PC World Web in Ireland now suspended

leghorn said:
Ordering online is more high-tech. It also cuts out the need for a physical shop and associated overheads.
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Such as giving employment to friendly local staff who can give good advice and a premises where you can inspect the goods and a place where you can return faulty product for replacement. Not everyone wants to deal with foreign call-centers staffed by script-bots with incomprehensible accents.

Advantages of online commerce is wider choice and not having to travel.
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This is true and like many people, I do order online, then sometimes, I don't.

Online commerce has advantages, so too does physical commerce.

Surely the choice of channel should be based on what best suits a person's needs at the time rather than deciding to always shop online because it's more 'high-tech'?

PC World's Irish site failed because tech-savvy Irish people didn't want to buy their out-of-date, over-priced technological tat.
 

You choose to ignore the point that was also made, that the roll out of broadband has been ineptly handled in Ireland. Its an embarrassment, that one company have been able to hold back the whole country like they have.

Friend of mine in the UK gets phone and broadband 8mb for less than you pay for line rental here. I can't get broadband though my phone line as Eircom won't fix my line.

Sometimes its easier to go to store than shop on line. Perhaps you want to see, feel an item before you buy. Etc. Buying online isn't always better.
 
I'd be interested to see what legal grounds the hosting company have to put up the line "pcworld.ie account suspended due to non-payment by client" - reckon if they get wind of it they'd have grounds to sue for defamation. I sell advertising myself & when I asked a solicitor if I should use a similar tactic to scare non payers, was told to stay well away from it.
 
That's what I would have thought too.......
Don't think it's as clear cut - it's to do with defamation of character from what I remember.
 
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