Automatic switch?

[gerryh]

I'm sure, or at least I think I am, that some time ago I saw reference to an automatic switch that would switch off peripherals when a computer is shut down.
Is there such an item and if so, what is it's proper name so I can do a search on Ebay for one.
Cheers
Gerry

[El Cid]

This is the sort of device you are looking for

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Conserve ... =8-3-fkmr1

Sid

[gerryh]

Hi Sid
That isn't quite what I thought I saw.
I want something that detects my PC has shut down and then switch off my printer, scanner, speakers etc.
Cheers
Gerry

[Enrique]

Hi Gerry,
Make your own..............

http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_bui ... shuts_down

[gerryh]

Enrique
Just what I was looking for.
Are there any commercially built units?
No problem building my own, just surprised that there earnest any on the market.
Cheers
Gerry

[Stoker]

If you search for "master/slave extension lead" on Ebay/Amazon I think you should find something that does what you want.

[gerryh]

That's exactly what I'm looking for.
Amazon only have ones with 13 amp sockets.
Ebay has 2 with euro sockets but the seller won't post to the UK even though they are dispatched from Germany.
Cheers
Gerry

[Stoker]

Ebay has 2 with euro sockets but the seller won't post to the UK even though they are dispatched from Germany.
Cheers
Gerry

Won't he post to Spain?

[gerryh]

Won't he post to Spain?

No, that's the crazy thing about it.
It has Euro sockets and he will only post to the UK.
Found a seller , in the UK, on Ebay.es who will post to Spain but it has UK 13 Amp sockets.
Cheers
Gerry

[quebin]

Is this any good?
http://www.amazon.es/Belkin-Conserve-Sm ... B0041RQWGY

[gerryh]

Is this any good?

Many thanks, just what I was looking for.
just bought one from Amazon.es.
Do Amazon.es use MRW for delivery?
Cheers
Gerry

[El Cid]

Do Amazon.es use MRW for delivery?

Normally, yes.

Sid

[gerryh]

Do Amazon.es use MRW for delivery?

Normally, yes.

Sid

Or Non delivery as my address doesn't exist according to MRW in Torre del Mar.
Fortunately not too far for me to go to their office and collect.
Takes them longer to find the package in the pile of other packages they can't deliver.
Cheers
Gerry

[El Cid]

Or Non delivery as my address doesn't exist according to MRW in Torre del Mar.
Fortunately not too far for me to go to their office and collect.
Takes them longer to find the package in the pile of other packages they can't deliver.
Cheers
Gerry

I always meet them at the petrol station at the bottom of our road - about 3 minutes.

It works every time as they phone me 10 minutes before they get there.

Sid

[gerryh]

I always meet them at the petrol station at the bottom of our road - about 3 minutes.

It works every time as they phone me 10 minutes before they get there.

Sid

That is what I do with other delivery companies.
MRW have never phoned me, they just mark the shipment as undeliverable on their tracking system, even though my phone number is on the address.
Both UPS and SUER phone me even if the sender hasn't included my phone number.
Both of them have my number stored in their phones.
Cheers
Gerry

Cheers
Gerry

[Lyric]

I always meet them at the petrol station at the bottom of our road - about 3 minutes.

It works every time as they phone me 10 minutes before they get there

Sid,
the first time you ever did this specifically Amazon and MRW how did you make it happen ?

I have just ordered for delivery and used my apartment address, but normally there is nobody there, and I want to meet at the bottom of my track.

I expect my depot will be the same as Gerry i.e. TdM

[El Cid]

Sid,
the first time you ever did this specifically Amazon and MRW how did you make it happen ?

First I made sure that they knew my phone number. They should have it anyway from the supplier but I always include it as a line in my address so they cannot say they didn't have it.

I have to say that the local MRW depot is brilliant and they employ real human beings with some understanding of customer service. Unfortunately, based on other members experiences, this is not always the case.

Incidentally I am now finding that orders from Amazon Spain are arriving next day.

Sid

[Lyric]

Thank you for that answer to an idiot's question. I see they have a Nerja branch so that'll be mine. Deep joy, I hate going to Nerja !

[Julie]

Will this turn off TV etc. when its is on standby, be great to get everything that's on standby turning its self off after a period of not being used.

[El Cid]

Thank you for that answer to an idiot's question. I see they have a Nerja branch so that'll be mine. Deep joy, I hate going to Nerja !

Best of luck. I have friends in Nerja who say that MRW always expect you to go and collect!

Sid