This is a huge Currys store located in Leeds city centre, it is a short walk away from Trinity…read moreLeeds, and The Town Hall at The Basilica. The store is surprisingly large for a city centre location, it's over two floors, but with escalators going up only if you're heading down you'll need to use the stairs or find the elevator. The store stocks a wide range of electronics from computers to printers, TV's to smart speakers, as well as accessories including ink, and laptop carrying cases. There is a small Apple section, although I much prefer John Lewis at the Victoria Quarter or the Apple Store inside Trinity for Apple products, as the selection is limited. Although they had the advertising in-store for the iPhone 15, the only model out to demo was the iPhone 14, they also seemed to only have the older MacBook Pro's compared to the latest generation - what's the deal with that? The location is great for those who are in the city centre but the problem with this is that the store doesn't have parking, and for a store that specialises in large electronic items from printers to laptops and TVs, that isn't practical, there is Q-Park St Johns Centre which is located a five-minute walk away, but again depending on what you're buying, this could be hard to carry around a busy city centre on foot. 4* - It's a huge store, which is rare for a city centre, being located closer to parking and ensuring they stock a range of the latest tech would be big improvements, otherwise they risk becoming more of an outlet.

Leeds Currys at Headrow, I went in to ask for tech advice, the member of staff I spoke to was very…read morerude and unfriendly, its like I asked him for a pint of blood, was not bothered at all, and spoke with attitiude, no respect for customers at all, in future I will take my custom elsewhere

I've known Paul for a number of years, he has dug me out of a series of problems and I would…read morewholeheartedly recommend him if you run into difficulty with your computer/laptop whatever. He keeps himself really up to date, he is totally trustworthy and his charges are very reasonable. Kevin Cooney

PC Consumables has got the right idea - key student location - ideal for all those panicky moments…read morewhen 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…read morewho'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.

I purchased a Gigaybte laptop from CCL, and was impressed with the efficiency of their next day…read moredelivery. I received several notices regarding order confirmation and dispatch times, and the courier then texted me with tracking info, and delivered exactly on time. However, when it arrived, it turned out that the specification listed on the site did not match what came in the box (no mini display port). Some research indicated that this is a problem that other sellers have also had with this new stock (Amazon, for example), where the manufacturer did not update specs upon shipment, so I thought CCL may have been given the wrong info too, and not yet realised. I contacted CCL immediately, expecting to have to fight it out with them (given the notorious reputation of online computer sellers), but they said it was not my fault if I didn't get what was specified online, and promptly organised collection for the following day, no questions asked. My return was processed very quickly - I went from day of purchase on Monday to confirmation of refund by Friday 3pm. Just can't ask better than that. Before purchasing the laptop, I called CCL to confirm other specs, and also called to twice confirm the details of the return. Every time I called, they answered promptly, and were professional and courteous throughout. I have seen other people comment that they didn't get email confirmation from their order - I wonder if this is because they put their email in wrong (as the form does not require a confirmation of email typed inl)? I found their communication during the process to be impeccable. The courier, though great on delivery, did fail to make contact during the first pickup round, but CCL swiftly got in touch with them and they came back a few hours later. Not ideal, but couriers these days are universally terrible (and overworked), I'm not sure CCL can do a lot about that. They seem to have picked the best of a bad bunch, and are willing to work on your behalf to get items where they are meant to be, at the right time. Another complaint I have seen on here regards the pickup times, but I think people are being unreasonable in some cases: like any online store, you have to order before 4pm Friday if you want a Monday pickup. Orders won't be processed over the weekend, as office staff aren't there to do things like confirm payments and write up invoices or receipts. You have to check whether the item is in stock in store for pickup, not just in stock. It's all clear on the website if you read the relevant info, although on the initial listing screen, the green ticks could be somewhat misleading. You just need to double check availability on the actual item page. Finally, PLEASE bear in mind that if you are buying computer parts, it is your job to know whether the parts are compatible. Totally unreasonable to expect to open up sensitive hardware to check whether it works with incompatible parts (as some complaints have stated)! Like every single tech shop ever, it's not CCL's fault if you don't know what you are doing! Their advice does not replace your own knowledge, and with something as expensive as motherboard, processor, or graphics card, if you don't know what you are doing, don't do it. I think it's really unfair to blame them if you've opened up a bit of hardware that isn't compatible, and expect them to wear the (high) cost of your ignorance. I would definitely use these guys again - I'm actually a bit sad that the laptop with the specs I need is not on offer from them. I would recommend to anyone.

Ordered Motherboard bundle and a B grade 1TB NVME SSD…read more The value of the B grade nvme was £80 Incorrect 500gb SSD shipped - the mistake was due to incorrect (possibly deceitful) labelling of stock inventory and clearly no system of thoroughly checking items before being posted to customer. Emails then ignored for 3 days, wasn't until they were called that any action was to be taken. Not only is that an unacceptable time frame, its frankly borderline disability discrimination, as someone who is AuADHD and have other health issues, the last thing I want to be doing is ringing companies to chase issues that should already have been looked into as it makes my symptoms worse and I will be unwell for days after. On the phone I was spoken to with Dan, who did not offer a satisfactory resolution to the problem. It felt like there is a culture of apathy at CCL where the whole system seemed quite inflexible and born out of a business that is happy to regularly make mistakes at the customers detriment. It is not my fault that the wrong item was sent and that there isn't stock of the item I ordered. The reasonable solution most other decent companies would have taken would have been to replace the £80 B grade NVME with new stock one (£100 at the time of my purchase) and have the 500GB incorrect one returned and the company eats the mistake of losing £20 - but naturally they had already increased the price of the new item to £115 and did not give this option. Instead I was forced to choose between a partial refund or returning the item - not satisfactory considering the items are all part of a birthday gift for a 13 year old that needs to be ready in a weeks time. Edit - was called again by Dan who said he cannot do the partial refund so the only option was to send the item back and get a full refund. NOT IMPRESSED I will not be using CCL again unless the realise the value in seeking returning customers via good customer support and will stick to using their competitors.

On a whim I decided to nip by here to see if they had camera memory cards, as it's all too often…read morethat I take a whole bunch of photos and then have to go back and delete choice ones to continue snapping. I wasn't sure if they would have my size but went in and had a mini mooch before one of their staff members asked me if I needed any help. I told him about my scenario and sadly they didn't have the memory cards of my size, but that he could order one in if necessary. I asked him how much they'd be, as I'd forgotten how much the original one was, and he was pretty honest to say that it was fairly expensive to get one in. I said I'd have a think and get back to him, as it was only on the off-chance that I popped in. As I was leaving I noticed under the counter their hoards of mobile phones, including what I believe to be an iPhone 3GS, so I'll have to have a think on that one too since I've been lusting after one for far too long now!

I had 2 laptops which required an expert to get them operating properly again. The owner dropped…read moreeverything he was doing and sorted both laptops out straight away in half an hour. Very impressed with the service and knowledge of this guy. I highly recommend this place and wouldn't think twice of using them again.

great place to go if your computer needs fixing or an upgrade, very competative pricesread more

I've just been in to the shop to get my hard drive looked at. Turned out that it was an easy thing…read moreto fix. Sorted in minutes. Very decent guy. I will take future business to him and recommend to anyone.

Main Systems isn't a place you'll want to ever go to - but this is because you don't ever want your…read morecomputer to break. I've experienced plenty of IT repair shops in my time and this one on Street Lane seems quite similar to the others I have come across. I went with a friend whose laptop was poorly to see what these clever guys could do. Sure enough, they worked out the problem soon enough, let her know how they were going to fix it, and then, because there's no other option and computers are so important in everyone's life, charged an over-the-top price. But every IT shop does this, and not every IT shop has staff this friendly and services that extent to upgrades. As IT Repair shops go, this one isn't half bad.

I have a tricky relationship with technology, just ask my partner who has spent many hours trying…read moreto sort out the mess I've created out of my laptop. I feel for him, I really do as at least once a month my computer gives up on me or gets a virus. The last time my laptop got upset with me and stopped working my partner had reached his technological limit and I was forced to take it to this computer shop. The guy that runs this place is an absolute star. I spent ages talking to him and he spent hours trying to get my laptop to work. I went in the next day to collect a perfectly functioning laptop and wasn't charged the sort of extortionate fees you would get at a large computer centre.