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Skillmister said:
Seeing as you've proven you can make the deposit price less than the cost the console will most likely be, what is the reasoning for keeping it so high?
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I would guess as it covers OCUK for people changing their minds.

If OCUK buy in 500 Xbox One for launch day based on pre orders from 400 people at £50 and then the day before 200 of those decide they can afford to lose the £50 because they found it £100 cheaper, or with a better bundle or whatever it potentially leaves OCUK with a warehouse full of launch price Xbox One they can't sell. At £300 deposit if you change your mind and lose the deposit their costs are covered and they can order with a degree of confidence that you're serious.

Of course if they have a sale or return agreement with the disties that's all rubbish and they'd just like the money in the bank, which as it's your choice to order or not is fair comment I suppose.

Just guess work on my part but that's the way it's worked in the past with retailers that take a large deposit.
 
I wonder if the same people page through the Argos catalogue, find something hilariously overpriced, get enraged and then write a snotty email to Argos HQ complaining about their pricing?

There are plenty of places to pre-order the damn thing from, just go elsewhere. Nothing wrong with some constructive criticism at all, but some of you are being rather rude I think.

If they had the monopoly on an exclusive version or something, I'd understand, because price-gouging like that is unethical, but the simple option is to just go somewhere else. I expect those making the most noise aren't going to pre-order one anyway.
 
Macro said:
I would guess as it covers OCUK for people changing their minds.
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Surely you can get round that by letting them deliver it to you and distance selling regs it back to them for a full refund. Doesn't mention it being a non refundable deposit anywhere on the ad anyway.
 
TheVoice said:
I wonder if the same people page through the Argos catalogue, find something hilariously overpriced, get enraged and then write a snotty email to Argos HQ complaining about their pricing?

There are plenty of places to pre-order the damn thing from, just go elsewhere. Nothing wrong with some constructive criticism at all, but some of you are being rather rude I think.

If they had the monopoly on an exclusive version or something, I'd understand, because price-gouging like that is unethical, but the simple option is to just go somewhere else. I expect those making the most noise aren't going to pre-order one anyway.
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If I had some sort of relationship with Argos and their staff, such as posting on their forum on a daily basis for years, then yes I would complain about their pricing if I felt it was really excessive.
 
it'd be the point of conversation for me if it did turn out to be £600!

i'd want the console to be pretty darn spectacular to warrant that price.

i can't see it being over £400 imo with games making the biggest mark-up.
 
cm1179 said:
it'd be the point of conversation for me if it did turn out to be £600!

i'd want the console to be pretty darn spectacular to warrant that price.

i can't see it being over £400 imo with games making the biggest mark-up.
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i think the PS1 was £300 on launch (nearly 20 years ago), take inflation into account, increase in VAT as well as other taxes, then technological changes in the console itself which means it includes a hell of a lot more hardware now as well as features.

then you can see how much of a bargain a console being launched at around £400 is compared to £300 20 years ago.

therefore i do not see why you would expect it to be pretty darn spectacular, they both will be and both will be very cheap when you take all the above into account.
 
Spunkey said:
Posting this thread during half term may have been a mistake.
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Ironically, yours is probably the least mature comment I have read so far. Everyone else's has been valid.

rjkoneill said:
its not like we are blocking any negative comments.

I have welcomed the feedback.

gone of the days of old :)
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Fair enough, and at least you responded (though of course it should never have happened in the first place). :)
 
It's a shame that your system prevents you from actually being competitive in this area. Your computer system is costing you money. If you could actually compete with anyone else (i.e. small deposit with full balance taken on shipping) you might actually get some buyers. As it is, it just makes the whole company sound pretty unprofessional and unreliable. And on the first glance: money grabbing. As someone else said, it should be about convenience to the customer, not the other way around.

Personally, I wouldn't buy or put down a (non-refundable) deposit before I know the final price you are going to charge. Overclockers aren't well known for being competitive in the gaming department and I can quite easily see your final price being higher than elsewhere. It seems to me a good business decision would have been to hold off until the final price was announced (probably at E3) and then taking pre-orders; that is, of course, unless you intentionally plan to charge more to people 'locked in'. Some people might not have even minded paying full up front then.

I am certainly not going to give anyone £300 now - just for their convenience when I can give someone else £25 for the same service.
 
Soulja said:
I've got both my ps4 and eggbox one pre orders with shop to. No deposit needed. Go me.
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You're gonna have an expensive and busy day if they both get released on the same weekend ;) I can't pre-order jack as I'm not even going to be living in this country when they finally release!
 
It has always mystified me as to why OcUK have always taken payment before dispatch.
In the past I had numerous experiences with parts showing as in stock, only to be completely out for weeks on end with little or no effort from the store to offer an alternative.
Things have changed now for the better for sure, but the payment system sounds as if it could definitely do with an overhaul.

As for the deposit: As stated numerous times already, having a vast proportion of the predicted RRP as a deposit is a bit steep. All logical reasons aside, it does seem a very strange way of going about things if the company intends to pursue a more active role in the console gaming market this time around. It's not something OcUK has ever been looked favourably upon in the past, and this isn't the best of starts at changing that opinion.
 
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