Hey ocuk, whats with the price rise after xmas ?

[Dicehunter]

So i was going to get this package i made up for my brother for his birthday which is in january. (the following screenshot was taken on december 20th)

I went back there today and the price has gone up. (the following screenshot was taken on december 29th)

I thought prices went down after xmas not up ? or is ocuk just being "Special" once again ?

How many other products have had these miniscule price changes that not a lot of people will notice i wonder ?

 

[Puppetmaster]

times are changing. overclockers never have "january sales" and with the state of the economy at the moment, everything is on the rise. i suspect their supplier has probably increased prices so they are just following suit keeping their margins.

 

[Ranger07]

For once waiting wasnt a good idea.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

if you didnt notice the world news... its not a very good time at the moment unless your chinese lol

 

[WJA96]

Oh, I think the world recession is coming to China as well.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

if everyone is gettng poor someone is getting rich.

 

[killiebrad]

DF1986 .... the reason is a simple one most if not all computer hardware is made abroad and if you had been watching the news over the past few months then you would have realised the £ has lost 25 - 30% of its value against other currencies ie euro, dollar, yen, HK dollar etc since august/september thus everything we import (including computer hardware) costs 25/30% more

 

[shimy182]

people with foreign money will be getting richer,.

Luckerly i store my money in yen. I exchanged 50,000 yen the other day and usually I'd get around 250 pounds or less, but i got 330 on that occasion .

usual 200yen to the pound
now -149yen to the pound.

 

[PhillyDee]

PC products have been slowly increasing in price for a while now. Astronomy kit is also going up. Thats what happens when your currency value falls and stuff is imported. If you notice, not everything in your basket went up . . . .

 

[ChrisLX200]

"The Pound in Your Pocket is unaffected" (except when you try to spend it)....

 

[randal]

Thank Darling we got that VAT reduction eh?

 

[gillywibble]

Just goes to show that 'January sales' is a big fat lie.

 

[Loque]

January sales dont exsist anymore. They used to back in the day. but now, money is far too important to be letting it go to waste on sales....

 

[doggo]

"The Pound in Your Pocket is unaffected" (except when you try to spend it)....

Nice one - that's class

 

[shankii]

so are prices gonna fall anytime soon?

 

[JediFragger]

Gonna lock this to prevent ranting. Any other issues/queries please refer them to the shop via webnotes

 

[Yewen]

so are prices gonna fall anytime soon?

Prices are going one way and one way only until we are out of the recession.

Just wait until the results of the artificial price drop on televisions have ended, the prices will go up at some impressive rate!

 

[Spie]

You can thank the UK Government for the weakness of the £.

Nearly everything we sell is bought in $ which means they cost nearly 40% more than earlier this year.

Here's a rough and ready example for a product costing $100.

At £1=$2 (rate earlier this year) - cost is £50
At £1=$1.45 (today's rate) - cost is £68.96
Cost rises by £18.96 which is +37.92%