Rift £200 off

Alz_D said:
I've just preordered from OCUK. Hopefully won't be waiting too long. Seems they have ordered plenty, just down to Oculus fulfilling the order. I don't have the time to order at several different suppliers hoping one will come before others. No doubt with my luck they would all be charged and sent on the same day :p
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It'll honestly be worth the wait!
 
It's actually going to save me money as well.. Was deciding between this and a triple screen set up as I love to race amongst other things. The triple screens would have cost almost three times as much as this as well as having to probably upgrade my cards to a 1080ti. So (in the short term) it's actually going to stop me spending a fortune :D
 
Alz_D said:
It's actually going to save me money as well.. Was deciding between this and a triple screen set up as I love to race amongst other things. The triple screens would have cost almost three times as much as this as well as having to probably upgrade my cards to a 1080ti. So (in the short term) it's actually going to stop me spending a fortune :D
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There's a nice little anecdote by this guy who demoed his setup to a couple of people who were unsure about if they should go with either a triple monitor setup or a Rift.
 
Yeah that's one of the many videos I watched. Seems most people have said that right now they would go Rift over triples. I figure if I hate it I can always go the other way. Just have to wait now... :P
 
Jock7 said:
My supplier has rung and told me that they do not have any units left and am therefore getting my money back. I have no qualms about this but it tells me that I am not meant to get the Units and maybe its for the good. So back to computer building with all thoughts of Virtual Reality gone from my head.
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Good ol' cognitive dissonance!
 
FlukeRogi, Thanks for your input but I have spent nearly 11 days booked into the Oculus Website for a Rift. When you see other people getting it before you and they ordered later then it gets you down. From there I checked all the main sites and actually ordered one at a cost of an extra £200 but got a phone call yesterday that they had messed up. So I decided to rid the Rift from brain and not bother. I have just turned 65 and wondered would I have got one before I reached 66 ha ha ha. One of my hates is waiting espically a long time. Tried to get an Nintendo Switch but everywhere is sold out and that is now out of the equation, I'll just go back to rebuilding my pc when it needs it.
 
Guys everyone needs to chill out with the inpatient attatude, it's cool tech but I hate seeing people give up and spend 200 more on a set just to get it sooner. I think some sellers are taking advantage of the current low stocks, charging full whack for what should still be on special. I'd kill to have my set now but it's not happening so I'll just have to be patient and as they say, all good things...
 
Jock7 said:
When you see other people getting it before you and they ordered later then it gets you down.
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I get the frustration (there was a lot of it about in the devkit days), but assuming they're still shipping via the methods they used back then, there's a reason as to why it can happen. I'm not sure if this is still the case but it was back then:

Oculus tend to ship things to areas in batches when ordering direct from them (I'm not sure if they class the UK as a single area, or if they subdivide into England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland), so lets go with this example.

Let's say you're in the UK, and I'm in France. I order a Rift a week after you, but get mine first. Oculus shipps a pallet of Rifts to France for local distribution, but only half of them have been ordered. Due to that, there's enough that my order can be delivered, despite me ordering after you. The next UK shipment isn't due until a week after that, so therefore you get yours later than me, despite having ordered before I did.

That also explains why within the same region, some people will report getting shipping within a day, where others will report a few days delay. The people who reported instant shipping ordered their Rift on the day a fresh batch arrived in that country, whereas the people who waited a few extra days had ordered before a new shipment had arrived.

Couple that with their stock shortages due to the sale and you're going to end up with quite a few frustrated people. You should have seen the forums in the devkit days. There were a lot of unhappy people who didn't know what was going on.

Apologies if I was a bit abrupt in my previous reply btw.
 
Alz_D said:
I've just preordered from OCUK. Hopefully won't be waiting too long. Seems they have ordered plenty, just down to Oculus fulfilling the order. I don't have the time to order at several different suppliers hoping one will come before others. No doubt with my luck they would all be charged and sent on the same day :p
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I've also pre-ordered mine from OCUK. I just hope it gets here before another heatwave hits us. I've read the rift is pretty much unusable in hot weather.
 
cadmunkey said:
Anyone actually managed to order a unit direct from Oculus? If so how long did it take to arrive?
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Probably not all that helpful to you; I ordered it way ahead of the pack on the morning of the 10th, and received mine on the 13th. So yes, I managed to order and get it delivered, but I was early. As they got overwhelmed and ran out of existing stock only days into the 6 week offer, people have had to wait a fair bit longer than that (there's a multitude of threads about it on the Oculus forums).
 
I ordered mine direct from the product site on the 13th July and it was delivered on 18th July (London). I received the two box version (with XBox controller). I'm very glad I did!
 
MegaRIGZ said:
Guys everyone needs to chill out with the inpatient attatude, it's cool tech but I hate seeing people give up and spend 200 more on a set just to get it sooner. I think some sellers are taking advantage of the current low stocks, charging full whack for what should still be on special. I'd kill to have my set now but it's not happening so I'll just have to be patient and as they say, all good things...
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Good advice, I'm having to be patient although it's difficult at times.

I'm slightly in the opposite situation though, I impulse bought the rift which is still boxed up as I'm awaiting Graphic cards to return to a sensible price.

Was thinking a second hand 970 as these can be had for about £130 but I've noticed 1060 prices are returning to around £200 new so that may be the better option.

Going to be patient though as I hadn't accounted for purchasing a rift this month, let alone a new card on top.
 
mr_vegan said:
Was thinking a second hand 970 as these can be had for about £130 but I've noticed 1060 prices are returning to around £200 new so that may be the better option.
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Go for the best you can afford. Certainly try and get a 10xx range card, as some of the nVidia enhancements like Multi-Res Shading require a 10 series card to work, so for stuff that supports it, you're not only getting a better card, but one that has better performance optimisations as well.
 
FlukeRogi said:
Go for the best you can afford. Certainly try and get a 10xx range card, as some of the nVidia enhancements like Multi-Res Shading require a 10 series card to work, so for stuff that supports it, you're not only getting a better card, but one that has better performance optimisations as well.
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Thank you, great advice as I hadn't taken this into account
 
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