b grade more expensive than non b grade?

[Miganto]

Can you guys help me understand this as i feel i am definitely missing something. I was looking into the b-grade cards to see if there were any nice offers and came across this:

b-grade 6650xt nitro sapphire graphics card: £440

**B Grade** Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT Nitro Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Order **B Grade** Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT Nitro Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Same but non b grade version: £400 + free games

Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT Nitro Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Order Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT Nitro Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

What am I missing? I feel quite dumb as i can't see it.

 

[Thekwango]

It’s just a place holder price. Contact OcUK and they’ll give you a price for the b grade stuff

 

[Miganto]

Ahhh, great thank you

 

[Thekwango]

Ahhh, great thank you

If you read the op below and some later replies you’ll see who to email

** NIK'S ANNUAL B-GRADE BLOWOUT!!!! **

As was Foretold I have returned. Feel free to send offers on B-grade from my groups: MONITORS KEYBOARDS AND MICE SPEAKERS AND HEADSETS To: [email protected] Couple of rules: Make reasonable offers. People making silly offers will be blocked. Make an offer, don't ask what...

forums.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Tetras]

What am I missing? I feel quite dumb as i can't see it.

There have been some big price drops on lots of stuff lately, but particularly graphics cards (e.g. you can get a 6700 non-XT for £350 and a 6600 non-XT for £250), so the b-grade prices can be way behind, assuming it was a deliberate price in the first place and not just a placeholder as suggested above.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

What am I missing? I feel quite dumb as i can't see it.

The non B grade was probably closer to £500 when they priced the B grade at £440. So the B grade looked a good deal. Obviously the prices are dropping all the time. It's a lot of work for the staff to keep an eye on the B grade prices every time there's a non B grade price drop. Sometimes a few get missed.

That's the explanation I came up with when I first noticed this happening years ago.

 

[Joxeon]

Offer up £250 and if they don't bite then there is a new 6700 non XT (faster + 10gb VRAM) for £100 more.

 

[edGfaCTor]

As others have said contact them.

Some of the prices i expect if the stock is very old would have been priced long time ago.

This is one area I would like OCUK to improve review this sections prices either weekly or monthly it can be a pain to keep contacting for prices then messing about phone ordering.

 

[LtMatt]

Try and haggle them down on price.