OCUK - doesnt add up ?

2009-06-22 06:02:24

#1

twoblacklines: all grown up now (its boring); +49|6217

I dont understand this.

If i buy a rig minus gfx card the grand total INC VAT = £668.03

If i then add a 4890 atomic which is £203 INC VAT that should equal around £871 in grand total inc vat.

yet ocuk want to charge me £903 grand total. Where did the £32 come from. Shipping rate didnt change, so its not that, and it doesnt cost them £30 more to ship a gfx card anyway.

It appears to me they charge vat twice... once on individual products, and then again on the total order ? That cant be legal ?

2009-06-22 06:03:33

#2

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6163|what

Tax?

might be labour to install it. lol

I'd fire off an angry email asking for a please explain. You might get a discount.

Last edited by AussieReaper (2009-06-22 06:04:48)

2009-06-22 06:12:26

#3

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6557

Labor to install and plug into the power supply. My advice, build your own. Go through a site, like newegg.com, pick each individual part from the computer you are looking at and you will come out with more money in your pocket.

Last edited by Scratch[USA] (2009-06-22 06:14:51)

2009-06-22 06:17:27

#4

twoblacklines: all grown up now (its boring); +49|6217

this is on build your own, all im doing is adding components to cart!

2009-06-22 06:21:43

#5

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6559|UK

What are all the parts so I can go look

2009-06-22 06:23:58

#6

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6637|UK

Adding components adds weight to the shipment. Adding the graphics card probably takes the overall weight up a tier.

Oh, shipping charge doesn't change.

Try using another site tbh. I heard that OCUK is generally more expensive anyhow. (eBuyer, perhaps)

2009-06-22 06:26:46

#7

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6557

twoblacklines wrote:
this is on build your own, all im doing is adding components to cart!

Okay that is odd

2009-06-22 07:15:32

#8

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6719|England. Stoke

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … ubcat=1403

If this is the card you are looking at the price is £204.34 ex VAT, £234.99 inc VAT that's were the extra is coming from...

2009-06-22 08:55:38

#9

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6591|SE London

coke wrote:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-199-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

If this is the card you are looking at the price is £204.34 ex VAT, £234.99 inc VAT that's were the extra is coming from...

This.

The only 4890 Atomic on OCUK costs £234.99 inc VAT.

2009-06-22 10:01:24

#10

twoblacklines: all grown up now (its boring); +49|6217

ah. I fail!!!

2009-06-22 10:02:28

#11

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6424|Finland

twoblacklines wrote:
ah. I fail!!!

Goddamn they really rip ppl off with those ATOMICs, you can get non-branded AMD HD 4890 for 160€ here. The Toxic is 200€.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-06-22 10:02:59)

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2009-06-22 12:29:57

#12

Drykill: I Like Waffles.; +47|6702|England

Scan is better than OCUK and you get free next day postage if you sign up to some forum they are affiliated with.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-XFX- … k-PCI-E-20(x16)-4000MHz-GDDR5-GPU-1000MHz-800-Cores-2x-DL-DVI-HDMI-HDCP

Similar spec as the atomic, £74 cheaper

2009-06-22 12:32:53

#13

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6424|Finland

the XFX HD 4890 BE has reference cooler. Its pretty loud compared to the Atomic's cooler.

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2009-06-22 13:10:07

#14

Microwave: _; +515|6665|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I thought I saw you on the OCUK forums! Passat in your sig?!

2009-06-22 20:44:47

#15

Defiance: Member; +438|6681

This is why you build your own.

2009-06-22 21:10:41

#16

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6480

Defiance wrote:
This is why you build your own.

This is why you read the fucking threads.

He was building his own, he just wasn't factoring in the extra VAT-tax when he added items to his cart...

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2009-06-22 21:48:05

#17

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6149|New Jersey

Defiance wrote:
This is why you build your own.

This is why you build your own and don't live in the UK where you get raped up the butthole with VAT.

<3 Delaware - no sales tax at all!

2009-06-22 21:50:15

#18

Defiance: Member; +438|6681

Uzique wrote:
Defiance wrote:
This is why you build your own.
This is why you read the fucking threads.

He was building his own, he just wasn't factoring in the extra VAT-tax when he added items to his cart...

So it wasn't a fucking tech problem, just a overlooked-the-fucking-website problem.

It's a lot harder to be fucking sarcastic about that without sounding like a real fucking dick.

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