Who do you buy your spare parts from

[Adrian45]

Hi Folks.

Just got my first spectrum working here in Ireland thanks to the great help from great people on this forum.

My 48k needs a complete overhaul - caps , power , membrane etc etc , even the screws are missing.

Just spent 20 min on Retroleum.co.uk , 16 items in my basket , went to pay and they only take paypal.

I dont use paypal.

They say that you can pay through paypal with a credit card if you log in as guest but I just cant see that option on my screen - I changed the flag to Ireland hoping that would give me the 'pay as guest' option but no luck. Anyone familiar with this ?

Ive been told going political on here is a big no no but if i was to order everything seperately on ebay i would be hit with 20 euro ( shipping and import charges) on every item i order from UK , and everything i need is in the UK ...... total stupidity ...... thanks EU !!!

Just wondering if anyone knows any other good supplier in the UK that accepts credit card payment

[EdToo]

You are in Southern Ireland I guess. Retroleum have been good for my purchases, but I'm based in UK. Would somewhere like https://www.micomputer.es work better for you?

[Adrian45]

Thanks for that edtoo

Had a look but they only have some of the stuff - its only UK companies fit the bill , UK is where the home computer revolution began and thats where the support is

ill keep looking - must be a company in UK that have all the parts that take credit card

[PeterJ]

Hi @Adrian45,

I've never had any issues paying with credit cards on a PayPal site without needing to login.

Can I suggest contacting Phil at Retroleum. I'm sure he would talk you through it.

Peter

[dfzx]

They say that you can pay through paypal with a credit card if you log in as guest but I just cant see that option on my screen

I'm pretty sure it means logging into Paypal as a guest. i.e. you don't need a Paypal account.

So make your order at Retroleum, click to pay via Paypal, when the Paypal window pops up enter you email address and follow the options to make a credit card payment without logging in to Paypal. Retroleum are effectively using Paypal as a credit card service provider, it's a quite a common thing to do and I've used it with no problem.

[Adrian45]

Ok Dfzx -

Ill try that - I was looking for a button "pay as guest" to click on

would be so much easier than buying everything seperately

Thanks folks

[Adrian45]

old age is getting to me !!!

yep - just put in an email and sure enough you can pay with a card , no paypal account needed

order in

good to know

Thanks again people.

[1024MAK]

Just spent 20 min on Retroleum.co.uk , 16 items in my basket , went to pay and they only take paypal.

Have you tried contacting the site owner to ask about paying by credit card. He is normally very helpful.

Mark

[Adrian45]

I got sorted Mark - As the lads told me above , you dont need a paypal a/c , just put in an email address and you can pay with credit card - Lots of goddies on the way , caps , diodes , transistors , switching volt regulator , 4164's , even rubber feet ....... spectrum gonna get a new lease of life ........ the original membrane gave up the ghost on me ( knew it would , every time i opened it up the 2 ribbon cables were looking worse and worse ) - so just have wait - great stuff people