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]]> By: carol http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/01/30/the-goodwill-pc-grinds-to-a-halt/comment-page-1/#comment-31801 carol Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:23:43 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5096#comment-31801 I have a functioning laptop that my Dad bought for £5 at the Scouts jumble sale in the village, in fact he bought two in bags for £5 but one of them had what my mother thought was a pretty screensaver, which I explained was actually a smashed screen - shame as it was the better of the two. The second one has been used for working on a train, we upgraded the software and yes it is slow, and you can't save from it to anywhere so have to email anything you worked on, but hey - can't really complain at £5 I have a functioning laptop that my Dad bought for £5 at the Scouts jumble sale in the village, in fact he bought two in bags for £5 but one of them had what my mother thought was a pretty screensaver, which I explained was actually a smashed screen – shame as it was the better of the two.

The second one has been used for working on a train, we upgraded the software and yes it is slow, and you can’t save from it to anywhere so have to email anything you worked on, but hey – can’t really complain at £5

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]]> By: Alan http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/01/30/the-goodwill-pc-grinds-to-a-halt/comment-page-1/#comment-30680 Alan Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:43:37 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5096#comment-30680 You could just walk into PC World, rip a laptop of its cable lock system, run out the doors and into PC Pro towers, celebrate your success in the challenge............just before you're nicked and led away by the police. Although saying that, if you manage to get a free 2nd hand laptop from freecycle, it'll probably be more modern than one from PC World anyway, muhahaha. You could just walk into PC World, rip a laptop of its cable lock system, run out the doors and into PC Pro towers, celebrate your success in the challenge…………just before you’re nicked and led away by the police.

Although saying that, if you manage to get a free 2nd hand laptop from freecycle, it’ll probably be more modern than one from PC World anyway, muhahaha.

]]> By: Stuart Turton http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/01/30/the-goodwill-pc-grinds-to-a-halt/comment-page-1/#comment-30555 Stuart Turton Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:30:08 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5096#comment-30555 Hi guys, good suggestions all. I'm going to give your wording a try Grimer, see how I get on. It sounds an infinitely better method than my fluffed first attempt. Steve, appreciate the offer but unless you've free stuff to give all our readers - and I don't doubt that you do :) - I'd better hold off. DaveAckroyd. The £250 covers everything, including VAT and delivery charges, a fact which caused some consternation among the chaps. I'm allowed bus and possibly cab fares to pick stuff up - though, I'm looking at short journeys. Hi guys, good suggestions all. I’m going to give your wording a try Grimer, see how I get on. It sounds an infinitely better method than my fluffed first attempt.

Steve, appreciate the offer but unless you’ve free stuff to give all our readers – and I don’t doubt that you do :) – I’d better hold off.

DaveAckroyd. The £250 covers everything, including VAT and delivery charges, a fact which caused some consternation among the chaps. I’m allowed bus and possibly cab fares to pick stuff up – though, I’m looking at short journeys.

]]> By: DaveAckroyd http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/01/30/the-goodwill-pc-grinds-to-a-halt/comment-page-1/#comment-30190 DaveAckroyd Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:05:01 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5096#comment-30190 You could try "I'm one day wanting a child who could one day make use of a computer/laptop and I need to get a laptop/computer so I can find someone to have it with online" I have oftern had the same feeling when asking for stuff and have rarely got it. also beware of people offering things like PS3's and Xbox360's as they are more oftern than not trying to get you to goto the advert deal pages that give you a chance to get them if they get enough people signed up. the other apporch you could take is just request the thing or find an old one laying around the house (/office?) that you could offer and then say you wanted it. (that would also mean that you wouldn't have even spent anything on travel to get it). Is it taken into account how much it takes get get the items for the £250 challage? If your computer really is for nothing then should you have the luxury of getting to drive and collect it, or even take it on a bus? how much can be a reasonable amount for delivery for someone on ebay, does £50 really only cover P&P or can you sneak extra spec in for that? these are possibly already covered in other blog posts but having not had time to be reading them from the begining I'm kind of now waiting for the full roundup. You could try “I’m one day wanting a child who could one day make use of a computer/laptop and I need to get a laptop/computer so I can find someone to have it with online”
I have oftern had the same feeling when asking for stuff and have rarely got it. also beware of people offering things like PS3’s and Xbox360’s as they are more oftern than not trying to get you to goto the advert deal pages that give you a chance to get them if they get enough people signed up.

the other apporch you could take is just request the thing or find an old one laying around the house (/office?) that you could offer and then say you wanted it. (that would also mean that you wouldn’t have even spent anything on travel to get it).

Is it taken into account how much it takes get get the items for the £250 challage? If your computer really is for nothing then should you have the luxury of getting to drive and collect it, or even take it on a bus? how much can be a reasonable amount for delivery for someone on ebay, does £50 really only cover P&P or can you sneak extra spec in for that? these are possibly already covered in other blog posts but having not had time to be reading them from the begining I’m kind of now waiting for the full roundup.

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