Willen trading.co.uk - anyone bought from them?

I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

I've found some on Willen's site, but had hitherto not heard of the company.
They apparently sell "factory graded or nearly new" items such as TVs and
monitors - which seems to be roughly equivalent to Maplin's B-grade stuff -
customer returns, packaging slightly damaged, etc.

Have any of you bought anything from them, and was it ok?
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:55:38 -0000, "Roger Mills"
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I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

I've found some on Willen's site, but had hitherto not heard of the company.
They apparently sell "factory graded or nearly new" items such as TVs and
monitors - which seems to be roughly equivalent to Maplin's B-grade stuff -
customer returns, packaging slightly damaged, etc.

Have any of you bought anything from them, and was it ok?


I have bought a lot of items from them on eBay. I live about 20 miles
away from Willen (part of Milton Keynes) so I have usually collected
them. Their warehouse is very close to the M1, Junction 14 (A509).

I have found them professional at all times. They are box shifters,
by which I mean they sell electronic goods in very large volumes at
very low prices. I have bought a professional digital SLR camera, two
DVD recorders, several LCD picture frames, a bread maker and various
other smaller items totalling well over £1000. No problems with any
of them.

My sole complaint is that they make a charge for collection from their
warehouse. The collection charge is much lower than their postage
charge, but I really don't see why collection should not be free. But
in the scheme of things, it isn't a vast sum of money (£2.50 IIRC) and
all the items I have bought have been extremely competitively priced,
even when that collection charge (grrr!) is included.

Their eBay rating is +127,292 and 98.7% positive, which is about what
I would expect of this type of company. It would be worth looking
through the comments associated with the negatives and neutrals to see
what people have complained about.

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/willen_trading/

I would certainly recommend Willen Trading (subject to your taking the
usual care to ensure that you know exactly what you are buying,
warranty terms etc.) and I would not hesitate to deal with them again.

Still some good 4:3 monitors around...
- Dell w/3yr warranty - www.mcs.co.uk
- Dell 2007FP 20" 1600x1200 4:3 IPS panel - www.pcbuyit.co.uk

The 2007FP can be had on sale at places £125-129-159-179 also if not
urgent. A very good monitor with 3yr warranty.

"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

I've found some on Willen's site, but had hitherto not heard of the
company. They apparently sell "factory graded or nearly new" items such as
TVs and monitors - which seems to be roughly equivalent to Maplin's
B-grade stuff - customer returns, packaging slightly damaged, etc.

Have any of you bought anything from them, and was it ok?


Don't know about Willen but there's loads of 19 inch monitors here (42):

http://www.businessdirect.bt.com/cat...40000-49680000

Paul

"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

I've found some on Willen's site, but had hitherto not heard of the
company.
They apparently sell "factory graded or nearly new" items such as TVs and
monitors - which seems to be roughly equivalent to Maplin's B-grade
stuff -
customer returns, packaging slightly damaged, etc.

Have any of you bought anything from them, and was it ok?
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Cheers,
Roger
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:55:38 -0000, "Roger Mills"
wrote:
I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

I've found some on Willen's site, but had hitherto not heard of the
company.
They apparently sell "factory graded or nearly new" items such as TVs and
monitors - which seems to be roughly equivalent to Maplin's B-grade
stuff -
customer returns, packaging slightly damaged, etc.

Have any of you bought anything from them, and was it ok?


I have bought a lot of items from them on eBay. I live about 20 miles
away from Willen (part of Milton Keynes) so I have usually collected
them. Their warehouse is very close to the M1, Junction 14 (A509).

I have found them professional at all times. They are box shifters,
by which I mean they sell electronic goods in very large volumes at
very low prices. I have bought a professional digital SLR camera, two
DVD recorders, several LCD picture frames, a bread maker and various
other smaller items totalling well over £1000. No problems with any
of them.

My sole complaint is that they make a charge for collection from their
warehouse. The collection charge is much lower than their postage
charge, but I really don't see why collection should not be free. But
in the scheme of things, it isn't a vast sum of money (£2.50 IIRC) and
all the items I have bought have been extremely competitively priced,
even when that collection charge (grrr!) is included.

Their eBay rating is +127,292 and 98.7% positive, which is about what
I would expect of this type of company. It would be worth looking
through the comments associated with the negatives and neutrals to see
what people have complained about.

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/willen_trading/

I would certainly recommend Willen Trading (subject to your taking the
usual care to ensure that you know exactly what you are buying,
warranty terms etc.) and I would not hesitate to deal with them again.


I would imagine that the reason they charge a collection fee is the same
reason i charge a collection fee - to cover the cost of my time dealing with
arranging it, the cost of any phone calls, time taken to email and to
actually have someone to handle and process it when you pick it up, this
ensures i make a profit on cheap sales!!

"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.


And don't they all have the ability to display in 4:3 ratio?

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:55:38 -0000, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

£76.36 from http://www.aria.co.uk £6.96 del+VAT for one,
proportionate for bulk, bought heaps of PC bits from them down the
years.

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:55:38 -0000, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

I've found some on Willen's site, but had hitherto not heard of the company.
They apparently sell "factory graded or nearly new" items such as TVs and
monitors - which seems to be roughly equivalent to Maplin's B-grade stuff -
customer returns, packaging slightly damaged, etc.

Have any of you bought anything from them, and was it ok?



You might like to look at these


http://www.plebble.com/listing219845...n-trading-ltd/


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...willen+trading

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"Grimly Fiendish" writes:

"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a 19" LCD 4:3 computer monitor - and there are not
many around, 'cos they're nearly all wide screen.

And don't they all have the ability to display in 4:3 ratio?

No, but even if they did, you'd end up with a big monitor displaying
black strips. (Your PC video driver may be able to do this if you
really want to.)

I recently went through the monitor replacement process, having had
a 20" LCD 4:3 1600x1200 for 7 years (an excellent HP one), but
which was suffering from some screen burn and backlight starting to
go uneven.

I decided I wanted a slightly bigger one, at least same resolution,
and 4:3. I couldn't find anything which was still made.

Displays are mainly made for TV, so it's very hard to find ones
which aren't widescreen. For the same reason, the choice for
anything higher than 1080 vertical is very limited. Put these two
together, and there's just nothing large available in 4:3 anymore.

I eventually went for a 24" 1920x1200 Samsung 2443. It's good for
the (quite cheap) price, but not in the same league as my HP one
was (but nothing like the price that was new). A couple of friends
had seen it and bought one, but I think it's gone obsolete now.
There was another Samsung one same size and spec but with a more
flashy surround and faster response for gaming (and less contrast
IIRC), but I don't play games.

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