Or members over a month or something. I could see this being a bad business idea, it was advertised all over the internet so i thought the site would go down despite the redbull hamsters at 1.20pm
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Or members over a month or something. I could see this being a bad business idea, it was advertised all over the internet so i thought the site would go down despite the redbull hamsters at 1.20pm
Exactly!!! Same boat here. Used plenty of times before, just never went into the forums.
tbh as a first time use of ocuk ive came here specifically for the widely advertised deal.
Clearly the whole idea of the promo (as all promos/loss leaders) is to attract new custom to the site, on the premise that they will order more than the promo item, either now or in the future.
however it does not fill me with confidence when a company with the audacity to call themselves
overclockers, clearly have hardware/net pipe themselves that cannot handle the traffic.
so thanks for the great times oc but i wont be back!
Clearly the whole idea of the promo (as all promos/loss leaders) is to attract new custom to the site, on the premise that they will order more than the promo item, either now or in the future.
however it does not fill me with confidence when a company with the audacity to call themselves
overclockers, clearly have hardware/net pipe themselves that cannot handle the traffic.
so thanks for the great times oc but i wont be back!
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I completely agree, P.R nightmare for ocuk this was
1:29 - coming soon
1:30 - sold out
1:31 - 48 left
urmmmmm???
how can you go from sold out to 48 left, clearly your site is badly coded and under-resourced.
I never got any further than adding it to my basket without the white screen of death
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Got mine. I browser refreshed from 13:25 and got one in my basket at 13:31...took me until 13:42 to place the order though due to website load.
Once I added one to the basket it reduced the number on the website from 50 to 46 available, so I take that once you had added to the basket it was reserved. Just had to be patient and wait for the site bandwidth to settle and I checked out. Email confirmation too.
Good times!
Once I added one to the basket it reduced the number on the website from 50 to 46 available, so I take that once you had added to the basket it was reserved. Just had to be patient and wait for the site bandwidth to settle and I checked out. Email confirmation too.
Good times!
I think some are entitled to moan that got in their basket but then failed due to a POS failure. That's not like the lottery at all really is it. Infact the only way it's like the lottery is if you forgot to buy a ticket and then your numbers came up!
Companies often do not judge demand well at all , this then happens. That's like saying there are free flights out of Heathrow, first come first served and then putting two people on security, it's gonna go wrong. Wise up I say
Companies often do not judge demand well at all , this then happens. That's like saying there are free flights out of Heathrow, first come first served and then putting two people on security, it's gonna go wrong. Wise up I say
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Look 3 posts before your's and you'll see we had a similar idea.
I posted when it was still on page 25
Anyway I think the fact of the matter is that surely this would be common sense, I saw the same thing happen with the MSI P55 promo and was surprised that no lessons were learned :0
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There are some major drama queens on this site today.
Nope. Mine was added to basket, and by the time it got through all the hammering of the site and made it to checkout, they were "all gone".
As you say - thats how most reputable companies operate... 1 in basket = 1 less available.
Paul
yep, they are deleting our posts complaining at how badly this promotion was run
be careful, they will ban your forum account for a few days too quite often for this, they don't like constructive feedback, just your ££
