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

On Feb 21, 9:08 am, Bob L wrote:
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/...259321&highlig...

especially the bit about being in liquidation yet website still
trading........if true the clang clanging you can hear is worth
listening to.......

JimK

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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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.)


All the ones i've seen can, including the two 26" i have here. As for the
black strip, if the resolution is correct they will be minimal and the
picture will be exactly the same size as it would be on a 4:3 if the wide
screen is the same height, so i don't see what the problem is, it's in the
mind i think!

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.


In reality there is little if any detectable difference to the eye between
any unless the contrast ratio is really poor.
I bought two of the cheapest i could find, they are both fine although one
did have a low contrast ratio which is noticeable particularly on text.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Grimly Fiendish"
saying something like:

In reality there is little if any detectable difference to the eye between
any

Depends on use. When it comes to photo processing, I'm stubbornly
hanging on to my old Sony CRT until I can find a decent LCD at my price.
I'm not into paying new prices for top kit, so I'm looking for last
year's top kit, iyswim.

unless the contrast ratio is really poor.

There is that - most of them are quite ****.

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


I've found some on Willen's site,

Willen Trading Ltd was put into members voluntary administration by
Liquidity Services Ltd, its sole member, in Sept 2009. (Company no
05652418). They also appear to have stopped their collection
service. "Willen Trading", also owned by Liquidity Services, appears
to be a trading name of Liquidity Services rather than Willen Services
Ltd as it does not seem to state it is trading in administration. The
company details required to be shown by the E-Commerce regulations are
not obvious.

In their terms and conditions for returns they claim they have no
responsibility for loss or damage in transit from the customer back to
them. Under the Distance Selling Regulations they are at risk when
goods are returned to them.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Bob L
saying something like:

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

Nasty.
I was going to recommend www.digiuk.com but I see they've gone down the
tubes as of last May. Pity, they were bloody good.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:33:10 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Grimly Fiendish"
saying something like:

In reality there is little if any detectable difference to the eye between
any

Depends on use. When it comes to photo processing, I'm stubbornly
hanging on to my old Sony CRT until I can find a decent LCD at my price.


You probably won't ever find an LCD that performs equally as well as a
Sony CRT in good condition. I'm sad that I had to retire my Apple
monitor, which uses a Sony tube, because it was getting dimmer.

Finding a new CRT of the same standard to replace it is of course
impossible, and even the most expensive LCDs (Eizo, LaCie etc.) don't
come close. You can train yourself to cope with an LCD monitor but
they just aren't capable of producing the image quality of that good
old Sony Trinitron- or Mitsubishi Diamondtron-based CRT monitor.


I'm not into paying new prices for top kit, so I'm looking for last
year's top kit, iyswim.


We're not there yet. Maybe 2011's top kit will be acceptable, and
affordable in 2012.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:22:16 +0000, Peter Parry
wrote:

Willen Trading Ltd was put into members voluntary administration by
Liquidity Services Ltd, its sole member, in Sept 2009. (Company no
05652418). They also appear to have stopped their collection
service. "Willen Trading", also owned by Liquidity Services, appears
to be a trading name of Liquidity Services rather than Willen Services
Ltd as it does not seem to state it is trading in administration. The
company details required to be shown by the E-Commerce regulations are
not obvious.


Oh dear. That puts a very different complexion on things, so I
withdraw my recommendation.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, 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?


Many thanks to everyone who has replied. Even though some people seem to
have had good service in the past, the company looks like it might have gone
down the tubes - and I shall therefore give it a miss.

Pity - because I particularly like the spec of the LG L1942P monitor shown
on their site, and I can't find anyone else with any stock - with the
possible exception of Amazon at a silly price.

Thanks for the alternative recommendations - I will follow some of them up.
If anyone can point me at a suitable model which is actually available at a
reasonable price, I will be very grateful. I'm going to be taking my laptop
between 2 locations, and intend to duplicate the peripherals. As part of
this, I want a screen as similar as possible to my existing Samsung
SyncMaster913B, which is:

19" screen with 4:3 (actually more like 5:4) aspect ratio
Native resolution 1280 x 1024
Analog (D-sub) and Digital inputs
Capability of being turned into portrait orientation

The LG L1942P (not to be confused with the L1942S or anything starting with
W) would fit the bill perfectly - if only I could find one!

Ideas, anyone?
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Cheers,
Roger
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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 had a bad experience- bought a fewwview box that was faulty, and then
had trouble returning it. They took it back in th end, but I wouldn't
use them again.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Martin
wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:23:53 -0000, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, 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?


Many thanks to everyone who has replied. Even though some people
seem to have had good service in the past, the company looks like it
might have gone down the tubes - and I shall therefore give it a
miss.

Pity - because I particularly like the spec of the LG L1942P monitor
shown on their site, and I can't find anyone else with any stock -
with the possible exception of Amazon at a silly price.

Thanks for the alternative recommendations - I will follow some of
them up. If anyone can point me at a suitable model which is
actually available at a reasonable price, I will be very grateful.
I'm going to be taking my laptop between 2 locations, and intend to
duplicate the peripherals. As part of this, I want a screen as
similar as possible to my existing Samsung SyncMaster913B, which is:

19" screen with 4:3 (actually more like 5:4) aspect ratio
Native resolution 1280 x 1024
Analog (D-sub) and Digital inputs
Capability of being turned into portrait orientation

The LG L1942P (not to be confused with the L1942S or anything
starting with W) would fit the bill perfectly - if only I could find
one!

Ideas, anyone?

Kelkoo says http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/ss-LG-L1942P.html


Thanks but that produces matches for LG *or* for L1942P - and has lots for
LG but none for the specific model I'm looking for!
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Cheers,
Roger
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