Maximus IV extreme

Puppetmaster · 6 Jan 2011 at 15:39

matthab said:
Heres the funny thing with OCuk. You get a VERY marmite service. For example I ordered a 5870, same price as everyone else and saturday delivery the same price as conventional next day. Never had any issues very happy.

However some HDD's ive ordered which were used and failed straight away OCuk dont want to know. Ignored my emails to complain etc (The whole story is a whole can of worms). They did replace the failed one thoe.

So when I saw the the maximus appear at £399 I rang a distrubuter we deal with at work and they confirm they have them in stock and more coming into the country . They cant explain why OCuk would sell for £399.

Because people will pay for it.

What was the first letter of the distributor ? (Can't see this as being a competitor in any way

, remove if it is)

NathWraith · 6 Jan 2011 at 15:42

Two words.

SUPPLY

DEMAND

Find me another UK e-tailer with the Maximus 4 instock.

oh wait.....

Anyways the customer who purchased it will be a very happy bunny as there is only 2 in the UK at this moment.

matthab · 6 Jan 2011 at 15:51

Anyways the customer who purchased it will be a very happy bunny as there is only 2 in the UK at this moment.

no doubt they will be very happy, its a cracking board!!!

rchads89 · 6 Jan 2011 at 16:03

NathWraith said:
Two words.

SUPPLY

DEMAND

Find me another UK e-tailer with the Maximus 4 instock.

oh wait.....

Anyways the customer who purchased it will be a very happy bunny as there is only 2 in the UK at this moment.

I disagree, just because you can supply one and that one person would demand it theres no need to put a stupid premium ontop its harsh and greedy. Its like when you put SB live yesterday for a few hours you put a premium on most boards and the 2600k.

Asus R3 · 6 Jan 2011 at 16:24

NathWraith said:
Two words.

SUPPLY

DEMAND

Find me another UK e-tailer with the Maximus 4 instock.

oh wait.....

Anyways the customer who purchased it will be a very happy bunny as there is only 2 in the UK at this moment.

I am very happy with my purchase

Thanks OCUK

Puppetmaster · 6 Jan 2011 at 16:37

rchads89 said:
I disagree, just because you can supply one and that one person would demand it theres no need to put a stupid premium ontop its harsh and greedy. Its like when you put SB live yesterday for a few hours you put a premium on most boards and the 2600k.

You get premiums on new products. When new stuff is released, it costs more. After awhile it drops. Its the same thing. New product released in extremely limited supply and im going to guess one of the if not the best 1155 board out there. Theres two in the country. Its not like people will be able to get hold of another one until the 17th ~. I dont consider it being greedy, only good business sense. The prime goal of a business is to make money.

ffstream · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:46

even if they overprice by a double, there must be some people going for it.

cammy5477 · 6 Jan 2011 at 23:45

its not really a huge deal....they listed a premium product at a premium price

the guy wanted it and is very happy by all accounts....if he wanted it cheaper he would

have googled it first,maybe he did? but chances are he wouldnt have got it....i paid a

premium for my rampage 3 extreme to be first to get it...its nice to feel special and

be first for once gettting new tech...

and liampope.....ocuk dont charge extra on some things to make the stuff you buy

cheaper...chances are they make plenty on it all....cause they aint cheap on most

rchads89 · 7 Jan 2011 at 00:09

Puppetmaster said:
You get premiums on new products. When new stuff is released, it costs more. After awhile it drops. Its the same thing. New product released in extremely limited supply and im going to guess one of the if not the best 1155 board out there. Theres two in the country. Its not like people will be able to get hold of another one until the 17th ~. I dont consider it being greedy, only good business sense. The prime goal of a business is to make money.

Well your completely missing the point and concept of it, Prime goal is to make money yes of course, so do you think its acceptable to put a £100 premium on something just because its new out?

Also every 2600K sale they did on that day they made £30 on.

Its harsh and very greedy.

Steves1982 · 7 Jan 2011 at 00:48

rchads89 said:
Well your completely missing the point and concept of it, Prime goal is to make money yes of course, so do you think its acceptable to put a £100 premium on something just because its new out?

Also every 2600K sale they did on that day they made £30 on.

Its harsh and very greedy.

As other people have pointed out OCUK is a business, they want to make money. If a product is limited and the demand is greater than the supply of course they are going to charge a premium to make more profit. It's basic economics really.

If you had a product to sell personally, which you knew you could make an extra £100 on and some people were happy to pay that, would you really turn it down?

NathWraith · 7 Jan 2011 at 09:06

rchads89 said:
Well your completely missing the point and concept of it, Prime goal is to make money yes of course, so do you think its acceptable to put a £100 premium on something just because its new out?

Also every 2600K sale they did on that day they made £30 on.

Its harsh and very greedy.

Hello captain un-educated. You clearly do not know a thing about business.

Here is the door.

Thankyou!

sunny007 · 7 Jan 2011 at 10:01

one competitor has it in stock at £263.

Joe · 7 Jan 2011 at 11:45

NathWraith said:
Hello captain un-educated. You clearly do not know a thing about business.

Here is the door.

Thankyou!

At no point did he insult you personally.

NathWraith · 7 Jan 2011 at 12:10

Joe said:
At no point did he insult you personally.

Never said he did. I am telling to get his un-educated opinions out of this thread.

You have a problem with that? Do you agree whole heartedly with his views or are you looking for a reaction

littlepuppy · 7 Jan 2011 at 12:37

Easy chaps...

Its only just 2011! Plenty more time for squabbles.

NVid'did'it · 7 Jan 2011 at 13:00

Nath please send that man a "Principles on Economics" book with free sarurday delivery.
What OCUK did was demonstrate producer surplus, to some degree. Basically, the difference between "what they COULD have charged for that Maximus board (marketprice/RRP), and what they ACTUALLY charge for that Maximus board". How are they able to do this? Simples. There are only 2 boards in the wild, thus being desirable. Early adopters are willing to pay premium prices, and the board I'm sure, is able to justify its price too to some extent.

rchads89 · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:52

NathWraith said:
Hello captain un-educated. You clearly do not know a thing about business.

Here is the door.

Thankyou!

lmao. sad, i am educated and maybe you should start and give alittle bit more back to customers, over pricing stuff and poor customer service is were your at right now. Maybe you need to get re-educated yourself along with your customer service staff.

NVid'did'it · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:18

Facepalm.
What OCUK did was follow the basic guidelines of Economics. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

NathWraith · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:08

rchads89 said:
lmao. sad, i am educated and maybe you should start and give alittle bit more back to customers, over pricing stuff and poor customer service is were your at right now. Maybe you need to get re-educated yourself along with your customer service staff.

Oh no, an ocuk hater.

Is there any reason why you are signed up to our forum if you dislike us soo much?

Well I'll answer that for you...

Tute · 7 Jan 2011 at 18:05

Some people seem to wander around with a permanent stick up their ***. If you don't like the price of the M4E, don't pay it.

In OcUK's shoes i'd have done the same.