[plug][OT] Who's a Good Hardware Supplier in Perth?

[Caleb Duggan]

A long time ago, i had some pretty bad experiences with Austin in osbourne  
park......but I think its different people running it now......

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:06:36 +0800, Cameron Patrick  
<cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au> wrote:

> Ari Finander wrote:
>
>> I like:
>>
>> Trinix
>> PLE
>> Netplus
>
> PLE are pretty good for components, and the one time I've had to get
> them to exchange parts under warranty I've not had problems.  I'm not
> sure I'd trust 'em to put a machine together though.
>
> Netplus I've recently had bad experiences with - it took me 45 minutes
> to convince them to replace a hard drive which had bad sectors and
> failed the SMART self-test.  Their excuses began with "there's nothing
> wrong with it", then "we don't normally exchange things for a new part
> after a month" (bah! it had a 5-year warranty from Seagate), then "we
> have some in stock but _can't find it_" !?!? and eventually gave me a
> replacement of a different brand of hard drive.
>
>> I've used other retailers less, but I look at MCG, Simline, and
>> Trinix as well as those listed above. Not sure about Austin, I still
>> think of them as pretty dodgy, but when I had a warranty issue (and
>> I hated purchasing from them in the first place from past
>> experiences, but I needed a part that day and they had it in stock)
>> recently they swapped the board over without hassle.
>
> I've not had problems with Austin when it comes to buying components
> or getting faulty parts swapped.  _However_ the Austin's in Osborne
> Park is quite anti-Linux, or at least seemed quite hostile when we
> went around there trying to get them to put up some installfest flyers
> last year; you might want to avoid them for that reason, but I'd note
> that most hardware places around here are Windows shops and unlikely
> to have any Linux clue anyway.
>
> MCG seem okay, although haven't used them very much.
>
> Cameron.
>
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