HTC Vive to cost $799?

ThePainBarrier · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:12

Ordered. Roll on April...

Rilot · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:12

Well, I've got a Rift on pre-order too. It may be £214 cheaper but how much are the hand controllers going to be?

Vinno · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:13

The shipping price was a big shock to me. But as long as its sent with a good carrier I'm ok with it I guess....

still though, £50 on top of an already eye-watering price. Gah. I couldn't resist though

AllBodies · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:13

Rilot said:
I wish I'd thought of that earlier. Well, got in within the first 10 minutes so that should put me in a reasonable place in the queue.

Hope you still get in the first wave

My receipt email is 15:03:10, so hopefully that's fast enough!

XplosiveHamster · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:15

Ended up debating with myself whether or not to pull the trigger for 5 minutes... ordered at 15:10 so will hopefully be fast enough to get the April shipping still

Delivery cost was a bit of a slap in the face but heyo

Ghosteh · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:15

Ordered, got confirmation at 15:09, waited about 2 minutes for the email.
Weirdly, the mail time stamp says 14:33, think they may have a problem with their mail server lol.

Nismo · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:15

Pre'd via Steam, bit of a faff

Now, whether to cancel my Rift or not...

Kurgen · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:16

yeah but you have to remember these are built on the moon, so shipping was always going to be high

Captain_Bosh · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:17

Postage was a bit crazy for a pre order but I've ordered one regardless, roll on April

chef-borjan · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:18

Doh, should have thought about the Steam store... just like many things, going through the app is the smart thing to do!

Now... To cancel the rift or just try and sell in on afterwards. Maybe even make a slight profit to offset the cost of the Vive? Hmmmmmm......

Princey · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:21

**** it, I ordered anyway. Not happy at the shipping though. Even though it's only being shipped from Ireland.

sgavan · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:28

I was determined not to buy until it had been out a while but got talked into it

oh well can't wait to try it out, hopefully get it in April

Ghosteh · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:40

Appears there may have been a fault with the site, as there MAY have been the option to select Standard Delivery, which was around £4.81. Not sure if it's accurate or not, we all know what Reddit is like, but still.

Devlish · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:43

Vive is 60 quid shipping? That a bit off, where the hell they shipping it from.

kration · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:44

Ordered mine via the steam app on my phone, after much faffing around and going through the external website. I checked on the drop down menu and there was only one delivery option. Got email confirmation and wait to see what happens in April. I'm away for 2 weeks in the middle of the month...

Nismo · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:46

Ghosteh said:
Appears there may have been a fault with the site, as there MAY have been the option to select Standard Delivery, which was around £4.81. Not sure if it's accurate or not, we all know what Reddit is like, but still.

No way would there be that much difference between 2 options, and I doubt they would ship a product like this via any other method anyway.

I'm fully expecting a drone to deliver my Vive

pantbash · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:46

I can confirm there was only Express shipping available when ordering via the HTC site.

We have a month or so to sort out any excess shipping charges (if there are some), once the initial ordering peak dies down.

Rilot · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:48

Oooh, I'm all excited now.

D3K · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:56

pantbash said:
I can confirm there was only Express shipping available when ordering via the HTC site.

We have a month or so to sort out any excess shipping charges (if there are some), once the initial ordering peak dies down.

Yep I checked the drop down also. No other option but Express.

Hopefully that's some kind of mistake. I'll happily take slow over express if it brings the price down.

Cavallino · 29 Feb 2016 at 15:57

Rilot said:
Oooh, I'm all excited now.

Mustve been a blinding honeymoon