scan.co.uk Reviews

I bought a graphics card from them about 6 months ago. The fan started making a grinding noise. I could hear it above the rest of the computer noise and case fans etc. Having a 3 year warranty on the card I did not feel under pressure to send it back as the the fan was still turning at the correct revolutions per minute. I ...  Read the complete review

I have used Scan on and off for a couple of years ... generally tempted by their 'Today Only' page which has some good offers on a daily basis. I also make a point of using them when prompt delivery is a must as they have proved to be extremely reliable. However, it was only with my last purchase that I hit a minor problem ...  Read the complete review

I needed a new TFT monitor for my son and searched the web for good deals, went to what I thought was the best price and delivery only to receive an email 2 hours later that the item was going to be delayed, Then I went to SCAN and after checking by phone the monitor was in stock I ordered it at 13.30 on Thursday and it was delivered ...  Read the complete review

Yes, their prices seem okay, but let me warn any potential customers of this company that they are quite literally the worst company I have ever used. After ordering five disk caddies and an IDE cable over one month ago for a customer I waited for them to arrive - they didn't. They had been taken back to the courier depot ...  Read the complete review

This is the first time I have written a truely negative opinion of anything on dooyoo, but if you are planning to order anything from scan, I think you should know this story. Last year I ordered a number of items from the Today Special page and paid extra for a Saturday delivery before 12pm. On Saturday I called Scan about 11am ...  Read the complete review

Yes the title is harsh, but then so is the service I have thus far received from them. I have ordered about four times from them, but unless it's for something that doesn't need electricity to make it work never again. First order, a scanner, USB, what turned up a parallel port version. So £10 out of my pocket ...  Read the complete review

I am here to sing Scan's praises. I was first referred to scan by a little techie geek who was working in a GAME store. He didn't know what he was talking about at all, but he knew where to buy it from. The next day I went to the Scan warehouse and was so amazed by the prices that I bought a computer there and then. ...  Read the complete review

Scan's Today Only offers can look unmissable, and indeed when compared to the high street prices of the same products, they are! However, like so much in retailing, all is not as it seems. Log-on and have a look at their regular prices. Higher, as you might expect, but there's a good explanation - the VAT's included, suddenly ...  Read the complete review

OK, I'm no beginner to online shopping. I have ordered from Amazon, DABS, JUNGLE,Simplygames,Evesham,WHSmith online, HMV,QXL... I have tried all of them. But none of them has got me as frustrated as Scan did. I ordered an MP3 player from SCAN on Monday in their Today Only section of their website - which usually contains some ...  Read the complete review

I have a few experiences of Scan but wish to convey just one of them to you, hopefully it will enlighten you all and ensure you check the site out. I began asking my dad about upgrading my computer, my birthday was coming and I wanted something better than my far from superb 486. He recommended I look on Dabs.com, so I did. ...  Read the complete review

I recently purchased a SCAN SC200 player direct from SCAN via the telephone. It arrived next day as promised. Connections via S-video and SCART were supplied; I used SCART as it appeared to be technically best for my TV (6yr old Samsumg 25") Once connected all normal functions work fine. The setup pages are easy to ...  Read the complete review

When my computer went to that silicon scrapyard in the sky I decided that I would build my own, thus getting exactly the computer I wanted and not some out of date high street one. So I discovered this web site, pretty much by accident through a magazine. When I went on there I though "well it's fairly alright but ...  Read the complete review

I've had dealings with Scan for the last three years and am fully aware of the facts that people should bear in mind when thinking of buying from them.... When you first visit the website (and especially the Today Only page) you go 'WOW! They are sooooo cheap...' and then you buy something, and the first pitfall is ...  Read the complete review

After my recent problems with Dabs.com (see my review for details) I found myself in need of a new processor, like yesterday.....Simply, who I'd normally use don't stock Intel chips so after looking around a bit I came across Scan.co.uk. Their prices were around the same as Dabs but postage wasn't included. I thought ...  Read the complete review

I have found Scan International a good company to buy components from. But when I bought a PC from them, it was delivered late due to them running out of stock of a SCSI card to connect to our scanner. When it did arrive (On time for the second devilery day) The forget to send the Driver for the graphics card. Also ...  Read the complete review

I've bought loads of kit off Scan in the past, and usually they are quite efficient at getting it to you next day (although you pay for delivery of course). Prices are quite competitive on some items (RAM, CPU, mobos), not so good on others. However, recently they screwed up an order of mine for a Plextor CDRW drive. (They ...  Read the complete review

The first PC I built was a PIII-500 with 128MB RAM based on an ABIT BE6-II mobo. I found the service from Scan very good and they were very helpful. The delivery was cheap and quick and I was a happy computer. But, after construction and installation of Q3Arena, I discovered that all was not well. After much testing I discovered that the ...  Read the complete review

The computer I'm using at the moment is made from parts which I purchased from Scan a couple of years ago, and apart from adding on a few extras like more memory, and a better graphics card, it's still running sweet as a bell. Scan is only about 10 miles away from me, so it's handy too. As for the customer service ...  Read the complete review

Whilst looking for the latest prices for a new computer system I remembered a site that my friend had recommended to me a few years ago as being “dead cheap” – scan.co.uk. He certainly wasn’t wrong – the prices were excellent. Motherboards, memory, sound cards, video cards, processors – you name it and ...  Read the complete review

I have recently had the pleasure of building my new box (athlon 750, 40 gig hard drive, 128 meg pc133 ram, dvd drive, sony cdrw, sblive, etc etc). I ordered the vast majority of my goods from www.scan.co.uk, because they had the cheapest prices. There site is well laid out with different sections for different components (soundcards, ...  Read the complete review