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[TheBoy]

I was going to recommend SVP - until your comments

I was going to recommend your local computer fair, but sometimes the brands are not good

there is still an awful lot of fake media about, hence tend to avoid computer fairs.

Never had fake AFAIK but I have had some terrible DLs. I used to use G04 when it was good

G4 is a dye. That most definately does NOT make all G4 based disks the same. There were good ones, and there were also some abysmally bad ones.

[Jimbob]

Whats your grief with svp....

waiting for a few hundred disks here  :-/

[Jimbob]

ordered 5:30pm monday, delivered 8am wednesday


That will do me

courier is city link, I think this may be your issue?

[ScottieMV6]

I buy anything I need (which granted isn't a lot) from http://www.scan.co.uk

Always found the price and service very good although must admit that never had anything delivered as I always go to pick up.

[Radar]

I used to use http://www.totalblankmedia.com/
and also aprmedia.com

[HolyCount]

ordered 5:30pm monday, delivered 8am wednesday


That will do me

courier is city link, I think this may be your issue?

When SVP was owned and run by Steve I told them that I would not order if delivered by City Link    So they used Parcel Force    I know lots of people have had probs with PF -- but nowhere near as bad as CL -- and PF has not let me down (yet).

[crazyjoetavola]

ordered 5:30pm monday, delivered 8am wednesday


That will do me

courier is city link, I think this may be your issue?

When SVP was owned and run by Steve I told them that I would not order if delivered by City Link    So they used Parcel Force    I know lots of people have had probs with PF -- but nowhere near as bad as CL -- and PF has not let me down (yet).

....Parcel Force wins out every time when compaired to City Link HC

[TheBoy]

ordered 5:30pm monday, delivered 8am wednesday


That will do me

courier is city link, I think this may be your issue?

Since I moved to Brackley, I have no complaints about Shitty Link, except the local depot to pick stuff up is 130m round trip (Kidderminster).

My issue with SVP is a once great company has well and truely gone down the crapper since selling out to those scumbags.  Just trying to get hold of the tossers.  The number they register with the courier is invalid, they have no phone number on there site, there fax is permenently engaged (had it on automated redial for around 3 days now), they do no respond to messages with an hurry, and when they do, they are like politians and don't deal with the query, AND THEY KEEP EFFING UP THE DELIVERY 

And didn't they think to test their new website before launching? Idiots.

[TheBoy]

ordered 5:30pm monday, delivered 8am wednesday


That will do me

courier is city link, I think this may be your issue?

When SVP was owned and run by Steve I told them that I would not order if delivered by City Link    So they used Parcel Force    I know lots of people have had probs with PF -- but nowhere near as bad as CL -- and PF has not let me down (yet).

....Parcel Force wins out every time when compaired to City Link HC

Round here, PF are convenient (local depot about 1m from my work), but usually queuing for 30mins. Seem less flexible than other couriers.

By far the worse were Amtrak, good riddance, followed by DPD and HDN.

I think with many of these couriers, particularly the franchised ones, its postcode lottery

[KillerWatt]

Since I moved to Brackley, I have no complaints about Shitty Link, except the local depot to pick stuff up is 130m round trip (Kidderminster).

My issue with SVP is a once great company has well and truely gone down the crapper since selling out to those scumbags.  Just trying to get hold of the tossers.  The number they register with the courier is invalid, they have no phone number on there site, there fax is permenently engaged (had it on automated redial for around 3 days now), they do no respond to messages with an hurry, and when they do, they are like politians and don't deal with the query, AND THEY KEEP EFFING UP THE DELIVERY 

And didn't they think to test their new website before launching? Idiots.

And you think it's just SVP that have sold themselves to the cheapest bidder?

Anyway, you led me to believe you are sorted for blank media.
Is that so, or do you still want a couple of tubs of the decent shit that can be read by ANYTHING?

[TheBoy]

Since I moved to Brackley, I have no complaints about Shitty Link, except the local depot to pick stuff up is 130m round trip (Kidderminster).

My issue with SVP is a once great company has well and truely gone down the crapper since selling out to those scumbags.  Just trying to get hold of the tossers.  The number they register with the courier is invalid, they have no phone number on there site, there fax is permenently engaged (had it on automated redial for around 3 days now), they do no respond to messages with an hurry, and when they do, they are like politians and don't deal with the query, AND THEY KEEP EFFING UP THE DELIVERY 

And didn't they think to test their new website before launching? Idiots.

And you think it's just SVP that have sold themselves to the cheapest bidder?

Anyway, you led me to believe you are sorted for blank media.
Is that so, or do you still want a couple of tubs of the decent shit that can be read by ANYTHING?

Yes, sorted now, cheers

As to SVP, we know its a sad reality, but what a shame.

[KillerWatt]

As to SVP, we know its a sad reality, but what a shame.

Look back at the IT world...every company that was ever decent sold out.
Your first warning was when "Tech Support" changed their number to 0870, and the phone was answered by a goat herder.

It seems to be a rollercoaster that we just can't stop, but we bloody well need to.

[TheBoy]

As to SVP, we know its a sad reality, but what a shame.

Look back at the IT world...every company that was ever decent sold out.
Your first warning was when "Tech Support" changed their number to 0870, and the phone was answered by a goat herder.

It seems to be a rollercoaster that we just can't stop, but we bloody well need to.

Yup. Even Sun Microsystems have offshored certainly the 1st line of their tech support to Eastern Europe.  Fortunately, once you've jumped through their hoops, you end up with the (mostly) clever peeps in Surrey


There are a few good guys left out there, Microsoft deserve a special mention in that respect, but I'm keeping some of the smaller ones to myself (as as soon as they grow beyond a certain size.... ).  Dell have improved a bit lately, don't have too many dealings with them now, but I was pleasantly surprised the last couple of times

Zen Internet, they publish their geographic and 'local rate' 087 number, quickly answered by someone clever enough to help, and with enough authority to log on to systems to see why my router is returning a load of corrupted garbage to them

[KillerWatt]

Zen Internet, they publish their geographic and 'local rate' 087 number, quickly answered by someone clever enough to help, and with enough authority to log on to systems to see why my router is returning a load of corrupted garbage to them

Almost the same with my "beloved" Be/O2.

Freephone number only, answered in under 30 seconds every time, by someone in the UK, who knows what they are talking about.

I'm sure they'll follow the same suit as all the others eventually, although that will only become a problem for me if I have to actually call them for an issue.