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Smokey Joe's House of Stuff
5 Severn Side North
Bewdley
Worcestershire
DY12 2EE

Tel: 01299 402653

@ Jen Thanks for confirming that Im not the utter pratt that posters here are starting to think I am

I'm not surprised, theres a paragraph missing (that I did type honesttogod) where Im mentioning buying from the far east

this forum software is still a bit buggy i think

and I agree with you.... my post without that para just looks plain gibberish

However, lets be fair, the other point I made about the number of people on forums selling hardware they 'just got today / yesterday' etc is pretty staggering really

The best advice you can be given as a newbie is this (pertaining to hardware)

Buy second hand to try out, buy it only from a long standing member of the forum who has a good reputation, that way you cant go wrong, ask them every question you can think of about the kit.

The downside with cheap chinese purchases is the distance, the time it takes to get here, and the fact that 'sods law' will kick in any YOURS will be the one parcel examined by HMRC that day, which tends to make a cheap buy a tad more expensive.

IMO

(oh yeah that and the fact that the standard "I got it today & dont like it" line that people trot out is to hide the fact they are getting them in cheap themselves and are disguising the fact that they are actually 'covert' dealers)

NOTE: I'm not saying thats the case in this forum but if I had a quid for every time I saw that I'd not need to buy lottery tickets!

thanks for correcting my error Simate

apologies to Fagsareus for my booboo

Like I said, only a quick peek, cant comment on that front........

I'll find out tonight & post back

lol, t'was a Vamo and its extremely shiney.... bought it for a client so just had a quick peek and watched them 'fire it up'

a win, win situation

(apart from my jealousy..... now i must get myself one, plus the Missus wants one too lol)