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Oculus Rift

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    #1982
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    I always forget the yanks and their weird tax sales price habits. Both my cards are being rejected. My only guess is that I had to use Eircode for the postcode section, they wouldn't just accept the Dublin area, which is what my bank would have as my billing address.
    geotrig wrote: »
    you know those calculations are wrong right ? its 699+vat !;)

    I can't get to the final confirmation screen but the preview says the 699 does not include shipping - not mention of tax.


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    #1983
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    Wow thats a lot more then I thought :-(


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    #1984
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    geotrig wrote: »
    you know those calculations are wrong right ? its 699+vat !;)

    Nope. €699 inc vat.


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    #1985
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,809 ✭✭✭geotrig


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Nope. €699 inc vat.

    my bad i thought when i had it open it said 699+vat :cool:


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    #1986
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,188 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    €742 delivered to Ireland. Laughable price, and they've just lost a **** load of potential customers.
    Palmer Luckey wrote:
    We're roughly in that ballpark … but it's going to cost more than that,” Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey told Road to VR, when asked if the consumer version of Oculus would have a similar price tag to the company's developer kits. The Oculus DK 2 kit cost $350, while the original TK 1 cost $300

    Ballpark me hole! :mad:


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    #1987
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Zillah wrote: »
    I always forget the yanks and their weird tax sales price habits. Both my cards are being rejected. My only guess is that I had to use Eircode for the postcode section, they wouldn't just accept the Dublin area, which is what my bank would have as my billing address.



    I can't get to the final confirmation screen but the preview says the 699 does not include shipping - not mention of tax.

    I think it might be some kind of blanket ban, probably think it's fraud. Card declined here too.


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    #1988
    abbir
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭abbir


    €741 including shipping.


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    #1989
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,215 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Anyone used a vat number, are they knocking it off with it, stuck on my credit card bouncing back due to a hold from the cc company...might be a sign from the gods. Wait for the Vive.


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    #1990
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Kiith wrote: »
    €742 delivered to Ireland. Laughable price, and they've just lost a **** load of potential customers.



    Ballpark me hole! :mad:

    Okay you're mad, understandable but they know they can't keep up with demand so they'll sell high, then prices will reduce. Number of potential customers lost - negligible.


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    #1991
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,486 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Was totally prepared to throw down a pre order. The price made me do a Patrick Stewart patented quadruple take.


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    #1992
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Kiith wrote: »
    €742 delivered to Ireland. Laughable price, and they've just lost a **** load of potential customers.

    How did you get that far? I can't get past the billing screen, which still doesn't give a total.



    I wonder how long until the price drops? Like, a few months, or in a couple of years?


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    #1993
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Zillah wrote: »
    How did you get that far? I can't get past the billing screen, which still doesn't give a total.



    I wonder how long until the price drops? Like, a few months, or in a couple of years?

    When a competing product launches.


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    #1994
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,188 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Zillah wrote: »
    How did you get that far? I can't get past the billing screen, which still doesn't give a total.
    I didn't. I only got to the €699 for Ireland, and laughed my way off the site. Got that figure it from Reddit.
    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Okay you're mad, understandable but they know they can't keep up with demand so they'll sell high, then prices will reduce. Number of potential customers lost - negligible.
    Except a lot of people will buy the Vive once it's released, assuming they aren't stupid and charge insane prices as well.


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    #1995
    The Randy Riverbeast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭The Randy Riverbeast


    I was expecting something a bit cheaper, that would be the higher end of what I would expect for a vive.

    Then there's the controllers which have to be bought separately. Perhaps it's a placeholder price?


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    #1996
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Okay you're mad, understandable but they know they can't keep up with demand so they'll sell high, then prices will reduce. Number of potential customers lost - negligible.

    Of course there will be customers lost. There's competition on the horizon and I don't think anyone was expecting it to be that high. It makes sense now when they said a few days ago they won't sell out.....bloody know why now.


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    #1997
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Corholio wrote: »
    Of course there will be customers lost. There's competition on the horizon and I don't think anyone was expecting it to be that high. It makes sense now when they said a few days ago they won't sell out.....bloody know why now.

    I've 10 widgets to sell

    In 4 weeks competitor will have 10 widgets to sell.

    Do I sell 9 widgets at €1000 or 200 widgets at €500 knowing 100 widget buyers will cancel when I can't supply them and order competitor widget.

    The only customers Oculus will lose are those who feel cheated a negligible number who don't understand supply and demand economics.


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    #1998
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,106 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    Bahahaha

    Go home Oculus, you're drunk.


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    #1999
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Card going through. Wife is going to ****ing kill me!

    742 Jesus there must be a €1 danger money for Kilbarrack!
    You'll be charged when your order ships. Tax is included in order total.


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    #2000
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Charging completely different prices for different countries is a bit of a kick in the teeth. I expect the internet to go on a rage spree. For anyone wanting to buy now I'd wait to see how they react to the inevitable backlash.


    It's not a huge increase though. I knew their initial estimates of a subsidised (by facebook) $300-400 was nonsense.


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    #2001
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    oh

    CYDOXwpUEAIxUOf.jpg:large

    Well I'm not going to sit here constantly trying to pay you, Oculus.


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    #2002
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Do I sell 9 widgets at €1000 or 200 widgets at €500 knowing 100 widget buyers will cancel when I can't supply them and order competitor widget.
    That's generally not how companies price their products. They need to make a return, not pluck numbers out of thin air.


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    #2003
    Sheeps
    Registered Users Posts: 2,762 ✭✭✭Sheeps


    $599 was $1 under the limit of how much I was willing to spend on this, went to check out and selected billing country Ireland. Price is now €699. **** right off, ill stick with TrackIR at €150.


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    #2004
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Kiith wrote: »
    I didn't. I only got to the €699 for Ireland, and laughed my way off the site. Got that figure it from Reddit.


    Except a lot of people will buy the Vive once it's released, assuming they aren't stupid and charge insane prices as well.

    They will, and I suspect some conversations have been had between HTC and others...

    Prices will reduce, I'm also a bit disappointed - don't say one thing and do another, but really saw this coming a mile off.


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    #2005
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Free hat* with the vive to justify an even higher price



    *no physical hat included.


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    #2006
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    I've 10 widgets to sell

    In 4 weeks competitor will have 10 widgets to sell.

    Do I sell 9 widgets at €1000 or 200 widgets at €500 knowing 100 widget buyers will cancel when I can't supply them and order competitor widget.

    The only customers Oculus will lose are those who feel cheated a negligible number who don't understand supply and demand economics.

    Your completely disregarding the build up the launch, questions asked of the developers etc. I'm not saying it'll be incredible amounts of people but there will certainly be some and for better and valid reasons than 'not understanding supply and demand economics?' It's even higher than the high end of what a lot of people thought.


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    #2007
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Charging completely different prices for different countries is a bit of a kick in the teeth. I expect the internet to go on a rage spree. For anyone wanting to buy now I'd wait to see how they react to the inevitable backlash.


    It's not a huge increase though. I knew their initial estimates of a subsidised (by facebook) $300-400 was nonsense.

    They're not.
    ScumLord wrote: »
    That's generally not how companies price their products. They need to make a return, not pluck numbers out of thin air.

    They do.

    No company works on X return they work on maximum possible return.


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    #2008
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Corholio wrote: »
    Your completely disregarding the build up the launch, questions asked of the developers etc. I'm not saying it'll be incredible amounts of people but there will certainly be some and for better and valid reasons than 'not understanding supply and demand economics?' It's even higher than the high end of what a lot of people thought.

    I'm actually not - I concede a certain amount of disappointment.


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    #2009
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    but really saw this coming a mile off.

    Why didn't you save us the shock you jerk


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    #2010
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Does that even include import duty?


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    #2011
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Zillah wrote: »
    Why didn't you save us the shock you jerk

    LOL okay guts of a grand, maybe didn't see that! But to be fair that includes VAT etc.


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