PC Consumables

PC Consumables has got the right idea — key student location — ideal for all those panicky moments when your laptop goes down, or you need an extra USB stick and so on. Although the staff are friendly enough you certainly get the sense that perhaps the keeness lies in selling you a few bits rather than necessarily going out of their way to be helpful.
That said it’s so conveniently situated it is great to quickly nip into and fill up on basics, like my ever dwindling printer ink supply, and for that I’m grateful. If anything their prices seem to challenge that of the larger supply stores although I still haven’t found anyone to challenge Wilko’s for my Canon ink cartridges!
A handy place to go if you’re running out of time and live within the vicinity, but nothing ultra special either.

PC Consumables is located on Headingley Lane, just in Hyde Park, an ideal location for any student who’s computer has had a meltdown.
They sell every computer staple you really need, including blank CDs, USBs, printer ink etc etc, and the man behind the counter fixes computers.
A few years back, my laptop broke, and I desperately needed it fixing, without sending it away. PC Consumables was close to my halls, so I decided to go there, instead of taking it into town, so I could just pick it up on the way home from uni. When I went to pick it up, I was fed a load of jargon, and if I’m honest, I was not sure about whether I trusted him. But he said it was fixed– at the steep and crippling price of £100. Needless to say, I was devastated when it still kept on turning off unprompted, and he appeared to have done nothing.
Angrily, I went back and, having had my own theories about what was actually wrong with it, I told him. He said he’d have a look. Sure enough, I was right (to a certain extent), and he fixed the computer «for free». He said there would be no charge. At the time, I couldn’t have thanked him enough, as it was working perfectly again, but on reflection, I’d been well and truely ‘done’. and I am still bitter.
Having got over this minor mishap, years on, I still use PC Consumables when I’m passing. It’s good residential location and (other than for the fixing) cheap prices makes it a very handy little place if you desperately are in need of ink or a USB stick.