To those who bought PS3 games for £20.50
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Sounds real dodgy to me (even with license to treat which I have heard about before)
think about the amount of people ordering £20 games and being charged £44 for the duration until receipt or whatever - the interest the company is getting from all that extra £24 per person before handing it back could easily be astronomical, let alone like the OP those who pre-order.
Wouldnt be surprised if they actually make back the money they "lose" by doing the offer in the first place
think about the amount of people ordering £20 games and being charged £44 for the duration until receipt or whatever - the interest the company is getting from all that extra £24 per person before handing it back could easily be astronomical, let alone like the OP those who pre-order.
Wouldnt be surprised if they actually make back the money they "lose" by doing the offer in the first place
I considered this at the time, however, works out great to me.
If I could pre-order all the games I want, a few months in advance, for half price, I'd certainly do so. Sure, I paid £44 back in the end of June, but, if I get my game next week, for a total of £20.50 delivered, then I'm happy.
If I could've jumped on and pre-ordered Crysis/UT3/Burnout Paradise/Haze/Drake's Forture, all for half price or so, it would make quite saving in the long run, and as you say, be a benefit to the company selling the game as well, in interest.
V1N.
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This particular etailer is a nightmare for teasing you with a low price then not-honouring it!
I remember a Steven Segal box set for £4.99 (8 discs!!!), and even though they'd taken the £4.99 they refused to dispatch the item as it was "listed incorrectly"
Not sure what the law is if they've taken the money but documented that they'd take LESS in an email!.. that seems very illegal!
I remember a Steven Segal box set for £4.99 (8 discs!!!), and even though they'd taken the £4.99 they refused to dispatch the item as it was "listed incorrectly"
Not sure what the law is if they've taken the money but documented that they'd take LESS in an email!.. that seems very illegal!
This particular etailer is a nightmare for teasing you with a low price then not-honouring it!
I remember a Steven Segal box set for £4.99 (8 discs!!!), and even though they'd taken the £4.99 they refused to dispatch the item as it was "listed incorrectly"
Not sure what the law is if they've taken the money but documented that they'd take LESS in an email!.. that seems very illegal!
Yeah, I mean I still have the email:
1"Sega Rally" PG1909 Estimated delivery by Thu 11th October
£ 44.00
Order Discount
ZQ055 £ -23.50
Sub Total £20.50
Delivery £ 0.00
Total Including Delivery £ 20.50
Oh well, won't be using them again
Yeah, I mean I still have the email:
1"Sega Rally" PG1909 Estimated delivery by Thu 11th October
£ 44.00
Order Discount
ZQ055 £ -23.50
Sub Total £20.50
Delivery £ 0.00
Total Including Delivery £ 20.50
Oh well, won't be using them again
OUCH!
When I posted the other day that I'd phoned them up, I'd also sent an email to them, and got fed up waiting for a reply, hence I phoned them.
This is the reply that I did eventually get.
Maybe I'll receive an email like yours to tell me that now I'm not allowed to have the discount, who knows?
If I do get told I can't have the discount though, I shall most certainly be cancelling my order too, and mentioning Trading Standards while I'm at it too. Maybe if we can find enough people who've had the same treatment, we could write to watchdog?
V1N.
OUCH!
If I do get told I can't have the discount though, I shall most certainly be cancelling my order too, and mentioning Trading Standards while I'm at it too. Maybe if we can find enough people who've had the same treatment, we could write to watchdog?
V1N.
Yep i'd be up for that V1N, its just ridiculous that they final invoice was for £20.50 yet the code isn't valid? doesn't make sense to me.
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I call BS.
If they bill you for the amount AND send you an invoice then it's written in stone as far as I'm concerned.
Fair enough if they'd just emailed an "order confirmation" to you, but this is really like going back after the transaction has been processed!
Ask trading standards before you cancel!! You might have a decent reply when you call the company you ordered with
Hello again mate.
Don't mean to wiss you off, but out of interest, I just logged into my Please don't make me suspend someone on a day as nice as this online account, and pressed "track order"
Still empty.
Clicked on "most recent statement" and got
I'll check my online bank over the next couple of days, but it seems for some reason that I'm getting the £23.50 back, and assume my Sega Rally is finally in the post.
V1N.
Just looking at their site n they charge £55 for 360 gamesNot really worth buying most of the games they sell even with discount codes.
Quite right, but at the time there were multiple codes, making it cheap.
If I remember, Sega Rally was £55.
Was 10% off all items over £50
Made the cost £44
Then there was this further discount, taking a further £23.50 off, making the total cost of games £20.50.
As posted above, seeing as I got both of the discounts, I have now got the PS3 version of Sega Rally for £20.50, so that was worth it.
However, with the uncertainties and hassle... I won't bother trying again, next time I'll just order an import from... erm... can't say, but anyway, from a shop where the price is written in stone!
V1N.
Yikes!
No suspension for that please
Actually, after the hassles people can read about in here, maybe OCUK should allow their name to be written. After all, this thread can only be served as a warning to other people to steer clear?
They are incredibly overpriced, and after what's happened to Inoshishi, can't be trusted either!
V1N.
Yeah, that's my hand slapped!
Glad you're not too annoyed, though I myself find the circumstance entirely unacceptable!
We both paid by card, probably on the same evening, in fact, you were the OP of the original post, therefore you ordered before me, yet I get the discount, and you not?
I can only assume it's because I've been chasing it up rather a lot.
I phoned them, and emailed them at the time, when the £44 was taken out. More recently, I've called them, and mailed them again, when I spoke to them on the phone, they said they had a record of my enquiring about it before, and there was a note on my account to credit the £23.50 on despatch.
As you say though, best to warn other people away from them.
They're a rip off anyway, and I shall also be recommending friends and family steer clear.... and buy from OCUK instead!
V1N.
Oh well, ideal.
Fingers crossed.
Keep the thread updated, and I shall do the same.
Hopefully get a depatch email soon then! FINALLY!
V1N.