B Grade prices???

Five.Stars · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:42

What is up with the current B Grade prices at present? Nearly every single GPU is priced at the exact same price it sold for originally!

For example: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-044-PL&groupid=595&catid=683

Originally sold for £366.66 ex VAT.

Selling B Grade for £366.66 ex VAT.

So a GPU, which admittedly might well be in perfect condition, but is in fact second hand is selling for the same price as a brand new item complete with full manufacturer warranty.

That isn't the only example. There is a reference 290X for sale at £399.99 :eek:

snips86x · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:43

Yup! I've seen a few like that too!

Post in CS or raise in the 'Website Mistakes' thread!

shadow_boxer · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:44

Ah the joys of OcUK's B-Grade prices. I've often wondered whether it was just a monkey that randomly decides which prices to drop and the others just remain as they are!

PS try posting in this thread and they may adjust some prices for you.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18656569

Five.Stars · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:50

TBH I'm not even looking for anything at present, I just always have a wee look at the clearance lines and am often bemused by the pricing. Given the warranty situation alone, I would say pricing should be at least 10% lower than on any B grade item.

Putty · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:54

If you keep watching they'll be sorted out - it generally takes a week or so after they first appear for some reason.

Five.Stars · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:57

I'm pretty certain the reference 290X for £399.99 has been there for longer than a week lol.

D1craig · 6 Mar 2015 at 15:03

I was just browsing a few times and I noticed like a £5 - £10 difference. Just lol at that. My car goes from £18,000 to £12,000 the instant it leaves the forcourt.

Frenzy · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:04

Never seen a decent deal in B grade. Would always rather pay the little extra for the full warranty or scout out the for sale section for an even better price.

Andi-C · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:12

Funny, someone must buy them !...

Frenzy · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:26

Andi-C said:
Funny, someone must buy them !...

Yeah I always wonder what type of person actually buys them.

Gregster · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:28

Let them know in CS bud. These things happen from time to time and they appreciate a heads up

Legend · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:28

There's a 970 Ref for £240... that's a good deal if ever I saw one.

johnny_702 · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:40

I got a phanteks enthoo luxe for 70 quid! Came with everything but the guys at dpd had a game of footy with it before I recieved it and the top panel studs had all broken. Overclockers said they would order a new panel and send me it for free.

Thats great customer service there considering I got it for 50 quid off too. :-)

Five.Stars · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:28

Prices have been sorted. Some pretty decent value to be had now.

s innes · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:37

was looking in that section this morning and a gpu was £10 more in the b grade

Pelinox · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:44

980 for £329, would have bought it if it wasn't for the shipping prices to Denmark

bigmac121 · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:48

Frenzy said:
Yeah I always wonder what type of person actually buys them.

I did

see sig. Registered on EVGA website 5 years warranty

Price new at the time was I think £569.99(can some one check please? It was 11/11/14)
I got it for £360

Mal X · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:49

dont buy B Grade stuff from here, because they wont tell you what's wrong with it......esp the PC Cases, i've sent them a few emails this week and they've just fogged me off.

a pc case is worthless if it's damaged/scratched on the outside...........esp a Lian Li.......you want it to be damaged on the inside, because that's easy to fix, but they wouldn't tell me........i was quite cross about this !!!

Tonester0011 · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:59

They wont say, probably because they don't know

Not all b grade is damaged, etc. As for whether it's worthless, depends on the saving...surely? Tiny scratch and saves half retail, not worthless. Bent, buckled out of shape then yes. The problem is, you're Mal X.

Ace Modder · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:59

Basically when b grade is generated on ocuk system its at the same price as the original item. The buyer/purchaser who looks after that product group has to manually go in and edit the prices, its a job that typically isnt checked every day.