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Zavvi/Sendit/The Hut currency conversion messed up.

Soarer · 2011-01-25 12:28:58

After muppetkiller posted about the LOTR trilogy, I decided to check a few things. Turns out the above websites' currency conversion is severely swayed in our favour at the minute. Take Microsoft Live 2100 Points on Sendit, as an example. It's £15.93, but when you change to Euro, it comes in at €13.43!:D Same story with…

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After muppetkiller posted about the LOTR trilogy, I decided to check a few things. Turns out the above websites' currency conversion is severely swayed in our favour at the minute.

Take Microsoft Live 2100 Points on Sendit, as an example. It's £15.93, but when you change to Euro, it comes in at €13.43!:D Same story with the others.

I only checked games & blurays, so don't know about anything else.

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#2 25-01-2011 12:30pm

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Shut up!

I just ordered the LOTR - I don't want them noticing before they send it!

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#3 25-01-2011 12:54pm

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ye noticed this aswell and was going to post after the lord of the rings and huddies misprices

A 3DS for €183.50 anyone?

http://www.sendit.com/10300670.html

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#4 25-01-2011 1:11pm

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They've fixed it now, I got in just in time and nabbed the Batllestar Galactica Blu Ray Box Set for €80, it's back up to €113 now.

Hopefully they don't cancel the order !

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#5 25-01-2011 1:23pm

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I posted the xbox points and subscriptions into the xbox forum so others can see it.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055846688&page=11
Eyes of the hawk OP.

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#6 25-01-2011 1:24pm

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Its still the same for some items.
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/xbox-360/prince-of-persia-the-forgotten-sands-collectors-edition/10306045.html?switchcurrency=EUR

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#7 25-01-2011 1:33pm

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Dead space 2 limited edition PS3 £37.93 = €31.93 **EXPIRED**
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/dead-space-2-limited-edition/10292617.html

Crysis 2 limited edition PS3 €31.93
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/crysis-2-limited-edition/10288470.html

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#8 25-01-2011 1:33pm

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I got a 250gb Xbox with kinect for 250 Eur :eek:

Paid via paypal, the money has been taken from my account. Bought with Zavvi

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#9 25-01-2011 1:42pm

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CombatCow wrote: »

Crysis 2 limited edition PS3 €31.93
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/crysis-2-limited-edition/10288470.html

Thanks what a bargain was €47 last week

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#10 25-01-2011 1:42pm

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Your Shape Fitness Evolved for Kinect, €28
Most of the other kinect games are around that price too.

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#11 25-01-2011 2:22pm

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Hogzy wrote: »

I got a 250gb Xbox with kinect for 250 Eur :eek:

Paid via paypal, the money has been taken from my account. Bought with Zavvi

Utter bull!
It was €251.45 + €1.15 for shipping. Grand total of €252.60. Come off the stage with your €250!

BTW, after seeing your post, I ordered the same!:D

As an aside, and hopefully not to dderail the thread, but what are the best Kinect games? All gaming sites are blocked here in work, so I can't check reviews!

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#12 25-01-2011 2:23pm

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Soarer wrote: »

Utter bull!
It was €251.45 + €1.15 for shipping. Grand total of €252.60. Come off the stage with your €250!

BTW, after seeing your post, I ordered the same!:D

As an aside, and hopefully not to dderail the thread, but what are the best Kinect games? All gaming sites are blocked here in work, so I can't check reviews!

Dance Central is the big one.

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#13 25-01-2011 2:25pm

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Got a Kinect & a game for about €128 - prices seem to have jumped back to normal levels now..

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#14 25-01-2011 2:37pm

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Sweet, got 2100 XBL points and Assasain's Creed 2 for less tha €25 all in (postage etc) from Zavvi.

Nice one OP.

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#15 25-01-2011 2:37pm

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Looks like someone mixed up the divisor/multiplier rate. Seems to be around the 1.18/19 mark. (GBP to EUR)

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#16 25-01-2011 2:42pm

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Picked up Rayman 3D for the 3DS and Prince Of Persia HD Collection for 40 euros
Rayman was 25 and PoP was 15

Also they have now fixed it

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#17 25-01-2011 2:47pm

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Any chance these orders will be processed?

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#18 25-01-2011 2:52pm

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HHH wrote: »

Any chance these orders will be processed?

Well the money has been taken out of my Paypal account.

In the before the debate on Contract law.

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#19 25-01-2011 2:59pm

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Paid with my CC. Item status: Awaiting Stock Pick

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#20 25-01-2011 3:00pm

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HHH wrote: »

Paid with my CC. Item status: Awaiting Stock Pick

tbh even when ordering things normally this status usually doesnt change for a few days so it could be a while before we find out if orders will be processed

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#21 25-01-2011 3:03pm

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There'll be a fairly good chance I'd say.
It's not like the usual HDUK misprice that thousands pick up on. There was probably a few dozen orders from boardies, and that's it.

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#22 25-01-2011 3:05pm

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Fingers crossed anyways:)

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#23 25-01-2011 3:05pm

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I managed to get Dead Space 2 ltd edition for €31 and 2100 xbox live points and 12 month gold membership for €43 so fingers crossed.

Was tempted to order hardware but iirc The Hut and Zavvi take orders for hardware but then don't ship... the bastids...

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#24 25-01-2011 3:17pm

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Damn they noticed before I got a 3ds.

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#25 25-01-2011 3:36pm

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savemejebus wrote: »

I managed to get Dead Space 2 ltd edition for €31 and 2100 xbox live points and 12 month gold membership for €43 so fingers crossed.

Was tempted to order hardware but iirc The Hut and Zavvi take orders for hardware but then don't ship... the bastids...

Yea I managed to get Dead Space 2 for 31e too. Fingers crossed!

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#26 25-01-2011 4:03pm

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This reminds me of the time The Hut fecked up the Euro price for the NC10. Ah they were happy days waiting for it to ship.

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#27 25-01-2011 4:26pm

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parsi wrote: »

This reminds me of the time The Hut fecked up the Euro price for the NC10. Ah they were happy days waiting for it to ship.

Ahh.. good times!

That was a fecking nightmare, for me mainly!

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#28 25-01-2011 5:04pm

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basquille wrote: »

Ahh.. good times!

That was a fecking nightmare, for me mainly!

Care to elaborate. that thread has 500 posts of which i dont want to read :P

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#29 25-01-2011 5:05pm

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Hogzy wrote: »

Care to elaborate. that thread has 500 posts of which i dont want to read :P

You'll fecking read it.. and you'll fecking like it.. :mad:

:pac:

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#30 25-01-2011 5:28pm

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basquille wrote: »

You'll fecking read it.. and you'll fecking like it.. :mad:

:pac:

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#31 25-01-2011 6:50pm

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The Rotters!

Hello yimrsg
Thank you for ordering with us at TheHut.com, order no ******* .
I am sorry to advise that, due to a technical error, some products were shown on our site with the incorrect price.
No payment has been taken from your account and we've had to take the decision to cancel your order, however please feel free to re-order this item at the price now displayed.

As a gesture and to apologise for any inconvenience or confusion that this may have caused, we would like to offer you £5.00 off your next order with TheHut.com. This code can be used against our entire range for orders over £30.00. Simply enter the unique code: ******* in your basket and proceed to checkout. We are really sorry for any inconvenience and upset that this may have caused.

Thanks for your understanding, should you have any further questions please contact us through your online account message centre or on 0844 243 9090 and we will be happy to help you. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused.

They've not done themselves any favours in my book. Most of the time the impulse bargains I'd go for are well below £30 or a few pennies cheaper elsewhere.

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#32 25-01-2011 6:57pm

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hmmm i note in the above they say they have not taken payment. However for me they have through paypal.
God i hope i get this 360

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#33 25-01-2011 6:58pm

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argh i got the same, at least i got a fiver off next order.

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#34 25-01-2011 7:00pm

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tonydude wrote: »

argh i got the same, at least i got a fiver off next order.

IF you spend over £30. These sort of codes are always emailed to me

EDIT: Just got the email too, however i have not received any refund to my paypal account. Fairly pissed off at that

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#35 25-01-2011 7:13pm

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Ya I got the e-mail too. PS3 320gb for €223 was a bit too good to be true:)

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#36 25-01-2011 7:40pm

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Yea I got the email too

I paid with paypal and it's still pending, so I'll wait and see if it gets cancelled

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#37 25-01-2011 7:51pm

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Got an email back from them. Stopped my order, yet charged me. Was going to go into the whole "contract of sale" thing with them, but it does state in the terms and conditions they can withdraw from sale if the price is incorrect :mad:

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#38 25-01-2011 8:43pm

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these things are always too good to be true.

I missed out on the battlestar blu ray box set but I got battlestar galactica blu ray series 1 and 2 + a cheap cd for €30 (incl the £5 discount) €14.50 a season is still pretty decent.

Be Interesting to see how the paypal stuff works out.

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