New 27-inch UltraSharp U2711 WQHD announced.

niggyg · 16 Jul 2010 at 13:13

I can't see them doing a special at £600? I'd like them to though!

OcUK have it listed at £887.99 right now, if they were to sell at even £800 they would be £22.50 cheaper than anywhere else. OcUK aren't competing with any auction site.

Having said that buying direct from the manufacturer is strangely cheaper right now. That's not usually the case so maybe there is room for money to come off these monitors, I just don't think there is enough room to go to £600.

Macro · 16 Jul 2010 at 16:24

Maybe not, but you don't get if you don't ask... If there's any way of doing it as a TWO even at £650 or £699 they're going to get sales that are otherwise going to EBay.

Still, I suspect you're right and I'm going for a triumph of optimism over realism

Se7ven · 21 Jul 2010 at 11:35

put it this way, me and a lot of other customers are not going to be buying this monitor any time soon at £850+, if they were to do a special offer at £600 I would snap it up in a heartbeat, im actively looking for this baby on several websites, and bidding on any good offer i see on any "auction" website, but I won't go over £650

Mr Sustainable · 22 Jul 2010 at 00:23

Se7ven said:
put it this way, me and a lot of other customers are not going to be buying this monitor any time soon at £850+, if they were to do a special offer at £600 I would snap it up in a heartbeat, im actively looking for this baby on several websites, and bidding on any good offer i see on any "auction" website, but I won't go over £650

+1

Really getting serious about this monitor, but OCUK's price isn't matching the best price I have found from a reputable company. I am going to order on Friday, so I am hoping OCUK drop the price to £681+VAT or less, so I can put the money their way.

Antx777 · 22 Jul 2010 at 02:36

£599 And i'm in

Voltage · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:03

there price is not competitive, they need to sort it out

Macro · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:02

To be fair the OCUK price is fairly average for the monitor, I just think they could pick up a bunch of orders in the space of a few days if they did TWO at a price that competes with Ebay.

They may not make much on the offer but they keep a bunch of happy customers from going elsewhere and I can't imagine they are selling many at the moment anyway so it's not going to hit potential profits.

Mr Sustainable · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:13

Athanor said:
To be fair the OCUK price is fairly average for the monitor, I just think they could pick up a bunch of orders in the space of a few days if they did TWO at a price that competes with Ebay.

They may not make much on the offer but they keep a bunch of happy customers from going elsewhere and I can't imagine they are selling many at the moment anyway so it's not going to hit potential profits.

As long as I am one of those two, otherwise I may become disgruntled

It would be nice if they were just looking through this thread and offered just those who have shown an interest. Especially, considering I am looking to spend a lot of money shortly on a a new-build and don't want to be going anywhere else

Se7ven · 22 Jul 2010 at 13:12

OCuK is not the cheapest place I have seen this monitor, have seen a couple of other websites offering it for about £50 cheaper, but still not what I am willing to pay, just pointing out if I was going to buy it for that price OcUK wouldn't be the place

niggyg · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:10

The latest round of monitor offers doesn't include this one

Mr Sustainable · 24 Jul 2010 at 00:04

niggyg said:
The latest round of monitor offers doesn't include this one

Shame, as I will be buying this and other components elsewhere (though in some areas they are still competitive and will be getting some components with them). OCUK doesn't seem to be keeping a close eye on their competitors.

niggyg · 24 Jul 2010 at 20:23

Mr Sustainable said:
Shame, as I will be buying this and other components elsewhere (though in some areas they are still competitive and will be getting some components with them). OCUK doesn't seem to be keeping a close eye on their competitors.

You can't be the cheapest at everything or they would make no money.

Rapid-D · 24 Jul 2010 at 23:47

I know a friend in Asia who is going to buy and send me one of these beasts for around £400 after conversion

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Might post some pics up when I get it.

the_hilders · 25 Jul 2010 at 10:59

Rapid-D said:
I know a friend in Asia who is going to buy and send me one of these beasts for around £400 after conversion .

Might post some pics up when I get it.

Well just hope it has no defects and never goes wrong cause your 400 price tag + custom duties will rise when you have to keep shipping back. Risky business why not just save the extra cash and get piece of mind Uk Warranty etc.

Mr Sustainable · 27 Jul 2010 at 14:55

niggyg said:
You can't be the cheapest at everything or they would make no money.

It's just in some areas there is quite a sizeable difference and I don't have that difference to throw away.

However, you are right. If they matched every other company's 'loss leaders' then they probably would go out of business fast.

Macro · 1 Aug 2010 at 11:54

It'll be interesting to see if the new Apple 27" cinema display makes a viable alternative to this monitor as it looks like it could be a little cheaper depending on $ to £ rate.

niggyg · 2 Aug 2010 at 14:10

Athanor said:
It'll be interesting to see if the new Apple 27" cinema display makes a viable alternative to this monitor as it looks like it could be a little cheaper depending on $ to £ rate.

I like the fact the apple is LED backlit, power consumption should be good. The drawback is the apple pricing is pretty constant so there would be no waiting for the 'Dell Sale' equivalent. It's US price is $999 which by todays conversion is about £630, it'll probably come in at £800 though.

Se7ven · 3 Aug 2010 at 13:26

shame, today I had the money to buy it off an auction site for £650 which he offered it to me a while ago, now he is out of stock it seems

so OcUK, how about it? £650 for the U2711? I can pay right now

Aberfala · 4 Aug 2010 at 09:09

Same here, £650 and I'd buy one today from OCUK.

niggyg · 4 Aug 2010 at 09:12

I'd think about it, that's my monthly mortgage payment.