Razer Scammed with Thousands of 90% Off Coupons

#4581559

3dPlayer

2013-04-22 10:37

wow :3eyes:

#4581563

RavenMaster

2013-04-22 10:51

Just shows how much razer products actually cost to make. If the company can quite happily sell their products 90% cheaper than what they usually cost then make these products probably costs 1% of the original prices.

#4581602

FULMTL

2013-04-22 11:54

They are really trying to respect the customer, but the customer does not respect them. They could say that they are sold out and will be refunded?

#4581651

eclap

2013-04-22 13:36

oh man, I could've used that discount.

#4581754

WindtalkerCS

2013-04-22 16:43

I don't understand why this is a "scam". Everybody knows that excluding the cost of R&D margins are sky high for products like this, so it seems reasonable enough to me to believe that Razer would give out a 90% off coupon to drum up media attention or something. Just because you use a coupon doesn't make you a scammer.

#4581770

chaotic1

2013-04-22 17:37

Just shows how much razer products actually cost to make. If the company can quite happily sell their products 90% cheaper than what they usually cost then make these products probably costs 1% of the original prices.

that's like most things with computer hardware ^ , but most would have cancelled the orders tbh

#4581796

dcx_badass

2013-04-22 18:15

It's not a scam at all, a voucher code was used offering a discount, the site applied the discount, a scam implies that it was fraud or they were tricked, that was not the case at all. And for the record I didn't order anything from this, but would have if I'd seen it.

#4581798

eat@joes

2013-04-22 18:20

It's not a scam at all, a voucher code was used offering a discount, the site applied the discount, a scam implies that it was fraud or they were tricked, that was not the case at all. And for the record I didn't order anything from this, but would have if I'd seen it.

Agreed. Something being generated by "third party" to test? You test on a dev system, not production. Seems like their provider / devs screwed them, or it's a PR stunt.

#4581799

eclap

2013-04-22 18:20

I don't understand why this is a "scam". Everybody knows that excluding the cost of R&D margins are sky high for products like this, so it seems reasonable enough to me to believe that Razer would give out a 90% off coupon to drum up media attention or something. Just because you use a coupon doesn't make you a scammer.

nobody said Razer got scammed by their customers.

#4581805

sykozis

2013-04-22 18:26

Just shows how much razer products actually cost to make. If the company can quite happily sell their products 90% cheaper than what they usually cost then make these products probably costs 1% of the original prices.

Razer claims to be taking a big loss due to the 90% coupon codes. If they were selling products with that large a profit margin, which is extremely unlikely, then people would have just cause to bitch and whine....and possibly lodge complaints against Razer....

nobody said Razer got scammed by their customers.

Even Razer is calling it a mistake (not a scam)....and honoring the discounts for those who were sensible in their orders.

#4581979

IPlayNaked

2013-04-22 22:13

Razer claims to be taking a big loss due to the 90% coupon codes. If they were selling products with that large a profit margin, which is extremely unlikely, then people would have just cause to bitch and whine....and possibly lodge complaints against Razer.... Even Razer is calling it a mistake (not a scam)....and honoring the discounts for those who were sensible in their orders.

Lodge a complaint with who, Razer? Even if they had those margins, they don't, there's no one to complain to. Poor Razer. Screws up, makes it right by taking a huge loss on a lot of product, still gets **** (not from the quoted post, but this thread and the internet in general).

#4582020

Li4m79

2013-04-22 23:07

Agreed. Something being generated by "third party" to test? You test on a dev system, not production. Seems like their provider / devs screwed them, or it's a PR stunt.

or you test a 1% discount..... sounds to me like there is something quite purposeful about all this

#4582088

deltatux

2013-04-23 00:23

... and this is why you don't leave debug code on production systems. Hell, they should have tested this on a test system unless the developer "accidentally" left the code after just copying it over to production without double checking their work. There goes that person's job. deltatux

#4582840

tsunami231

2013-04-24 00:15

An interesting story, the internet is often renowned for its amazing bargains, but in the uncharted waters of cyberspace the best deals are usually too good to be true. A few days ago, a rogue coupon ... Razer Scammed with Thousands of 90% Off Coupons

say what now? that is some dumb management going on there to even all the orders to go threw and not cancel them all

#4583443

CronoGraal

2013-04-24 19:53

. . . razor is still trying to ship the products at a complete loss and people are complaining? really?

#4583515

nhlkoho

2013-04-24 20:57

say what now? that is some dumb management going on there to even all the orders to go threw and not cancel them all

How is this dumb management? Instead of upsetting the customer (which I'm sure a vast majority of them knew that this code was a mistake) they are honoring the coupons even though it's probably costing them a ton of money.

#4583518

tsunami231

2013-04-24 21:00

How is this dumb management? Instead of upsetting the customer (which I'm sure a vast majority of them knew that this code was a mistake) they are honoring the coupons even though it's probably costing them a ton of money.

cause the lose of money no sane company would do that when they know its was never supposed to happen, sure it can be argued that it was there mistake. but name one one company that was dumb enough to sell the stuff at 90% off weather it was mistake or not.