USB to LAN adapter - Shop in Cambridge UK said no such animal !!!!

Hi there.

I really was flabbergasted this time -- I think we all know that service in some Computer retail shops is abysmal but visiting Cambridge University to attend some lectures I needed a LAN connection -- my ultra thin laptop only has a fast (AC) wifi adapter.

Went to local computer store to look for a USB-->LAN connector and was told not that they didn't have one or it was out of stock but absolutely no such piece of equipment exists !!!! from a shop nearby one of the worlds most famous Universities.

I did get one in the end -- a retail store which I'd never dreamed of in a million years John Lewis - knew what it was but they don't deal in that sort of hardware. The guy selling all those nice huge TV's etc told me - go to Maplins - they have that sort of stuff -- sure enough they did.

No wonder the Internet is killing off "Physical Stores" if I can only get sensible information from somebody like John Lewis --essentially Kitchen, general furniture etv -- although they do have a small technical dept in their stores.

Moral of the tale is --never believe what those people in places like Computer World tell you -- they know 100% of NOTHING !!!!!.

Cheers
jimbo

Hi there
@swarfega

Curry's / PC World on Newmarket Road not far from the Footie ground -- obviously not the best place. !! It has TERRIBLE reviews with which I concur 100% !!!!!. In a University city this store should be SHUT DOWN IMO !!!! Mind you my colleagues at the lectures thought I was BONKERS even thinking of going there -- plenty of I.T stuff in the Cambridge labs which any of the technicians would have given me if I'd have asked for one -- although I'd already got my adapter from Maplins -- actually not a bad store -- all sorts of "Old fashioned" tech stuff you can't see anywhere else these days.

Next time (I'll be over again around Easter time for another set of lectures) -- if you want to have some "refreshment" in town -- I'll gladly be available -- I'm easily recognizeable (at least people tell me) and always gladly enjoy a visit to a "Local Hostelry"

Cheers
jimbo