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    Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Mid-tower with tempered glass side panel and RGB frills priced at £57.99 in the UK.
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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Corsair really are the worst for ripping off UK customers with their $-£ exchange rate prices.

    The UK consumer isn't there to keep you in free pizza's, big George.

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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Quote Originally Posted by Bagpuss View Post
    Corsair really are the worst for ripping off UK customers with their $-£ exchange rate prices.

    The UK consumer isn't there to keep you in free pizza's, big George.
    I hate the 'uk tax' as much as the next person but I wouldn't exactly say that's the case here.

    At current exchange rate $60 is around £46.1371, then you need to add in vat at 20% so that makes it £55.36452, remember US prices don't include their tax due to differences between states.

    I wouldn't say a £2 markup to cover exchange rate fluctuation, transportation and any other 'UK fees' they may incur as being an excessive markup.

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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Quote Originally Posted by Bagpuss View Post
    Corsair really are the worst for ripping off UK customers with their $-£ exchange rate prices.

    The UK consumer isn't there to keep you in free pizza's, big George.
    US price doesn't include our 20% VAT (Americans pay sales tax at the checkout as it varies from state to state.

    With UK VAT, $60 becomes $72, which then converts to £55.38, so that makes an actual markup of £2.61 to cover shipping etc.

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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    still no 3.5 drive bay

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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Quote Originally Posted by Rubarb View Post
    still no 3.5 drive bay
    There's two under the PSU shroud, accessed from the back...

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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Quote Originally Posted by LSG501 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bagpuss View Post
    Corsair really are the worst for ripping off UK customers with their $-£ exchange rate prices.

    The UK consumer isn't there to keep you in free pizza's, big George.
    I hate the 'uk tax' as much as the next person but I wouldn't exactly say that's the case here.

    At current exchange rate $60 is around £46.1371, then you need to add in vat at 20% so that makes it £55.36452, remember US prices don't include their tax due to differences between states.

    I wouldn't say a £2 markup to cover exchange rate fluctuation, transportation and any other 'UK fees' they may incur as being an excessive markup.
    utterly perfectly worded.

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Quote Originally Posted by iworrall View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bagpuss View Post
    Corsair really are the worst for ripping off UK customers with their $-£ exchange rate prices.

    The UK consumer isn't there to keep you in free pizza's, big George.
    US price doesn't include our 20% VAT (Americans pay sales tax at the checkout as it varies from state to state.

    With UK VAT, $60 becomes $72, which then converts to £55.38, so that makes an actual markup of £2.61 to cover shipping etc.
    spot on again.

    I fail to see how this priced chassis is a rip off.. cos it's just not. It's spot on value and the exchange rate makes total sense when VAT is sorted.

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Re: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB quietly added to chassis lineup

    Not bad, but not good enough for me

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