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Is it fair to ask for a £30 refund on i7 8700k I purchased 12 days ago ?

eidolon said:
I’m going to buy some bitcoins today but if they drop in price within the next 12 days I want the difference back.

Naturally if they increase in price that’s fine.
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Every now and then a thread pops up that really gets the chuckles going. Don't take it too personally OP, instead take comfort in the fact you've created a thread that brought joy to a good few forum users at the most wonderful time of the year :D
 
It is a tricky one. It would annoy me also, but then in this case i wouldn't expect anything back, simply because it is well known that the price is volatile because supply is low. If it had dropped before you had even taken delivery of it then i think you would have a case, but 12 days in the current market for this cpu? Na.

The only reason you were paying that premium, was for the luxury of having it a few weeks earlier than everyone else.

I wanted one but was simply not prepared to pay the inflated price as i knew that it would likely fall back to rrp or near sometime soon. In the end i found a rrp deal on a non k 8700 and went with that as i wont be overclocking anyway.
 
Maybe not totally comparable but a few months ago I purchased a new fridge freezer from from a well known national electronics shop. A week later the same fridge freezer was in a sale for £120 less.
Needless to say I felt a bit miffed and called them up on the off chance something could be done and said yes of course you can have the £120 refunded come into the store etc.
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Rimsy said:
Maybe not totally comparable but a few months ago I purchased a new fridge freezer from from a well known national electronics shop. A week later the same fridge freezer was in a sale for £120 less.
Needless to say I felt a bit miffed and called them up on the off chance something could be done and said yes of course you can have the £120 refunded come into the store etc.
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of course if you don't ask you don't get. the op should have simply asked in the CS section instead of making a thread about it then crying when everyone disagreed with him. :p
 
DragonQ said:
If you're in the 14 day window you can just return it and buy a new one at the lower price. If the price has gone up since then you missed your chance.
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This really is a dickish move. Now OCUK has a 2nd hand CPU that is worth far less? And to cover postage and staff costs. Sorry but this behavior drives prices up for everyone.
 
beany_bot said:
This really is a dickish move. Now OCUK has a 2nd hand CPU that is worth far less? And to cover postage and staff costs. Sorry but this behavior drives prices up for everyone.
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I would agree but I didn't say it was a morally correct thing to do, only that it was a legal option.
 
Thekwango said:
of course if you don't ask you don't get. the op should have simply asked in the CS section instead of making a thread about it then crying when everyone disagreed with him. :p
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Ah yeah fair point... But when people create threads titled "Spec me a hairbrush for my cat" nothing really surprises me any more :D
 
Why is this even a 7 page thread?

The short answer is yes; most of your high-street shops would honour this and at the very least offer a store credit. I've done this with both mCflURRYS and the Rainforest very recently.
 
Hi i bought a computer in 2007/2008 from a competitor for just under £1300 however now it is only worth around £70 should I email them and ask for £1200 as a refund, its only been 3200 days or so.
 
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