What happened to the Scan area of the forums?

Discussion in 'General' started by [PUNK] crompers, 15 Sep 2008.

  1. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    As above

    Seems to have disappeared since yesterday?
     
  2. iggy

    iggy Minimodder

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    probably getting too many complaints or something.
     
  3. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    The Birthdays thing is also missing, maybe having a re-shuffle?

    Sam
     
  4. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    I have been told that the advertising agreement with Scan has come to an end for the time being - it may return in the future, but since it's a commercial matter (and not an editorial one) it's not really anything to do with the writing/forum staff.

    From what I understand, this also means Scan will no longer be offering free delivery to regular forum contributors.
     
  5. cyrilthefish

    cyrilthefish What's a Dremel?

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    Does this effect the scan free delivery offer? Because i use that a lot...

    EDIT: seems it does... :(

    Looks like i'll be buying stuff elsewhere now
     
  6. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    hmm, maybe if they'd paid a bit more attention to what people were saying on there......

    ah well, i just hope this wont effect the sterling bit-tech service?
     
  7. atanum141

    atanum141 I fapped to your post!

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    Ah crap.
     
  8. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    As above, the commercial and editorial parts of BiT are well separated to try and avoid bias for commercial reasons, so no, it won't make a difference. :)
     
  9. alastor

    alastor Minimodder

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    Thought there was something missing...
     
  10. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    It's a shame that Scan didn't support their users here, they seemed to focus on the Hexus one a LOT more!
     
  11. atanum141

    atanum141 I fapped to your post!

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    I agree with Doug, i knew it was a trial but i think its something worth keeping for both parties.
     
  12. PQuiff

    PQuiff What's a Dremel?

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    Shame. Guess scan would rather flick the bird to their enthusiast customers.

    Only kidding, its a shame though. I think they should at least continue to give us free delivery( over that minimum amount again of course).
     
  13. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Ah well thats a shame, i'll just have to go with who ever is cheapest now. I noticed on several occasions when pricing things up that scan was only cheapest with the free p+p.
     
  14. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    Absolutely no change, just like always :)
     
  15. Red 5

    Red 5 What's a Dremel?

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    Oh balls! I was all set to order the bits for my new build last night, before sitting here for an hour trying to decide between two motherboards. I decided I'd make my mind up some time in the week instead. Now, not only have I missed out on the weekend's special offers but I've missed out on the free delivery too. And this is after seeing the Pound drop.

    I am really pissed off with myself right now. :grr:
     
  16. Matticus

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    That really is a shame, I would have said bit tech was much bigger than Hexus, or atleast for me it is. If not bigger then better. /bumlicking

    Though it appears my account is set up for free delivery still...Wonder how long that will take to change, I don't plan on buying any computer stuff for a long while yet so it doesn't effect me much really.
     
  17. identikit

    identikit Minimodder

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    Well once I had to phone up to confirm an order and I mentioned free delivery, the guy on the other end had no idea who or what bit-tech was and instead called it the hexus free shipping option. Not that I'm saying call up and say 'hexus' 'free' or 'shipping' ;)
     
  18. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    as the site isn't affected i cant say im that bothered.

    i tend to go ebuyer/overclockers these days anyway as i have found the customer service better (just personal experience)
     
  19. Ramble

    Ramble Ginger Nut

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    Noooooooo!
     
  20. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Oh well, it means that we'll not have as many spammers at least, hexus/av-forums can keep all them!
     

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