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A good place to by DVD players online...

sigmundx6xsigmund (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 7th January 2001, 14:13

Go here for some good deals.....

www.techtronics.com

They have DVD that are multiregional and macro free......

Check it out....

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Steve - www.dvdchips.co.uk (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 7th January 2001, 16:57

and so do

www.upgradeheaven.co.uk
www.linkonline.co.uk
www.multiregionmagic.co.uk

to name but a few ... for comments from techtronics customers you should read these posts

http://www.thedvdforums.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/001943.html

and
http://www.thedvdforums.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/001279.html

Regards
Steve

RE: A good place to by DVD players online...

amir s. (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 7th January 2001, 18:52

i agree with steve 100%!!!
dont try to get service from the bastard carl & his workers in "techtronics".
amir s.

RE: A good place to by DVD players online...

amir s. (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 7th January 2001, 19:03

i decided to tell why:
i send them 3 toshiba`s 2108/3108 boards to modify to multiregion.
they LOST(!!!) THE BOARDS in their lab.(no joking!!)
i got the 1st board AFTER 2 MONTH
i got the 2nd AFTER ANOTHER 3 MONTH...
i got the 3rd after another 5 month (10 months of HELL!!!!)
I`M DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AND TRY TO FORGET THIS CASE...
their service is:ONE BIG s***!!!
TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS!
amir s.

RE: A good place to by DVD players online...

sigmundx6xsigmund (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 8th January 2001, 21:34

Thanks I now know NOT to buy from these dickheads. This was a trick to get some positive feedback and it worked. But a big thanks to all, I take everyones experience seriously and shall NOT be dealing with this company of w***ers.

Ta

SigmunD

RE: A good place to by DVD players online...

colin b (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 10th January 2001, 21:54

I too have had bad dealings with techtronics.com. I bought a toshiba sd100 multi region from them in november. I first of all wrote to them several times to see what their response times were and they usually responded within a couple of hours and were pleasent also. I also read their customer comments and this instilled me with confidence so I ordered it. It was delivered quickly enough but after plugging it in, it seemed very noisy mechanically. I rung them within 20 minutes of opening it but they just told me that it was usual for a toshiba to sound noisy and he proceeded to tell my that his top of the range pioneer could be heard from across the room, but that I should have bought a sony. He said that if I sent it back and it was "within spec" I would have to pay carriage both ways to get it back(about £25). I thought about it and decided not to risk it and put up with the noise. During the next ten days the noise got worse until it stopped playing discs. I then arranged with them to have it picked up which they did. It then took 7 days to have it checked and about 15 phone calls trying to get an answer from them(including e-mails which now, curiously don`t get answered). Eventually, I got a call from the technical director who said that it must have been "damaged in transit" as the aser was faulty and offered a replacement. I said that I wnated a refund but he would only give me a refund less 15% (£32). I put my case to him that it was their customer services department that told me it was normal to make such a noise or I would have sent it back straight away. He would have non of it so I had to take the money offered as I no longer wanted to deal with them anymore.

I wrote several e-mails to carl the technical director threatening to put up a web site telling of my experiences with techtronics so that others would not go through what I had, but never got any replies at all, obviously veiwing my efforts to get the rest of my money back with contempt.

I wonder what any of you think ? If I put up a web site about this company and ones like it, would people write to me with their experiences , which I could then put on the site for others to read. Any thoughts ?

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HaGGis! (Elite) posted this on Thursday, 11th January 2001, 01:49

ah! colin there u are.....

I notice you didn`t complain about the swearing in this thread?.....perhaps thou beest a hypocrite?........

But seriously......I am sick of companies ripping us off.....so i commend any effort you make..........

If you want to start an anti DIXONS GROUP (Dixons, Curry`s PC World) then I, as a former employee have some great dirt!........

I also hate Littlewoods Catalogue, Credit Checking Companies - Experain and Eqifax, The Student Loan Company, The DSS, Joe Carney (he owes me a fiver!), the list is extensive!..........

RE: A good place to by DVD players online...

amir s. (Competent) posted this on Thursday, 11th January 2001, 18:55

hi colin
i think its useless to do this.
i only wish that this company crush.
today you can find a lot of small companies that give decent treat& service with good prices in this business.
fu*k tectronics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amir s.

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colin b (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 11th January 2001, 19:26

For Allen.

I am not a hypocrite. I am referring to swearing aimed directly at the person being written to i.e. err, that would be me, which I still think is very wrong. I am getting the gist of the way you write though and maybe I shouldn`t have taken it too personally but with some of the things you have written it`s difficult !!. ? Please also read the thread for the philips mod.

I have written more (not sarcastically). I hope this is an end to it all. I just wanted help.

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