pcknight said:
I don't believe that OcUK are ripping us off at all. Why should i? They have always been reasonable with thier pricing with some good deals to be had. As OzyOly pointed out, it is MS and the High tax that makes the UK Vista very expensive.
You need to grow up a bit mate. We are all having a serious discussion on here. Nobody is slagging OcUK off because we have no reason to!
Sorry "mate" but you really don't get it do you.
I was pointing out that the cost of Vista is not just down to MS and despite what you'd like to think it's not just MS making the money on it or setting the price.
I pointed out that although OCUK, the distributors and everyone else in the supply chain make a slice of the cost in Vista you single out MS for criticism because you think MS are somehow ripping us off.
You seem unable to grasp the basic fact that lots of people contribute to the cost of Vista and OCUK don't make a very different amount of money on the sale of a copy of Vista than MS.
I also pointed out that you are prepared to **** off MS because you are unlikely to be asked to justify your claims, however even though OCUK make a similar amount on an OEM copy of Vista (give or take) you are not prepared to criticise them because you would be called to account.
I'm highlighting that you make completely unproveable claims (like 99% of people are dishonest and rip off OEM copies of an OS), and can't understand that on a £80 copy of Vista it's not a case of MS getting 90% of the cost.
If you believe Vista is too expensive you should take into account all the people making a mark up on it along the supply chain. If you believe OCUK make a fair profit on Vista why not MS.
OCUK make a fair mark up on the products it sells, as do the distributors, packaging plants, printing companies, MS, transport companies etc involved in it's supply. It's wrong to single out one entity in the chain as it's not the full story.