Talk about the UK getting completely shafted whats going on OCUK ? Logitech G15 Price

ViRuS2k · 1 Jul 2006 at 04:49

Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard

why is the US LAYOUT of this keyboard £46
then i go look at the UK LAYOUT and its £70

something cant be right here ? why is the UK version £24 more when the only thing diffrent is the labeling on the keys ? lol

semi-pro waster · 1 Jul 2006 at 05:15

Any one of a number of reasons including but not limited to the fact that most of the time suppliers(as a general rule) tend to convert dollars to pounds so one dollar = one pound regardless of conversion rates, the UK is a smaller market than the US so it costs comparatively more to produce the UK layout(poor reason but there you go) and shipping costs may well be higher to the UK because of smaller economies of scale.

It could be any of those reasons or none of them but it is one of those things, the UK quite often gets stiffed on pricing because of conversion rates.

SnipaMasta · 1 Jul 2006 at 06:15

I already made a thread about this. :rolleyes:

Anyway, my guess is a supply problem. Everywhere else is out of stock, Overclockers is the only place I've seen with it - probably because they are charging about £30 more than the normal price.

ScarySquirrel · 1 Jul 2006 at 07:42

I thought you couldn't talk shop here? :confused:

Phil99 · 1 Jul 2006 at 07:45

ScarySquirrel said:
I thought you couldn't talk shop here?

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Depends exactly what type of shop-talk.

Yewen · 1 Jul 2006 at 10:07

ScarySquirrel said:
I thought you couldn't talk shop here?

Its fine to talk shop here, you just can't talk about orders, when they will arrive etc.

Anything that the shop themseleves can only deal with can't be discussed on here, everything else can.

atpbx · 1 Jul 2006 at 12:29

Geeks are stupid enough to pay, shops are greedy enough to charge.

LoadsaMoney · 1 Jul 2006 at 13:55

We've always been shafted, thought everyone knew that. :confused:

Werewolf · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:46

I'm guessing OCUK were able to get the U.S. layout of the keyboard for much much cheaper than the UK layout supplers wanted for the UK version.

It's not just a simple matter of currency conversion (which changes on an almost daily basis), there are the differences in taxes (about 17.5% at least) and the available supply.
My guess is that even if the U.S. just had 5 times as many of the keyboards allocated as the U.K. (U.S = ~295million people UK ~=60 million so that would be reasonable difference in allocation), then that would mean they have a lot more stock sitting in the supply chain available to retailers (and not as likely to completely run out everywhere)

PC-M Vip3r · 2 Jul 2006 at 01:40

To solve the problem just buy it from the US XD

Energize · 2 Jul 2006 at 01:57

PC-M Vip3r said:
To solve the problem just buy it from the US XD

And get import tax and customs added on...

Ive seen the uk g15 in stock elsewhere inc p&p for £48!

NightSt@lk3r · 2 Jul 2006 at 07:46

Energize said:
Ive seen the uk g15 in stock elsewhere inc p&p for £48!

yes but is it in stock?

s96024 · 2 Jul 2006 at 08:43

Basicallt we get taxed the hell out of everything in this country. That would basically be why we pay more for everything. You just got to look at how expensive petrol, alchohol, cigarettes, cars, electronics. Why do you think people go abroad buy a car and drive back here. Even after all the extra costs of doing it there still saving a couple of grand.

UKTopGun · 2 Jul 2006 at 10:18

NightSt@lk3r said:
yes but is it in stock?

Hence the words 'in stock elsewhere'?

SnipaMasta · 2 Jul 2006 at 13:47

Energize said:
And get import tax and customs added on...

Ive seen the uk g15 in stock elsewhere inc p&p for £48!

The cheapest price I could find was £35...probably about £40 with P&P. But everywhere is out of stock so it's probably a supply problem somewhere.

Does anyone know how different the US version is? Except the '@' and the ' "" ' symbols being swapped...

utherpendragon · 2 Jul 2006 at 14:14

SnipaMasta said:
The cheapest price I could find was £35...probably about £40 with P&P. But everywhere is out of stock so it's probably a supply problem somewhere.

Does anyone know how different the US version is? Except the '@' and the ' "" ' symbols being swapped...

Do they have £ signs on them?

UKTopGun · 2 Jul 2006 at 14:18

UK Keyboard layout

US Keyboard layout

Belly · 2 Jul 2006 at 15:08

Why NOT just pay what OcUK ask?

Someone's has got to allow these guys to live to the standard to which we're NOT accustomed!

Alternatively you could always get American lessons from George Bush!

BruceLee · 2 Jul 2006 at 15:15

I ve got a US layout logitech board and its really IRRITATING

First, if you keep the US layout you dont get the £ sign

If you change it in system to UK layout you lose keys, such as the backslash, which although some may not miss it, its really annoying for typing in directories and html/php etc. Also keys move, so you have to remember where they are on the UK layout...

Not worth getting the US one, you will only regret it, only cost £10 for this one but Im going to get a new one soon.

semi-pro waster · 2 Jul 2006 at 17:15

US keyboard layouts are very irritating if you are used to the UK layout I find, loss of the £ sign, the ~(tilde) key, # sign and the biggest irritation is that for no decent reason the \ is above the return key giving you a half-height enter key. I'm using a laptop keyboard but it is the same on any standard US keyboard.

You can of course set the language to UK English and then the keys will be in the correct place but you still have to remember and point it out to anyone else who uses the PC.