How Irritating is it when this happens!!!

KWJay · 15 Sep 2008 at 19:43

Well, decided to take the pluge and bought myself a nice new EVGA GTX260 on 04/09/08 from OCUK for the princely sum of £199. I went for this one as there were rumours of the new 260 within the next 3 months, i was tired of waiting and thought the step-up option could be useful.

I was just having a browse around the site and look what i've found....!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Bloomin' typical eh? wait for ages, finally take the plunge a few days later the price drops by £25! Gotta say, im a little miffed! lol!

Anyone think that, if i drop OCUK a line, mention that i'm a loyal customer and have spent nearly £2000 in the last year and a half with them, that they may refund the difference?

(cheeky i suspect but think its worth a try?)

tigerstyle · 15 Sep 2008 at 19:50

KWJay said:
(cheeky i suspect but think its worth a try?)

LOLz not worth a try!
They won't even pick a decent CPU of the shelf for you even if you ask nicely!

Monkeynut · 15 Sep 2008 at 19:56

"Hey, I paid £500 pounds for this Voodoo card back in 1996, but now it's only worth 50p, could I have my £499.50 back please?"

pingwing · 15 Sep 2008 at 19:56

You never know unless you try....

Hamoodii · 15 Sep 2008 at 19:57

Monkeynut said:
"Hey, I paid £500 pounds for this Voodoo card back in 1996, but now it's only worth 50p, could I have my £499.50 back please?"

tigerstyle · 15 Sep 2008 at 19:58

Monkeynut said:
"Hey, I paid £500 pounds for this Voodoo card back in 1996, but now it's only worth 50p,

check on the bay now for a guy selling a Voodoo 5 6000, he's making his money back

Wish I'd never sold my 5500

KWJay · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:02

Monkeynut said:
"Hey, I paid £500 pounds for this Voodoo card back in 1996, but now it's only worth 50p, could I have my £499.50 back please?"

No need for that mate. Jeez. I was just asking a question. If you don't have anything useful to say then please, don't say anything at all.

Monkeynut · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:03

thepedster said:
check on the bay now for a guy selling a Voodoo 5 6000, he's making his money back Wish I'd never sold my 5500

It's a super-duper rare card, it doesn't count.

Davey D · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:03

if youve only had it a few days, you could always return it under the distance selling act, then when youve got your money back buy the cheaper one

AWPC · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:03

Thats nothing.

Bought a 7800GTX512 for £587 in Jan 2005. Had been advised by OCUK they did not expect the price to drop for months as supply was tight. 2 weeks later the price dropped £150! And supply was not tight at all.

Either Nvidia were telling their retailers porkies about memory chip shortages or..............

KWJay · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:06

Davey D said:
if youve only had it a few days, you could always return it under the distance selling act, then when youve got your money back buy the cheaper one

Like i said, bought it 04/09 so the distance selling act doesn't apply here.

Davey D · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:09

you could always check on their site to see how long you have.. im sure the Norm is 14days, but one place i buy from you can return within 30days

peetee · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:12

theyv refunded people in the past for stuff thats gone on offer etc, drop them a webnote, its hardly difficult. Nowadays companys realise they have to keep people sweet, as word of mouth really does matter.

rounddodger · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:24

LOL my god... That Voodoo5 6000 is on £430.

Rroff · 15 Sep 2008 at 21:21

Unfortunatly for whoever buys is - the memory won't last long on it - especially if you actually run it much... so I hope they are buying it as a collectors item

Sarduk · 15 Sep 2008 at 21:22

Send it back, refund, rebuy?

KaneStatton · 15 Sep 2008 at 21:35

Hmmm i have a Voodoo in my really old comp, i'll see what model it is and it can go on the bay XD

Monkeynut · 15 Sep 2008 at 21:42

KWJay said:
No need for that mate. Jeez. I was just asking a question. If you don't have anything useful to say then please, don't say anything at all.

It was a joke.

calm down please.

KWJay · 15 Sep 2008 at 23:10

Monkeynut said:
It was a joke. calm down please.

I'm not haivng a go mate, but i'm sure you can see why i thought u were being more sarcastic than joking...

KWJay · 15 Sep 2008 at 23:18

Just had a look, since i've already received the card and would have to ay to send it back (which would cost about £7-10 for decent postage) i don't think it would really be worth it. I think i'll drop them a line and see what they suggest...