Order code 019 gave me 10% off & free delivery.Total cost £116.99 delivered.
Got the code from here... http://www.voucherhub.com/view/24studio.co.uk

Megalols at everyone who has reached panic stations, but seriously calm down.

I place an order, got the 1st email, then the 2nd email and I've received an invoice in the post.

Am I running around like a mad man?! Am I f**k! I'm just going to wait until they deliver or cancel.

I won't incur any charges as they can't charge the account until they have dispatched the goods.

The people who paid up front, Im sorry but you lot are mugs but I do hope you get your monies back.

or more likely play station x3...

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So... we all know mail order companies often say "Allow 28 days for delivery". I ordered less than 28 days ago and my goods have arrived. I used a mail order company, I got the item I wanted in the time I expected. I didn't get worked up, I let mail order companies do what they do. Be slow and inefficient, but I got my goods.

I think the problem with this thread is that people seem to forget this is a mail order company, whether they have a website or not. Tens of pages of people whining because all they do everyday is sit on the internet wishing things were instant and things didn't take time like the good ol' days. Receiving invoices in the post?? What is this madness.

Yes their computer system isn't great, and their customer service aren't able to do much more than read off their screens, this all can be improved, but welcome to the real world, this is how a lot of companies operate. They don't have the money to spend on complete system overhauls, and yes, it does cost a lot of money despite those of you who are sure they could write a better system. You live at your computers thinking they are the real world ignoring what is actually out there and how things actually work.

Anyways rant over. Mail order company gave me goods I ordered, I am happy :smiley: Well done all who stuck with it.

Mines still going strong

Still remember this deal :man:

Deal of the year,this should have been much more hotter :sunglasses:

Look back through, someone did post it

Does anyone know what firmware these ps3's were??

Yeah, got the feelers out to Sony too. They used to do a really good service in the YLOD days where they would courier a replacement to you and take the broken one, suspect that might not be in effect any more.

sony direct??? try them

A sad epilogue for me - I got the PS3 but it has the dreaded dual-layer Blu-Ray read problem so I can't play games like LA Noire or God of War III. Off to brave the wilds of 24Studio's return dept. Pray for me!

After the ps3 not arriving I've been told they are out of stock and I can't have any other ps3 unless I pay catalogue price! Soooo unimpressed!

Nothing here in the way of that im afraid smeghead (sorry only thing that comes to mind with that avatar and name) will keep an eye but I believe its unrelated, hope you get it sorted soon.

I have just logged into my STUDIO account and seen that to make a payment you go through NETBANX which i guess would mean it can't have been through Studio but i just can't remember if that was in place when i made my payment.

Once i know for sure the source i will delete these posts.

I don't suppose anyone else who ordered and paid from this site has been a victim of banking/identity fraud recently?

I very much doubt it but just throwing this out there in case.

I myself have been raped blind last week and the only reason i suspect STUDIO is they are the only people who i have made a payment with my bank card rather than my credit card recently apart from legitimate direct debits etc.

Reason i suspect them is:

A. Had to make account so maybe they got details through this process.
B. As above - used bank card to make payment.

As no one else has mentioned this by it now would seem it has nothing to do with them.
Thought i'd try anyway.

Well that sucks, unlucky :/ d'ya think I could claim my money back from them as they say they didn't send me a ps3?

Well its all ended in tears for me unfortunately

After ordering about 5-6 weeks ago, they are saying tough titties - its permanently out of stock - they don't care if I placed my order when it was fully in stock - they deny that anyone has been sent the PS3 for that price

What a terrible, terrible company

Thanks OP, this was a great deal. Ours arrived safely and account paid off no prob (had an account already anyway).
Top spot

Account paid off fine! Took a few days ALL GOOD!!

Well I bought my ps3 to play games on...not really bothered what it looks like. Matt black is the new shiny black IMO

Been playing f1 which I bought from a deal spotted on here, ordered dirt3...from a deal on here and gt5 from a deal on here...

Waiting a little for the fifa12 deals to start

Same here, but even compared to the original Slim these look cheap! How is that even possible!?!?

mine finally arrived today. the courier was told to redeliver it on friday when i would be in but of course the delivered it today. absolute clowns

Mines still not arrived! :disappointed:

Id rather have one less prone to YLOD than some lights on it but yes they should have kept some of the metal trim on it :smiley:

I meant the actual power and eject buttons light up on the old slim in addition to the little LED above them, and the old ones had a HDD and WiFi light next to the USB ports.

I quite like the design, much smaller than my old Xbox, mines does have a eject button and a hdd light underneath the top panel?

So it seems these are the very latest/cheaply made PS3's, no eject button/power lights, no wifi light no fancy gun-metal trim...

Gosh they look so cheap compared to the 60gb phat. Even to the first slims that came out!

just paid off my account £116.99, are people cancelling their account after payment or just leaving it as is?

Aye opened mine to update have a tiny bash on it but then packed it away for xmas

Not opend mine you but keeping it winning a few games on flebay

got mine a few days ago and sold it for £160 on gumtree :smiley: £43.01 profit. thanking you

Thanks for the reply Adam :-)

Rich,

Whilst I don't have my slim yet!!, that was the first thing my brother noticed/complained about with the slim ps3s... Their build is shoddy compared to the fats, features are less and they are actually noisier (or seem to be) when reading data from the disc!

I have just started I using mine and have found that when the disc drive is accessing the disc, either on starting a game or during gameplay (mw3) the drive seems quite loud.

Does anyone else have this? I had an original 60gb phat and although the fans on it were louder than the new slim, the slim is louder when accessing the disc. Similar sound to an old inkjet printer??

Thanks

Rich

I've checked mine and they are 100% genuine UK models. You can tell this because it has "CEK" on the bottom Sony barcode label.

DPD also delivered mine to the wrong address on the first attempt. A different driver did the second delivery.

Well, I finally got my PS3 today, although I very nearly didn't get it at all. The delivery guy told my GF that I should have received it last week, but it was delivered to the wrong address! A bunch of parcels got delivered to a business firm about five or six miles away from me, and my PS3 was included in the parcels left. Luckily someone there notified DPD of the error and they went and picked it up for it to be delivered to me. Amateurs!

Thanks OP.

Received the 2 i ordered thursday excellent deal i nearly missed them as i didnt receive a dispatch notification.

Cant get credit if you have never had credit its a vicious one, my wife was refused credit but in theory her report is better than mine but she only applied incase mine failed didnt expect this way around though.

Mine has been delivered today! nice

Thanks to the OP for this deal, great Household Xmas present!

Thats why.... no loans or credit = zero credit rating... having not had any credit in the past makes you much as a risk as someone who defaulted on payments.... its impossible to assess the risk of someone who's never had credit.

Best option is to get a credit card and use it for purchases and then to pay it off in full as you use it to build a credit report file.

My Son was refused to a bad credit rating. Has no loans etc. He is in employment. So don't know where they got that from.

I had the exact same issue with iplayer. Follow these instructions and it will work:

Go to the Games tab of the XMB, then move up/down to the PSN Store icon. Wait for the 6 adverts to appear to the side. I actually navigated around these too, I don't know if that was necessary. Then move back to to new TV tab of the XMB and voilà,the “my channels” icon is present.

I'll try calling them, thanks.

I got a despatch email on the 9th, but I haven't heard a thing since. They haven't even tried to deliver.

Received mine on Friday :smile:

Gotta be the best bargain Ive had through HotUKDeals. Big Thanks to the OP.

Just be careful though guys, you don't get an invoice through with the PS3 as stated, you need to check all the Christmas stuff they have sent out for your Account number, otherwise after 1/12/11, interest will be charged!

for those waiting for delivery from dpd - have you tried calling them:

abulkasam - Nov 11, 2011 10:48
I'm on the DPD system - ignore the tracking number. Call them on 08445560560 and eventually speak to a person. Using your postcode, the lady was able to track. It's out for delivery with a specific 1 hour time window. You can even leave a message to leave with any particular neighbour if you are going to be out.

DPD just haven't bothered to send mine out again after I missed the first delivery

Has your dispatched notice been changed those who dont have it yet or is it still awaiting stock ?

neither have I, useless **** at DPD

Maybe so... :smile:

Still not got mine :disappointed:

Never know Rick that might be why we got ours :stuck_out_tongue:

Well done to those who got them - well worth the risk for you - glad it paid off...- Like i said before, it was only £116 so not really high risk in terms of value and would of been worth the wait for Dec..

Its kind of funny that some people got worry and jumped ship cancelling their orders....

Now that they trust you'll pay things off they want you to borrow more so they can trick you into paying interest :wink:

Wierd when i first signed up I had a credit limit of £200 now after paying off the PS3 balance ive now got a limit of £434 lol

You sure you haven't got the option of tv/video services between Video and Game? You have made a user account and signed in?

ive got play station home installed as well......still nothing...

please help as this is a xmas oresent that has to go away today:(

Playstation home is under the playstation network section. Home is like virtual reality city social interactive type thing, load of rubbish really but had to install it as I wanted to do what you're trying to achieve :smiley:

mine just did one update and that was it??? whats this bit about installing home?
cheers

Gav - I did all the system updates and installed home. Then a new tv section comes up.

how the hell do i install i player and the tv part on this thing?

been pulling my hair out!

well we all got a bargain those that did play the waiting game, the link works again now but the ps3 is £249.99 well done op on finding this deal and posting it

Got mine and have now paid the account off. Goes to show that a good thing (and an utter bargain) come to those who wait. From a happy bunny. Thanks OP

Typical, the failed payment I tried online when it arrived flagged up my card as possibly compromised so I have to wait for a new one in the mail :smile: yay

Got mine - awesome deal and fair play to this company for honouring it. Thankyou very much OP! :smiley:

Anyone not got theirs yet? I got a despatch email on Thursday morning.

Just checked my account and payment has cleared. Fair play to the company I cant fault them. Semetimes it does help to have a little patience and not go off in a rage at the slightest hint of a delay. Thanks so much to the OP who has been slated beyound belief for posting and not returning. I hope all the doubters are hanging their heads in shame.
Balance
Current Balance
£0.00

Credit Limit
£500.00

Available to Spend
£500.00


Payment
Minimum Payment
£0.00

Minimum Payment Due Date

Last Payment Value
£137.00

Last Payment Date
10-Nov-201

Paid off online now. You get a payment reference in your email sa well. So this deal should be done now. I think I will keep an account with them. Because quite frankly this was a great deal. Here's hoping for some more in the future.
Ps if anyone wants to return please let me know as I'm still on the lookout for a ps3 for my nephew.

Just need to get my data transferred from my Phat 60gb to my new slim now.

Box up the 60gb, print off trade in price from cex's website, which is £127 for a boxed 60gb phat (backwards compatible), then take it to Gamestation and try to get them to beat it by £1.

Balance
Current Balance
£116.99

Credit Limit
£300.00

Available to Spend
£183.01


Payment
Minimum Payment
£10.00

Minimum Payment Due Date
01-Dec-2011

Last Payment Value

Last Payment Date

Statements
Last Statement Date
10-Nov-2011

Next Statement Date
08-Dec-2011

Thats a shame u couldve sold it for more all that wait for £8 profit .... lmao im sure someone on here who cancelled wouldve even bought it of u , all that headache for £8 , cex are jus gona make a proper PROFIT on it now

YEA BABY!

You should have confirmation that you paid today. I received an email confirmation. If it takes longer than 3 days surely that's not your fault.

Mine showed up today. Great result and great price for a PS3
Big thanks to the OP!!!!

Payed for mine just now , just hope the 3 days is right.

Hopefully once my account is showing a balance of £0 I can just get them to close it.

Funnily enough I received my PS3 yesterday and a letter today regarding cancelling my order/closing my account.

It basically said that they have been in touch with the appropriate dept but cannot guarantee it would be cancelled before dispatch. If I receive it in the mean time I can phone up for it to be collected.

After the PS3 was delivered I checked my online account and it showed the balance for the PS3 but said £0 is due until the next statement. I decided as it was showing the cost of the PS3 I would just pay straight away. Payment went through ok and said it would show on my account in 3 days.

Thanks OP. Received console yesterday :smile:

Did you cancel or sit it out? If you cancelled it await till asked if you ordered and waited personally i would ring them.

My ballance shows £0.00
So how do I pay? Do I wait for it to show on my account?

If its arrive in my opinion pay it off online asap.

I've had two delivered just now!

Just sold mine to cex for £124....made £8 profit. Could of made mabey £20 more but I got a PS3 320gb free from Asda so not that bothered. Now to pay for it :smirk:

Mine arrived now. And exactly on time as well.

Has anyone successfully paid up online? Or are you waiting for a statement to come?

Option 1 I think. The one that says track/use a tracking or consignment number. It thinks about it then puts you through to a person. I suspect because tracking number is too long for dpd system.

How did you get through to a human?!

Cheers. Stupid mobile web page keeps double posting my posts!

Still waiting, DPD don't have me on file and they just drove past the house!!

I'm on the DPD system - ignore the tracking number. Call them on 08445560560 and eventually speak to a person. Using your postcode, the lady was able to track. It's out for delivery with a specific 1 hour time window. You can even leave a message to leave with any particular neighbour if you are going to be out.

Still waiting, DPD don't have me on file and they just drove past the house!!

i am

Missed the delivery yesterday...wifey is home today though so it should be there waiting for me when I get home...with the F1 2011 I ordered the other day

Any must have PS3 accessories I should know about? Do these slims suffer from overheating or has that problem been fixed now?

got mine yesterday evening

has anyone still waiting had any deliveries this morning?

were u waitng at the door when the ps3 arrived with ur hand out the letter box ....lol

Any comments from the people that cancelled pls ...

BAM!! Got it in the post today! Shame i never thought it would arrive, now i have 2 PS3's! EEEEEEbay!!

PS3 received today, cannot believe the amount of comments on this deal, by people panicking, and not trusting the company. It's a Hot Deals site, someone posts a deal, you either go for it or you don't. If you go for it, sit back and wait, all good things come to those who wait, or they cancel your order.... Happy Days

"abulkasam
Still nothing and dpd not able to track even when I called them up and using my postcode. Just need to have a little bit more patience... Anyone else in my position?"

SNAP!

I've not received an invoice. I had a catalogue with a credit agreement form for me to complete and return (which I haven't...), not of the paperwork that came with the catalogue had an account number on it. Strange....

The delivery note doesn't seem to contain an account number that I can see.

Anyone know where I can find my account number? I didn't create an account when I purchased and I'd like to pay it off online.

Cheers

There are people on this forum im sure in FS/FT that would buy this @ Cost + p & p and or facebook selling pages

Got it ^_^ how unexpected!

Mines being delivered tomorrow.

I agree with armaita, its not often a company honour such prices. My hat goes off to the guys at Studio.

Well guys we got ours, it's certainly been a pleasure sharing this experience with you all..... Am not sure what I will do now without my daily fix of thread emails. Thank you for the original post, one very happy husband is well worth the hassle :smiley:

attempted delivery today, will redeliver tomorrow . I hope this has restored peoples faith in Studio. It is not often a company honour a misprice. Thanks OP.

If anybody in Scotland is selling please pm me.

I'm going to sell to cex, make a whole £8 profit :smile: woop. Asda 320gb PS3 that I got for free will do me nicely for now :stuck_out_tongue:

Sell it where? eBay has them for £165 so if I sold it for the same price I'd still lose money after fees.

BTW if you cancelled before they dispatched they will collect it free if you moan at them.

Why close the account?

paid for it in full
anyone know how to close the account with them

i just got mine today :smiley:

"abulkasam
Still nothing and dpd not able to track even when I called them up and using my postcode. Just need to have a little bit more patience... Anyone else in my position?"

SNAP!

Mine has arrived today and as much as I would love to quote every single ney sayer in these comments, it wont let me... but I can say 'who's had the last laugh now!!'

Whooop Whooop!!! :smiley:

Mine arrived. Brought a 320gb while waiting for it, so gave it to my little brother.

Thanks OP :smile:

Because the original one I bought was faulty kept switching off so they swapped it then they changed the reciept but the new reciept only showed the console at £199.99 and no games so in theory I have got a ps3 and two top games for £116.99 what a bargain of the year

I just sold mine for £155 cash... :smiley:

I ordered 1 cancelled and got 3 not 5 minutes ago.... how does that work? :neutral_face:

Anyone having trouble paying online? Mine is getting rejected despite getting to the verified by visa stage and entering the correct password

If anyone is selling. I will be happy to buy at cost price. Please PM me if interested. My nephew has been after one for ages.

sell it no return profit sigh

Ah they want me to pay for the return.

Tight b**tards.

received mine today great find thanks op , now to pay it off in full

Just arrived well happy yet another xmas present done at a bargain price.

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The below parcel(s) will be delivered to:


Parcel 1 This parcel will be delivered by THE SUPPLIER DIRECTLY

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Please allow 7 - 10 days for delivery.


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oh yeah got home and missed parcel

sell it for profit ?

Mine arrived today. Bit of a brainfart buying it because I've got a 360.

I'm gonna ring up and return it.

Mines arrived but I don't want it :disappointed: Looks like I'll have to call them to collect it back or sell it.....anyone paid for their's yet??

Got mine today after cancelling the order a week ago , i even emailed em asking for reply to confirm account to be closed and oreder cancelled, keep or send back?

Still nothing and dpd not able to track even when I called them up and using my postcode. Just need to have a little bit more patience... Anyone else in my position?

mines arrived :smiley:

glad i didnt cancel

'all good things come to those who . . . . '

now . . . . whats all this firmware business?!

doorbell just rang and yahoo mines just been delivered as well - glad I didnt cancel!!

What a result I got this today but I already bought the sainsburys deal so just took the new one back to sainsburys that studio sent me unopened and they gave me the £199.99 back what a result £83 profit !!!!

Do you mean you got a PS3 plus two games from Sainsburys and then returned just the PS3?

I had cancelled a week ago as I thought it would never happen only to come home today and find a PS3 waiting on me. I guess it's sometimes a good thing that their service can be so slow!

Indeed Mallinersha it appears that was over my head but who cares I HAVE A CHEAP PS3!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Pretty new consoles by the looks. 3.66 was made available on June 23, 2011..

Happy days but 3.66 was no good for me with a 5 year old destroying disks all over the place! I'll wait til he's a bit older :smiley:

WHOOOOOOOOOSH..........

I received it just now.

Errr gears, halo are XBOX only games this is a PS3, you want Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Infamous, Kill Zone, Resistance as PS3 only titles :stuck_out_tongue:

Savo one of two options keep it and let the kids use and possibly sell the blueray player (although personally i wouldnt use the PS3 as a standalone player it will wear the lazer more)

OR

sell it on and make a little bit of profit as its an extremly good price (roughly £40+ profit)

MINE JUST ARRIVED!!!
SO WHAT GAME TO BUY? OR EBAY??

Gona sell my Xbox 360 60 gb hdmi , BOXED , with GAMES

Wow, mine arrived today. Cheers OP!

So anyone that cancelled and not got theirs a bit sick right now???

Got email and PS3 delivered, price honoured :smiley:

After I send a email to them say I want to cancel the order.

My 2 arrived today as well. Spot on! Best go pay them off now :smile:

Received mine about 1 hour ago! Now got to wait until Christmas to play it :S thanks original poster for this amazing deal :smile:

i got mine delivered today even though it was only dispatched yesterday........dpd delivered it :-) just wish i had faith as i went out and bought the deal on at sainsbury's incase this never happened....

Scrap that mines just arrived, thanks OP. :-)

Has anyone used their tracking number on DPD? I tried but it didn't work.

Good things come to those who wait .... Yes yes got mine too

Mine arrived today too!

i have got mine in in london :wink:

Dispatched email received

Just signed DPD delivery.... Yes it's true deal (still can not belive anyway) :wink:

I haven't got mine yet, i'm in London :disappointed:

still waiting for mine. Any deliveres in London yet? What was the courier company?

So far heard of DPD and Express Gift Ltd.

Was gutted when I got home and mine wasn't here - luckily the nice lady next door popped round with it, they'd left it with her.

Time to bash FIFA 12.

Mine just arrived, got it for £116.99 although still kind of regret it as don't know what to do with it now. Already got 3 xbox.

Express Gift Ltd. is labeled on the invoice. DPD delivered it here in Cardiff.

Attempted delivery today, getting it redelivered tomorrow. A true bargain and well worth the wait, thanks!

Unbelievable!!! Mine's arrived today. Never thought I'd get it.

It would be interesting to know if anyone who ordered more than one have also received them.

mines matte

Mine's just been delivered, sent by Express Gifts Ltd

You don't need to log in, just look under FAQs

http://www.24studio.co.uk/ss/help/help.jsp?page=faq#section6

wont let me log in for some reason

Can you not look on their site and see what it says?

how long do i have to pay them without getting any charges

and/or its on your invoice you recieve from them

Got mine too!! Cheers

anyone know where i can find my account number for payment!?

Just Recived mine too

Just got it in sunny N.I.!!!!!

Got mines today.

Kept the faith.

just got mine too
how long do i have to pay them without any charges

Just recieved mine :smiley: v happy bunny thnx op :innocent:

I got my despatched email.

confirmation i have just received my brand spanker 160gb ps3 CECH-3003A upto sunny redcar in the north east.£116.99.true bargain.cheers too the poster it all came good.

Why is 3.66 bad then?

Got mines today.

Kept the faith.

Dispatched email received

Looks like I'm getting mine :smile:

3.66......................

Mine is 3.66 :disappointed: ... By the way, I did cancel my order, and like some others here, received it today!

mine is CECH-3003A

Great stuff!

Cheers......

Nah, can't be v1.5, that dates back to 07. Slims hit the market in September 09.

I too got dispatch note - will go home at lunchtime see if its arrived.

Don't forget to pay them to avoid interest payments!

How are people paying off the account? Now online? Or will you wait for the "Statement"? Is there a statement with the parcel?

Finally considering the offer, the turnaround this is turning out to be a great deal. Patience...

Being new to PS3s...whats the deal with asking about Firmware then? Is it to do with modding? :smiley:

mine has just arrived woohoooo, liverpool area>

Holy crap, the offer was honored? :confused:

What firmware do these PS3's have... anyone?

MartH

I just logged into my account and paid the balance using my credit card. It said I could expect the payment to show on my account in 3 working days. Knowing Studio it will take 3 weeks if it appears at all, that's why I used my credit card and not a debit card. I still don't trust them, even though I have a shiny PS3 sat in front of me.

got it :sunglasses:

Ok I'll exclude those of you who tried to cancel from my rant :wink: You have legitimate cause to complain

I rang up and cancelled my order over the phone on 1st November. I did the same on the 8th. Today is the 10th November and the order is delivered. I don't think it's unreasonable to have expected my order to be cancelled, whether they're mail order or not. That's just basic.

Please can someone explain how payment works?

I have never bought anything on credit before, let alone from Studio.

Do I have to wait for my statement to arrive in the post before I can make payment?

:confused:



:smile:

OMG....DPD carded me this morning...i can't believe its actually happened !

In your face doubters..!!

If your not in you can't win!!

Typical, my gf has been sick off work for a week and today she goes back. I'm also at work so will miss delivery! I shouldn't complain too much I guess

Mine came this morning too - Lovely Job

I cancelled my order a week ago, to my surprise i got a product dispatch email at 8am, 2 hours later PS3 at the door.

Anyone not get the second original email or failed the credit check and still received their PS3?

Has anyone been able to log into the website to make payment yet? I keep getting an error.

LOL mines been dispatched....but I already have 1 free ps3 from asda. I'll have to sell this now :disappointed:

Dispatched on the website, will it arrive???? Mine says before the 16th

Mine also recieved today..woo hoo!!!!!

Mine recieved now also...... To be fair to studio they could have gone better on communication but the moment that it switched to dispatched it was and promptly at that too 24hr next day signed for delivery.

I CANT BELIEVE THIS BUT I RECEIVED THE PS3 1 MUNUTE AGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAME BY DPD on a NEXT DAY DELIVERY !!!!

Lord above, received the same e-mail as well.
Will look forward to actually seeing the goods, that is my Christmas Present sorted out.

So... we all know mail order companies often say "Allow 28 days for delivery". I ordered less than 28 days ago and my goods have arrived. I used a mail order company, I got the item I wanted in the time I expected. I didn't get worked up, I let mail order companies do what they do. Be slow and inefficient, but I got my goods.

I think the problem with this thread is that people seem to forget this is a mail order company, whether they have a website or not. Tens of pages of people whining because all they do everyday is sit on the internet wishing things were instant and things didn't take time like the good ol' days. Receiving invoices in the post?? What is this madness.

Yes their computer system isn't great, and their customer service aren't able to do much more than read off their screens, this all can be improved, but welcome to the real world, this is how a lot of companies operate. They don't have the money to spend on complete system overhauls, and yes, it does cost a lot of money despite those of you who are sure they could write a better system. You live at your computers thinking they are the real world ignoring what is actually out there and how things actually work.

Anyways rant over. Mail order company gave me goods I ordered, I am happy :smiley: Well done all who stuck with it.

Dispatch email aswell.
Im stuick in work all day so will miss any deliveries.

Mines just arrived too! They told me it had been cancelled and I will be given a refund the other day?! I'm happy I have it, but what a terrible company to deal with!

I'd better open it...

I got it!!! just check everything out and it is ok :stuck_out_tongue: CECH -3003A & fimware version: 1.5 95/01/18
Good luck with yours!

just got the email through today saying it was dispatched and delivered in 7 - 10 days.

Not even 30minutes later its arrived :smile:

my dads going to love this :smile:

can people explain this.

How can your ps3 be delivered today if it was dispatched today ?

- Sorry just noticed it was dispatched yesterday.

Thanks

Mine just arrived, delivered by DPD. It's a 160GB ps3 just as they promised. Unbelievable.

I wonder how many people in this thread are kicking themselves a little for not following through, things take time and worst case was you could have sold this ps3 for a tidy little profit with no issues at all.

I think alot of people criticising them probably helped...

Cheers to all those that cancelled too :smiley:

Well guys, I never received the second email, or an invoice bt......

My PS3 just arrived!!!! I am rather surprised.

So there, go eat your words all you "oh they're a scam it'll never happen" people. I have a PS3, from studio, for cheaps.

*faints*

I too emailed to cancel, then got the dispatch notice! Not that I will complain, £116.99 is an awesome price. But unbelievable that 24Studio managed to turn such a good deal that should have gained them rep into such an own goal! What was all the 9th Dec stuff about then?

What!? They are arriving already? Happy days :smile:

ive just got my order despatched, said will be delivered 16-11-11

Mine just arrived also asked for it to be cancelled. 160gb

thanks for the offer smokey. i'll think about it. :P

numpty il buy it for £116 ? as you know profitering on the forums isn't allowed so i have to offer you less :smiley:

now i just need to find someone to buy it as I bought the ASDA 320GB in the meantime thinking the studio one wouldn't turn up. lol!

still, at least we know it was a genuine offer. however I wouldn't use Studio again. I cancelled this order over the phone twice and separately in writing and still it arrives.

Another dispatched order although I didn't use the code. :disappointed:

sell to someone in work for £150 .. nice little profit for me :smiley: and quick sale

I got the dispatch notice too... You hoo! good thing i didn't cancel!*

I had a despatch notice too.. Here's hoping.....:wink:

I wonder who they are using for delivery....have tried the parcel number at HDNL, DHL, Citylink and Hermes and its not found at any. Not that it matters it just would be quite nice to see it on its journey :smiley:

another despatch here.....ive ordered a few pairs of cats off them in the mean time as well...all turned up with in 2 days

fingers crossed

yep i cancelled also and dispatched today

I cancelled my order and I received a dispatch notice email!

Has anyone else experienced this? Haha.

Recieved my dispatched email this morning too. Hope its not delivered by city link!

Dispatched o0

Got the same email... :smile:

Received my dispatch email this morning too :smiley:

also chuffed to see that my online account shows my outstanding balance being £116.99. when i placed the order my invoice had not taken off the discounts but having called them they sorted it out and assured me that the price would change upon despatch. believe it or not, 24studio have been excellent for me although i am sick of getting their naff catalogues!

Even though I cancelled too just had the same email item deapatched what the hell is this company all about still not confident we will get them though

Dispatched too :smiley:

Yep, despite cancelling my order on 1st November and the 8th November, I too have had the same email saying that the parcel has now been dispatched. Now completely confused. Will it turn up? Will it be a playstation 3? When will this saga end? TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR THE NEXT EXCITING INSTALLMENT

dispatch note as well! despite alot of people deciding to give up and cancel their account i always had a feeling they would pull through! very pleased i did now!

Also received dispath email, 7 to 10 days from now. I have been a regular studio
Customer for a while and never had any problems, can't wait for this to arrive.

Just had the item dispatched email myself, did a double take when I saw it! The dispatch email says the item is £129.99, whilst the credit outstanding amount shows as £116.99. I know a few people on here said they had issues with them honouring the discount code, but it looks like they've done it for me!

Maybe I was a little premature to write this deal off in previous posts, let's see what happens!

Dispatch note received; happy days! :smiley:))

LOL I can not belive... dispatched for me too :smiley:

Feeling a bit my confident now that this will come through. Good luck everyone who stuck this out!

Order has now been dispatched, ...
delivered by THE SUPPLIER DIRECTLY ..
Please allow 7-10 days for delivery....

Dispatched this morning ;-)

Just had the above emailed to me. Looks like it's game on and 28 days earlier than expected!

Dear Mr Gareth Thompson

I am pleased to confirm that the following parcel(s) from your order have now been dispatched.

Invoice Number:704311 Order Reference:8644032

The below parcel(s) will be delivered to:

Xxxxxxxxxxx

Parcel 1 This parcel will be delivered by THE SUPPLIER DIRECTLY

QtyItem Description Price You Reference Each Pay 1 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99

Please allow 7 - 10 days for delivery.

Please do not reply to this email.

If you wish to contact us, please use our online contact form.

*** Good News! *** Our brand new secure website payment facility is now available.

To make a payment to your account using a credit or debit card, you can now use our secure online payment facility, simply sign into your Studio online account and you will be directed to our new secure website payment page. This facility is available 24hours a day 7 days a week.

Don't forget that you can also check the following by logging into your online account; Check how much available to spend you have, Check how much your minimum payment is, Check when your minimum payment is due, View your past orders, View your current statement, Change to Details, Track an order and View expected delivery dates for delayed items.

Just checked my account (AGAIN) and now the status has changed to item dispatched!!!!!!

29 days to go they should chuck in a free game for us aswell , or something if we do actually get it this is the longest wait ever

Can i ask........ why are people cancelling their orders if they have been given a dispatch date of 9th Dec ? Yes its a few weeks away, but its only £116 in some cases and long term would be worth the savings ?

Also.... im sure your aware, all the other PS3 on their site are showing in stock.....-- how about requesting a like for like option which is in stock ?

Cheers

Give!

One month to go!!

wait... or not... arghh

Trying to wait patiently for December 9th. Checking this thread on a daily basis isn't helping. Hope nobody else has paid up front either. We won't get a statement requesting payment until its dispatched, so just need to be patient. 30 days...

I called them last week (Tues 1st) after paying then finding out I wasn't going to get one shipped.

I then demanded my money back, the person on the phone said it can take a week or two to happen. So I was about to call them yesterday, but I checked my bank account and saw the money had been returned, I then logged onto the website to find I had £0 credit.

I'd give it a week from the moment you called to get your money back, and do a check like I had before pestering them again.

I tell you what if this company has not responded to my request of closing my account and cancelling my order then next step legal action I requested this to be done 3 weeks ago and still nothing does anyone have a good letter head to send them as I'm rubbish at things like that

Thanks

Luckily today, Studio have paid back the £129.99 I paid up front for the PS3. I'll never deal with the company again.

In the end, I gave in on the Sainsbury's £200 deal, and I'm cashing on FIFA and Battlefield for £60.

From now on, I'll definitely only shop at reputable places.

I rang them on 1.11.11 to cancel my order over the phone. Was told that was fine but it would take 3 days. Rang them back today (8.11.11) after checking my online account and seeing it still had a balance of 116.99. The person I spoke to was called Natalie. Refused to give her last name. Said that it was taking longer than usual but she didn't know why, but said it would be cancelled by the end of the week. I then emailed them a copy of that conversation and asked that they acknowledged receipt of the email, which they haven't yet. If my order has not been cancelled by Monday 14th I will start contacting Trading Standards and the FSA ombudsman, and I told them that in the email I sent today. I have also got the names of directors and other board members for the parent company. The way they are behaving is outrageous.

Thank you for your advice, very helpful, she actually said that they put this down as a personalised item, but she couldnt understand why they did this, but your post explains it, they are being crafty !! I might consider accepting it, selling it on and paying off the account straight away, otherwise I can see it might be problematic. I emailed them over a week ago and guess what...no reply!

I cancelled this item a week ago, was told to phone back after 2 days to cancel my account. Phoned back and was told to call back in 7 days. Called today and was told the item "might not be able to be cancelled as its a "personalised item" !!!! What a con, just hope I get the out of stock letter now. The lady did say that if it's delivered, I should accept it and not refuse delivery because then it could be stolen, she said its better to accept it and then return it !!! I have cancelled it as it was a pressie for my son's birthday and the delivery is now too late:( Totally bad company I wish I had never ordered:(

Thanks so much for the spam, everyone.

Thanks for posting so many of the same exact comments merely written in a different way.

Thanks for posting so many irrelevant stories unrelated to the seller or the item being sold, or the many comments basically saying 'I have cancelled my order' but prolonging these comments to the point of excessive text and making it into more of a monologue of your life.

No doubt my comment here is going to be flamed, possibly even removed, and flaming comments will be liked and quoted in support of those flaming me.

I've reported this thread as containing a lot of spam - but nothing will be done about it.

On a side note: thanks to all those posting relevant information about how to contact the seller and approximate dates of dispatch, in addition to helping out with other concerns with this purchase.

I didn't know whether to end this on
'Flame on' or 'Let the flames begin'!

Wow, 3 likes o.o

I was expecting a lot more 'flaming'.

52 pages in. Did anyone who ordered read some of the posts while this thread was still reasonably new and think "Maybe I shouldn't order from this crowd". Particularly given they seem to have done some shady "stock unavailable after you order" stuff before and have some less than favourable reviews listed against them.

That said, you never know. Perhaps a tranche of PS3s will turn up on 9th December and all the orders will get honoured. Hopefully they do.

Awaiting stock from suppliers. Stock expected by 09/12/2011... for me too.

2nd..

they've taken £116.99 from my account (that's a cash payment as oppose to credit).

so now i'm going to be hounding them on a daily basis for the provision of my order.

My mate got a sorry, no PS3 for you letter today, anyone else?

Nothing charged til you get ps3 and its from the date you get it..no back dated interest.

I got my "SPREAD THE COST OF CHRISTMAS" Book today! That hit the recycling bin before being opened!

Ok on a serious note do we get charged the interest now ???????[[/b] or is it obvious when we recieve the ps3 with the statement ? invoice ???

Your Studio Account Status
The outstanding balance on your account is currently £116.99.
The credit limit on your account is £300.00.*
*Please note that this amount may not include any recent transactions on your account.
Your registered email address is [email protected]. If you need to, please update your email address here.
Please indicate the type of card you wish to use. Please note that we charge a handling fee of 1.50% for Credit Card payments. There is no fee for Debit Card payments. Credit Card
Debit Card
Please enter the amount you wish to pay on your account excluding our handling fee (£.pence).

Important Security Information:

Blah blah blah........ yawn

Delivery

i) With our standard delivery service (excluding personalised items), you should receive your goods within 3-7 days. Please allow 5-10 days for delivery of personalised items. Please note, some products will take longer than 7 days to be delivered, although these instances are highlighted next to the relevant items on the catalogue page or the item details page on this site. Orders are delivered to the address of the account holder unless an alternative delivery address is specified. If you would like your goods to be sent to a different address please ensure that you complete the 'Delivery Address' section (including full postcode) on your orderform, provide the details to the operator if ordering by telephone or amend the relevant section when ordering via the Internet (please note this does not apply to a new customer's initial order). Postage and packaging will be charged at a fixed rate of £4.99 per order within mainland UK; £5.99 to N. Ireland; £6.00 to the Scottish Offshore Islands and remote parts of the Scottish Mainland (please contact the Careline for details); £7.50 to the Isle of Man, Channel Islands and Isles of Scilly.

(ii) Items marked with a heavy goods symbol heavy goods symbol incur separate delivery charges. These are included in the "Price Each" shown in your basket. For information, please refer to your catalogue/leaflet or the item details page on this site. To arrange for safe delivery of your goods you will be asked to provide a daytime and evening (if different) contact telephone number when completing your order. Please note, we do not deliver Heavy Goods to the Channel Islands.

Oh well the junk mail and Christmas books have been quick to be sent out shame none of you actually have the goods yet!

True Jet but some people have called them and been told the same thing although even that might just be reading from a script.

I have never received formal notice from them that delivery will be delayed, it may say that on the order on the website, but I would have expected to have received an e-mail notification or a letter informing me of their supply problems.

The onus would appear to be on them to inform and not on us to find out - if nothing else it is a good argument :-)

just got this:

"I am pleased to confirm that your Application has been successful and would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Studio. "

"Your Order is being delivered to:

MR xxx
xxx
xxx
xxxxx

Invoice Number: 7xxxx
Order Reference:8xxxx
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £129.99
Less Extra Discount: £13.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00

Total To Pay: £116.99"

So what does this mean?
Parcel 1 Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days (except suites, please refer to catalogue)

Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay
1 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99
Total To Pay: £116.99

I've found this quote on the Sale of Goods Act when dealing online.
Under the distance selling regulations, the goods must be delivered or the service carried out within the time period they have specified. If no time period is specified, then the statutory time limit is 30 days (unless you have agreed otherwise). If the supplier is unable to fulfil their obligations within 30 days, they must inform you before the end of the 30 day deadline. They may offer you an alternative date for delivery, but you are under no obligation to accept and are quite within your rights to ask for a full refund.

I don't believe that after 30 days you can buy it elsewhere and claim the difference. Besides they have informed us before the 30 days that delivery is expected in December. As along as they keep updating us with a date then we have no comeback apart from having the right to cancel.

We should write a letter to watchdog :confused:

Just got a call back from the manger, was told i would get a letter in the post in the next 7-14 days informing me the item is out of stock, and the supplier will re-supply some time in December. I think she said 9 December.

So those who are prepared to wait (although December date is likely to change to), may get one. bearing in mind, they don't ask for no money untill item is delievered, so you have nothing to loose (other than time).

Hello all.

Just to let you know:

Once the contract of sale is in force (you have paid or your credit account has been debited or you have received an invoice) then you are entitled to receive your PS3 within the agreed time or if no such time was agreed then the statutory term is 30 days.

Since they will not at present even receive stock within 30 days, so long as you first contact them in good faith and ask them to remedy the situation, upon non delivery (delivery outside the agreed period) since this would be a breach of the contract which exists between you, you are entitled to seek a remedy under the sale of goods act, to make good, one of which includes but is not limited to:

- You may: Buy the goods on the open market (Amazon) paying the current (full) market price.
- You can: Send them the bill for costs including any other costs you reasonably incurred resulting from their breach of contract.

So if you are willing to wait up to 30 days from the date of placing your order, you can simply go out to Sainsburys and pick it up (if you can cover the cost where you already paid off the credit agreement).

It should be noted that if you bought the goods on credit, their claim (of debt) against you would in any case not be enforcable since the goods were never delivered.Just make sure you do not accept any subsequent delivery (you do not have to.)

Furthermore DO NOT PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT ACCOUNT WITH THEM IN CASH. If you must pay it, pay it with another credit card. The reason for this is that if you DO pay off the credit agreement and the company folds without your having received a PS3, it will be unlikely you will see either the console or your cash.

Note: If you paid your Studio24 balance by credit card you are covered doubly via your card's credit agreement, and in any case by the consumer credit act in both cases.

Ultimately if you don't get a PS3 within 30 days, it's ultimately their problem, make sure you communicate this to them, and I'm certain they will see sense in simply making it right.

The information I have stated here is freely available in various different forms at UK government consumer sites if they need a pointer.

Surely they're hoping a few people will cancel first.

Don't forget, keep a full log of any contact you have and their responses, as well as to keep copies of your agreements, orders and invoices.

Hope this helps. Good luck. Stay on it and enjoy your PS3!

Hopefully they will remedy this whole mess for the lot of us, it wouldn't do their reputation any good, and would be far more costly to see lots of negative comments on the internet.

I've not had an invoice or a second email, but when I called the other day they said everything looked fine, so who knows :wink:

I received the 2nd confirmation e-mail but no invoice. Today, I received a catalogue and my "credit agreement".

Has anyone else NOT received an invoice?

i already paid for mine when i got my invoice in the post.

I just called Studio and told them I like turtles. They were so impressed, they agreed to send me 40 and a box of the finest Cuban cigars that money can buy.

I'm not fussed it comes or not tbh. I have one now and if it does, it will hit the fleabay.

Just been in my local Sainsbury's and the nice young assistant told me that they no longer are offering PS3 (with bundled game) deals BUT he did say, in hushed and whispered tones that there will be a deal being offered over the next few weeks (or end of november) of, wait for it,

25% off all ps3 consoles

Definitely nationwide instore but not sure if available online.

What's the chances of Studio having some similar deal with Sony for around the same time which fits in with the delivery times now being stated by Studio?

Just a thought!!!

they must be processing these cancellation orders via carrier pigeon

What ajoke, called today to cancel and told I need to wait for the PS3 order to be cancelled first (takez a week) and then call back to cancel the account (asked for them to call me but told they can't do that).....

I called last night and spoke to them and the guy didnt know "why on earth i would want to cancel as it WILL arrive in 14 days therefore it should be with me by this weekend at the latest" - his system said so...... cant wait for this weekend my husband will be so happy playing his new ps3 that will arrive tomorrow (the guy guaranteed it....) - just goes to show what a sham this is as i said my account said dec and my "friend" was told the same and he rubbished that and said it will be here.... so long story short not cancelled (just yet) and am excited to go home to find it has been delivered....

(And thank you for the non 084 number - worked just the same)

After finding out it won't be until December now until we could possibly receive this, I was tempted to cancel too and go for the Sainsburys deal but I've decided to hang on, it's still a saving of £85 over the Sainsburys one and it's too good to pass up, I just hope it pulls through in the end, not given them a penny yet of course and neither should anyone else who is still waiting for one.

One thing though, has anyone on here actually got one yet? When it was first advertised that implies they have stock yes? So howcome at least some of the people on here who got an order in first have not received it? Surely that's wrong on Studios part.

I got a catalogue from them today too, probably plenty of those in stock!

Just checked my order and it says:

I have just had an email saying that I wont get the item as they are out of stock. I asked for a refund as I paid cash and they are saying 7-10 days!! They took my money quickly enough. Bit of a sham if you ask me, why take my money if they knew they would not fulfill my order

15 Days already .... I spoke to them today and they said they will get a delivery in the warehouse on the 9th dec ( like most of you guys said) and they will deliver up to 14 days after so it be the end of december thats sooooooooooooo loooooooooooooooonnnnng

Just got off the phone with them.

I cancelled my PS3 but the guy said it would take 5-7 days to cancel,is this what all you other cancelling folk were told as well?

Many thanks in advance.

It was definately possible to find it on the site with out using the link. I very rarely buy anything when I go through a link of this site. I always access the web site in the normal way and if it's there it's there. And this console was definately there.

well if i get it i get it, ive just been to sainsburys and purchased their deal of fifa 12, battlefield 3 and 160gb playstation for £199............i really am doubtful that they will infact honour this. They can say what they want and it can be on our account forever lol. Its amazing how the op found it on the site in the first place as when i tried searching for it you could not find the deal unless you followed the link. I know that my lad will definately be getting a playstation 3 now and not clinging on to hope.

I do remember they had mentioned 'please allow 10 days for delivery as these are directly delivered from supplier'.

I don't really see a problem with waiting, no one has said we are not getting them as yet.

If it don't come then don't pay it's as easy as that.

I only wanted to make the 1000 comment lol

He prefers a more government central regime where he's handed bread and water for his work down the mines while the heads of state sit playing on their playstations :wink:

Er, LOL? What are you on about?

wait... not yet, no yet

Got an invoice in the post as well which has an account id and invoice number. Invoice says to allow 21 days for delivery. Just like another member don't mind waiting. This is still cheapest ps3 out there.

Awaiting stock from suppliers. Stock expected by 09/12/2011...

All those that have called/e-mailed to cancel your order, can you please just use a code to signify such as
'cancel phone' or 'cancel e-mail'

as reading the same
'oh this is taking forever, I'm going to cancel now' or 'oh what a stupid company, i'm going to have to wait months for this item and the call center is not helping me at all'

as much as I agree that it is unacceptable for us to be treated like this, with the waits and the cancellations and what not (welcome to Capitalism), the spam is getting kinda f---ing annoying'.

What do you have to lose I am waiting, They have had no money from me and I might get a PS3 very cheap. I will never use the store again so it is only WIN WIN.

At last, someone with sense :smile:

Megalols at everyone who has reached panic stations, but seriously calm down.

I place an order, got the 1st email, then the 2nd email and I've received an invoice in the post.

Am I running around like a mad man?! Am I f**k! I'm just going to wait until they deliver or cancel.

I won't incur any charges as they can't charge the account until they have dispatched the goods.

The people who paid up front, Im sorry but you lot are mugs but I do hope you get your monies back.

I'm well prepared to wait...although they DO suck!

I cant see what all the fuss is about

Lol happy that I did not order!! :smiley:

Just rang them, was first told dispatch would be in a few days, when i pushed further for her to have a second look, was told will not be delivered till December.

hmmm, i got the letter asking to pay £129, which i called and did after specifically asking them to make sure it was in stock before i gave them my card number... reading from a script indeed... fraud? gaining an advantage by deception? ok so i wont lose any sleep over it, but its always fun to use that language in a bitching letter or email :smiley:

Cancelled, the sainsburys deal seems good, if your just after a console then id stick it out but this would be a new system to me and i was gonna buy games but not knowing till the 9th of december if it was going to come is too late for me.

Just off the phone after cancelling with them. The girl was quite helpful and said that I wasn't the first to call to cancel on this item today. I asked about closing the account and she said that can only be done once the account is cleared of the PS3, so I've to phone back in about a week and they should be able to close the account then.

Fingers crossed that's it over and done with.

I can't believe this is a scam to get accounts opened. Are any of us ever going to buy anything else from them if we don't get the console. Plus if we tell our friends/family about it, it's only going to effect their business detrimentely.

It's gotta be a pricing error. I'm going to wait to see if I receive it.

I'm gonna wait it out too.................

Parcel Reference.

8030113920670072

Phone and cancelled my order & asked them to close the account.

Also sent them a letter stating the same. Sent first class recorded, so they have to sign for it.

Fingers crossed there are no problems to follow :-)

Can't believe this is so badly a scam

Yeah I'm not going to wait until December either.

I'll ring and cancel tomorrow, thanks for the number.

There is another thing that just proves how useless this company are. I have signed into my account and seen that it has been delayed, and we have obviously been on here finding out the latest info. However I have not recieved a single thing from this company to tell me that my orders arrival date has changed from imminent to out of stock maybe in 5 weeks. Not even an e-mail! I could be sitting in waiting for the parcel.

Why are people cancelling? You guys can't wait or is there another reason?

Phone and cancelled my order & asked them to close the account.

Also sent them a letter stating the same. Sent first class recorded, so they have to sign for it.

Fingers crossed there are no problems to follow :-)

From what I remeber from the previous scam/promo/deal ( X360), once enough people kicked up a fuss, they paid up proper. I'll stick it out, fancy a fight...keyboard warrior eh?

Sod it, I'll wait it out. Not too worried about a credit account, will sort that if/when the PS3 is delivered, I'm in no hurry. Nice to have but not essential..

i wonder if everyone's parcel reference number is the same?

will they really deliver next month.....

Oh well my status now says delivery in December, will leave it and see what happens.

I never checked the OP of this thread until now. They signed up and posted the deal, and haven't been seen since. They also posted an out of stock PS3 "deal" from the GAME website (maybe to cover their tracks?). Seems a little suspicious to me.

Nice deal :smiley:

I am tempted by the £200 Sainsburys deal with 2 games. Although in another threat a Sainsburys employee mentions that they have some good deals on consoles this Wednesday. Seems some confusion if the deal is Xbox 360 or PS3 though.

Said same thing to me :disappointed: I'm slightly happy though as I got a free ps3 on the Asda deal a I cancelled that and I still got it....after 3 days BANG £200.05 back in my bank account :smile:

Anyone have a free/geographic number for this awful company so I can cancel my account and order?

I'll wait until December and see what happens. They cannot make me pay for a product I've not received.

I am the same. I was asked to pay £29.00 because they only gave me a £100 credit limit. Then for some strange reason after I paid the £29.00 excess they put my credit limit up to £158.00 on the same day. I just wonder how long it will be before we get it paid back. We might have a fight on our hands there and may have to wait weeks or even months.

The same story HERE

OP just gone from HUKD after posting this deal...

But your in credit on your account now... so you could buy something else which is overpriced... :smile: -

I got sent a letter asking for payment so they could process my order. I then paid them online, then this morning I got an email saying it's not going to be shipped. Right now, they have my money.

They haven't asked for any money though have they?

I love how people think this is a scam, rather than a misprice on an outdated mail order system that's not really designed for the internet. I wonder how many 9/11 and vaccine denouncers use this site :wink:

Because as I stated in comment, not sure on which body will cover this. I am thinking the advertising standards, because at no point have they stated it was a misprice. So therefore advertised a product that wasn't ever available, at a low price to entice new customers. Its a similar thing that Tesco got a huge fine for last year, for advertising sale products, then never having any in store.

Thinking of cancelling my order, seems too much hassle

I also called today, and was instantly told 14 days till delivery. I told them to look again and then got the Oh, yeah! its out of stock till Dec. They are just script Monkeys and dont have a clue.

I think if they made a mistake then its a fair cop, and they should have just cancelled all orders, But to set up credit accounts and take money, with no intention of fulfilling a single order is completely out of order.

I think the scale of this and their history of repeated offending deserves a mail to our friends at watchdog . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/

Otherwise they will just keep on doing it.

I just rang them. Cancelled my order and was told I couldn't close the account for a few days, until the order cancellation had gone through. I asked them to email me confirmation that the order had been cancelled. I'll phone back in a few days to close my account. Still waiting for Asda to deliver my 320GB console after several ****-ups thanks to Home Delivery Network. HDN make Studio24 look competent and professional.

Its not a scam its basically a very long winded process and your trying to cancel an order already in the midst of dispatch (we hope).

yes, i asked about payments and the chap stated that the "statement" would be despatched along with the goods..... as there aint gonna be any goods, there aint gonna be no statement meaning nothing to pay..... if only it would be that simple!!!:disappointed: time to cancel me thinks and end this saga sooner rather than later.

Just called them to cancel order.

Sorry cannot cancel the order so if you give me details i will pass your details to the warehouse where we can get this order cancelled. and they were saying i may/may not get account charges.

well they can ******* they wont be getting any money from me.

WTF.

HOTUKDEALS

GET STUDIO BANNED NOW

SCAM

Why are people thinking they need to cancel asap to avoid any fees exactly?

"Details of payment methods, your minimum payment and the due date, will be detailed on your first statement. The statement will only be received after all the below parcels have been dispatched, you do not need to make any payment until you are instructed to do so on your statement. "

Surely you will only need to pay something once you receive a statement...which you will not get until AFTER anything is delivered?! As for people paying before anything was sent, unfortunately you were warned.

The other half has cancelled her account and the never to be PS3 order.

She asked the guy if she would have got the PS3 had she stayed he said at full price yes but at this price it's doubtful unless we are supplying re-cons units...

So some of you might get one albeit a re-con..

Mine says next month now too. Total joke of a company. I've already paid too as I didn't want to be hit with any nasty charges. Not sure what to do now.

Just called to ensure my order had been canceled (it was) and asked to cancel my account as well, he said he would pass me to the relevent department for it and kept me on the line, a minute later it was him again asking if there was anything else he could help me with, I said no. He said ok I'll pass you to the relevent department and once again kept me on the line, a minute later it was him again asking if there was anything else he could help me with! I said no I just want to close my account, he said ok I've emailed them and they will close my account. I asked if I would receive any confirmation of this and he said no but he could give me verbal confirmation now. Haha what a joke, I gave up there, don't believe my account has been canceled but they can't chase me for money so I'll settle for that.

I wish the heat for expired deals could be changed. If 24Studio pull this stunt again in the future, so many people will be drawn in by the heat on this deal (assuming they won't read the full 47 pages) that the same thing will happen.

Mine says next month now too. Total joke of a company. I've already paid too as I didn't want to be hit with any nasty charges. Not sure what to do now.

i just rang them to confirm the obvious, "you'll get it before xmas" he said!!!! except which xmas???? dont know whether to hang on or cancel now? think most of us new it, if its too good to be true and all that... hey ho... 2 chances of gettin this, slim and none so will have to look for alternative i guess.

http://www.24studio.co.uk/ss/help/help.jsp?page=terms&part=cancel
Cancellation rights exist up to 7 days after you've received the goods so surely they are still in force for everyone since nobody, rather unsurprisingly, got the goods they ordered.

http://www.24studio.co.uk/ss/pdf/Studio%20-%20SECCI.pdf
Withdrawal rights from your agreement are in force up to 14 days after they tell you what your credit limit is by writing to them at Customer Care Department, Preston PR0 2BP or by phoning on 0871 200 0378 (or non-geo equivalent). The withdrawal clause must still be in force for everyone surely (since it was first posted less than 14 days ago?)

If you've paid up front i don't see anything in the terms that would preclude them from returning your money immediately or at least within a reasonable time. IMHO, ten days to return your cash doesn't seem wholly reasonable but that's just me.

If anyone would like to give me £20,000, I'll ship a £33,000 car in 14 days. Or maybe by Christmas. OK, 2014 but I'm not sticking to that.

Please pay me.

oh well we win some and we lose some!

So so so. All happening this morning.

I ordered late on 19th Oct (Wednesday night when the offer was available) - product was listed in stock. All good. Received the first email acknowledging the order. I then rang on the 21st, saying I've not seen any progress since the order, what was happening? The lady on the phone said, that letters were set out that day, and simply it will explain that it'll need to be paid for in advance for them to process the order. Fine, I thought.

Saturday just passed (29th) I received that said letter which was dated on the 21st. I then paid the £129.99 online.

It came to yesterday, Monday (31st), I then called asking there was still no progress on my order. The guy affirmed to me on the phone, it's fine I can see you've paid (as it was showing I'm £129.99 in credit) and the order will be processed that day. Excellent I thought.

Then this morning, I received the email:

"Sorry, the following items are not currently available & will not be sent".

So now, I'm £129.99 in credit with them and now *not* getting the PS3 which I was told I would.

Not a happy bunny. I rang them again today saying, what the hell? I paid in advance like I was told and now coming up to just short of 3 weeks ago of ordering, I'm not going to get it. The woman on the phone said sorry, the item was out of stock when you ordered. On the website it clearly was. So the whole process of, holding your order whilst waiting for payment is all false, they didn't hold it for me. So I said when are you getting more in then? She said it's permanently out of stock and they're not going to get any more in.

I then requested my account to be closed and my monies transferred back. She said, I should get a phone call from the other department to do so and this is is going to take up to 2 weeks(!?!).

SCAM. KEEP AWAY.

I bet all those with orders now reflecting December, may get it December of next year or never.

The last email I had from them was on the 21st October, so I decided to call them up this morning to cancel my account. Didn't quite get as far as canceling my account, the bloke I spoke to assured me it will definitely be here by next Thursday so there was no need to cancel.

Do I believe him? Not a chance. But he was adamant it will arrive, so let's wait and see!

got that email on the 21st october, but stating this.


Your order will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s) and we will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.

You will receive notification of your account number on your invoice which will be included with your first order, once this has been received, you will then be able to register online with us.

Your Order is being delivered to:

Address here


Invoice Number: ******
Order Reference:********
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £129.99
Less Extra Discount: £13.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00

Total To Pay: £116.99

Parcel 1 Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days (except suites, please refer to catalogue)
Reference Each Pay
1 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99

Just checked account and states Awaiting stock from suppliers. Stock expected by 09/12/2011

Some (like me) only start researching about the company, or saw negative reviews AFTER ordering.
Now on the phone with them to cancel the order.

Was told they need 10 working days to cancel the order. TEN WORKING DAYS!!! and I can only close my account after they cancelled my order, and once I receive the zero balance statement. Tried to get a reference number for the call, the lady said there isn't one, I can only take her name...

How did some people manage to have the order cancelled and account closed in the same call?

Just received this email. I think this is the start of the cancellations. I don't think anyone will get this deal.

Dear Sir,

I am pleased to confirm that your order has now been successfully processed onto your account and will be dispatched in 0 parcel(s). We will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.
Your Order is being delivered to:

ADDRESS

Invoice Number: ******
Order Reference: ******
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £0.00
Less Extra Discount: £0.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00
Total To Pay: £0.00
Sorry, the following items are not currently available & will not be sent

Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay

Sorry, we are unable to obtain stock for the following:
0 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £0.00 £0.00











.

Surely it isn't really a surprise that stock/availability was going to be an issue.

Within an hour of it being first posted there were a few users advising it might be sensible to stay clear given their reviews
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews79624.html
http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.24studio.co.uk

And history here with that old xbox deal
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-360-kinect-sensor-250gb-kinectimals-845550?page=1

Going by their previous it looks like they take orders, do a recorded credit check on you, open an account, give you credit, charge the item to your bill and then start looking for payment within their terms (??). The challenge seems to be that they appear to have repeatable issues getting the kit to supply.

Twitter bombardment ? http://twitter.com/24studio

Cancelled order and account closed.

Weirdly, they didn't have "this was a scam to attract more customers" as a reason for closing the account. He went for "other" instead.

just phoned studio and was told will be here within 14 working days of ordering ?

which means mine should be here by the 9th nov

I bet if you ordered one for full price you'd get it in a matter of days...

It's gone from 14 days to 21 days to 60 days. I'm waiting for the "You'll get it when Hell freezes over" email. We will all get emails around December saying that they cannot source stock, so they are cancelling the order.

Of course it would be nice to get one but im not that fussed.

Like a lot of things on these forums some deals work out.........others dont:(

Kinda like a game........hmmm now is that a game i could play on my ps3!!! lol

Parcel 1
Parcel Reference: 8030113xxxxxxx
Awaiting stock from suppliers. Stock expected by 09/12/2011.

Any good reason as to why you cant do it?

Awesome, get cancelling everyone, I'll have mine by the end of the week at this rate :smile:

Sod it I've cancelled both orders, I'd sooner pick one up from Asda and be done with it....

I will say it's a real **** way to boost customer/credit account numbers!!

Same here. Could someone find the person and address of the body we complain to. Not sure wether it be trading standards, financial ombudsmon, or advertising standards people cover the internet now. Post it here and we all complain at same time to same address, they will have to take it serious then. I am fuming about this. We all knew there was a slim chance of getting the ps3, but to do it this way is bang out of order. They could of said something the next day, instead they wait 2 weeks and do this.

this is not gonna end well.:disappointed:

When do they start charging fees? Should I cancel now?

There's no excuse for a delay that long. They must be waiting for a price drop from Sony, which probably won't happen until after Christmas.

Yup, same here. What a load of sh*t.

Same for me.

Please can more of you call up and cancel so there is more chance of others getting theirs sooner :confused:

Yep, mine has now changed to say that too! :neutral_face:

just checked the order status which says "Awaiting stock from suppliers. Stock expected by 09/12/2011"
It seems a big con to me as effectively it will be nearly 2 months to deliver the ps3 from the day i ordered.
Will be calling (01254 302222 got from saynoto0870 as I do not want to pay for the 0871 call rate) tomorrow to cancel both the order and my account.

My first ever post and I took this deal up. I have been reading this thread and I have reached this point so far:



Shipping from Mars?

Mine still says awaiting dispatch :/ My other PS3 With battlefield 3 on the other hand from Asda came the day after i ordered it :smile: Completed single player in about 5 hours and it sucked!

Is it possible to track orders if you do not have an account number yet?

my order was accepted.

I also got a £13 discount so the price I have to pay is only £116.99
did anyone else receive this discount?

I had an account and they told me id have the ps3 last Wednesday of course it never showed up, but today it's showing as dispatched :smiley:

Looks like I'll have to cancel my order after being informed on their website that I gotta cough up £129 for one, and not the £116 originally agreed. I don't even like the sony playstation 3, but just ordered because it was cheap and would probably make a good door-stop. :laughing:

Not for me. Ever since the HP touchpad firesale, I now seeing the world in a different light. :sunglasses:

I had an account before but mine still awaiting dispatch :disappointed:

yep also got mine in saying it went through ok.

I got a letter through saying it's gone through fine, just need to wait 28 days for it to come through, and £180 odd left to spend on the account if I want :smiley:

I emailed them to find out what the delay was, in between having my credit agreement acceptance email and my invoice through the door..

I have had a reply from their CS today saying my order will be delivered before the 9/11/11

For those that like to read things for themselves...

Got my account statement in the post today 'sorry the following items are sold out for this catalogue...ps3 console'.
No surprise there, time to close the account then. As expected, looks like this was a scam to get people to open an account.

Will be watching my post for this as well.

Still nothing lost if one never turns up

Zero balance with £300 credit left to spend. Don't think I'll bother as their APR is 44.9%!

Their credit agreement terms state:

Right of Withdrawal
You have a right to withdraw from this agreement without having to give us any reason. You have the right to give us this notice of withdrawal for a period of 14 days, such period beginning on the later of the day after the date on which this agreement is made or the day after the date on which we notify you of your credit limit.

I found out about my credit limit after the date on which I received an email (on 21 Oct) telling me that my application had been successful. I received my invoice on Saturday 29 October and therefore discovered my credit limit on this day. Therefore shouldn't I have 14 days to notify them from 29 October?

After hearing from them that despite being given an account with them I wasn't going to receive a PS3, I emailed them to voice my displeasure and ask for them to shut my account down. They finally replied today saying that my account will be shut down.

Here's hoping that all goes OK.

Probably THIS^

i got a letter saying i couldn't have a credit facility. don't know if it's because my wife already has an account. perhaps i should have just ordered on hers. anyway i called and paid the £129 after asking them to check they definitely have stock. i've bought it to replace my fat one before i get the YLOD. i can still sell the fat one for at least £100 so £30-odd quid for a new warranty and reset the sale of goods coverage is worth it.

regarding what someone mentioned above about telling you to wait until you had received before cancelling, just send them an email re-affirming that you wish to cancel. cancellation is taken from the date you give them notice, so you can cover your ****.

nope

tum te tum i presume noone has theirs yet? :smiley:

the loooooooongest 11 days wait for me ..ever lol
on my email it said : please allow 14 days

lol my letter says 21 days despite them saying 5 lol.

no invoice for me ... only the first two emails

But if I just pay then I'm fine right??....cex give me my money back right away as they offer £121 so £5 up

Just tried cancelling, they wouldn't let me and said it was already in warehouse, they said to call when it arrives and they will collect it back....damn it. Might sell on ebay, how much will it fetch out of interest???

Got my invoice yesterday, just waiting for the ps3 now!

wrong place to ask perhaps? try the ASDA thread? appears ive now got my invoice so looking good here also although no sign of ps3

I received my asda order after cancelling it and on my asda order page it says fully returned :confused: My order was suppose to come with Battlefield 3, although there was no sign of it :confused: Anyone know if bundled games come with case or code??

I've just received 2 letters today (identical letters) telling me that I was given £200 credit but since I bought 2 I needed to pay £59 up front as they apparently came to £259 (i used the discount so should actually have been £234) Kinda weird considering I phoned them last week to check on my order and was told they were out of stock so basically I wouldn't be getting any at all, so I canceled my order. Seems like they have no clue whats going on more than me

I just had an, interesting, conversation with customer services. I received a letter today saying that the order value exceeds the level of credit they are currently able to extend to me. "We will hold the details of your order for 10 days and it will be proceed when a payment of £189.00 is received.". Apparently the maximum value for first time order is £200.

I entered a discount code at time of order bringing the total to from £389.97 to £350.97 (I ordered a quantity of 3), so they've obviously taken the value of £389.97, deducted £200 and are asking for £189 before they can release the goods, then presumably expect me to pay the £200 when I 'receive' the goods. After speaking at length on the phone, I was asked to send the email I received containing the order total minus dicount code back to them (the same company that sent me the email in the first place...) so they can check the order definitely came to £350.97 - again, not sure why they can't just check their own records. Anyway, I've done that and was told I could expect a call in the next 7 days to clarify how much is owed before they can release the goods.

This doesn't really fill me with confidence, the only saving grace is that I'll check back here to see if anyone starts receiving their promised items in the next week, if so, I'll pay up, if not I won't be continuing with this saga. No money has changed hands yet and no money will until I'm satisified they can really deliver at the price ordered.

Sigh missus got her credit declined kinda ironic since hers is stronger than mine (excuses me thinks) and still nothing else for me in regards to invoice or any further emails after the credit acceptance 2nd email :disappointed:

Ah fair enough.

Littlewoods want £249 for the console on it's own. Damn these credit companies prey on people.

Received my invoice today and registered an account. Mine is the same as everyone else "Awaiting dispatch".

@Mac_ That's outrageous, how can they request £289 upfront when the sale price was £129.99 (£116.99 if you used discount codes). £289 for a 160gb PS3 is a ridiculous price.

+1

This is just going to be another crushing disappointment in my life, just like when I was told I'd be going to a normal school and then they wouldn't let me

I bought the Sainsbury deal last week with 2 copies of Fifa 12...for £199.99.

I think they had a 2 week return policy so ........Took both copies of Fifa 12 back to customer services ....on 2 different days ......and asked for a credit note both times and both times they refunded my credit card £42.99 each for the games.

So 160gb PS3 Slim for £114.01........BARGAIN !!!

i got an invoice letter through the post today asking for £289 up front as they only were able to offer me a credit limit of £100. I rang them and now they are saying just disregard the letter as they have run out of stock. I told them to just close my account down and that i am not satisfied at all.

Snap :smile:

same as mine. awaiting dispatch we will see

Looks hopeful!

Ok i've been updated and told to expect delivery by the 03/11/11, so a little wait left but another step towards the PS3.

Well Gavin, like Rakim once said "Hit the studio, cos I'm paid in full"

I think the problem is that if you pay before the item is delivered and they then tell us that they can't deliver the item then it's better to have not paid as you won't have given them any money. They don't expect people to pay until they've received the goods. If you pay and don't receive what you've paid for then you have to get your money back and with these guys that's probably like trying to get a drink out of a scotsman!!! (i'm not racist - that's just a joke)

I'm getting to the stage where I'm not that hopeful really, they say they will send a statement after goods are received as its like a catalogue ac (I believe) so no need to pay beforehand. An order is an order at the end of the day and they should despatch whether you have paid in advance or not, I think if you do pay in advance it would just show as a credit on your account rather than apply to any particular purchase.

lol.

I received my invoice this morning!! I did the old front door trick with the postman again. He told me to get a life.

I've now registered as I have an account number and checked the order on the Studio website and it just says Awaiting dispatch, so the same as everyone else. I'm now eagerly 'awaiting' the 'dispatch'. Although hopefully my 320GB from asda will be delivered today. I have calculated that if I play battlefield 3 for 16 hours a day then I should be able to complete it and gain a reasonable online rank in time for when COD MW3 is released. That's 128 hours of SHEER FIRST PERSON SHOOTER ENJOYMENT HOOO-RAH even before COD is released. This is going to be THE BEST YEAR EVER

yes gavin,

Yodel/HDNL deliver for studio

Im not really up on all these deals, but would you not stand more of a chance of getting one if its paid in full? Or does that not count for anything?

Edit just seen a note on the floor from yodel who left something at the rear yesterday!!?? at the rear of what!?

do yodel deliver for studio?

Where you left it last...?

WHERE THE F*CK IS MY PS3?!?!?!?

I phoned up to ask when I have to pay by, and the guy said I should pay when I receive the statement which will come after the package then I can pay in full. So I'm not paying anything until I at least get the PS3.

Here three. Called the make sure as the email I got from studio said allow 14 days for delivery but the invoice states 21 days. The customer adviser said the 21 days is the correct.
Hope full but not going to hold my breath.

44.9% APR might explain why they thought it was worth selling for less - sure they'll make some money off people who can't resist the temptation of a credit account and are prepared to pay the minimum payment each month...

Received my invoice too, says allow 21 days for delivery (assume from invoice date though of 20th October). Bit annoyed as thought it might be with my by now - told 5-10 days when first signed up like everyone else.
Anyway have set up my account online and notice that if you try to look at statements there is nothing there yet but it states that the statement is normally produced within 21 days of RECEIPT of the goods, so no point paying until it actually turns up. Then I can just log in and pay, simples (in theory).
As an aside, a work colleague's wife uses 24Studio all the time, and says they're fine and has had no problems.
I just wish it would hurry up a turn up! This does look more and more like a simple customer drive by subsidising this PS3 to get a load of extra customers. If you think that credit card companies are willing to pay £50 cashback just for opening an account (Topcashback deal a few months ago), companies like this would be willing to chase customers for a fee as it can be quite lucrative.

Has no one received there ps3 yet ?

My rabbit is dead too now. so I am hoping to replace the ps3 with either this studio deal or the asda deal and then I will also get a new rabbit when I can afford one.

i would like to see photos of both of you.

Here three :smile: Hope they pull through

Yeah, that's it, thanks. I had forgotten this crew is basically just a credit card in disguise. I logged on and £300 is my credit limit. "left to spend", lol.

I got the invoice in too.

I got the invoice too. PS3, £116.99, wow, etc.

One thing though - in the text of the letter it says "The total amount to pay is £116.99. "[great!] "You current have £183 left to spend" [err?]

Things that make you go hmm.. anyone know what that means? Anyone else's say that?

Here too :smiley:

same here as well and all fingers crossed here

Just canceled my Asda 320gb order as the invoice came through.....I will be very angry if I don't receive the PS3 now from studio24

After you!

Mallinersha can you change your avatar please.

No, but no one is asking me to change it....

actually that picture was of my friend josh.

That's you in your avatar then? lol.

How do you know it's not him in his avatar????

Actually his not my hero its more a tongue in cheek about my nickname amongst my mates since I apparently look like him.

you have your heroes (michael buble etc) and i have mine. leave me alone.

numpty do us all a favour though and change your avatar pic, i always think the kid is laughing at me :disappointed: hehe

Hi all. sorry, i had to go out.

No, the rabbit didn't die from the ps3. He escaped through the fence into next door's backgarden and we think their greyhound ate him.

RIP Clive. You'll always be in my heart.

I'm hoping I get my invoice tomorrow. Either way though my asda deal is meant to be delivered tomorrow so hopefully i will be playing on battlefield 3 by tomorrow afternoon!!! I CAN"T WAIT

People who try and insult fictitious comedy personas/profiles thinking they're real are so cool :smile:

Got my invoice today not ps3

ok, so I got an invoice this morning issued for 116.99, saying bla bla bla ot nothing to worry about and pay off whenever you like, right.... as i have not received a single email regarding that transaction and new account I managed to register (again???) using my account number from my invoice and 'Existing Customers, Welcome back! Please register your account if you placed your first order with Studio recently, or you haven't used your Studio account on the site before'. Finally I was taken to my account details and orders placed:

Order Summary
Items Total: £ 129.99
Discount: £ 0.00
Insurance: £ 0.00
Postage & Packing: £ 0.00
Order Total: £ 116.99

Qty Item Ref Description Price

1 195-013-66QN COMPUTER GAME - PD 129.99 129.99 129.99

On the invoice it is said to allow upto 21 days for delivery, when logged into my account 'Awaiting dispatch'. As I always pay right away, however, this time I have used my credit card as you always get a better cover, when in trouble, than just a debit card. So, fingers crossed! I'll let you know when (or if) that turns up and what it is like. Hope it helped you a bit.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cupid-s-rabbit-finger-bullet-vibrator-5-00-free-delivery-lovehoney-1032827 - that was the first thing that came up when i searched for RABBIT!!! HAHA I don't think I'll buy two of THOSE

actually that's a thought - I wonder if they ever have rabbit threads/deals on HUKD? I don't think i've ever seen one. I'll probably just use trade it like usual. I might get two rabbits this time and hope they last a bit longer. my rabbits don't ever seem to live for as long as people say they're meant to. if i find a good deal i will definitely put it on here.

Good for you. Maybe when you start looking for rabbits again you can post the deal on here. It might be your first deal posting.

Same as you guys. Mail recvd showing account number and wait 21 days etc. so far so good.

i mean, like, my rabbit didn't die just that second LOL. i'd be much more upset if he had

he's been dead for a while

I like COD too that's why i wanted to get this ps3. i had an old fat ps3 but it broke when my house rabbit peed on the back of it. I have always had playstations right from the very first one.

how old are you bodderz? what computer games do you like?

Received my invoice this afternoon for £116.99 dated 20/10/11 advising allow 21 days etc..

It then says .."you will receive a statement shortly telling you how and when you should pay. Your statement will show your latest orders and payments, the total amount you owe and the payment you will need to send.

To me this seems like the kind of thing you would perhaps expect to receive in the package i.e. like a packing slip? Not really sure as I don't have any catalogue accounts

I already said I'm advanced for my age and most of the other people online are just kids. i know that from playing on my pc. i'd like to meet people my own age

You do know that there are lots of games that you can play online, right? And you can talk to people while you're playing them. Then you won't need a friend to come round.

thanks Nailez i think I will go with ebay instead then, but not until my ps3 has arrived. i bought the asda deal in the end and that's sold out now so I'm quite HAPPY!

bodderz I don't know why you keep asking me but i've already told you i have friends i just don't have friends who want to come and play computer games as they say they are children's games. I don't think tehy are. I like them and I'm 27 so how can they be just for children? a lot of my friends are older than me as I've always been very advanced for my age and quite a mature person so maybe that's why tehy don't like it. I would like to make friends with someone who plays computer games.

Wouldnt be able to sell on here as would be profiteering he could however get back the price he paid only.

On the internet? Or are you usually arguing with your friends on the internet?

thanks Pan111 - I won't ebay it until I receive it.

i've stopped watching loose women as I CANNOT STAND the Nolan sisters, even though they're talking about breasts. And yes I've had plenty of friends bodderz thanks. Have you? I don't want to get into antoehr argument on the internet it always seems to end up like that. I like HUKD and the people are usually always nice here so i don't want to end up getting annoyed with this place too ok

Maybe wait until you receive it before listing it on ebay yea?

A completed listing search on ebay itself would help you get a better idea of what your likely to return.

You could always sell it on this forum...I would expect you would have plenty of takers at that price and youd avoid ebay fees

ps will be back at 1.30 after loose womens

I am having both of them delivered by post so I don't see there being any opportunities to make a new friend. The postman is very clear that he's not interested. I think I will have to put it on ebay. I know some of you are laughing at me and that's fine I'm used to it biut if you do have a idea of what it would fetch on ebay that would be great. If I listed it at £145 to get it started would that be about right? Thanks in advance

Just quickly before Loose Women starts - I now have a 320GB arriving tomo from Asda. If the 24studio 160gb ps3 does arrive, how much do you think I'll be able to sell it on ebay for? I don't think I'll end up keeping both of them.

I would have waited till I actually received something before paying.

I'm not paying until the PS3 is in my hands and in full working order.

numptydumpty, you've just made my day. :laughing:

What's the number for 24 studio

got my invoice in the post with a account no. on it so was able to log in & pay.



Hopefully won't get hit with any charges now.

Well having just rung them the nice chap said there doesn't look anything wrong with the order and it should arrive within 14 days of order, so the waiting game continues

Invoice received!

Registered details and logged into my account and it says the order is awaiting dispatch so fingers crossed that changes to 'dispatched' within a couple of days! I will pay the amount when I have the PS3 in my hands.

Just logged into my 24studio account and it says "awaiting dispatch." I also have a "Parcel Reference Number" so it can't be too long until it's sent out.

Smokey bandit ... What did u get ur ps3 today ??? Or the invoice ?
Just checking mate

And lol @ numpty dumpty

well funny boy got mine today.

People often say I'm funny. need to go and get ready for loose women (THE TV PROGRAM!) so i'll chekc back in a bit. hope some more of you get invoices today.

you seem to be an actual spazzy but a funny one

I just assumed everyone did it from time to time. It can be really fun and also makes the time pass quite quickly while you're waiting there. It's good if you haven't got much to do!! Once, instead of opening the door before the postman knocked, I actually stuck my hand out of the letterbox!!!he just put the letters in my hand and walked away but actually I couldn't get my hand back through with the letters so i had to drop them and then open the door and pick them up so I haven't done that again.

Yep, invoice received this morning with the £116.99 value on it. Quite happy with myself at the moment...although technically still not received. The wife is home today to receive it though...she'll be signing my life away without knowing it lol

Dude, you're not funny. At all. Your gimmick sucks.

what, have you never done that?

I've just had the post today and I had nothing from Studio24. Kinda disappointed. I made the postman check through his bag to make sure. I think I kind of surprised him by answering the door before he even put the post through the letterbox! I like to do that to people, to make them think I spend all day by my door waiting for someone to knock on it.

all i have is a confirmation email on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:32:37 and since then have not heard ANYTHING has anyone else had this issue?

I have just recieved a letter invoice from them with a account number and everything saying please allow up to 21 days for delivery

you being serious ?

i mean, play with the ps3s! LOL

Hi Rich. That's interesting to hear. I haven't received anything in the post yet. I have also just bought the 320gb deal from asda in case this studio one doesn't come off. If I end up with both of them I might hook them up to two tv's in my front room! how awesome would that be. then when I make a new friend I can invite them over to play with me.

I think code 019 was for Facebook 24studio customers

I had received the first email (order confirmation) & the second email (credit account acceptance).

Today I received an invoice, listing the item, account number, amount available to spend on my account, delivery times etc.

Will still have to wait and see what happens but looks a little more hopeful every day ....... Fingers crossed.

I did look at the Asda ps3 deal, which is pretty cheap but I don't want Battlefield 3 & pound for pound, if it happens, the 24studio deal is better value. Tha Asda deal has 160gb extra storage for £35 (if you sell the game) & I probably won't even fill 160gb as I have managed with my 60gb phat launch model.

Are you a member of ExpertZone? Microsoft sent out a big bundle (Windows Specialist Pack) and mine arrived yesterday via Yodel (as did a lot of other ExpertZone users).

This morning I have received an Invoice from 24Studio which lists my order details (160gb PS3 console @ £134.99 : I didn't use the code), it also shows my account number + allow upto 21 days for delivery from order date :-)

It's a new account as I only set it up for the PS3 deal.

I've brought a ps3 now from asda 320gb with battlefield 3 for £197 next day delivery. Will sell battlefield for £33 cash in cex and it's a ps3 320gb for £165...nice and no hassle. Now I got nothing back from studio 24. So I think it's best I ring them to cancel as I don't want 2 PS3. Good luck with your orders!

To be fair that is a standard response. If you enquire about a delivery with Amazon, they say "if it hasn't arrived by XX date, please let us know and we will look into it".

Just rang studio as havent heard anything, he said its marked as dispatched and should be with me on the 4th November if it doesnt arrive I am to ring them and they will look into it!! sounds a bit suspicious!! I asked him for my account number, he said he couldnt give it to me due to data protection, even though we had gone through loads of security questions and he couldnt email to me either, he said it would be sent with the item!!
I very much doubt that I will see this playstation, good luck to anyone that does!

I have account with them.

It just showing waiting despatch and even I use code 019, they didn't give me the 10% discount but I did have it free delivery.

There is nothing like that on the failed delivery card...just details on how I could re-book it either online or ringing them...a generic, pre-printed card with tick boxes on for why the delivery failed...

This was due to "a signature was required"

I really doubt it could have come that quick.......check the parcel ref and see where it loaded from (location)

Well Ive re-arranged delivery for tomorrow...fingers crossed :smiley:

Missed parcel delivery for me today...Yodel/Home Delivery Network...cant say Im expecting anything else...

Anyone else?

I phoned..mine will be here in next 7 days

Not me.

Thanks very much but I won't be able to get there today, i will just keep waiting until another fantastic deal comes along as I am sure one will in the run up to Crimbo... Hope so anyway!

Received a letter today saying thank you for your purchase of product protection insurance...... Just spent ten mins on the phone to a rather clueless young gentleman saying this isn't showing on my account but item should be dispatched in 3-7 days. Anyone else had this? Would appear the nonsense has begun.....

If I get mine, you can have my phat for a good price.

Sainsburys deal IF you can get down there today and IF they have stock.

I haven't been accepted for this, hope the rest get yours though

Mine arrived today, i wondered why it was so cheap!!... but just can't get it to turn on?!

well its day 4 today of my 3 - 5 working days with tomorrow being the 5th of course.....

im still hoping but the hope is fading .........................studio are certainly good at building the tension up lol

tum te tum yawn etc etc

.....

no..... i was told 3-5 days but as i said the person sounded very coy on the phone.

Has anyone received there's yet ?

Part of the email...

our order will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s) and we will email you again when each parcel is dispatched. You will receive notification of your account number on your invoice which will be included with your first order, once this has been received, you will then be able to register online with us.

I just wonder... If they will send this PS3 directly from manufacturer then how they want to put inside a letter with account number, invoice, etc...

Yeah it said it in my email when they confirmed my account, so they could've just been reading that.

I've just had a call to say that it will be delivered within 14 days from the order date. At least they have confirmed it will be delivered.

Nudda here but shrug just wanna know whether to hold my fund allocation still for the next longshot or not :smiley:

anybody who has an existing account had a dispatch note yet?

*yawn*

Do they come with High Definition graphics??? If the answer is yes, I'll take 3 instead of a PS3 :smile:

http://www.24studio.co.uk/ss/help/help.jsp?page=terms&part=subs

(i) If we are unable to supply an item, a carefully selected alternative may be sent. If this alternative does not give full satisfaction then return it to us and all costs relating to that item will be refunded.

Assuming they put the PS3 on your "credit agreement" on the day they open it but then take more than one statement's period to get it delivered, the terms indicate you'd be into late fees, charges etc etc. You'd of course be in the right to try and ge them reclaimed/removed but Studio24 don't seem to have a great customer service history in that department.

Hopefully they've improved, none of this comes to pass and it all works for those who've ordered given the previous xbox scenario with this crowd. Will be a cracker of a deal if it does.

rofl!

or more likely play station x3...

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A play station...

i suppose the question is what would be a "substitute"?

you'll have to wait for the delivery note. You'll get something no doubt, but I think it'll not be what you expected if it's anything like the old xbox deal (they have something written in the T&C's that if they have no stock or not the item, you'll get a "substitute").... look out for that :smile:

... but you can return it, and challenge it. I know the procedure now, so will advise if need be!

I don't see what all the fuss is here?!

If you got the 2nd email, well done, sit back and wait up to the 14 days they quoted for delivery directly from the manufacturer.

If you didn't get the 2nd email stating your application has been successful and your order acknowledged, give them a call and they will let you know.

Some people really treat it like a matter of life and death :confused:

I wouldn't be getting worked up about. Chronological order. People who are awaiting dispatch. Haven't got the goods and may still get the cancellation email.

This is where tears start. People did say. FSA has got nowt to do with this. If people agreed and applied for a credit account. They have done no wrong there. Especially if they aren't charging for goods not despatched.

This catalogue always has been a never, never catalogue for people with crap credit. They do these stupid deals. Every now and then to farm more accounts. You didnt really think they would honour all these orders?

They are a well known ball ache company. I don't know why you bothered.

People are ringing it seems if they have had nothing back at all like me. I haven't rung them yet, if letter doesn't arrive in the post by Wednesday about this I will do. I ordered when this first went up and feel a bit cheated and treated poorly whereas people found this much later on and were informed straight way of success. Shoddy Customer Service in view, would like a PS3 as i'm an Xbox man myself and would like a taste on the forbidden fruit. But will wait till price goes down or if by some luck I actually receive my order. Good luck guys, don't panic and here's hoping they pull through and don't mug us off in any way shape or form. Adios.

Why are people ringing them.... surely by ringing them you are highlighting your account and giving them the chance to cancel it ??

I would stay silent and allow the automated process to work.....

Why are so many people phoning them?! It says on the acknowledgement "Direct despatch from manufacturer please allow 10 days" and it has been 4 days!!

LOL best username EVAR!

Ordered on the 19th, 2nd email received on the 21st so fingers crossed, not going to phone.

I rang this morning because someone said they'd rung and been told they were out of stock. I wanted to see what they said when I asked. I also quite like the chance to speak to people on the phone too.

So what you're saying, Tinkerbell, is that it's a never cataloge for a mischievous group of people who refuse to pay up.

This sounds all too familiar, wouldn't you say?

I bought mine because I don't get out very much so I thought a PS3 would make up for the staggeringly huge hole in my life. Plus I don't have much money which is why I like this site. So hopefully it will turn up. If not I'll have to go to an actual shop

I just called them and spoke to the most patronising man ever, he said you should have had a letter (I had not). He said I need to pay for the item before November if I want it. I told hi I did not want it any more.

The company REP scares me.

when did people place there orders ?

i ordered on 19th around noon and got 2nd email on 21st

I ordered at 9:54 on 20th Oct. Received 2nd acceptance email at 8.29 on 21st Oct

I just rang them and was told the order was fine, going through ok and that I needed to allow 14 days from the date I placed the order to receive the parcel. But that's a fairly standard response really so they could have just been a bit clueless.

I ordered on 19/10/2011 at 22:23hrs
I received the 2nd acceptance email on 21/10/2011 at 10.33hrs

When is the next catalogue issued?

Just called and was told my order had been put on hold as they had no stock in, and they wouldn't know if they would get any stock until the next catalogue comes, so basically as they had no stock my order would not be fulfilled. He didn't seem to know what he was talking about. Good luck for everyone else who was told they will be getting theres.

just rung as well and the lady said 3-5 days and it will be here.

but when i asked further questions she seemed a bit vague......

I really am hoping it will be a postive outcome but hey ho lets wait and see.

She did say she "thinks" my account has been approved but couldnt say for certain as when ive applied previously studio wouldnt give me one for some reason.

Well i took the plunge and gave them a call.
My first order on Wednesday evening has been processed but in all honesty he was a little cagey as to what stage it is at, he would not commit to saying its definately going to be posted and referred me to standard delivery times apply.

My second order on Thursday evening is showing out of stock and wont be processed.


So im not going to count my chickens before they hatch but it is looking a little promising.

I'd advise a bit of patience.

I'm too scared to call, I'll wait a day or two to see if this letter some people have said they'll be receiving arrives :wink:

do i dare to ring!?

i used code aswell. got mine for £116.99

Not sure whether its worth me phoning as i used the money off voucher. There a bit lax with the updates and despatch notes.

i got both emails and women on phone confirmed my order its just waiting dispatch and will be here within 14 working days

I didnt get any 2nd email..I logged into my account as had it previously. So dont give up if you didnt get a 2nd email either.

Did you call as well - anything in email form?

Just called them and mine has been processed and awaiting dispatch.

anyone got these OOS emails?

I have a feeling a lot of us wont even get these.

Oh well it was worth a try!

I only got the second email :neutral_face:

OMG! You guys atleast got the order i got a second email saying account has been created etc and then said sorry cannot send the item due to stock!! So i called the guy and he goes call back in a few days so we can track it down? :s

no she says i have the product and i could pay for it now if i wanted too but she was saying that she couldn't see the discount so i could have bought it there and then for 129

Right guys i had only received the first email so i rang them up and they says my order is on hold so until november first basically meaning i have got it . But they haven't taken the disocunt to make it 116.99 women syas she can only do for 129 or whatever the price was so i have to email them showing the discount because they cannot give it me until i do . So if you have not received second email ring them!!

i have a feeling thats wishful thinking mate:( i bet we all get these no stock emails now.

Stardrops or bcfcrule did you receive an email first with an invoice number etc on or is this the first email you received?

I had an email saying my order has been processed (like the others posted on here) with a invoice number etc. Just deciding whether to wait or go to Sainsburys and get the £200 deal....

Sent them an email myself, upon sending it they say emails are dealt with in the order they are received. Shame the orders they receive aren't dealt with in the same way.

So is it only people who did not receive the second email who are getting these cancellation emails?

Thats one way of bolstering your client base in one go....

ofcourse we have 50,000 active accounts when we only had 40,000 last week...

I got the same message, but now no longer able to obtain "new customer" discounts as I have an account.

mines gonna be cancelled, lets hope between us we can waste as much of their time as possible undoing their hard work promoting.

Apprently you need to do it in writing.

I orderd Wednesday evening and received the acceptance email Friday morning.
I placed another order late thursday after the deal expired as there was a ps3 showing in my basket. I havent recvd any emails about that one yet.

I also received the welcome but cannot get stock. The only way we make sure they dont benefit is to cancel your account immediately as this was clearly an instrument to get members and servicing very few with the goods. Agree with CTTM though well done to all those who receive theirs as this would have been a great deal.

Got the same email. Doesn't seem fair that I ordered on Wednesday, get approved for an account later than people who ordered on Thursday, and now I don't get a PS3.

I did not receive an acknowledgement email previously. Then this morning I got an email from studio24.

"I am pleased to confirm that your Application has been successful and would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Studio. "

I was like :laughing: until I read further.

"Sorry, the following items are not currently available & will not be sent

Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay

Sorry, we are unable to obtain stock for the following:
0 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £0.00 £0.00

Please do not reply to this email."

Then I was GUTTED. :disappointed:

Any harm with not cancelling my account?

Anyway good luck and have fun to everyone who gets a PS3 in the mail! Guess it wasn't meant for me.

@Julius Littlewoods used to (don't know if they still do) say that about large electricals. I think they order them when needed, so they don't have too much cash tied up in expensive kit just sitting in the warehouse. This way if it doesn't sell, they haven't lost any money.

hi

I got the same. credit account approved. but ps3 out off stock.

can someone be kind enough to post the procedure to cancel my account with this company. I'm sure it will be useful to more than just me.

no cancelation emails for me so all looking good at the moment. im still very conifdent this will go through

Hubby just received an email, congratulations on opening your account and we have accepted your order that will be sent in 0 parcels etc etc and then telling us they have no stock and the product won't be delivered.

Just received this email (ordered Wednesday evening)


Sorry, the following items are not currently available & will not be sent

         
Sorry, we are unable to obtain stock for the following:
0 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £0.00 £0.00

im 50/50 on this. They havnt as yet said anything like it was a pricing error etc.....

On the plus side the amount of people that have ordered them could pursuaded them to honor the price if indeed it was a error.

Plus out of all the people who ordered one, many will probably use the catalog again especially on credit in these hard times......its human nature.

so far I have not received a single email from that company regarding either registering or placing my order... WTF???

I just feel confused why the order will be shipped from the factory?
I dont think sony will have a deal with 24studio to allow 24studio to place the orders in Sony's supplier directly.

I have not received the second email ultimatekopite. I ordered late Wednesday night and I have received an alert from experian to say a credit check has been done. I guess I will be receiving a letter in the next few days or so.

I had only received the order (which i place on Thursday) confirmation email and was worried; therefore,I decided to call them this morning.

They said the order was held due to only have been given a 100 pound credit (no idea why it's so low!) whereas my order costs a 117. I ended up having to pay 29 pounds over the phone since the original price 129 for them to release my order. It will take a maximum of 3 days for my payment to go through at which point they'll send the ps3 with my invoice totaling approx 88 pounds.

This has the potential of turning into a headache but I guess we'll see what happens!

Anybody not received there second email yet ?

just in time for BF3 :wink:

i waited on the line for about 10mins and the women then told me my order had been processed on the 20th and now i will have to wait 7 to 10 days for delivery. LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

also i asked for my account number but apparently due to the data protection act they cannot give it over the phone or email it to the registered email address (which is a bit stupid in my opinion) but she said she will send it out via post.

Sh*te. I hope it does work out for the buyers, I just had a bad feeling and followed my instincts. It would be stupid to not follow your own head now wouldn't it?

I'm confused - how do I find out when I should be at home to sign for the delivery?

I am being told I can track my order from my account online, but I can't login without an account number, and the only way to get my account number is by reading it off the paperwork in the box.

There's so much negativity because the ones who never went for it are now bricking themselves/praying they don't get delivered cos they would missed out on a cracking deal

Mrs has an account and phoned, the girl said that the PS3 should be with her by Wednesday

has anyone received there's yet?

i dont see why there is so much negativity about this deal
at best everyone gets their ps3 for £116.99 and at worst we get a bunch of emails/catalouges from them, nothing to lose really :smiley:

Why would they not deliver if sent out 2nd stage confirmation emails after a couple of days, there was new credit searches alerts from equifax and some of us had phoned to confirm and got positive answer?

IT IS HAPPENING!

Still convinced here that this will not happen, if it does then I have a PS3.

If not then nothing lost at all, I can see this thread running and running though :-)

If these turn out to be < 3.55 I think I might just explode!

If these consoles turn up, i'm going to make sure I take a photo for the naysayers. There's no indication at all these won't be delivered.

Called Studio 24 today and they have confirmed it will be delivered within 3-7 days :smile:

My credit account has been accepted, though I cannot see this being honoured. I don't even know why I ordered one, as I am an Xbox fanboy ><. This bloody site causes impulse buys :smile:

I ordered late Wednesday nite and got an email Thurs morning saying I've bn accepted for an account and methods of payment options will be sent with the ps3 I used the 10% but does say it's not been dispatched yet another e mail to follow. Thanks

thats what the lovely lady on the phone told me

By the way I don't think my application would have gone through anyway... since I haven't received any confirmation emails...

I just rang them... seems my application is still pending.. the lady said it requires more than a couple of days... Are you sure they declined you?

I've got my email - my son will be over the moon on his birthday, the price everywhere else is far too expensive for me to afford - so fingers x

i used the code but got email ok

Same for me, sounds like those without the email have either been rejected or have been sent a letter. I'm not holding out much hope though.

what is the point in copying out the emails? and the same email for that matter?

Me and my brother ordered one each on the 19th. I did not use the 10% code but did receive a second email this morning at 07.59. My brother on the other hand, who used the 10% code, is yet to receive his second email.

Not sure if this is down to credit rating (brother is a home owner and am a student) or due to the 10% code (i think some who used the 10% code received a second email). It could also be due to timing (i ordered mine first, within the first 2 hours)

got an email aswell

I've not had the email yet. I'm hoping for the letter in the mail, as I've already got an account (I've no idea my # so couldn't order it with that, so had to order as a new customer) so they can't say I wasn't accepted for credit, or I'll moan :wink:

I didn't get an email...take it I wasn't accepted..and I ordered on 19th :disappointed: Anyone else not had anything

Dear xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am pleased to confirm that your order has now been successfully processed onto your account and will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s). We will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.
Your Order is being delivered to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx
Invoice Number: xxxxxxx
Order Reference: xxxxxxx
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £129.99
Less Extra Discount: £0.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00
Total To Pay: £129.99
Parcel 1 Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days (except suites, please refer to catalogue)

Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay
1 19501366QN 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99


Please do not reply to this email.

If you wish to contact us, please use our online contact form.


*** Good News! *** Our brand new secure website payment facility is now available.

To make a payment to your account using a credit or debit card, you can now use our secure online payment facility, simply sign into your Studio online account and you will be directed to our new secure website payment page. This facility is available 24hours a day 7 days a week.

Don't forget that you can also check the following by logging into your online account; Check how much available to spend you have, Check how much your minimum payment is, Check when your minimum payment is due, View your past orders, View your current statement, Change to Details, Track an order and View expected delivery dates for delayed items.
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24studio is a trading style of Express Gifts Ltd.
Registered Office: 2 Gregory Street, Hyde,Cheshire, SK14 4TH
Registered Number 718151
VAT No. : 125688644
Express Gifts is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

nope i have just rang as i havent had an email since my order form so thought something was amiss

well i deffo wont be getting 1 has i have been declined for an account thats a first for me in 20 odd years good luck to the rest of you but unfortunately im out lol

alright i read the email properly now. but what kind of madness is that? you get your account number with the order?

how can you rule it out as a missprice yet as noone as received it, not until then will this be real we all have to play the waiting game

Only when I am holding a brand new PS3.

Not a PS2 Slim.
Not a PS3 with a statement showing £229.99 with a crappy offer of £10 off if I keep it.

A PS3 for £116.99 and a closed 24Studio account. :smiley:

Mine has now come off my balance on my credit (I already had an account with them) and is now awaiting dispatch!!

Has everyone got thier emails at the same time or have they been sent throughtout the day?

No nothing..I can even pay off now if I want. I have used studio for nearly 4 years now and have never had a problem or charge from them.

Bummer take it theses have all gone... !! Good Luck guys

My email arrived at 8:34am.

It's nice that you enjoy an email as much as a ps3 :smile:

got my email to :sunglasses:

**** just got real

if anyone does have a screenshot that would be great, he said i would need to email them and i could show them that as proof if not iam thinking of showing them 1 of them emails that people have received maybe?

Hi everyone, ive been looking at this deal yesturday and decided to buy it today and when i clicked on the link it doesnt bring up the deal, it says Sorry on their website. and ive called them to ask about this deal and they said they have never heard about this or seen it, the person ive spoke to even asked their manager and they said the same thing they dont know anything about it, but he said he would do it for that price if i could prove it, and i cant get the same page open to show them the price and the deal... can anyone help me with this i really want 1. thanks

Yeah, I got the e-mail too. Let's see what happens. It's good that you can pay it all off via their secure online payment system. That way they can't mess you around or slow things down, as some previously claimed in this thread.

Hot if I get it

Hi everyone, ive been looking at this deal yesturday and decided to buy it today and when i clicked on the link it doesnt bring up the deal, it says Sorry on their website. and ive called them to ask about this deal and they said they have never heard about this or seen it, the person ive spoke to even asked their manager and they said the same thing they dont know anything about it, but he said he would do it for that price if i could prove it, and i cant get the same page open to show them the price and the deal... can anyone help me with this i really want 1. thanks

I got an email too jus gonna wait now and see


Dear Mr H

I am pleased to confirm that your Application has been successful and would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Studio. 

Your order will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s) and we will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.
You will receive notification of your account number on your invoice which will be included with your first order, once this has been received, you will then be able to register online with us.

Details of payment methods, your minimum payment and the due date, will be detailed on your first statement. The statement will only be received after all the below parcels have been dispatched, you do not need to make any payment until you are instructed to do so on your statement.

Your Order is being delivered to:

MR H
--- ------- GARDENS
ILFORD
ESSEX
--- ---

Invoice Number: ------
Order Reference:-------
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £129.99
Less Extra Discount: £13.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00

Total To Pay: £116.99
Parcel 1   Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days (except suites, please refer to catalogue)

Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay
1 ---------- ------, PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99

Please do not reply to this email.

If you wish to contact us, please use our online contact form.

*** Good News! *** Our brand new secure website payment facility is now available.

To make a payment to your account using a credit or debit card, you can now use our secure online payment facility, simply sign into your Studio online account and you will be directed to our new secure website payment page.  This facility is available 24hours a day 7 days a week. Terms & Conditions

24studio is a trading style of Express Gifts Ltd. 
Registered Office: 2 Gregory Street, Hyde,Cheshire, SK14 4TH
Registered Number 718151
VAT No. : 125688644
Express Gifts is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Like it says on the confirmation emails you supposedly read! :wink:

i got a problem.... no where in the emails received did it say my account number so i tried the forgot account number and shows as not found.

Either my date of birth is wrong which crazy as they gave a non-existent person credit or i dont have an account but am for some reason receiving emails...???!!!??

I have recieved the confirmation Email too.

i got the email aswell, but mann... i thought it was some kind of clearance or something or another. Didnt even read the whole page and ordered straight away because I was planning on buying a ps3 so didnt put in any discount code. But i guess £135 is better than nothing if i do get it..

Here's hoping, guess I'll find out soon.

No email for me either, not looking good. :disappointed:

I got the same email, just have to wait for it to arrive i guess!

email is nothing as we havent had actual dispatch notices yet purely just an acknowledgement of the order and a confirmation of a credit account.

Apart from the emailed hard proof?

Looks pretty much real to me?

Dear Mr Anthony ***********

I am pleased to confirm that your Application has been successful and would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Studio.

Your order will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s) and we will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.
You will receive notification of your account number on your invoice which will be included with your first order, once this has been received, you will then be able to register online with us.

Details of payment methods, your minimum payment and the due date, will be detailed on your first statement. The statement will only be received after all the below parcels have been dispatched, you do not need to make any payment until you are instructed to do so on your statement.

Your Order is being delivered to:

MR ANTHONY ************
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Invoice Number: 704****
Order Reference:864****
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £129.99
Less Extra Discount: £13.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00

Total To Pay: £116.99
Parcel 1   Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days (except suites, please refer to catalogue)

Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay
1 195******* 790*** , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99

Please do not reply to this email.

If you wish to contact us, please use our online contact

I called as well and while mine is still being processed they said it looked like they were converting mine to an account (new to Studio) but could take 3-7 days. Did not mention any issues but we will wait and see.

Forgot to add I am linked to Experian and there was a search done by them but it only says searched for a gift card account - nothing more.

People, do not get ahead of yourselves.

Credit checks may be carried out by a third party in an automated fashion, and the staff you speak to on the phone may be unaware of correct product prices. And it's a no-brainer that credit checks and account creation will happen before your order is processed.

Just because your application for an account has been accepted, does not mean they will process your order, even more so when on credit.

Apologies, didn't realise you already had an open credit account with them.

Any joy?

I received the email to confirm my credit check had been passed, and asked me to wait for 14-day delivery from the factory directly.

Don't you mean:

could you beeeee any more 1990s???

arww bailey wheres the sense of fun its not like im trolling the thread as im in it too :stuck_out_tongue:

Got one too, chuffed.

Wohoooooooooooooo mine arrived this morning.........












































Did you believe me for a sec? Shame on you!

0871 376 99 33

I just went for the option to speak to someone directly.

Just gave them a call to see if they have accepted me for credit like the rest of you people who've got the email confirmation because I've yet to have it, yet I ordered late Wednesday night.

What the lady said is that today they sent a letter out to me today, instead of giving me credit they want full payment in advance (£129.99), once I've paid they'll process the order then when I receive it, I'll need to claim the 10% back using the invoice later on.

So definitely looks promising!!

I've got my confirmation email. Yopeeeee.

Is there any way or running Ubuntu on this & is it any good as a media centre?

got email.

I hope this works out okay as i told my mate about this so he's hoping to pay monthly.

Yep, thats what it has said on every email notification received so far :smiley:

Will come with the documentation with the PS3 I presume.

Link to pay account off now edited into original post.

i dont mind that as i used the voucher for £116.99 i wanted to pay in full anyhow

edit i see what you mean now!

no email for me - ordered around 22:00 on Wednesday night - gutted :disappointed:

Arf arf! :stuck_out_tongue:

Sofas mate. They're really problematic for Sony remotes and bluetooth controllers.

Oh yeah, my bad. The bluetooth remote is fine but don't use this from the sofa either cos it won't work. You can use the controllers from the sofa though.

I sure hope that's true :smile: A supplier can be out of stock at a given price though if they had only allocated so many, so I'll keep my fingers crossed

Fingers crossed I get this and also for the rest of you guys.

Thats an extract of the credit confirmation

Parcel 1 Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days

I AM NOW VERY HOPEFULL!!!!

Now do I ebay it or keep it for bluray??

lets hope so im getting excited now even though i didnt want one lol!

how do we log into out accounts or do those details follow?

Just to note, although your credit checks have been accepted, it's still quite likely they'll send you an out of stock notification in the post :smiley:

Shame I cant use my PayPal credit to put towards in :smile:

hope it does come through im already looking at accessories?

Do these come with remotes for using blu ray? from the sofa?

cheers

I have been hunting for one for about 4 weeks at a suitable price...saw this deal the evening before I was due to head to sainsburys to get their deal :smiley:

received my confirmation email as well :smiley: spoke to customer support with a couple of queries and they were excellent. very pleased i took the risk now!

They alter the amount i owe and the amount available to spend thats how

Hi, I ordered Thursday morning around 9am and received a confirm email immediately and a 2nd email this morning at 8.30 confirming acceptance of credit account.

Hope it comes through.

:smile: Ha, what are you on about?! :smile:

Maybe they are processing yesterdays first....false hope :neutral_face:

how many people actually want a ps3 lol?

wonder if they have enough?

ps how do we log into our accounts? ive got no details to log in with?

No email yet.. I hope it's because they've realised I'm already on their books and don't need to credit check :wink:

Ditto Ditto. Yay

Got my email confirmation happy days

Fingers crossed peeps !!!!

Got confirmation email this morning! Happy days!

LOL... 11:08 for me (+2 mins)... Guess I'll get an xbox then... any idea how much would be a good deal for one?

I ordered 2 days ago on the 19th super annoying

Hmm that's annoying, I had a confirmation email yesterday at 11:07 (1 minute after you), but no follow-up email this morning. Yet.

I have had an email from Studio this morning saying Ive been accepted for a Credit account and that...



...ahh, just realised how many others already posted the wording...ah well

Sent: 20 October 2011 11:06:43 is when I received the "confirmation"

Bad part is I ordered two as my credit got shot to hell with losing my job so I will be making a tiny bit on the 2nd console no doubt.

i did

Got confirmation email this morning! Happy days!

Same....knew I shouldn't have put student living with parents...:disappointed: Ohh well I have an xbox a far superior console (online) :wink:

:disappointed: Haven't received any email yet... what time did yall order? or is my credit dodgy? :confused:

ive just checked my account from ordering yesterday and they are awaiting despatch, they have deducted the money from my account so I will be getting it, so maybe alls not lost

YAY MINE TO!!!!

I'd wait until the puss threes were paid for and account closed before I got the cigars out folks.

Haven't got mine??Ordered early as well :disappointed:

I have had my application accepted and my 2 PS3's will be dispatched accordingly.

Direct Dispatch from Manufacturer - Please allow 14 days.

I'll be emailed again once they have been dispatched :smile:

Just checked my e-mail and also have an order acknowledgment as well, was going to post it but a lot of people seem to have them as well.
Still will only believe it when it turns up.
Not even sure I want one - damn you HOTUKDEALS!

Same letter. It says up to 14 days delivery. And still need to make sure I pay in full as soon as statement arrives.

My 3 are on the way..... that's xmas sorted for the kids..

Happy happy!!!!!

Any tracking available?

unrelated, where the fudge is an online link to get the ps3 repaired officially?

Just had this as well - sounds quite promising....

Dear Mr X

I am pleased to confirm that your Application has been successful and would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Studio.

Your order will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s) and we will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.
You will receive notification of your account number on your invoice which will be included with your first order, once this has been received, you will then be able to register online with us.
Details of payment methods, your minimum payment and the due date, will be detailed on your first statement. The statement will only be received after all the below parcels have been dispatched, you do not need to make any payment until you are instructed to do so on your statement.
Your Order is being delivered to:

MR xxxx


Invoice Number: xxx
Order Reference:xxx
Order Code Quoted: 19 Total Goods Ordered: £129.99
Less Extra Discount: £13.00
Postage & Packing: £0.00

Total To Pay: £116.99
Parcel 1 Direct dispatch from manufacturer - please allow 14 days (except suites, please refer to catalogue)
Qty Item Description Price You
Reference Each Pay
1 xxx 790314 , PLAYSTATION 3 160GB CONSOLE PS3 £129.99 £129.99

I've had the same confirmation email so looks promising now! 117 quid all in. You can't beat that!

YES EMAIL HOW I LOVE THEEE

oh please oh please oh please oh please

Just had 'Order Acknowledgement' email (not the same as initial email):

"I am pleased to confirm that your Application has been successful and would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Studio.

Your order will be dispatched in 1 parcel(s) and we will email you again when each parcel is dispatched.
You will receive notification of your account number on your invoice which will be included with your first order, once this has been received, you will then be able to register online with us. "

I placed my order yesterday and got a confirmation email straight away, just have to wait to see if they delivery.

I ordered 2 earlier!

I placed my order yesterday and have not received any emails from them! Has everyone else had them?

No credit file change alert emails for me yet...

ordered for £116.99

From my post yesterday for anyone who thinks that placing the order but not giving them bank details or payment details means you've cleverly avoided their spam machine. You will of course have a credit check done against you and, as has been rightly stated above, it isn't good sense to have too many of these too quickly.

But like I said yesterday, great deal if folks actually get it fairly and squarely and avoid any problems :-)

Read his post again, from the looks of it he already has an account which is why they have his billing address. That's why the credit application info is missing from his email.

Everyone has had that email sonofmatrix

Dear xxxxxxxxxxx,

Thank you for shopping with Studio.

Your Order Reference is: xxxxxxxx


Your Billing Address:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Item Product Description Options Delivery Estimate Price Each Quantity Sub Total
PlayStation 3 160GB Console PS3
(195-013-66QN)

Direct despatch from manufacturer please allow 10 days (except suites, please refer to individual product detail pages) £129.99 1 £129.99
Order code : 019

P&P charge: FREE
Order Total: £129.99

IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT YOUR ORDER
Delivery - Where possible we will deliver all of your items together. This means that your parcel(s) may take slightly longer than the times stated above. Please see the Website for more information.

Please note: this email is an acknowledgment that we have received your order. It does not form an order confirmation or acceptance of order.

All orders are subject to our Terms & Conditions.






ORDER TRACKING
You can track your order 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with our online parcel tracking service. We will send you email confirmations when your order is processed and as each parcel is dispatched. In the unfortunate event that an item is delayed we will email you with an expected delivery date.
Don't forget that you can view the status of your orders at any time, day or night, by logging into your account and selecting 'Track an Order'.





Pat Matthews
Customer Care Manager
Careline: 0871 376 99 33
Orderline: 0844 800 11 22
24studio.co.uk

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Registered Office: 2 Gregory Street, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 4TH
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has nobody heard a dicky bird yet and nobodys rang or is nobody saying for fear of reprisal lol

They may have pulled it, but they haven't changed the price. The 2 I still have in my basket are still £129.99, so to me that looks promising.

Interesting that a previous hot deal the Xbox 360 (http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-360-kinect-sensor-250gb-kinectimals-845550) did seem to get delivered.

I have checked my orders and it still has no details. Is still under the internet orders not yet processed title.

AFAIK, it's money shopping things that suggest otherwise, Rejections, or acceptances aren't shown on your file.

Just the actual credit search, by the company. The outcome isn't recorded. It's having too many searches, rather than rejections that affects your cf. As it makes you look desperate or fraudulent applying for many credit accounts at a time. Rejected people are more likely to do this. The rejection dosen't matter, as it isn't disclosed.

Then, having too many accounts, etc.

So if people have gone for this and been rejected, highly unlikely they'll reject anyone. But the search won't make a difference if it's rejected or not. It's just a recorded search.

This is what I was told, when we started looking at mortgages, watch the amount of searches you have, even if you know you will get accepted (never been rejected yet). Mobiles, cards, bank accs, catalogues, utilities etc. It's the searches that are the issue. Thought I'd clarify above info. But Rick T is right. Recent credit searches, do affect your ability to borrow from other lenders. As it's the searches which are looked at.

Shows the incompetence of the company though really. Gone 3pm in the day, and not a response one way or the other from them.
Would be interested to hear from the people who already had an account, as to what it says on the status when they sign in.

Mine still showin in basket from earlier still cant make me mind up lol

Has anyone called them yet to see if they'll honour them?

ahahaha i did the same ^ doubt itll be honoured anyway

I added it to my basket earlier before I decided to buy it.

Fair enough... good news then !

Just wanted to remind you... when you applied and got rejected, it will be on your credit score and will affect any future requests for credit in the near future...

Read up on credit score rejections. :man:

Something tells me that I could have just done ten years for fraud, and I'd still get an account with this company.

Clicking on the 'go to deal' link gets you this:

Sorry.....We are sorry you have arrived at a page that has gone into hiding.'

Love the wording - its gone into hiding - its on the run - the deal has gone underground

:smile:

Not sure about this in view of all the negative comments. However, can't resist so have just placed my order. Be a pleasant surprise if it does turn up.

Am I the only one anxiously refreshing this page to see anything informative popping up but only to be disappointed? *cough* useless bickering *cough*

has anyone really recieved their ps3 yet ??

This whole thread reminds me of the Sainsbury's Entertainment/Xbox Arcade nonsense last year. Although at least we got a voucher; all you'll get here is a load of junk mail and a credit account you don't want*



*probably

Mine just arrived hand delivered by the CEO :o He said it was the only one left and wanted to make sure it got to me safely

Colleague of mine ordered this .. wasn't too sure myself .. he didn't mind risking it and can be bothered with the hassle if it turns out to be a repeat of the past Studio 24 deals.

Will keep you informed !

[email protected] oh ah another update? **** no! helps fill in an otherwise boring day :smile:

No bickering just finding reasons and lol you thought this was an update didnt you cttm :wink:

@Stray aye thats the deal I looked for PS3 for £200 with "any" 2 games but where it was messing up and trying to charge 114 or so if you tried 2xfifa12. Wasnt in my local unfortunately or would have gone for that also as that was certain.

Hey Stray understandable within context but the sainsburys deal was never meant to be Fifa12x2 and was only availible in some stores I tried my local for the same deal and wasnt able to get it the only offer was a when bought with these games deal which was more expensive.

Having your name associated with a company that if it doesnt go through only has a record of you applying for credit and getting approved would actually be a good thing as its a plus on your account for having a zero balance with a catalogue company or am I missing something there?

lots of negativity surrounding the retailer on here. to balance it out, my wife has been a customer for many years and never had a problem with returning stuff, refunds, out of stock items etc.

There's lots of 'proof' for homeopathy on google too :wink: I prefer my personal anecdote of zero trouble however

I am not disputing that, but probably more so the major headaches that MIGHT follow re previous peoples problems with this company..... My point, is it really worth the potential hassles with having a line of credit with this company all for the sake of a few pounds saving (Sainsbury £199 + 2 games deal).
If it was a straight purchase, fine, im in.. but!
It's having my name associated with them in respect a line of credit that becomes the issue.. constant mail outs, screw up's with accounts, wrong goods sent.... proof is plastered all over google.

I created a brand new email for this offer...and opted out of the marketing options when registering...any resulting spam email will be obviously from this or related companies.

thanks for being so welcoming to someone who is new - i check this site everyday if you must know (my husbands a member) but have never actually felt the need to comment on anything up until now - and i have just been reminded why i never bother. - arent you guys always ranting about how threads turn into nothing to do with the product? - isnt this exactly whats happening???. yes i can see why you may think your opinions - but really?, very mature approach.

Privacy ? Do you not think your details are splatted across numerous areas of business, on several junk mail listings. This is a misprice as stated and its 50/50 on whether its honoured or not but to opt out for such a claim is a little short sighted.

Dont understand either to be honest Dream, ok our details are now within another database but big deal junk mail can be thrown and if not honoured its no loss.

Ever stopped to think about if it IS honoured though how gutted you would feel for missing out?