Hardly pal. I think if you do the maths, £8 to post an SD Card or similar sized item in recent times would mean they make profit. In reality it would cost about a quid to send.
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Hardly pal. I think if you do the maths, £8 to post an SD Card or similar sized item in recent times would mean they make profit. In reality it would cost about a quid to send.
If anything the forums are now more a little more free than they have been for a very long time. We are much more welcome to suggestions for the forum and shop than at any time ever before and we are not shy from helping out when people have problems.
I would say it is the complete opposite, sort the problem out instead of making it go away. They are two completely different concept and one has not featured at OcUK for a very long time now.
Only thing that I hate are people you cannot sort out, their £5 delivery goes awol so you offer them £20 as a sorry gesture and its not enough.
Oh well!
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That's true, I have to admit it. Just don't want to get into a situation where someone is afraid of speaking his mind for fear of getting banned, now that there's a financial incentive to stay on the right side of the law.
(Not that it's an issue for me - I order from the shop once, maybe twice a year at most, and I've only been suspended once since I joined, so what are the odds of me enraging a mod right when I'm about to buy a huge new upgrade?
)If you're talking about the problem of expensive shipping for small orders then yes, it will sort it out. I just hope you eventually get round to sorting hte problem out for everyone rather than just forum members, as it's the one area where you suffer in comparison to your main competitors the most. (At least insofar as enthusiast kit is concerned.)
i really don't think ocuk would make next day delivery free for the public, maybe only royal mail service.. also most other e-retailer don't do next day delivery for free,
i say keep the next day delivery free for the forum members only would be a great idea and make the royal mail 1-2-3+ working days delivery free for the public...
EDITED: i just hope ocuk will keep this free next day shipping trial a permanent thing
i say keep the next day delivery free for the forum members only would be a great idea and make the royal mail 1-2-3+ working days delivery free for the public...
EDITED: i just hope ocuk will keep this free next day shipping trial a permanent thing
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BINGO!. Abusers that do this for small items will be the cause of this to fall. I hope most have the decency to not abuse it though.
Jeez, wind your neck in already!
Firstly, it obviously makes better business sense to attract new custom rather than to reward existing customers.
Despite this, Yewen has already stated that there will be offers in the future which are targetted at loyal customers such as yourself but you still feel the need to moan
Why not just chill out and wait to see what they come up with to reward people such as yourself?
If it wasn't for all the moaning we wouldn't be getting an offer like this, now would we?
I say moan on!
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Good way to go, when I worked at a big etailer during my uni years they made quite a big margin on postage (the quoted P&P was double the cost price) so makes sense.
I'll still buy local as A) I can get it in a hour B) problems I drop it off to them C) the so called items not in stock elsewhere (eg new GPUs etc they always have on day 1)
Small items will cost next to nothing to send thanks to lower rates with RM etc.
I'll still buy local as A) I can get it in a hour B) problems I drop it off to them C) the so called items not in stock elsewhere (eg new GPUs etc they always have on day 1)
Small items will cost next to nothing to send thanks to lower rates with RM etc.
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guys, can you just completely delete the general discussion forum and keep this offer on forever with all the bandwidth saved?
They could afford to give BOGOF on all 4870s with the bandwidth saved from that!
If it wasn't for all the moaning we wouldn't be getting an offer like this, now would we?
I say moan on!
i dont think complaining lead to this offer??
Perhaps worry over the credit crunch!
from what i heard ocuk was already planing to better they service so i don't think the moaning made this happen..If it wasn't for all the moaning we wouldn't be getting an offer like this, now would we?
I say moan on!
Moaning had no influence on this one. Just a general good idea.
We are trialing it with no minimum order value to see what actually happens, overall it is still going well which is a good thing!
that's what i thought...Moaning had no influence on this one. Just a general good idea.
im glad it's going well.. maybe will this feature stay for good?
I hope so, if it stays the way it is I see no reason it could not stay on in one form or another.