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Just been to a computer fair today and I didn`t see anything there that I couldn`t get cheaper off the net...so much for bargains.

There was even a stall selling R1 dvds for £19 each!!!

Yeah a lot of traders seem to use them to unload all their s*** as a lot of people go along believing they will get a bargain. Dont bother going anymore. I`ve seen stalls selling PC games in piles all with the same serial numbers, definate pirates.

Whats wrong with pirate cd`s or games you get them a hell of a lot cheaper than in the shops.

I HATE THEM!!!!!...

fighting with the fat, sweaty, smelly geeks.. jostling with each other on a sunday is not my favourite past-time...

neither is listening to s*** commercial dance music pumped out on every stall from their s*** pc`s...

Computer fairs are okay if ...

You get there early (less people).
You know what you want (and have a handy price sheet with you, hey it helps with bargaining).
You want something second hand/old.
You have software with licences to sell (I remember a mate getting £40 for a full copy of Office97 - Taken from his work place I think)

And...there wasn`t a ride to be seen anywhere!

I went to a computer fair and got an Action Replay 2 v2 for my PS2 for £20 instead of £30.

But I paid £3 for the privilege of entering, and petrol to go there in my car, and I had to experience the rest of the fair to find the one thing I wanted, and then worried about what the 13 year old kid would do with my credit card details (since I wasn`t clever enough to go to the bank first).

I guess there`s a moral or a message in this, but I can`t be bothered right now.