PC Pit Stop
A newish computer and peripherals shop in the former garage on Albert Rd, where Hebburn merges in to Jarrow. I bought a Bearpaw 2400TA Plus scanner there on my last holiday at home. It was cheap, less than £40. Will it run with Vista? Oh yes, no trouble, just go on Mustek's website.
They'd also order a laptop, to be ready the next day, for only £340. Splendid. I told them it was really important that it was ready the next day: this was Thursday, and I was flying back to Libya on the Saturday, early. "It's as good as here," said the man.
I rang them on the Friday to see if it was there. "I've been trying to get in touch with you. We can't do it." Ach, well, these things happen... I was in the Town, anyway, and got a Samsung Curry's were doing for £399.
And now I'm back in Libya with an utterly useless scanner. No way, no how, will the fucker run with Vista. I've been googling all evening trying to find a solution. There isn't one.
Cowboys.
They'd also order a laptop, to be ready the next day, for only £340. Splendid. I told them it was really important that it was ready the next day: this was Thursday, and I was flying back to Libya on the Saturday, early. "It's as good as here," said the man.
I rang them on the Friday to see if it was there. "I've been trying to get in touch with you. We can't do it." Ach, well, these things happen... I was in the Town, anyway, and got a Samsung Curry's were doing for £399.
And now I'm back in Libya with an utterly useless scanner. No way, no how, will the fucker run with Vista. I've been googling all evening trying to find a solution. There isn't one.
Cowboys.
Maybe you could install both XP and Vista on your computer. When you want to run the scanner do it with XP. But then use Vista for everything else. Or possibly install XP on an external drive??? I'm just guessing...
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hi there
ReplyDeletei have found your comments to well unfair ????? i have used these guys since they opened and have had not one problem so to leave your comments i think your just being a tad bitchy ????
GET A LIFE!!
oh and by the way ive checked your problem and if you contact bearpaw themselves im sure they could help you o9ut one way or another ?? even better why dont you contact one of the staff there ?? they may also point you in the right direction ....................
ReplyDeletehes just a fucking moaning wanker
ReplyDeletena i agree...the clowns in there really have no idea....as the saying goes you get what you pay for!
ReplyDeleteyour so wrong mate
ReplyDeletethe owner in there sat and sent hours on my Pc got it sorted and then told me theres no charge when the homos from GHI donw the road charged me £70 and didnt even fix the fucker
But one man bands are just around to make a quick buck.....disappear in no time..take ur money and leave you looking daft for trusting your faith in a shop that has a banner as a sign..come on people we all love to buy local but use some common sense people
ReplyDeletei wouldnt anyone ese but pitstop, cheap honest and reliable, and as far as trying to make a quick buck hws opened up a new shop in Hebburn and possibly one to come in jarrow,and by the way i dont think the first post was slagging pit stop off more like currys, come on read the posts properly
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ReplyDeletehi all
ReplyDeletewell i wont be anonymous as i come across this on google
im paul owner and trying to make a living with my family wife katie and three small children
well firstly the temp banner has now gone so please that was cheap but i had priorites and that was keeping a new business full of stock and i pride myself on doing so
anyone who comes to store know we are gonna help as we treat people like humans and i aint gonna start slagging other outfits such as curries GHi or anyone else for that matter as thats low and im not that type of guy im afraid but if any of you out there have aproblem with me then bring it to the store and il be happy to help with anything and ohh the banners are gone for new signs if that halps anyone "above"
Hi there
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with all the positive comments listed above. I have shopped with PC Pitstop since they first opened in Jarrow and have continued to do since they moved to Hebburn and have always found the staff, including the manager and owner Paul to be most helpful. I have also been served a few times on a Saturday by a woman who I think is his wife, who is equally as nice as him. They are fair on their prices and always bend over backwards to help people. Who cares what kind of sign that they have got - do you know how much those things cost? So wind your neck in and give them a break - they deserve your business, much more than the rip off con men at GHI who charge the earth, build computers with cables that cost them 99p and then turn you away or try to charge you with a system that they bulit that breaks within a month! So, shop at PC Pitstop and stop all the crap!
Oh and one more thing - did you all see the article in the Gazettte on Saturday? They donated stuff to a special school - when did any other local business do that?
ReplyDeleteOh yeah I saw that! It was really nice of them to do that. I heard they asked lots of local businesses for help, including the computer shop in Jarrow and everyone said no except them. It doesn't take much to help people out.
ReplyDeletePitstop Paul ripped me off. I bought a Circle connection mouse (PS2 im told) instead of USB. took it back to excahnge (UN OPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!) and got a mouth full of abuse and attitude. PROPA chip on the shoulder
ReplyDeleteI love this thread.
ReplyDeleteSame sort of thing happened to me. ever get the feeling he thinks your scum by the way he talks down to you
ReplyDeletelol lol lol this is the bestest thread ever
ReplyDeleteps2 mouse for a usb mouse for 2 quid lol dont make me laugh ya prick ya just a propaganda merchant trying to cause bother
one thing im sure of paul and his lads are salt of the earth and will help you anyway he can so cut the bullshit you pack of jokers!!
me pal just showed me this blog and very interesting
ReplyDeleteso hes a rip off mernchant right???
wrong folks
1 donates to charities
2 helps people for free (including me)
3 got a stinking filth peado off the street in hebburn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what more you want fuckers!!
and blogger nixon
we are starting a blog for you ya fuckin peado
epic fail nixon
This just gets better and better: turn over a rock and see what crawls out!
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Having worked for paul and seeing exactly how he deals worh his customers I can say all the negative commenys about him are a total joke.
ReplyDeleteHe's a very respectable person who offers great value and RESPECT! to any customers in his store, he's just trying to get on with it and earn a decent living for himself and family.
If u dont like that then thats your problem unfortunately.
I love this computer shop! Honest, up front and do anything for you. They have got some good second hand laptops in their jarrow shop...i bought one and it is great! with guarantee too! ghi could learn a thing or 2 from these ppl.
ReplyDeleteive used this shop a few times i find them quite expensive compared to online prices however a few of the staff except paul are in my opinon know very little about what they do in the way of pc repairs paul however is a diffrent subject very helpful compared to (GHI) WHO ARE RIPP OFF MERCHENTS GAVIN AND ANDREW WHERE IVE HAD NUMIOUS STUFF WHICH HAS BROKE DOWN AND THEY FAILED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT so being fair about these comments out of 100 i give pc pitstop a 50 and ghi i give 20 out of 100
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