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Did you guys see the "up to 50% off sale" they are doing today? Well they just lost me as a customer for life today!

2080 Super - normal price R16500, now only R11,000, save 50% ! Really? Did they learn that new math they teach in South Africa nowadays for people who just can't do math?

I wanted to buy a Ryzen upgrade kit but yesterday it was R7873... today it is R7500, a saving of nearly 16%! Save R1400! You see, OTHER places sell it for R8900 but here at EveTech we normally sell it for only R7870 so now that we give you R380 discount on our NORMAl price you are saving a whole R1400 duringthis sale!!! 1 per customer only!

Normal price R734, now only R699... save 22% during the sale!

Normal price R7350. Now only R7000. Save 30% during the sale!

Really? With false advertising like this I do not plan on ever spending another cent with them!
"Takelot gets away with it so why not try our luck?"

... well I say we should all give our money to WootWare and stick it to these people who try to f*** us just because they want to see how many of us are stupid enough to fall for their false advertising
 
New to evetech specials ? haha

Its a running joke that their web devs are math geniuses. Their best was a mouse pad that normally costs 400 and was on special for 100 and they said 400% off ....
Jeez, I've been off grid and lying low for quite while - so I've obviously been out of touch. Surprising how that sort of math hasn't landed them in some trouble...
 
Yeah, I actually referred to your post (just didn't have the link :p)
"Other places are more expensive than us so if we give you R1 discount on a R5000 normal purchase price you are saving 900% !!! Buy now!"

What utter nonsense!
I actually stopped buying from Takalot after reading your post, by the way
 
New to evetech specials ? haha

Its a running joke that their web devs are math geniuses. Their best was a mouse pad that normally costs 400 and was on special for 100 and they said 400% off ....
OMG.... 🤦‍♂️🤣
 
Did you guys see the "up to 50% off sale" they are doing today? Well they just lost me as a customer for life today!

2080 Super - normal price R16500, now only R11,000, save 50% ! Really? Did they learn that new math they teach in South Africa nowadays for people who just can't do math?

I wanted to buy a Ryzen upgrade kit but yesterday it was R7873... today it is R7500, a saving of nearly 16%! Save R1400! You see, OTHER places sell it for R8900 but here at EveTech we normally sell it for only R7870 so now that we give you R380 discount on our NORMAl price you are saving a whole R1400 duringthis sale!!! 1 per customer only!

Normal price R734, now only R699... save 22% during the sale!

Normal price R7350. Now only R7000. Save 30% during the sale!

Really? With false advertising like this I do not plan on ever spending another cent with them!
"Takelot gets away with it so why not try our luck?"

... well I say we should all give our money to WootWare and stick it to these people who try to f*** us just because they want to see how many of us are stupid enough to fall for their false advertising
How is it false advertising.

Up to 50% doesn't mean it's a full 50% . If that was the case the company would not make money and they would probably go bankrupt.

If you not happy with their offers move along to somewhere else, instead of going on a rant about "false advertising" and pitchforking and spreading hate just because you dont think the pricing is correct.

Companies will fluctuate or reduce their prices depending on the Rand and other factors like suppliers clearing stock etc etc.

So yes a special today might be more expensive tomorrow, it's volatile.

Just my 2 cents



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Report them to the ASA people... :)

The same thing that people like to do to Takealot, do to Evetech.

They will investigate and post findings. :)
 
To be fair to them, It looks like they are calculating the percentages based on their list price which is substantially more than their "our price"

Possibly not the best way for them to do it but it does sound better with bigger percentages without being "wrong".
 
Just gonna say this.

1. I'm not defending them at all. What they're doing is scummy.

2. That being said, it's not technically wrong either. You're saving x% from the RRP. So it RRP is R10000 and you buy it for R8000, you saved 20%. If they sell item at R9000 normally, you're already saving 10%. So if they mark own down from R9000 to R8000, you're saving R1000, or, 11.11%, but, they're advertising it as saving 20% still because you are, compared to the RRP, not their below RRP of R9000. Make sense?

It's still scummy as fuck and shouldn't be allowed as it gives you a false sense of how much you're actually saving, but, it's not against the law.

Stop bitching and either buy it on special (even though the percentage saved isn't quite as advertised you are still saving cold hard cash as the prices are lower) or, go pay more elsewhere for the same thing. Really don't understand the whole I'm furious blah blah you've lost a customer for life blah blah. Stop being such a millennial.
 
TakeALot does the same thing. Some of the Carbonite worshiped retailers as well. They use recommended retail price as the starting point even though the normal market price is much lower, and then advertise market price as a special.

People can hate on Evetech all they wan't, it's an additional player in what is a very monopolized market. From a pricing standpoint, that's a benefit to everyone, whether you buy from them or not.
 
evetech false advertising like wish:
normal price $100
price for next 5 min $3
 
I don't agree with their marketing and "specials" They feast on noobs who want to buy gear.
BUT if you know your tech and the actual value of an item they can be an excellent place to source parts.

I have been in many situations where even the distributors did not have stock OR they actually offered it at a higher price so I just bought it off evetech and let The Courier Guy collect if they don't have the FREE DELIVERY option.

I just LOL on the inside when I see their super duper specials. Do your research and stay frosty.

They not all good, but not all bad either.
 
Also before you give your money to WW, consider that they also do the same essentially
Except WW does not say you save x percentage.

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That CPU is supposedly on "sale" but I've checked on RT and Raru and they are all listed as +-R6k as a normal non-sale price so.......... who you gonna give your money to now?
 
Just gonna say this.


2. That being said, it's not technically wrong either. You're saving x% from the RRP. So it RRP is R10000 and you buy it for R8000, you saved 20%. If they sell item at R9000 normally, you're already saving 10%. So if they mark own down from R9000 to R8000, you're saving R1000, or, 11.11%, but, they're advertising it as saving 20% still because you are, compared to the RRP, not their below RRP of R9000. Make sense?
They don't calculate percentage savings in the normal way. The take (amount saved) / (new amount), instead of (amount saved) / (original amount). Which is how they get 100% savings on some stuff.
 
@ViVceptioN Is that on sale? From what I see they give yo a discount for EFT payments. 3% saving if paying by EFT.

When someone is saying R730 discounted to R700, save 22%, that is false advertisement and I don't get how anyone can say "No it's not".

"Buy this at 30% less than some other place is selling it for" and "Get a 30% discount" is as far removed fromeach other as putting sugar or salt into coffee. Saying "One doesn't taste bad because they are both white" is about as sensible say saying "We are cheaper than more expensive places" is the same thing as "We are giving you a discount"
 
"Buy this at 30% less than some other place is selling it for" and "Get a 30% discount"
This right here is your problem.

They're not saying "Buy this at 30% less than some other place is selling it for" and "Get a 30% discount"

They're saying "buy this at 30% less than RRP"
 
How is this type of marketing a new concept? Have you never been to a mall and seen all those shops with the "special sign" in their windows: up to 50% off sale. No one cares about the sale sign and the up to blah blah % off, it has been shoved in our faces for so long, that people don't really notice it anymore. If you are looking at the amount/percentage saved when doing your shopping, you are doing it wrong. Compare the item you want with prices from other websites, because of price fluctuations (exchange rates, supply/demand etc.).
 
This OP doesn't seem to read through the responses to his own thread xD lol.

Quite a few people have explained how Evetech is calculating their special discounts. Most of them agreeing that the way it is being done isn't right... but okay. lets see how he continues to say their maths is incorrect.
 
Who cares about the misrepresented discounts - the prices are decent if you just look at the prices in isolation. What you pay is more important than what you seemingly save. If the prices are comparatively good, which they mostly are, want it....buy it. Simple as that.

yeah, it's Evetech, and there's a whole lot of hate for 'em - but, I for one haven't experienced any issues with 'em.

Luck of the draw I guess
 
Who cares about the misrepresented discounts - the prices are decent if you just look at the prices in isolation. What you pay is more important than what you seemingly save. If the prices are comparatively good, which they mostly are, want it....buy it. Simple as that.

yeah, it's Evetech, and there's a whole lot of hate for 'em - but, I for one haven't experienced any issues with 'em.

Luck of the draw I guess

I've never had problems with them either and they've served me well over the last few years. BUT (and a big hairy one): as pointed out several times, they are potentially misleading the public by stating false percentage saves. One can't say it's intentional, but considering it's happened before, and it's now 12:45, they've had enough time to spot the error and either omit it or fix it. Let's also not forget that they have claimed on the product image for several CPU's that the total thread count as being the core count. They've finally fixed it, but still.

One should care as otherwise companies have essentially free rein.
 
I've never had problems with them either and they've served me well over the last few years. BUT (and a big hairy one): as pointed out several times, they are potentially misleading the public by stating false percentage saves. One can't say it's intentional, but considering it's happened before, and it's now 12:45, they've had enough time to spot the error and either omit it or fix it. Let's also not forget that they have claimed on the product image for several CPU's that the total thread count as being the core count. They've finally fixed it, but still.

One should care as otherwise companies have essentially free rein.
The way they calculate percentages has been the same for all "events" such as black friday and the rage specials since at least 2017. As mentioned though, it is only on the page with all the specials. When you go to the individual products the percentages are calculated correctly on the RRP or MSRP.
As I see it, they have no intention of fixing it on the main specials page as it has been like that for a couple of years.
 
I still don't get the point of people who don't agree with me :p

It's simple: X is Cloud9 price, Y = OUR price, Z = Sale price!
if they say you save 33% between X and Z then that is not a "special", that is a "price difference".

@PaladinLaw is contradicting himself in the very same defense he is trying to make.
They're not saying "Buy this at 30% less than some other place is selling it for"
they are just saying "Buy this at 30% less than the price that is not our price". If they are selling items at "list price" then they can claim that their sale price is "x% savings" but since their have "List price.... which some other places sell it for" and "our price that we sell it for" and "sale price"... you can't use a price that is not YOURS to calculate how much of a DISCOUNT you are giving people!

For them to be honest about their sale they need to advertise it as:
"Up to 50% cheaper than the recommended price that other places may or may not be charging"
Not:
"Up to 50% discount"

What you pay is more important than what you seemingly save. If the prices are comparatively good, which they mostly are, want it....buy it. Simple as that
I can back this philosophy and, to be honest, I bought my entire PC from them (minus the GPU) and the support I got from them was incredible back when I did... so I don't have a problem with their support (for one thing) and even though WootGave me such great service recently what I would gladly buy from them even if other places were a little bit cheaper, the problem here is that Eve is trying to treat us like idiots and THAT I take offense to!

I discovered a loooooong tie ago that places release promotional leaflets (like Game etc) but nowhere do they say it's a "sales" leaflet, just promotions... so lots of the stuff in there has big highlights and eye catching signs to show you the normal, everyday price. Fine, I look at it and check the prices and decide I want it or not. Their promotion of specific items worked or it didn't.... but at least they don't bulls**t me!

I just came from CubeBrush.com where a publisher I am following is having a 50% discount on all his models! Well, since I follow him I know that all his models cost $35 each but now, for the 50% sale they are marked up to $45 and THEN given a 50% discount. I just came from CubeBrush where I stopped following a publisher. I will never again spend a cent on that guy because he like to bull***t me.

I was comparing GPU prices last week and I saw Eve has a few GPUs that Woot can't compete with so I was considering breaking my "Woot, FTW" rule and buying the gpu from Eve... well to hell with that. Won't buy anything from Eve any more even if they were 90% cheaper than Woot... I would rather buy it from some place that imports it directly and then takes a 90% markup giving me a total of 50% over Eve's price rather than buying from them again... just because they treat me like an idiot.

If you want something and you go into a store that has a higher price and great service... or you go to a cheaper store and the sales staff says to you: Hallo, vetgat. Waarmee kan ek jou vet gat help vandag? or "Hey, ka***er, wat soek jy?" or "Hi there towel head, want a good deal?"... which one would you give your money to? The oen that takes more of your cash or the one that makes up for the cash difference by taking it out of your dignity?

It's business, people... It's my money and I can give it to anyone I want so if you want my money then make me want to give it to you.... treat me like an idiot and watch me look you in the eye with a smile on my face while I take out more and hand it all to the guy next to you

@chriswp Your point about the saving on the product page, that is a valid one. If they are saying their price is x% cheaper than the list price and you are thus saving x% over the list price, that is a fair point to make and something worth knowing (as long as the list price can be proven)... The problem comes in when they say they are having a SALE (!) and then they give you R30 off on the PC case's normal price and still say it's a 22% saving". Don't make that claim on your SALES page! Do that on a promotion page like on the product's page... If you are going to have a sale and advertise how much you are saving, say how much you are paying LESS than what you normally would.... in this case, you are saving R30, not R200. Yesterday and tomorrow it will be at 22% discount like the rest of the year that it is on sale for (every single day of the year) as opposed to the 22.2% that it is today... If you are saving 0.02% then say "During this UP TO 50% discount we are giving you 0.02% discount on our price that is 22% cheaper than the recommended price all year round... For today only it is 0.02% cheaper than the price that absolutely nobody in this entire country is charging!"
 
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I still don't get the point of people who don't agree with me :p

It's simple: X is Cloud9 price, Y = OUR price, Z = Sale price!
if they say you save 33% between X and Z then that is not a "special", that is a "price difference".

Yea, we know. We are not arguing that what they are doing is wrong.
BUT almost every other store does the exact same thing.
What makes Evetech soo special to get your special hate?

At the end of the day, If I buy something off evetech for less than any where else out there... I'm going to buy it regardless of any so called "Specials".

I'm starting to question your sanity.
 

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