£54.45 shipping charge from OcUK!!! What's going on?

eatmuchpie · 11 Apr 2006 at 18:47

CP-131-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-131-AM) 1
£74.95 £74.95
MB-119-AS Asus A8N-VM CSM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-119-AS) 1
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£49.95 £49.95
HD-017-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2004C 200GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-017-SA) 1
£44.95 £44.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK) 1
£5.95 £5.95
CD-036-LG LG GSA-4167BRL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-036-LG) 1
£25.95 £25.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£15.95 £15.95
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS) 1
£34.95 £34.95
OA-004-AC Arctic Ceramique Thermal Compound (2.7g) (OA-004-AC) 1
£1.95 £1.95
KB-058-LG Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop Rechargeable Black/Silver - OEM (KB-058-LG) 1
£29.95 £29.95
SP-025-SL SpeedLink Ambience SL-8222 2.1 Speaker System Black (SP-025-SL) 1
£21.95 £21.95
MO-022-SA Samsung SM-913N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-022-SA) 1
£164.95 £164.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£51.95 £51.95
Subtotal £573.35
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £54.45
VAT £109.87
Total £737.67

What's going on? before I added the monitor it was £15 for delivery, but now that I've added the monitor it went up to £54.45! Have I missed something or is this just plain crazy?

eatmuchpie · 11 Apr 2006 at 18:51

But I had another monitor in the basket before (the Hyundai ImageQuest N91S 19" LCD Monitor for £165 + vat (the same price)) and the price of shipping was only £15.

EDIT: It's to mainland UK. I even tried using a different browser to check if it was some messed up cookies.

eatmuchpie · 11 Apr 2006 at 19:08

Now this is truly bizarre. I removed the Samsung SM-913N 19" LCD Monitor and the shipping returned to £15. I then added a different monitor (the Hyundai ImageQuest N91S 19" LCD Monitor for £165 + vat (the same price)) and the shipping was still £15. I then added 3 more of this monitor to the basket, and the shipping was still £15! So it can't be that it is taking up too much space.

Any ideas? Anyone else tried this to confirm?

EDIT: OK, I'll just send a webnote instead.

eatmuchpie · 11 Apr 2006 at 23:13

I am certain that I have entered the details correctly. Definately to mainland UK. I have tried it on 3 different browsers (to see if it is a cookie problem):

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
CP-131-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-131-AM) 1
£74.95 £74.95
MB-119-AS Asus A8N-VM CSM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-119-AS) 1
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£49.95 £49.95
HD-017-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2004C 200GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-017-SA) 1
£44.95 £44.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK) 1
£5.95 £5.95
CD-036-LG LG GSA-4167BRL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-036-LG) 1
£25.95 £25.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£15.95 £15.95
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS) 1
£34.95 £34.95
OA-004-AC Arctic Ceramique Thermal Compound (2.7g) (OA-004-AC) 1
£1.95 £1.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£51.95 £51.95
MO-022-SA Samsung SM-913N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-022-SA) 1
£164.95 £164.95
KB-058-LG Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop Rechargeable Black/Silver - OEM (KB-058-LG) 1
£29.95 £29.95
SP-025-SL SpeedLink Ambience SL-8222 2.1 Speaker System Black (SP-025-SL) 1
£21.95 £21.95
Subtotal £573.35
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £54.45
VAT £109.87
Total £737.67

When I remove the monitor (or replace it with another) the shipping goes back to £15. Can someone do the same on their computer to confirm this please (using the exact same components).

eatmuchpie · 12 Apr 2006 at 08:21

Thanks gibbo, that has kinda fixed it...
but now it is £25; better, but if I remove that monitor and add 4 x Hyundai ImageQuest N91S 19" LCD Monitor (just to prove my point) then the delivery is £15. I think the weight is still incorrect.

Or maybe it actually weighs more than 4 x the Hyundai ImageQuest N91S 19" LCD Monitor, but i would hope not

eatmuchpie · 12 Apr 2006 at 09:03

OK then, thanks for the help gibbo, I suppose it is quite a lot of stuff, and the grand total comes to £700 now, which is what my friend's budget is, so everything is cool now.