Paid membership.
If you pay online by credit card or paypal, membership costs £4.25 a month, pay here on the subs page
You can visit us at: 29-35 Ripon Road, Blackpool, FY1 4DY,
and pick up a standing order form to take to your bank.
Standing order payments are £4 per month.
Opening times: 10am-2pm. Mon,Tue,Thur,Friday.
If you do not have a credit card or bank, payment can also be made in cash, yearly in advance (£52)
Your membership begins when we have received your first monthly payment or first yearly payment. You can then collect your computer, which will be supplied without software.
(See supply and install software, below).
Software needs to be installed before the computer can be used.
All computers supplied meet the Microsoft Minimum specification to run the windows XP software.
This specification can be seen here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865
Supply and installs software
If the club supplies and installs software on your computer before collection, you will be charged a setup/admin fee.
If you take this setup/admin option, you can choose a flat screen instead of the large monitor.
Never buy another computer, or pay for another repair.
Parts, labour and computers are free to Blackpool computer club members. All refurbished computers supplied by the club are unconditionally guaranteed for the life of the membership. For any problem at all, you can request an exchange, and your computer will be replaced free of charge, 'no questions asked'
We once replaced a computer because it was the wrong colour!
Your computer can also be replaced yearly with a better specification on request.
Important note from club rules
If you cancel your membership, or choose not to renew your membership, then later decided to rejoin, you will need to back pay all outstanding membership payments, restart the standing order and pay the setup/admin fee.
Loyalty bonus
When you have been a member for 2 years, you are eligible for the loyalty bonus. Laptops, flat screens and more are all free as they become available. Just ask for what you want.
These items are 'one offs' and are not covered by our replacement guarantee.
CLUB RULES
The club will be owned and operated by PC Recycler limited.
Free membership only provides access to our free online services.
The admin/setup fee is not refundable.
Membership applications will be accepted or refused at the discretion of PC Recycler.
There is no right to appeal if a membership request is declined.
PC Recycler reserves the right to add or remove features of the club.
Members must be 18 years of age or over.
Members must agree to abide by the rules/regulations of the club
PC Recycler reserves the right to expel members.
Membership
Free membership starts immediately on signup, and does not lapse unless cancelled.
Full membership begins on the date that the first payment is made, and lapses if renewal payments are not made.
NOTE:- Lapsed members applying to rejoin must back pay all outstanding membership payments, restart the standing order and pay the setup/admin fee.
Waiver and Safety
If a member wishes to accept a free piece of equipment, that member must sign a waiver which protects PC Recycler/BLACC and any person representing pcrecycler/BLACC from any claims for damages relating to the acceptance or use of the equipment.
If the member declines to sign the waiver, the equipment will not be released until a “PAT” test has been performed. It will be up to the member to arrange and pay for the test. PC Recycler will supply a list of suitable contractors willing to carry out this task.
Website
A Members website is provided.
Free Computer
Each paying member of the club can request 1 second user computer (without software) which will be provided free of charge.
Should the member require software installing, there will be a setup/admin charge.
The computer will come with a "return to base" warranty which will remain in force for as long as the membership fees continue to be paid. See description of computer and warranty on club site.
The computer must be collected from PC Recycler workshop.
Computer
All computers will be second hand, generally donated by business, industry, schools or colleges when they upgrade. This means that the equipment will always be more than 3 years old.
Unlimited warranty
If the base unit, monitor or keyboard fail, the failed item can be returned to the workshop for an exchange. An appointment must be made before the item is returned, to allow time for a replacement to be prepared. The warranty will remain in force as long as the membership fees continue to be paid.
NOTE: Guarantee only applies to fully paid up members.
Club members can upgrade their machine each year.
Club members can replace their machine for any reason under our no quibble guarantee.
Backup
If a machine is replaced, work would be lost if it had not been backed up.
Backup can take many forms. For example, you may keep your photographs on Flickr or Picasa, you may keep your music on an ipod, you make keep your files in Dropbox or MS Livemesh or on a USB stick, all your emails may be in gmail and so on.
If you have stuff that is important to you, you should back it up now, not later when it may not be possible. If you are unsure of how to do this, we run a free course for members.
Security
Computers are becoming more secure, and the user is now becoming the target. Look at this site for tips on how to stay safe online:-
www.getsafeonline.org
You do not need to pay for anti-virus software, Microsoft provide it free.
www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
If you do decide to buy security software, be careful not to buy a fake, and end up with more problems
Report on fake AV sites
