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Laskys is part of one of europes leading electronic chains, that includes Comets. With this buying power you can exspect Laskys to be able to bring you some of the most competetive prices. Further more they take unparalleled pride in their customer service, according to their website. Laskys  offer a price promise, so if you find it cheaper, dont forget to contact them and they better it.

What is Additionsdirect.co.uk?
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Additionsdirect.co.uk is the online facility to the Additions Direct Catalogue. It began life as the inspiration of Argos who wanted at the time to branch into the clothing market as well; however, it did not go all that well for them. In January 2004, Argos eventually decided it was time to sell the company so the Littlewoods Home Shopping Company purchased it from Argos and own it to this day. Although another home shopping catalogue it does offer slight variations to the other Littlewoods Catalogues available.

What do they sell?
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As with all home shopping catalogues, Additions Direct offers a huge variety of products, which would be impossible for me to list so I am going to do brief category descriptions.
Women: - They sell all sorts of women’s clothing, footwear, nightwear, sportswear and lingerie. They also stock perfume, accessories, jewellery and watches.
Men’s:- All sorts of men’s clothing, footwear, nightwear, underwear, sportswear, aftershave, accessories and jewellery/watches.
Children’s:- They have a somewhat limited selection of clothing and accessories for children from newborn to 16 years of age, plus accessories for bedrooms and nursery’s.
Sportswear: - This is an addition link and section to all the various products and branded sportswear available.
Home and Garden: - This section covers everything from furniture for the lounge and dining room to the bedrooms plus the entire home furnishing ranges, a limited selection of garden furniture and accessories and DIY products are available.
Electronics:- This section sells everything from mobile phones, sat nav, telephones, sound systems, TV’s, DVD players, VCR’s to PC’s and gaming.
Appliances: - This section is where you can find all your large and small household appliances as well as home wares.

Ordering / Payments
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Ordering from Additions Direct is very straight forward as with most internet shopping facilities, first thing you must do is register an account. This can be done on a credit card basis or you can apply for the Direct Plus Account which is a credit facility offered by Additions Direct. Add the items you wish to purchase from Additions to you shopping basket and then when you have finished placing your order you can view your basket at anytime from the link found at the top of the screen of any page. When you are checking your order from your shopping basket, you are able to edit your order if you need to and delete any unwanted items, before you proceed to the checkout. When you are happy with your order, you then continue checkout by clicking the checkout link, which will take you through the payment process of your order. You will need to have either a Credit Card or Direct Plus account to complete your checkout order and are requested to complete all the details requested as you proceed through the checkout. Once you have finished the checkout procedure you are sent to a printer friendly webpage with an order number for you to print off for your own reference, however you will also be sent a copy of the invoice to the email address you supplied during the checkout procedure. The site offers payment by all major credit cards and for other options of how to pay there are full details in the help section of the website.

Delivery
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Delivery from Additions direct is fast on some items and can be delivered within 48 hours depending on the time of you ordering, but there is a £3.50 delivery charge on all orders no matter how big or small. Certain items can be delivered the next day if order before 1pm and providing the item is in stock, but this service carries a £6.45 delivery charge. You are also given an option to specify a delivery day, but again, be warned this also carries a £6.45 delivery charge.

Credit Facilities.
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As I said earlier there is a credit facility available from Additions Direct called the Direct Plus account. This allows you to have items on credit and pay for them over a selected period of time, however it is very important to know that this service charges a massive 29.8% APR. This can work out to be very expensive. They do offer a facility for you to pay over three equal instalments without any interest on the interest opt out plan but this is also subject to status.

Catalogue requests.
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You can now collect a catalogue from all larger Boots Stores if you prefer, but there is a facility on the website for you to order one to be delivered to your door. This is free of charge and there is no charge for catalogue delivery either.

Returns and Refunds.
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Should you have any problems with your order you are able to contact the customer services to arrange for them to collect the goods to be returned, but it is extremely important to read all there returns guides before even placing an order, as you have to be aware there are guidelines for unacceptable returns. Simply call the FREEPHONE automated customer service number 0800 096 6093 or speak to an advisor on 0870 413 6000 to make arrangements for collection. There are no charges for returning an item. Refunds will either be credited to your Direct Plus account or Credit Card depending on your payment option you used to pay for your goods. All items are on 14 day free home approval, but there are some exceptions.

Help and Advice.
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This site offers an excellent help section that will be able to provide you the answer to any questions you may have with regards to shopping with Additions Direct and this link can be found at the top of every webpage clearly showing the word HELP. It will allow you to find out everything you need to know about returns, privacy policies, accounts, credit and much more. It will also give you all the contact details should you wish to either telephone them, write to them or email them.

Security.
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Additionsdirect.co.uk boasts a 100% secure shopping feature on there online store, they state that this is possible because they use the following features. They use SSL (secure sockets layer) in there ordering and payment facilities and that all transactions are processed by there secure server in an encrypted format for added security. This process will also be securely closed immediately after the transaction payment has been processed for even more added security. Full details of this are available from http://www.additionsdirect.co.uk please see the privacy and security links available from the webpage’s help section. The site security is governed by IMRG Senate, which also governs all Littlewoods Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited companies as well as many other leading internet-shopping organisations.

Other Site Features.
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This site also features a sizing guide to help you work out the size of clothing you wish to order. There is a women’s size guide, a men’s size guide and a children’s size guide. In addition, the site gives you access to a curtain-sizing guide to help you know what size curtains you will need to fit you window requirements. There is a site guide for everyone to be able to use to help them navigate the site easily and this is available in a link from the help section.

No matter what I need to buy, my first port of call is always Kelkoo. This website has saved me so much time and money it’s untrue, it brings together all the prices from different websites onto one easy-to-navigate page. You can pretty much be certain that the prices on offer are the cheapest you will be able to find and it even lets you know if there is going to be a cost for delivery.

Kelkoo also carries reviews of the shops that sell the item you are looking for - I find this especially helpful because even though a shop may be offering the cheapest price, the fact that it only has a 3 out of 10 score would make me think again.

The only thing that I can think of that could be improved is the way there are multiple listings for each item - Dealtime, another ‘Kelkoo-esque’ website, groups items together and says something like ‘available for £9 to £14′ which in my opinion is a slightly better system (the website on the whole is let down by having fewer items than Kelkoo).

Ignoring this one little bad point, the service is pretty much perfect and there is nothing else left for me to say except give it a go and see how much money and time you could save.

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Introduction
The pcworld online site offers the same product set as the retail stores, with some extras. Occasional sales can prove very good value indeed

Opinion
I bought my PC from the PC world online store. I have been very happy with it since, and the price I paid was significantly lower than I could find anywhere else. The service from the call centre was good and the machine was delivered on time. Another benefit is that if anything goes wrong with it, I can take it back to the retail store to be looked at.
I would advise people to watch out for PC World’s hard sell tactics for their extended warranty, which may not be the best possible option, but I think I probably saved myself £250 or so, buying a PC in September of 2000 for £800 in total. This is as cheap as I have ever paid for a PC, and have had no problems with it so far.

Pros
Good value for money, reputable organisation, good customer service

Cons
Always disconcerting buying over the web, PC world stores warranty hard sell.
Site can be slow

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Built by the inventors of Kazaa, Skype lets you make free VoIP calls via your broadband connection. The service uses a peer-to-peer networking scheme, but rather than sharing files, connected PCs help route one another’s calls. Skype also uses that routing technology to get around the need for (and cost of) central servers and directories, so call delivery can be free.

The software handles compression with several proprietary audio codecs, which, depending on the available bandwidth, deliver bit rates from 3 to 16 Kbps—enough for decent voice audio. The service does end-to-end encryption using 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), which is nearly impossible to hack. Skype also supports text messaging, a useful feature for immediately sending notes to the other party.