Cashback offers aren't just about catching people who forget or fail to qualify. They collect user data and help them play games with revenue in certain quarters.
Bowler_man to mikerr
15 Sep 16#16
simple maths, sell at £125 you only get £125 sell at £180 and give cash back you now have a chance of getting £180 if only 25% of people don't claim its all profit.
jamhops to mikerr
15 Sep 16#30
I think businesses are limited on cashback and it is also used to give the discount to this market and try and stem the flow of hardware between regions.
retrend to mikerr
15 Sep 161#46
It's an accounting trick they use to pad their sales figures.
The full price counts as revenue and the cashback comes from the marketing budget.
OrribleHarry
14 Sep 161#4
Good machines but have been cheaper.
Please note only 1 pci-e slot on these so usefulness as a PVR server for Kodi etc is reduced.
KHANTHEFIRST to OrribleHarry
14 Sep 16#5
Agreed, the Celeron processor is a bit underpowered for this kind of thing, so for any serious graphics related computing it's not optimal. personally I use it to host my virtual machines, upgraded the processor and it runs like a champ. Kodi runs on a sideloaded firestick and uses this server as it's media source.
KHANTHEFIRST to OrribleHarry
14 Sep 16#6
Agreed, the Celeron processor is a bit underpowered for this kind of thing, so for any serious graphics related computing it's not optimal. personally I use it to host my virtual machines, upgraded the processor and it runs like a champ. Kodi runs on a sideloaded firestick and uses this server as it's media source.
I think so, it's not a complicated thing to do either, just remember to make a copy of all receipts if they ever ask for a hard copy, ( think I just scanned mine in and emailed it off). Either way i'd rather have the £55 in my pocket than in theirs.
CampGareth
14 Sep 16#8
Ooh nice! I was just eyeing up a Dell T20 but this'd be smaller and lower power. Dual gigE is also pretty neat even if it is broadcom underneath.
SteveCoops
14 Sep 16#9
If only these could take 32GB of RAM I'd be upgrading my old kit right away...
OrribleHarry to SteveCoops
15 Sep 161#11
Check out homeservershow.com I'm pretty sure these are known to support 32gb unofficially.
simonprr
15 Sep 16#12
really? didn't realise that although I bet 2x16gb sticks are expensive!
HerWorseHalf
15 Sep 16#13
Reading through the management speak nonsense, I'm not sure that's really what they're saying, more that it doesn't impact on your normal price like a price reduction would. But then again, with such guff, it's very hard to tell!
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Has dual NIC's and a ILO card.
Note £124.99 is the cashback price, it's £179.99 before cashback.
The returns procedure is simple enough, I got my refund when they ran this promotion the first time round.
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Do many people really forget to do the cashback ?
https://www.opia-sp.com/en/sales-promotion/cashback-and-mail-in-rebate
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Do many people really forget to do the cashback ?
https://www.opia-sp.com/en/sales-promotion/cashback-and-mail-in-rebate
The full price counts as revenue and the cashback comes from the marketing budget.
Please note only 1 pci-e slot on these so usefulness as a PVR server for Kodi etc is reduced.
I think so, it's not a complicated thing to do either, just remember to make a copy of all receipts if they ever ask for a hard copy, ( think I just scanned mine in and emailed it off). Either way i'd rather have the £55 in my pocket than in theirs.
https://www.serversdirect.co.uk/p/1039108/hpe-proliant-microserver-gen8-intel-celeron-g1610t-dual-core-.30ghz-mb-4-x-non-hotplug-
correct me if it's not the same thing.