

ahhh. tis an external......

ReefBreak

Some shocking prices alright. But on the other hand, if people are stupid enough to buy them............you know, a fool born every minute etc, etc.

Fenster

jetsonx wrote:

talking about laughable prices...check this out


http://www.mypc.ie/

O.o

I picked up an identical spec machine from work for 1k

Capt'n Midnight

Occidental wrote:

Had a Kays Summer 2005 Catalogue handed to me yesterday by a relation who was considering purchasing a PC from them, with the following spec.

Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo
Celeron 2.6Ghz
256MB RAM
14GB HDD
CD-RW/DVD ROM
Lexmark X1180 Printer
15" TFT Screen
Creative USB Webcam
Creative MUVO 64MB MP3 Player
50 Blank CDR's
1 Ream A4
4 Gang Extension Lead

All for the truly stunning price of







€1569

:eek: ALDI are doing a LAPTOP with better spec than that for €1500
Admitidley the laptop only has an 80GB drive (is the 14 supposed to be 140 ?) and does not come with any blank CD's or Paper or printer or Extension lead or web cam or MP3 player. Then again you don't need an extension lead and it does have a remote control for when you want to watch your DVD RW on TV out or on the built in 15" LCD and an unreal amount of ports.

Zapho

jetsonx wrote:

talking about laughable prices...check this out


http://www.mypc.ie/

I was so suprised when I saw this that I though I should do a comparison with the mypc.ie laptop and my dell laptop (inspiron 9100) that is 7 months old.

Part: mypc.ie : My Laptop
Processor: P4 2.80 Ghz : P4 3.0Ghz HT
Screen: 15" SXGA 1400 x 1050 : 15.4" WUXGA (can't remem the res) Widescreen
Memory: 512MB DDR RAM : 512 DDR PC3200 dual channel ram
Hard Drive: 60GB : 80GB 7200rpm
DVD: DVD/CDRW Combo Drives : Same
Graphics: 64MB ATI RADEON 9000 : 128mb ATI Radeon 9700
Sound: Built-In Stereo Speakers : Stereo speakers + built-in Sub + Sigma-T card with digital out.
Modem:56k V90 : 56k V92
Battery: Li-Ion Battery up to 2.5 hours useage : Same
FireWire: Yes : Yes
LAN: Yes : Yes
USB: 3 USB 2.0 Ports : 4 USB 2.0
Extras: None : Wifi G card, upgradable graphics
Price (including VAT & Delivery): EUR €2599 : €1700

So why the hell would anyone want to buy from mypc.ie?

Jaeger

Nukem wrote:

EDIT: hold the phone- wheres my credit card i have to buy this monster PC

I found this part of that spec the funniest

FREE internet access with IOL (excl tel charges)

Particularly the capitalised "free" when it's excluding call charges.

halkar

Maybe the manager is trying to sell his\her old computer

From PC source 64MB 70ns SIMM €302.00 Incl. Vat :eek:

They should rot in bottom of Liffey :mad:

Nukem

Do you know what - everytime i pass this thread it makes me smile
I'd buy or build you twice the comp for the same cash - how are they getting away with it. Should we notify someone,seriousily now.

Some poor old person thinks its a great deal and its truly cr*p.

Nukem

zod

Saw this on the dell outlet site :

SYSTEM SPECIFICATION (DOES NOT INCLUDE MONITOR, VAT or SHIPPING)
Dimension 2400 (System Identifier. EZ1FWHM9)
Dell Dimension 2400 Micro-Tower: Intel® Celeron Processor 2.6GHz with 400MHz FSB, Integrated Audio/ Video/NIC
English - Win XP SP2 Home

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System Price EUR 198.00 (ex VAT and shipping)


Operating System: English - Win XP SP2 Home
Memory: 256MB (1x256) Single Channel DDR333
Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 40GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
Modem: V.92 Data Fax Modem Ire/Spn
CD Read-Write Drive: 48X/32X DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Software: AOL, Dellnet + Tiscali UK ISP Combo
Microsoft® Works® 7.0
McAffee Anti Virus 90 Day English
Paint Shop Photo Album Standard Eng
English - Adobe Reader 6.0
MISC: Dell Standard PS2 Keyboard
DMX Dell Media Experience 2.
Dell 2 Button PS/2 Scroll Mouse

Yes thats less than €200 + VAT + Shipping

Fester3282

the mypc.ie site is outdated - they havn't changed their content in over a year.

the hard drive size on Kays offer is a typo - it's actually 40GB (not much better!)


Suggested Irish Retail Prices of FSC January:

Intel® Celeron® D330 (2.66Ghz), 256MB, 40GB, DVD Burner, Standard Software Windows XP SP2 € 599.00
AMD® Sempron® 3000, 512MB, 80GB, 128MB Shared Graphics,DVD Burner, Premium Software,, Windows XP Home SP2 € 749.00
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0Ghz, 256MB, 80GB, 128MB nVidia Graphics FX-5500, DVD Burner, Premium Software,Windows XP Home SP2 € 899.00
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0Ghz, 512MB, 160GB, 256MB nVidia Graphics FX-5500, DVD Burner, Premium Software, Windows XP Home SP2 € 999.00
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.2Ghz, 512MB, 160GB, 256MB nVidia Graphics FX-5500, DVD Burner, DVD, Premium Software Win Xp H SP2 € 1,149.00
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.2Ghz,1024 160GB, 256MB nVidia Graphics FX-5500, DVD Burner, DVD,Wireless keyboard mouse win XP Home SP2 € 1,199.00

SCALEOVIEW T-15 15" TFT Monitor € 299.00
SCALEOVIEW T-17 17" TFT Monitor € 379.00
SCALEOVIEW T-19 19" TFT Monitor € 499.00


FYI: Standard Software is MS Works, Premium Software is MS Works Suite. + Photoshop Elements.

Would anyone like to know the trade prices?

kinkstr

Im sorry i bought my 64 3000 now, i could of had another cereron for another 1000, o well ya live and learn
On a serious note, adds like that KAYS one really disgust me, and the even sadder thing is some parent will walk in off the street because there kids are begging them to buy a PC so they can play Games and surf the net and will buy this for them, completely sickening

The Real B-man

OMG :eek: get a dell xps for that