Price Increases over £100 in 12hrs with no change to planed purchase

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danbetts

New member
Just wondering what is happening with the prices on PCS.
I created a system that I would love to be able to order to see if it was affordable for me. 12 hrs.' later checked it again to look at the specs of the motherboard to insure it was the one that would suit the system but noticed that the computer has increased in price by over £100 in the last 12 hrs. I understand the lack of components will cause more demand but an increase in 12hr of £100 with no change to the components has me concerned. if it keeps happening there is no way even on finance that I can get the pc.

I did try to save quote also but it didn't save instead it keeps coming up with a different build I was looking at before I refined what I needed.
 
Citrus_9

Citrus_9

Expert
danbetts said:
Just wondering what is happening with the prices on PCS.
I created a system that I would love to be able to order to see if it was affordable for me. 12 hrs.' later checked it again to look at the specs of the motherboard to insure it was the one that would suit the system but noticed that the computer has increased in price by over £100 in the last 12 hrs. I understand the lack of components will cause more demand but an increase in 12hr of £100 with no change to the components has me concerned. if it keeps happening there is no way even on finance that I can get the pc.

I did try to save quote also but it didn't save instead it keeps coming up with a different build I was looking at before I refined what I needed.
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Prices are going and will be going up this year. When demand is high, but manufacturers cannot cope with it, they do increase prices, then supplier increase prices, then PCS adjust them accordingly and then the end user sees a price difference. When PCS get a new delivery with certain items, but new price, they most likely adjust them accordingly. PCS are based in the UK and they may have been affected by Brexit too (more paperwork for customs which takes time and costs money to pay employees, possibly certain fees or taxes, etc...). I don't know the actual reason, but that would be about the big picture to understand the context.

I have no problems saving my quote - maybe just clear cookies, restart browser and try again in a new tab?



 
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Bigfoot

Grand Master
It is worth saving a quote that you like, as I believe that is kept at that price for 5 days. I wait to be corrected, if I am mistaken.
 
Stephen M

Stephen M

Author Level
What browser do you use, I used to use firefox and had problems similar to yours, although cleaning cookies should do it.
 
NoddyPirate

NoddyPirate

Grand Master
I have had a few quotes disappear on me but it is because there are a few steps to it. You most likely are missing one of them.

Configure then select ‘Proceed’ then click through whatever recommendations PCS present to you, then you have to select ‘Save Quote’ twice - the second and final time is the one that has your email address included.

I missed this last step a few times in the past thinking I had saved it. This last step emails you the quote also. If you don’t get the email, it isn’t saved....

Prices have been going up for quite a while now. I changed my order to a 5600X a week ago or so and that processor is already up 30 euro or so since then..... 😢
 
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danbetts

New member
Thank you for all of your responses. not sure on the save a quote but will clear the cookies and try again.

Think part of the issue with prices I saw on YouTube is that in America the market demand due to in part tesla and bitcoin surge which in turn caused Etherium to surge to 1.8K and GPU mining to become even more popular. meaning over there second hand RTX 3080s are up to $2,000 and stock will likely not meet the demand until Etherium crashes.
So I assume the same is happening here in the uk.
 
Resistance100

Resistance100

Expert
danbetts said:
Thank you for all of your responses. not sure on the save a quote but will clear the cookies and try again.

Think part of the issue with prices I saw on YouTube is that in America the market demand due to in part tesla and bitcoin surge which in turn caused Etherium to surge to 1.8K and GPU mining to become even more popular. meaning over there second hand RTX 3080s are up to $2,000 and stock will likely not meet the demand until Etherium crashes.
So I assume the same is happening here in the uk.
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It's a perfect storm of several factors atm. Been the same for serval months now. The recent Crypto spikes have just made the situation worse.
 
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dr_wanqenstein

Silver Level Poster
Put it this way mate I ordered my PC on 2nd of Feb, if I ordered it again today it would cost me £150 more. Crazy cost fluctuations at the minute it seems.
 
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