The TPU UK Clubhouse

FreedomEclipse · Dec 16, 2010

KieX said:
Yea, 2x Asus P5Q motherboards + Crucial ballistix refused for RMA by them and me paying shipping both ways. Thankfully crucial were nice enough to do it for me themselves. But meh, no price is worth that hassle.

Did you tell Crucial that OcUK refused you RMA?? and under what grounds did OcUK refuse the RMA? they had to have given you a reason

KieX · Dec 16, 2010

FreedomEclipse said:
Did you tell Crucial that OcUK refused you RMA?? and under what grounds did OcUK refuse the RMA? they had to have given you a reason

The crucial ram was turned down because it was outside of their retunrs policy window, (2yrs after I bought it). Didn't mention to Crucial they were turned down, just told them I was getting memtest errors even though they were run stock. They then issued me an RMA number and gave me an even newer set. So kudos to their support.

The asus mobo's were turned down 1 because there was an OC profile, and the other because it was (i quote) "not properly cleaned". I mean this was a load of bull. And ASUS support never bother answering my emails.

This was back 5 years for the ram and 2 years for the mobo. I hope they've changed since then, but I won't spend any more on them. I spent over ~~£8k~~ £4.5K with them and they just don't care when it comes to helping you. :mad:

FreedomEclipse · Dec 16, 2010

yeah - Ive heard Asus's support can be quite bad - I think they tend to hide behind the fact that they are based in Taiwan and have less then a handful of service stations outside of Taiwan. - its not really an excuse tbh. I heard their RMA's tend to take a a few months too sometimes. worst ive heard is someone taking about 6 months to get their RMA'd mobo back - by that time he'd already built and upgraded new machine.

they make some great kit but dont really want to support it.

as for the P5Q being "not properly clean" you should have asked if they preferd the mobo to be dry cleaned.

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- not professional i know, but they aint being professional either - i mean, what sort of excuse is "not properly cleaned" ???

The staff are probably graduates from SCAN - some of the most unhelpful and clueless motherfuckers i have ever had the privaledge of dealing with.

If OcUK are complaining because the board is a little dusty then their in the wrong line of work.

Its hard to keep DUST out of everything even though my Antec 902 comes with dust filters theres a little Piramyd of dusty building up at the bottom of my case - its something you cant really avoid - even WITH dust filters, some will always get in.

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lastly - its not as if you dipped the board in toxic substances before shipping it back to them so I really dont see what the hooohaa is all about

KieX · Dec 16, 2010

FreedomEclipse said:
*snip
as for the P5Q being "not properly clean" you should have asked if they preferd the mobo to be dry cleaned.

Haha, that made me laugh quite a lot :laugh:

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FreedomEclipse said:
*snip
The staff are probably graduates from SCAN - some of the most unhelpful and clueless motherfuckers i have ever had the privaledge of dealing with.

TBH I have been buying a lot from Yoyotech in london recently, and apart from 1 guy they all seem really really clueless. It's like they got a retail job with no interest other than making minimum wage. But, when the Rampage III Extreme I bought from them turned out to be second hand with TIM in the socket, they swapped the board, apologised and gave me a free toolkit. Sure, nothing lavish, but at least they were nice and honestly tried to solve a problem and keep me happy. I respect that. (Had that been OcUK it would probably be a third ASUS turned down claiming the moment I switched it on it was second hand)

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MoonPig · Dec 17, 2010

Boys, i've just bought me an i7 setup.

Anyone wanting an almost new i5 setup?

DrPepper · Dec 17, 2010

MoonPig said:
Boys, i've just bought me an i7 setup.

Anyone wanting an almost new i5 setup?

How much ?

Geofrancis · Dec 17, 2010

DrPepper you freak me out every time i see that display pic of yours
idk if is me being high or wtf but it does lol

DrPepper · Dec 17, 2010

Geofrancis said:
DrPepper you freak me out every time i see that display pic of yours
idk if is me being high or wtf but it does lol

That's why I picked it. It's a mentally intimidating picture.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 17, 2010

KieX said:
Haha, that made me laugh quite a lot ---

TBH I have been buying a lot from Yoyotech in london recently, and apart from 1 guy they all seem really really clueless. It's like they got a retail job with no interest other than making minimum wage. But, when the Rampage III Extreme I bought from them turned out to be second hand with TIM in the socket, they swapped the board, apologised and gave me a free toolkit. Sure, nothing lavish, but at least they were nice and honestly tried to solve a problem and keep me happy. I respect that. (Had that been OcUK it would probably be a third ASUS turned down claiming the moment I switched it on it was second hand)

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No way!! i do almost ALL my tech shopping from yoyotech as im based in london and they have really helped me out in the past and the guys who work there cept for one -- i think his name is chris -- are awesome. i do go into their shop for a chat if im in the city and they are great. i highly recommend them

DrPepper · Dec 17, 2010

MoonPig · Dec 17, 2010

Dr, erm. £260 for CPU, RAM and MOBO

DrPepper · Dec 17, 2010

MoonPig said:
Dr, erm. £260 for CPU, RAM and MOBO

Very tempting indeed. I need to get a new car and I'm going on holiday for xmas

If I save up my pennies I'l certainly buy it if it's still for sale.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 17, 2010

Piggy whats the lowdown on your 5850? you keepin that?

MoonPig · Dec 17, 2010

Yea, she's mine. Back off!

I'll be putting the i5 up for sale after new years, most likely.

Also, big clearout coming tomorrow!

FreedomEclipse · Dec 17, 2010

MoonPig said:
Yea, she's mine. Back off!

you make sad panda sad

gumpty · Dec 17, 2010

InnocentCriminal said:
I don't know any else who hates OcUK as much as I do but this is a very hard to refuse offer.

It's funny, I've never had any trouble with OcUK. That being said, I have read all about their devious practices and steer well clear of them these days.

I rate Ebuyer first in terms of customer service when things go wrong or RMAd. And probably Scan too. Aria seem pretty good too, but have only used them once. Novatech have only used once too.

Tatty_Two · Dec 17, 2010

The thing that worries me about that Overclockers deal is that price is only available on pre-order, I like it even less when they physically have not got the cards, 100 people could effectively be paying the staffs Xmas bonus to then have to wait 2 months to get their money back once it's realised that the cards are not appearing. I too have had bad experiences with them, but not always and those experiences have always been resolved, mainly through threats on my part as I have studied consumer law so I can always play their "game".

All that said, I might get 3 of them cards, one to add to my existing 5850 (you reckon my 750W PSU would be enuff???) and a couple for re-sale on flea bay.

Ohhh and by the way, my i7 rig is also going in January..... really cheap!!

InnocentCriminal · Dec 17, 2010

I feel like utter shit. I have a friend from Middlesbrough coming down this weekend and I've got Flu.

In regards to the 5850... after this weekend I expect I won't have any money.

qubit · Dec 17, 2010

InnocentCriminal said:
I feel like utter shit. I have a friend from Middlesbrough coming down this weekend and I've got Flu.

In regards to the 5850... after this weekend I expect I won't have any money.

Hey, sorry to hear that, dude.

Hope you feel well enough to enjoy Christmas.

InnocentCriminal · Dec 17, 2010

Appreciate that. I really hope it doesn't last very long.

Tatty_Two · Dec 17, 2010

InnocentCriminal said:
Appreciate that. I really hope it doesn't last very long.

I wouldn't worry too much "Man Flu" usually just turns out to be a common cold and is done with in 48 hours :laugh:

InnocentCriminal · Dec 17, 2010

Tatty_One said:
I wouldn't worry too much "Man Flu" usually just turns out to be a common cold and is done with in 48 hours

I don't think this is Man Flu - I'm really feverish; aching all over, head throbbing and I feel as if I'm going to cough up blood my chest hurts so much.

Still, I'll plough on. On a happier note, anyone in the closed beta for Battlefield: Play 4 Free?

Tatty_Two · Dec 17, 2010

InnocentCriminal said:
I don't think this is Man Flu - I'm really feverish; aching all over, head throbbing and I feel as if I'm going to cough up blood my chest hurts so much.

Still, I'll plough on. On a happier note, anyone in the closed beta for Battlefield: Play 4 Free?

In that case it does sound like flu :eek:

Get some day nurse and benelyn down you quick! And no I am a "World of Tanks" free Beta man myself, just cant stop playing it at the moment!

InnocentCriminal · Dec 17, 2010

I was in the closed beta for World of Tanks as well but I just didn't dig it. Too slow and everyone had better Tanks than me.

Tatty_Two · Dec 17, 2010

InnocentCriminal said:
I was in the closed beta for World of Tanks as well but I just didn't dig it. Too slow and everyone had better Tanks than me.

It aint slow now, much more polished since last update last month, it really is worth giving it a try again PLUS you should have accumilated a lot of gold since you were last on (150 a day) and you can use that to buy credits and experience to upgrade your tanks.

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