Having dealt with may on-line suppliers here's my personal ratings. Please post any suppliers you've dealt with and any impressions you've gained from dealing with them in the same general format. Maybe we can build a reasonably comprehensive resource. eBuyer Website: www.ebuyer.com Prices: Very quick to manipulate prices. Sometimes good value, other times you'd do better to look elsewhere. Service Level: Good to reasonably good; but they are not very flexible and upset more people than they need to. Best for: Smaller items like cables, PSUs and modding bits. Dabs Website: www.dabs.com Prices: Middling to good. Service Level: Rightly or wrongly they always give the impression of a quality supplier. Their product selector is a model of what other sites should have. Best for: Larger items, but I found them best for hard drives recently. Laptops Direct Website: www.laptopsdirect.co.uk Prices: On average really good. Some truly excellent bargains if you are fast enough to take advantage. Service Level: So far faultless. Best for: Laptops etc. Scan Computers Website: www.scan.co.uk Prices: Don't look very often but they seem competitive. Service Level: Limited use but a while back they were OK. Best for: Components. Expansys Website: www.expansys.com Prices: Above average but some occasional bargains. Service Level: So far faultless. Best for: Things you can't get elsewhere. That online auction site that is in no way as good as Free Bedlington.co.uk Classifieds Website: www.That online auction site that is in no way as good as Free Bedlington.co.uk Classifieds.co.uk Prices: Some of the best but watch out for hidden charges. Service Level: The twilight zone of the Internet - all over the place! Best for: Second hand goods and rip-off tales. Amazon Website: www.amazon.co.uk Prices: Sometimes the best buys, but at other times pricey - do your homework. Service Level: Direct from Amazon good; third-party suppliers a sort of upper-class That online auction site that is in no way as good as Free Bedlington.co.uk Classifieds! Best for: The odd bargains. Far more support, far less risky, far less hassle, and quicker than That online auction site that is in no way as good as Free Bedlington.co.uk Classifieds Play.com Website: www.play.com Prices: They come up with some good bargains, and can be the best source some of the time. Service Level: Sometimes take orders for things they don't have, but are easily contactable by phone and refund without hassle. Best for: Whatever they are best for at the time Looking back at the above it's a ringing endorsement for buying on the Internet. It wasn't intended to be that!