The TPU UK Clubhouse

[d1nky]

I seen a nice solid simple build on ocn with that corsair 540

simplicity and sexy, apart from the guys a noob with a camera lol FEET!

 

[NdMk2o1o]

My mrs is a pussy cat, she is 28 years old and her parents still talk to and treat her like a teenager. We moved recently and admittedly they helped us out with the move and her mum also spent £70 on food shopping for us as well as taxing the Mrs' car for £90.

Now I'm all one for paying back what you owe and in that respect we owed them £160. However prior to this she recently gave her mum a car which she said she would give her £200 for minus the cost of a new exhaust which it needed, so let's say £150 for the car? we haven't received the £150 for the car yet low and behold they have been going on at her for 2 weeks to pay back the £90 for the car tax they paid, conveniently forgetting we haven't received any monies for the car we "sold" them.

I tend not to get involved as they are a close knit family and I am an outsider for all intents and purposes though this had me seething, she hasn't got the balls to speak up to them and say that they hadn't actually paid for the car we "sold" them and was actually willing to pay back the £90 just to keep them happy.

None the less, I'm not one to hold my tongue if I feel I'm being fairly untreated and I sent a text to both of them tonight (considering I had kept out of it completely before now) stating that we appreciate their help the last 2 months and we're more than happy to pay them back what we owe them after factoring in the money for the car we never had

The shit will literally hit the fan tomorrow but I'm glad, my parents used to be the same until I stood up to them as a parent myself and told them to back the fuck out of my business, they have been sweet since, I sense it will take a little longer for the message to sink in with her parents and they won't appreciate that it's me who has spoken up, but at the end of the day she is my partner and we are in a relationship together, so I have just as much right to stick for her and defend my family if I feel that they are being unjustly unfair

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I take it you really need the money as you put your system up for sale?

 

[Bo$$]

although i agree with you pal, i reckon text may have not been the right way to deal with this. however in person may not have been ideal........ made a decent call good luck

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I take it you really need the money as you put your system up for sale?

Yea pretty much so, though have a nice little FM2 MATX build lined up that should keep me happy for a while, FM2 A6, 4-8GB DDR3 2133mhz, 500GB, HD 7950 (think I'm keeping this now), MATX case/PSU etc and swapped my Shimian for a 1080p 27" monitor with moonpig, so all in all not too bad and I will still be gaming on

 

[RCoon]

Yea pretty much so, though have a nice little FM2 MATX build lined up that should keep me happy for a while, FM2 A6, 4-8GB DDR3 2133mhz, 500GB, HD 7950 (think I'm keeping this now), MATX case/PSU etc and swapped my Shimian for a 1080p 27" monitor with moonpig, so all in all not too bad and I will still be gaming on

You cant beat some small form factor APU lovin'! In your situation (with the self entitled parents) I'd have done the same to be honest. I dislike hypocrits as much as I dislike madonna and marzipan.
I've had dozens upon dozens of messages overnight of people offering me stupid money for my rig so much time wasted, it's a very simple task which the british public is making ten times harder for me. I hope the GTX 780 sale goes a little simpler than this.

 

[Fourstaff]

You cant beat some small form factor APU lovin'! In your situation (with the self entitled parents) I'd have done the same to be honest. I dislike hypocrits as much as I dislike madonna and marzipan.
I've had dozens upon dozens of messages overnight of people offering me stupid money for my rig so much time wasted, it's a very simple task which the british public is making ten times harder for me. I hope the GTX 780 sale goes a little simpler than this.

You should just mention lowball offers will not be entertained, and delete all offers under £1300

 

[RCoon]

You should just mention lowball offers will not be entertained, and delete all offers under £1300

I have, and also removed the best offer option, but people keep emailing me or asking questions through ebay asking to buy for £7-800. Some people are like "well if it doesnt sell then i can offer you this..."
I am currently contemplating splitting it up and living without a PC for a few weeks (or at least until it all sells anyway). Problem is without a computer I cant get online to organise it all -_-

 

[FreedomEclipse]

get a cheap netbook or laptop.

 

[the54thvoid]

I have, and also removed the best offer option, but people keep emailing me or asking questions through ebay asking to buy for £7-800. Some people are like "well if it doesnt sell then i can offer you this..."
I am currently contemplating splitting it up and living without a PC for a few weeks (or at least until it all sells anyway). Problem is without a computer I cant get online to organise it all -_-

Ah... I was about to say best bet is to split it but that leaves you in the dark ages

I think you could potentially make more from the parts sold that way. I think more folk on TPU would buy the parts than a single person split with well over 1k.

If your RMA sells, would that give you leeway to start on your APU build?

Alternatively if the money is pressing, put the RMA back in the case air cooled, and sell the bulk of the loop rads, the water blocked 780 as well. That would give enough for a decent APU system?

 

[RCoon]

Ah... I was about to say best bet is to split it but that leaves you in the dark ages

I think you could potentially make more from the parts sold that way. I think more folk on TPU would buy the parts than a single person split with well over 1k.

If your RMA sells, would that give you leeway to start on your APU build?

Alternatively if the money is pressing, put the RMA back in the case air cooled, and sell the bulk of the loop rads, the water blocked 780 as well. That would give enough for a decent APU system?

If the RMA sells (I'm going to sell it on TPU at 425 for new), then I can build almost the APU system I have planned. I dont want to buy a pile of crap just because I need a PC and waste the money. I get paid on the 23rd of this month, and I literally have about £100 left on my credit card to live on until then, once payday hits I can pay off most of it and have some breathing room.

 

[Fourstaff]

If the RMA sells (I'm going to sell it on TPU at 425 for new), then I can build almost the APU system I have planned. I dont want to buy a pile of crap just because I need a PC and waste the money. I get paid on the 23rd of this month, and I literally have about £100 left on my credit card to live on until then, once payday hits I can pay off most of it and have some breathing room.

£100 for 10 days is not too bad, unless you have bills to settle. Steal food from your nurse

 

[RCoon]

£100 for 10 days is not too bad, unless you have bills to settle. Steal food from your nurse

She's got uni debt already!
Everything is now being sold seperately. Fourstaff, can you change thread names for me?

 

[Fourstaff]

She's got uni debt already!
Everything is now being sold seperately. Fourstaff, can you change thread names for me?

You can do it yourself for BST threads, otherwise get Mussels or Sneeky to do it for you. I am pretty much powerless in that subforum.

 

[RCoon]

You can do it yourself for BST threads, otherwise get Mussels or Sneeky to do it for you. I am pretty much powerless in that subforum.

Title changed, here's to hoping this works out well.

 

[Fourstaff]

3570K for £90 I'd hit that if I don't have one already :<

I personally think you should collect the parts into "bits" like cpu+mobo, watercooling as a whole, etc. so you wouldn't end up with dead parts (mobo with no cpu, pump with no rads, etc).

Edit: also, keep your rams, with the current ram trajectory you will end up spending the same on lesser sticks.

 

[RCoon]

3570K for £90 I'd hit that if I don't have one already :<

I personally think you should collect the parts into "bits" like cpu+mobo, watercooling as a whole, etc. so you wouldn't end up with dead parts (mobo with no cpu, pump with no rads, etc).

Edit: also, keep your rams, with the current ram trajectory you will end up spending the same on lesser sticks.

GOOD GOD! Good call, definitely keeping my RAM, that stuff is expensive now...

 

[Fourstaff]

Soooo tempted to buy your watercooling part :<

 

[RCoon]

Soooo tempted to buy your watercooling part :<

Some assface just tried to jew me out of more money by asking for a load of gear with even further reduced prices. Wont be selling a thing to them.
For future reference, the guy's name is UseNow, and has been hounding me since starting all this with stupid requests.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Some assface just tried to jew me out of more money by asking for a load of gear with even further reduced prices. Wont be selling a thing to them.
For future reference, the guy's name is UseNow, and has been hounding me since starting all this with stupid requests.

Same one who wants my 7950, 1440p monitor and 3570k for £325 then yea

 

[RCoon]

Same one who wants my 7950, 1440p monitor and 3570k for £325 then yea

I think it's pretty disrespectful for a person to ask for something that already is down to rockbottom prices for a further cheaper price. Makes me fairly angry people want something for nothing, especially members of a forum we all respect.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I think it's pretty disrespectful for a person to ask for something that already is down to rockbottom prices for a further cheaper price. Makes me fairly angry people want something for nothing, especially members of a forum we all respect.

My sentiments exactly, that's why I chose to list here and not on GT/ebay

 

[the54thvoid]

Some assface just tried to jew me out of more money by asking for a load of gear with even further reduced prices. Wont be selling a thing to them.
For future reference, the guy's name is UseNow, and has been hounding me since starting all this with stupid requests.

Lol,

He's a TPU sales trawler. He bought a 580 from me a long time back (it was already cheap) but after that he kept asking me for reductions on any of the few things I've put up. Decent enough guy but doesn't pay what you want.

Edit: and he never gave me any heatware feedback despite me asking him to.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

well for the record he isnt actually part of the TPU community per se~ If you check his post history all of it is in the trade section - He only has an account here to buy/sell stuff not to participate or integrate with the community here.

I ive had a few members like that PM me in the past when i had stuff for sale offering me peanuts for my less then a year old Crucial SSD, Xonar STX or 6970 - I just ignore them

 

[FreedomEclipse]

In a sense - I love it when these nubs cry in giveaway threads because they havent got the post count or been a member long enough to enter it. It brings a smile to my face.