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[challenge entry] Now only £124.99 in PC World (probably)

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(Roll Fizzlebeef enjoys a good Cleveland Steamer, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:42, archived)
# I wonder how much they'd sell a belkin one for!
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:45, archived)
# The PC World pricing is as follows.
(Normal price elsewhere * 52.7) round up - 1p if(Belkin) * 5.3

So, by my calculations, the Belkin one would be about the cost of terraced house in Liverpool.
(Roll Fizzlebeef enjoys a good Cleveland Steamer, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:48, archived)
# That's about right too!
Is that including the techguy insurance..... rip off cnuts!
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:50, archived)
# Then there's the three-year "No quibbles" (stop laughing!) money-back guarantee.
(Troutman Roflcocks A glass of port... don't mind if I do., Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:54, archived)
# The only way you'll ever get money back is by taking them to court
which we did but we found that even our legal team was on their side :(
So we ended up settling for pittance.
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:56, archived)
# I was in there the other day
Some bloke was buying a pointless piece of technology when the woman on the till said "You can take 5-year insurance out on this item for £99.99" (or whatever).

The bloke said, "Oh, is that all? Then again, of course, I'm within my rights to bring it back if it breaks in 5 years regardless."

Then the thick cnut went and bought fucking insurance!

As it happens, I was buying another pointless device that has now gone wrong. But going back there is about as appealing as giving Barrymore the reach-around.
(Roll Fizzlebeef enjoys a good Cleveland Steamer, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 14:56, archived)
# Haha
Yeah, I'll never buy their insurance again, their techguys don't even know what they're doing. The only insurance worth buying is at Game imo.
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 15:50, archived)
# Wait, what?
Last time I bought a Belkin thing it was about a tenth of the price of others. Have they gone all 'Gold HDMI cables for £200'?
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 15:27, archived)
# Yes, Belkin has come of age .. Trendnet is the new 'cheap'
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 15:38, archived)
# Are they the gold paint plated ones
that break and don't screw in properly?
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 16:11, archived)
# They only sell belkin
but there are much cheaper (more shitty) manufacturers out there.
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 15:57, archived)