I only wanted to buy a car!

Advantages: Choice, worth it in the end, you can save lots of money
Disadvantages: Time consuming, challanging

...Buying a new car should a pleasurable experience, but for many it can be stressful & intimidating. There is something special about owning a new car, choosing something that you have always wanted & getting that new car feeling, that new car smell (albeit the smell of plastic) & driving a car no one has driven before. That is except for the factory workers, test drivers, transporter drivers, garage mechanics & sometimes the handy man at the garage. This is not a review on which new car to buy but a review on the likely pit falls when dealing with sales staff at franchised dealers. Having spent many years working at franchised dealers on the after sales side I have seen more than my fair share of questionable tactics played by sales staff in an attempt to sell cars. DOING YOUR HOME WORK Unless you are the kind of person who...

ScottishWestie 12.03.2009 · Read review
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You NEED to buy a Dyson!

Advantages: All you could want from a vacuum cleaner
Disadvantages: Not a relevant question!

...I LOVE my Dyson DC19! I paid £119.99 from LX Direct and I have also seen this great price in my local Sainsburys so it pays to shop around. This is by far the best vacuum cleaner I have ever owned and I have owned MANY ( cats, dog, kids, big house, cars etc), any cleaner in this house is bound to take a bashing and I usually find that the brushes fall apart, or the hoses split and it ends up looking like a comedy of errors held together with duct tape, but not this one!! So, what do I like most? Not having to continually buy dust bags has to be a major factor, and saves a lot of money. Being able to see how full it is - I love this part when my son announces theres nothing wrong with his bedroom and and I go in there with the Dyson and come out with a full tank! Being able to strip it down and wash all the bits is great...

lavender43 02.01.2009 · Read review
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Xbox 360 network adapter, to buy or not?

Advantages: makes connecting to live wireless
Disadvantages: very high price

...i bought this for £50 second hand, and i found it very easy to use and it connected to my modem in minutes, but i know not everyone connects it as easy as i did, infact i couldnt connect it to my old router when i first got an xbox 360, so then i went for the ethernet cable method which is ideal if the router is in the same room as the xbox 360 because its much cheaper, gauranteed to work and normally makes connection better, but in my case i had a 30m ethernet cable running down my stairs which is not ideal! therefore when i bought my xbox 360 back i wanted to get it sorted with the network adapter. THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE ADAPTER: its a easy method of connecting up to xbox live if it will connect to the router its small and as a nice slot at the back of the xbox 360 theres a light which is green if its working and red if its...

jwl89 29.09.2009 · Read review
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How to Find, Finance & Buy a house!*UPDATE*

Advantages: The feeling you get when you unlock the door for the first time
Disadvantages: Things can and likely will go wrong if you are complacent

...*******UPDATE 23rd SEP**************** At this point in time in the UK, the Financial Services Industry is about to go through a major change as it is now going to be under regulated MANDATORY government legislation. This is due to happen on the 31st of October and I will update again as soon as more details are available to me *******End if Update*********** I have been helping people to buy homes all over the UK for nearly three years now. I have sat all the relevant exams and have the qualifications. I therefore thought it might be helpful for me to try and put together as definitive a guide to purchasing your home as I can, pointing out the pitfalls, and hopefully giving hints and tips to make this as easy and stress free (however there will be stress, believe me, I have done it!) as possible. In this review, I will...

drewboy 25.05.2004 (23.09.2004) · Read review
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The First Time Buyers Guide to house buying!

Advantages: Understand what steps need to be completed
Disadvantages: May make you realise you can't afford to purchase.

...This review is based on my current experience as a First Time buyer, who knew absolutely nothing about buying a house so here is my bit of advice at understanding what is involves in making it though the actual sales. When you decide to move out of your parent's home there are a lot of factors to consider what option is best for you, are you doing it alone or will you be sharing the costs with other people. ****Deciding to Rent or Buy**** This is the first decision that you need to overcome are you in a position to purchase a property? Are you able to raise at least 5 or even 10% deposit? If the answer is no then you may find that renting is a more suitable solution. One third of properties in the UK are rented and the majority of them are by young people who simply cannot afford to get onto the property ladder. For Mark and I...

KELLYLOUJ 01.05.2006 · Read review
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Some things to consider before buying.

Advantages: Suction power, great tools, bagless, 5 year guarantee.
Disadvantages: Storage method, static.

...I have been using Dyson's 1400 watt DC19 vacuum cleaner for about a year now. It is without doubt a superb product, but there are still a few things that could be improved with the design. I tried out several other brands of compact vacuum cleaner before buying this model and always ended up taking them back. None of them had the DC19's suction power. The DC19 is light (17.75lbs) and easily manoeuvrable. It's four tools include a flat head attachment, which is great for reaching under cupboards and beds. Like other Dyson cleaners, it is bagless and easy to empty. Tapping the clear cannister seems to remove most of the dirt that has been collected. More stubborn marks can be removed by wiping with a damp cloth. The DC19 also has a five year guarantee and unlike many brands, Dyson provides a user friendly online facility...

barley360 10.01.2009 (06.02.2009) · Read review
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Xbox 360 Which one to Buy

Advantages: Good range of add-ons
Disadvantages: add-ons are expensive

...what you get as standard on a PS3. What is nice is how you can decide when and if to add-on. So you can start with a Core System, and over time upgrade it to a premium system, of course there is little point doing this, since the 20 GB Hard Drive alone is £60. This bring me to the next point, many of the add-on accessories are expensive for what they are, OK it's because they are custom made etc, but if you compare the price and specification to their PC's counterparts, you do get the feeling that you are getting ripped off. For example a 20 GB Hard drive will set you back £60 You can buy a 500 GB Hard drive for a PC at £60 these days! There is no news yet If the Microsoft will release a 120 GB hard drive upgrade, In my opinion they should, but it's unlikely to happen for a while , since Microsoft would want people to buy...

crazyconsoles 01.08.2007 · Read review
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Save up some dosh to buy this Tosh...iba

Advantages: Fast, Portable, Comfortable and Sleek, HD Resolution, Toshiba support is brilliant!
Disadvantages: Awful grapics card, Not very durable, Speaker volume isn't fab...

...that law legal. So the laptop, it's got plenty of positives and only a few negatives. And if you've read my other reviews, I like to get the negatives out of the way first. NEGATIVES I'll get straight to the point, the graphics card is seriously bad, there's no way around it. It's a new thing where your computers RAM is used to power some of the graphics, like video and pictures. However this won't work with high-end games like the Call of Duty series or Crysis. This however, isn't a laptop you'd buy if you were wanting one for gaming, so it's not a major draw back. Another bad point is the durability, which isn't great. The lid can be pushed in, revealing it is fairly hollow apart from the screen and its components. I thought this a bit stupid as Toshiba are just wasting money making more material, why not just make it thin and tight guys...

Mozza215 21.10.2009 · Read review
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iPhone - to buy or not to buy?!

Advantages: design,features,new technology,display,battery
Disadvantages: Software,except iPhone applications unsupported,some minior disadvantages with sms,no mms

...Allmost all of the worl was waiting,holdig it`s breath,for revolutional Apple iPhone.Now allmost one year passed since it was lounched on the market(!-one market!),but despite all potentials-it was made exclusively for At&T(former cingular) US carrier.Isn`t it cruel ;-) ? Well,despite all this major problems, in europe were found,deep in their cyber rooms, hackers and profs, who found out,how to unlock these legendary iPhones!And now it is available all around the world!Technomans-keep you purses opened and full of money! At leaast,i`ve got one og these hard to find,mythical iPhones! After buying an iPhone,you feel yo`ve got a little(emm,not so little) wonder,that is mistically connected with YOU :-D (thats true-as soon as you put the iphone to your ear the display dims,and it lightens again as asoon as you tak off the iphone from...

AnatolyDav 25.03.2008 (08.05.2008) · Read review
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TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY-THAT IS THE QUESTION-UPDATE!

Advantages: Tell me - are there any?
Disadvantages: Tell me - are there any?

...HOW TO REACH THE DECIDING FACTOR? This is an important and vital question. We are undecided and I hope that maybe by publishing this review we can get some helpful feedback from members on Ciao. Here goes:- Having recently sold my husband's modest 1 bedroomed flat, we now have the dilemma of whether to buy my Council house that we live in or stay Council. I have lived in this house for 32 years now and we applied to the Council to buy and got back the form to say how much the house was valued at and how much we could buy it for. MIKE'S FEELINGS! But now, my husband Mike, who has only lived here from when we got married in April 2005, is having second thoughts! One of the reasons being, that although he likes the actual house, it is on a large housing estate and we have had quite a bit of bother from louts - kicking our...

Sal4Mike 15.09.2006 (30.09.2006) · Read review
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