dabs.com

Advantages: Cheap, fast delivery, plenty of stock.
Disadvantages: returns policy is pants, no decent communication

...to do an op about Dabs.com some time ago as I have read many negative opinions and decided to balance them a little with my own positive experiences of the company. Dabs.com is a mail-order computer dealer which has been established for about fourteen years. These days they also sell some other electronic goods such as televisions, stereos etc but still deal mostly in computer hardware, software, peripherals and consumables. The company is based ...
...of the trade body ‘Personal Computer Association’ and ‘Confederation of British Industry. The chairman of the company, David Atherton, can be emailed direct on: da@dabs.com and says he is happy to answer any questions about the status of the company. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The website itself is easy to use, with lots of useful links situated on the home page, a search facility and a ‘quiklinx’ facility. This is useful if you have spotted a part in ... Read review

Advantages: Good prices, good selection
Disadvantages: Ugly site

How can I get to it? -------------------- Easy. Log onto www.dabs.com What does it sell? ------------------ Well, just about anything Computer orientated really. In fact, its not just solely a PC supplier. It also sells TV`s,DVD, Stereos and Mobile phones too. You name it they have it. All arranged into the relevant product sections such as scanners, Mass Data Storage, Memory and Processors. Not only do they have these products but an entire ...
...and reliable products. What is the site like? ---------------------- Very disorganised if you have not used it before. Takes some getting used to. Navigation is clumsy to say the least. Once you learn how to search and find what you want, it becomes second nature. What is the search facility like? --------------------------------- It returns exactly what you search for if you can find the fields to enter some search criteria. The boxes for ... Read review

Advantages: Massive stock list, good email contact, competitive prices
Disadvantages: Helpline takes ages to get through

Dabs.com is basically a mail order firm that has embraced the technological marvel that is the Internet and has adapted its business so that it is now entirely online. What this means for you is that the company is already well established, and is fundamentally much more sound than a new fly by night internet company set up to make a fast buck. So, when you order you have the extra peace of mind knowing that this company has been delivering to people ...
...I bought a soundcard from dabs.com about a month ago, I was e-mailed with a delivery date the next morning, the item arrived on time and the payment was duly taken. Unfortunately, being the spoon that I am, I inadvertently ordered the wrong type (apparently I needed ISA not PCI ?!??). I e-mailed the address for help that was provided with the delivery, and received a reply the same day with a helpline number to call. The number given was a local ... Read review

Advantages: A lot cheaper than on the highstreet
Disadvantages: Poor web design

On the pure strength of other reviews and an intense desire to spend vast quantities of cash I visited Dabs.com. I was searching for a particular product, a Microsoft optical mouse thanks to a particularly bad mouse which seemed to be possessed by a kangaroo (i.e. it jumped across the screen). To a novice Internet user this site is particularly overwhelming, I do a lot of work involving the Internet and even I found this web page hard to navigate ...
...of buttons and links to different parts of the site including a rather poor search facility. Lets say that you try to find a product by yourself, ignoring the "search" facility, all that's needed is some lateral thinking. Some lateral thinking later........ You press the "products" button at the top of the screen. Where next? "List by type" or List by Manufacture" Lets say we are after a standard cheap CD-RW drive below £100, we click the list ... Read review

Advantages: delivered the right order at the right time to the right place
Disadvantages: compulsory storing of credit card info

I recently visited dabs.com to order Paint Shop Pro 7 after reading the reviews on Ciao. I preferred it to the Jasc website as I was given a competitive price in pounds sterling rather than US dollars which would have been subject to the exchange rate. As with all websites I have used to purchase things, you first need to set up an account with dabs.com. I was happy to do so, except that part of the process was to set up a method of payment. Basically, ...
...next wanted to buy from dabs.com without cancelling the account.) However this was a very clumsy process involving displaying almost all the numbers on my card on the screen as part of my account. Now I don’t mind storing account details with a website but they could have given me the option to enter them without storing, or secondly sent the bill to my house as they had to have a delivery address anyway. The ordering aside, the software was ... Read review