I’m back from university this month in good old Basingstoke. After having a look at the parent’s computer, and subsequently failing to fix it, I decided it was probably time to buy them a new one.

Failing to champion a Mac Mini just caused an impromptu trip to PC World. I was never one of those people who had a vendetta against the place, it was a little expensive but I guess you pay a premium on getting components without having to wait for delivery.

However, this one trip has thrown me into the let’s hate PC World camp.

Why? Well because charging £15 for installing memory is borderline scandalous. I mean let’s go through the steps that one would take to install some memory.

1. Unscrew the two thumb screws to open the case
2. Pull open the two memory clips and push the memory into the slot
3. Put the two screws back on to close the case

That’s it. The longest it would take you would be 5 minutes, at a stretch. Now if that wasn’t bad enough I found stickers and posters advertising hard drive recovery – aka copying files off a hard drive onto a DVD. The cost? £95.

The third thing that really had me fuming? £29.99 to “install” an Xbox 360 game. I’m really debating whether I should pay for this, if only to find out what they actually mean.

I know shops occasionally take advantage of people who aren’t well informed but surely some form of ethics come into play. I guess when you’re the only real PC exclusive shop in the country, you can charge what you want.