Rip-offs

fastdude

fastdude

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OK, so basically the same as the Hot deals thread, only you've got to post things you think the prices on are absolutely outrageous/highly overpriced. Please state what country the Rip-Off apply to. I'll start:
http://www.okgodigital.com/intel-pe...set-of-8-precision-screwdrive-7351-p.asp:eek:
Pentium G6950 for the price of an i3-540: google said this was an australian site, but the prices are in pounds, so UK I think. (unless they do international shipping), Next:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=397083
HD 5670 for the price of upper-priced HD 5770s - UK - maplin are good for electronic bits and bobs, and PC toolkits, but their actual components are rip-off in general. That's just two, there are tons more, so get posting:D
And we'll see what the biggest rip-off is.
 
joh06937

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for that price they should at least include some sort of watercooling setup. they could just get 2 5970s, watercool them, and oc the HELL out of them.

oh, and $500 on a case?
 
fastdude

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joh06937 said:
for that price they should at least include some sort of watercooling setup. they could just get 2 5970s, watercool them, and oc the HELL out of them.

oh, and $500 on a case?
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One word.

Innit:D

Just some fancy styling and OTT features
 
joh06937

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fastdude said:
One word.

Innit:D

Just some fancy styling and OTT features
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absolutely. 7 tb of hdd space? are these gamers recording every session with fraps?

12 gb of ram? not quite as over the top as others, but still over the top.

2 bluray drives? well, that's an inhale-through-teeth thing. i guess if they watched a lot of bluray movies and burned a lot of large files on bluray disks it would be something they'd actually need...

and then after all of that, they slap a noctua nh-u12p on it :p

nevertheless, i do wish i had $7,000 to spend on a computer :( not that one though...
 
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fastdude

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joh06937 said:
absolutely. 7 tb of hdd space? are these gamers recording every session with fraps?

12 gb of ram? not quite as over the top as others, but still over the top.

2 bluray drives? well, that's an inhale-through-teeth thing. i guess if they watched a lot of bluray movies and burned a lot of large files on bluray disks it would be something they'd actually need...

and then after all of that, they slap a noctua nh-u12p on it :p

nevertheless, i do wish i had $7,000 to spend on a computer :( not that one though...
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Yep, definately.
Here's another UK scam - maplin's components:mad:!:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=396643
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=346591
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=396611
Just about every item on this page is rip-off:p
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Family.aspx...nt=Computing-Processors&utm_campaign=MainMenu

Bearing in mind the pound is stronger than the dollar:eek:
I'd say American prices (the numbers, not even converted) are cheaper than that.
 
Shane

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Maplin have always been super expensive,I really dont know how they stay in business.

But you always see the place packed :eek:

As for ripoffs,not seen anything thats just super rediculas for quite a bit,However what isnt a ripoff in the UK?

The LGA 775 processors on Ebuyer such as the (Q9650) are a ripoff,£267 for a dead skt processor!
 
Drenlin

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G25r8cer said:
Nearly every item at BestBuy.com
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frikkin' this :mad:

Although, the best-buy edition of the Asus G73 is pretty awesome. Got to play with one a couple of days ago...it's probably the most solid laptop chassis I've ever seen, barring industrial models. Almost no flex at all, without significant pressure.
 
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fastdude

fastdude

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Nevakonaza said:
Maplin have always been super expensive,I really dont know how they stay in business.

But you always see the place packed :eek:

As for ripoffs,not seen anything thats just super rediculas for quite a bit,However what isnt a ripoff in the UK?

The LGA 775 processors on Ebuyer such as the (Q9650) are a ripoff,£267 for a dead skt processor!
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Just discovered that feared non-active moderator Dragon2309 works for maplin!:eek:

I think he's just lost a bit of respect. Not that I'd want to anger him.
 
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