if you on minimum wage then clearly you wouldnt have been able to pull off your system in one, so you wouldve had time to wait that bit longer as you gathered the funds at which point you wouldve lasted till the sales thats been on.
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Is it fair to ask for a £30 refund on i7 8700k I purchased 12 days ago ?
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Well... when buying binned chips, you're paying a good chunk more for something that has a known limit. Yeah, it might beat the average but... it all just gets pretty shady in general.
I'd still come here for other stuff but CPU's... I'm afraid not.
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this has to be a troll right ?
bought a newly released (highly sought) computer product and almost 2 weeks later it dropped by around8% wants a refund.
buy an item that is known to fluctuate in price then complain when it fluctuates
what a joker!!
bought a newly released (highly sought) computer product and almost 2 weeks later it dropped by around8% wants a refund.
buy an item that is known to fluctuate in price then complain when it fluctuates
what a joker!!
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OCUK seem pretty open about this stuff but this openness seems to have bitten them if you think like that, basing decisions on speculation that they're not being honest about it.
But also, why not just buy retail CPU's? There's often hardly much difference in price.
But also, why not just buy retail CPU's? There's often hardly much difference in price.
Wants the early adoption joy of a high demand short supply product without the early adoption tax, like so many these days, wants it all their own ways
Retail ones won't have been binned, so it's only if you're after OEM chips you could be paranoid about it.
Does this strange concept of revisiting a transaction after it was made apply in the opposite direction too?
Say you privately sell your car to someone for £1000. Can you chase them up 2 weeks later and say that the price is now £1100, and you want that extra £100 as a goodwill gesture?
Say you privately sell your car to someone for £1000. Can you chase them up 2 weeks later and say that the price is now £1100, and you want that extra £100 as a goodwill gesture?
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Lol what has happened to the "idea" of fair these days? Fair now seems to mean "better for me". It would still be fair if it had dropped to £1 the next day. If you see a product advertised for a price and agree to buy it that's it. It's not like it's a monopolised essential.
As I was often reminded as a child life isn't fair. Once you realise this and deal with it life makes a lot more sense and you are much happier for it. Most dissatisfaction these days seems to stem from unrealistic expectations.
As I was often reminded as a child life isn't fair. Once you realise this and deal with it life makes a lot more sense and you are much happier for it. Most dissatisfaction these days seems to stem from unrealistic expectations.
I think it's more related to people becoming very self entitled. the 'I want it this way and that's how it should be - and if it's not I'm going to stamp my feet and scream and shout' sort of people.
not that I'd want a return to the bad old days of OcUK's customer service, but in years gone by it's likely the op would have been told to '**** off' which would actually be rather valid response in this situation!
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You paid £428 for a six core CPU? I wouldn't go around advertising that fact if I were you.
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Say you bought a house, for 300K. Your CPU dropped what, 8%? That's quite significant, in terms of price fluctuations.
2 weeks after you bought your house, the country hits brexit, or another financial hurdle that causes all house prices to drop 8% instantly. That would be £24K. That's a heck of a lot of money, but **** happens, and that's life.
Your CPU dropped because as supply increased, the initial 'OMG it's new and amazing I want it now' demand dropped. That's life. So to ask 12 whole days (which is a large period of time when it comes to demand of newly released products) for a refund of 8% is definitely unfair.
2 weeks after you bought your house, the country hits brexit, or another financial hurdle that causes all house prices to drop 8% instantly. That would be £24K. That's a heck of a lot of money, but **** happens, and that's life.
Your CPU dropped because as supply increased, the initial 'OMG it's new and amazing I want it now' demand dropped. That's life. So to ask 12 whole days (which is a large period of time when it comes to demand of newly released products) for a refund of 8% is definitely unfair.
You better ask for another £21 refund on top your £30 refund as it dropped to £377 on ocuk yesterday
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That's what people should be doing, As an example I bought my sealed retail 4790k from OCUK and the OEM 4790k only saved you a tenner at the time. It's a no brainer.
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I have an opinion of people who bring out the the phrase goodwill gesture and its not nice.
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lololololol - well played. paging @jasonsony735! better get back on to OcUK!You better ask for another £21 refund on top your £30 refund as it dropped to £377 on ocuk yesterday
Not today. Retail version is catching back up to the earlier price.You better ask for another £21 refund on top your £30 refund as it dropped to £377 on ocuk yesterday