I bought a 2500+/NF7S/256Mb from Alex. Good comms, excellent packaging (the bubble wrap was worth the money alone :D ) Would definately deal with again A+

I've bought a few cheapo bits from eBuyer (modems, floppies, keyboards) as they were the cheapest i could find. Good quality stuff (considering the price) and well packaged. Would definately buy from them again - although they're site is a pain to get around, remember your product reference numbers! :P

For all my sins, I will confess that I used to work in an Upgrade centre in Maplins (hey, i was made redundant and needed some cash! :cash: ) I can honestly say that the prices they charge for PC components (with the exception of their mobo/cpu/cooler bundles) are nearly [b]TWICE the price[/b] of other places. For example, when 128Mb FX5200s were around about £60, Maplins were charging £110. Likewise QTec 550W PSUs, OcUK £30, Maplins £80. Not only this but often the products on sale were tat. I remeber the dreaded curse of the Elite K7VZA which was sold as part of a bundle with a cpu and cooler. Of the ~100 sold, ~70 were validly returned as faulty. And this wasnt an isolated case, we often had problems with whole batches of dead HDDs as they were never foam packed and the warehouse staff liked playing football with the boxes, modems whose driver CDs didnt have the driver for that modem. I could continue. I would say that most people have a dim view of Maplins\' pc \'knowledgable\' staff, and whilst the techies where i worked were well informed, often other stores had schoolkids who\'s experience of IT was using word 95 at school working in the technical dept. I kid ye not. Admittedly their prices for components, ie LEDs, ICs etc are pretty good (most likely because there are few retail competitors to compare against). If you want buy PC comps from Maplins, you should consider saving your cash for a lobotomy.