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Scan Computers Reviews

4.4 Rating 961 Reviews
84 %
of reviewers recommend Scan Computers
4.4
Based on 961 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Next Day
On-time Delivery
Greater than 93%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 94%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
4.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better

About Scan Computers:

Specification + Service = Satisfaction
Scan Computers has been selling components, software and building custom PCs, workstations, laptops and servers from our state-of-the-art factory in the UK for more than 25 years earning us over 300 industry awards. The cornerstone of our business philosophy is 3XS: Specification, Service and Satisfaction. Specification means we only sell high-quality branded components in our PCs, no unbranded brown boxes here; Service means keeping our customers informed at every stage of their order, including a web portal and SMS messages; Satisfaction means we benchmark every system we build for 24 hours ensuring that they perform brilliantly and reliably, day in and day out. View our website, telephone or visit us in person to discuss your requirements and let us tailor make a system for you.

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Phone:

01204 474747

Email:

feedback@scan.co.uk

Location:

27-29 Enterprise Park
Horwich
BL6 6PE

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Scan Computers 5 star review on 9th September 2022
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I purchased an XFX Radeon R9-290 4GB card at £234.35 which came with a 12 month warranty along with a bunch of other components for a complete PC build from scan in Jan 2015. The graphics card turned out to be faulty so I reported this fault (which was that the card would display no video output and boot to a black screen, therefore rendering the hardware completely useless) to them in the February. Due to me going through personal aspects of my life and also moving house I had to put the matter on hold for a few months but the fault always remained and I must point out that at no point did I tell scan that the matter had been resolved, because it was not. Recently I have been in the position and had the time to get the matter sorted and I thought that as the product was less than a year old and still under warranty this should be something that could be resolved. How wrong was I? Firstly, scan told me that because they had not heard from me they simply assumed that the fault was gone, this is totally out of order to assume a fault has just vanished without scan even attempting to contact me to validate this first. Secondly, when the card was sent back for testing scan failed to find the fault the first time around, and argued that it was not faulty, it, they then said (after much persuasion from me) that they would put the card in for a re-test, and, hey-presto what do you know? The very fault I reported was found and they eventually confirmed the card to be faulty, I was thinking okay now we are finally getting somewhere... but nope, I hit another brick wall with scan. They told me that as the card was not new there apparently had been what they call 'benefit of use' for the card and so could only offer me a partial refund credit of £138 towards a new card, a whopping £96 less than the £234 I had already paid for the faulty product. I must point out that as the card was faulty from the day of delivery, the card was unusable from the start, so how could scan say that I have had 'benefit of use' from a graphics card that was unusable from the very beginning? How is that fair and reasonable on scans behalf? After more countless emails and messages via live chat, I was eventually offered a choice of 2 replacement models either a 2GB MSI Radeon R9 380 2G Twin Frozr V, or , a Gigabyte GTX960 4GB Windforce 2X Cooler OC NVIDIA both of these cards were significantly lower in specification and value than the card I originally purchased. For reasons already stated I obviously declined the replacements offered. I sent more countless emails trying to reason with someone to try and reason with them and to see how unfair this is all was and that I just wanted a replacement of at least the same specification of the card I purchased, not a cheaper inferior model. But unfortunately nobody at scan seemed to care so i decided to make a telephone call where I spoke to someone named Gareth, who said that he did not know why I was only offered a 2gb card in replacement for a 4gb card? (I still am baffled by this too Gareth!) Gareth seemed friendly on the phone and I thought finally we were getting somewhere, he said that he would look for a suitable replacement, he did this whilst on the phone to me and said they could offer me a Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 380 Dual X OC AMD Graphics Card 4GB I said well this sounds better but first I need to check the specifications of the card properly to see how they compare with the card I paid for, he said that's fine and that an email will be sent and i can reply directly to the email to confirm whether or not I would accept the offer. After going through the specs it dawned on me that the card I originally purchased was again, of a significantly higher specification than the one offered to me , so i replied to the email explaining why I did not think it was a suitable replacement. This was ignored and I heard nothing else in reply to that email. I then decided to call again for an explanation only to be told that they could not help me because it was escalated to the social media team who are now dealing with my query, except the social media team are also ignoring my messages, Facebook indicates the messages were 'seen' but no one bothered to reply to them. Scan stated that they could not replace my R9-290 with another one the same because they do not stock the card anymore, they say this despite having for sale on there website a 3xs system which is currently in stock with an XFX R9-290 fitted. I then asked that if they could not provide an R9-290 then to offer me the next closest thing which is an R9-390 that is almost identical in specification (see here for comparison: http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3117&gid2=2097&compare=radeon-r9-390-sapphire-nitro-8gb-edition-vs-radeon-r9-290-xfx-black-edition ), there was a price difference of around £25 but I did state that I am willing to pay that difference if necessary, that proposal was also ignored by scan. So I am currently now £234 out of pocket with no graphics card and no sight of a full refund or suitable replacement all thanks to scan. AVOID
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They really wasted our time and the communication was poor/non-existent. We put in a £4K order last week for stuff that was in stock with next day delivery (and yes, they took the money straight away). Got an email saying it was delayed due to stock issues. A week later, it says items due on 28th August (it's September 3rd now) but still no dispatch. Called them up, turned out one tiny thing is due on the 14th, but they cancelled the order without batting an eyelid. Will see if we get a refund in good time, but basically they wasted a week for not notifying us of the state of the order and not really giving a care over the screw up. Total waste of time. Going back to eBuyer even if they don't have every item we need.
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Hi, alright let me start of my mentioning the good things. I bought a laptop from scan in February of this year, the machine itself is fantastic and does what it says on the tin, but what lets the side down is the customer/technical support. When i received the laptop, i was given a CD which did not work on windows 7. No problem i thought, i'll ring them, my mistake, after an hour or so on the phone trying to get through i was greeted with a really bad tempered technical support person, i said the CD does not work with windows 7, his reply: yeah it does, oh no it doesn't i replied, eventually he saw my side of things and directed me to the manufacturers website where i downloaded the drivers. They still did not work so i bought windows 8 and solved the problem. I have had other issues with windows driver power state failures which caused the machine to crash, i tried to call customer/technical support but they never picked up the phone, eventually when i did get through i was greeted by an arrogant technical support person who directed me once again to the manufacturers website which did not solve the problem. I tried to ring them back but they never picked up the phone. After months of trying i accidentally stumbled upon a solution. If you've paid over £900 for a laptop this is not the service you expect. Recently i have damaged the screen on the laptop, i need it to be repaired but once again i have been dealing with the most rude and arrogant technical support staff who have no concept of customer service. Would i buy anything from scan again? Absolutely NOT. You shouldn't either.
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Appalling returns service. Returned item, heard nothing at all from them. Checked on their website several weeks later that they had rejected the return for no good reason and kept my money. They made no attempt to contact me to inform me of rejection. When I rang to complain I was accused of lying! I am now £65 out of pocket and I will never deal with them again.
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Scan Computers is rated 4.4 based on 961 reviews