"Where do I even begin....... this is my third review on the matter because I truly believe if you pay nearly £2,000 for an order you should be looked after and that's exactly the opposite for me. So I recently got a PC from overclockers and then noticed a strange noise from the graphics card and micro stuttering in games. So to be on the safe side I sent it off to repairs. After it taking like 3 days to get there I got an email saying it takes 3 days to for the testing process. So I waited 7 with no reply or progress. Then I rang them, only to be told it had just gone into testing and that they would get in touch the next day, they never got in touch with me. So I waited again another couple of days of silence to receive an email saying it had been returned to me but with no tracking information or anything. So I wait a couple more days and today ring them up only to be told that my order is sat in the warehouse and nobody has even bothered to send it back? Are you kidding? Like I'm not one to write reviews or get annoyed much to be honest but I'm sick of this. I paid so much money for this PC and some people pay more for a f***ing car and this is how I'm treated? They seriously need to get there act together and start caring otherwise that company will flop. "

"Firstly, im pretty sure the positive reviews here are paid, all written similarly with the same disdain for anyone potentially having a negative experience..

IAfter spending 3 days, 2 phone calls, 2 seperate payments, 17 webnotes back and forth. All over the course of this happy to let me pay for advances and speeding up deliveries. Alls good when theyre gouging your cash, as soon as all payments are processed, they send an email OUT OF HOURS, to let me know the 10+ stock of GPU i was ordering (And was still at 8 after order receipt) is now out of stock and i have to wait.

They happily took an extra £160 on a £3k order in the name of speeding up, speeding a service which they couldnt even offer before selling! Disgusting practice. Stay away from these guys

PC SPECIALIST, NEWEGG, SCAN ARE ALL BETTER CUSTOMER FOCUSED WEBSITES."

"Realy bad cuastomer service as they refuse to honor waranty on PSU dont ever buy PSU from them.
You buy Platinum PSU kolink with all the protections and stuf 5 years waranty but when you call they say that would not hapen from normal use so we cannot proces you rma request. What is normal use? why then advertise protection and stuf on the psu?
Never buy from them any psu especialy kolink."

"My new Ryzen 5 is a million times better than the A12-9800. The shop (OC) put haribo jellies in my box so that was a nice surprise.
Was really happy with the price and how fast it actually came here. It even went to Athlone before it came down here to Cork and I could track it every second of the way. Said it would arrive between 3-4 pm and it came at 3.40pm.

I can see why people are so angry here, I don't like sour jellies as much as the haribo original max either! So two stars. "

"Had a problem with a Noblechairs arm, it become loose after just over a year, OCUK sent out the replacement arms to fix it with and now it is back to as good as new, the arms arrived were sent via DPD and arrived promptly, I am very pleased with the after care! Thanks OC!"

"Worst shopping experience in my 20 years e-commerce experience.
Pre-Ordered PC components from Overclokcers (at cost of GBP 600+). I was told that the product would not be in stock in 1-2 months' time. Therefore I cancelled my order within the same day. When I asked the customer service ("CS") what shall I do to receive the refund, the CS told me that my card was not charged and no refund was necessary. Subsequently i checked my credit card online statement and paypal record (as the transaction was done through PayPal) and both had shown that my card was charged for this transactions. I then contacted the CS again and was informed that the refund will revert to my bank in 7 days' time. Seven days passed and nothing had come back to my bank account. I started almost daily chasing. The CS either told me that they were checking or tried bullshitting me that IT had taken over the case and it was out of his hands. Seriously, do you expect me to talk to your IT or do you just want me to shut up and wait? The refund didn't take place in half months time despite all the chasers and inquiries i made. I then reported this to PayPal. Paypal had then started to chase for the refund for me through their channel. On the other hand, PayPal had also advised me that if no action would be taken by Overclockers, I should file a case. Just when I started to gather all the information and file a case, the money finally came in. That is, 20 days after I initiated the refund. I had never met any such irresponsible merchant online. This was my worst experience and I would never purchase anything from them. By the way, when I did the purchase, Overclockers has set up a "billing agreement" without highlighting it to me. That makes the all payment shown as a "pre-approved" payment in PayPal. PayPal customer service personnel is kind enough to suggest me cancel such pre-approved payment arrangement if I am in no confidence with this merchant."

"I bought over £4000 in parts from this company and had problems with almost everything. The case was defective (fan controller and one of the standoff holes to mount the motherboard was stripped). No replacement was given. The motherboard failed. Then failed again. I bought a new model, it was DOA, the second one is thankfully still good. The memory failed. Replacement kit still works OK. Graphics card, I went through three different models, all failed. Had to buy the fourth model from a different retailer, and it's working fine. Every time was a rigmarole to get things sorted. They stick to their strict 30-day policy for refunds, after that only replacements except as per the Consumer Rights Act 2015, after you have a replacement you can ask for a refund - no flexibility or understanding. When you do a RMA they send the part to the manufacturer, this can take up to 30 days, isn't that crazy? If you do any work on your computer, kiss your month's salary bye-bye. Whern I mentioned this to them, the representative told me, I kid you not: "if you do work on your computer you should always have a backup". Patronising!! I was previously an Apple user and when I took my Mac Pro to the store, they fixed it within 2 days, always. They understood my business need. OCUK isn't the size of Apple or Amazon but with this attitude they will never stand a chance to be, these companies became big because of customer service, it was not an accident. This all adds time and money (having to take a day off to receive goods because you don't work locally). At the end of the day and after much fighting with the company I managed to get replacements or refunds but they always mentioned they were doing as a "goodwill gesture". Goodwill gesture!? From lots of other businesses I chose theirs to spend 4 grand and they are doing a "goodwill gesture"!??!? They should be bending over to get my custom, really. Its capitalism, building a reputation is hard and customers aren't easy to come by, you treat them badly then you fail in the end, little by little. I paid all the money in good faith, and all I expected was fully working products, which I didn't receive, so I wanted refunds because once something breaks chances are (noticing from experience over time) it will keep breaking again due to badly designed product, I prefer to get a refund and buy another model or brand. Anyway, this isn't even the biggest problem. Its the fact that they censor reviews. Simply go to their website and for instance click on the option "this week only deals", then check the star rating of the items on the page. 95% of the items have 5 stars. 5% have 4 stars (Percentages may not be the same when you view). You will seldom find items advertised with less than 3 stars on their site. They doctor reviews (make edits) changing what you meant to suit them, and selectively allow only highly rated ones to appear. The government said that fake reviews are illegal. They are using a loophole, the reviews are not fake but they only allow highly-rated ones on their site, so you are misled as to the issues with the products they are selling. You go to a reputable site like Amazon that let customers post reviews whether good or bad, and then you get the true picture about the product. Its a very shameful practice. This company needs to stop trading or they need to improve their customer service, there's no place for terrible customer service in today's world, and whether they like it or not, IT is a volatile industry with lots of failures/returns, they need to accept this reality and refund customers when they get products that are defective, whether within 30 days or not makes no difference, government said that its the retailers responsibility to prove things within 6 months, so their policy of refunds should be at least 6 months. Having said this, when they agreed about a refund or replacement, they stuck to their word and the money appeared on my account reasonably quickly. When I originally bought my parts, they shipped them on time (using DPD with 1-hour slot). I am still buying from this company but Ill be very careful as to what I buy. I wouldn't buy monitors for example, as their return policy for dead pixels is known to be terrible. OCUK management if you read this, here is a suggestion to you: instead of punishing your customers, put pressure on your suppliers to stop providing defective goods in the first place. Customers are victims of shoddy manufacturing practices, you prove you're worthy of our custom by standing by our side in these situations instead of acting like a disinterested middle-man. If you guys had the initiative to put pressure on your suppliers and say "here's the thing, either make quality products or we will stop reselling your goods" then perhaps they would stop making broken items and then you would not have to deal with RMAs at all."

"Paid over the odds for a brand new graphics card but received a used/opened item. Complained to customer service who have sent a replacement. Overclockers reported my (edited to reflect replacement) Trustpilot review as "The company has no record of this reviewer" - how did they think they could get away with it when I have had extensive comms with their customer service? Really dodgy. AVOID."

"What can I say about Overclockers? Well seeing as generally only 1 person in 10 writes a positive review a score on here of over 1 is still probably good!
My experience over the years has been extensive, as I use several suppliers for business purposes, and although OcUK have a bit higher pricing, they generally stock the higher end stuff, and their Customer Service is actually not what seems to get reported here - maybe they were caught on an off day or something.
Every time I have contacted support (as directed) I've received a satisfactory response. My first experience was in 2009 when I bought a prebuilt Oc'd PC from them and I had some problems a year after purchase, one of the team actually spent a lot of time helping me resolve the problem, even though it was out of warranty and the issue wasn't down to them.
Pre-sales advice is actually good, and they often suggest cheaper or better alternatives, so they clearly employ people who have more than a passing interest in PC's.
Delivery is probably one of the best around for dedicated Component suppliers - although expensive when compared to others that offer economy services, the DPD and UPS delivery options are spot on."

"So I've spent a lot of money with these guys in the past. But will not be buying from them again. Made sure all the items were in stock when I ordered and paid for next day delivery. Waited in all day off work ....nothing. Sent an email received confirmation of email but no reply for 24hrs. Waited in next day...nothing ...fired off another email and got a reply stating that my order would not be processed for another 5 days!

Guy on the end of the phone sounded like he had taken valium and was not concerned really, wouldn't change my order to items that were actually really in stock and no apology over two lost working days. In the end I told him to just refund my money (which will take 7 days!) and I bought the whole setup from Scan which was cheaper by some margin and next day delivery for half the delivery charge of overclockers.

My scan order has emailed me each step of the way and will even text me an hour before my order arrives...that is how it should be done."

"Avoid like the plague probably the worst company in the UK for lying to you and messing you about them being unprofessional this is the second time I've bought something from them and they messed about and lost time and money super unprofessional do yourself a favour never order from them the website looks good prices are ok I seem to know what you're talking about but as soon as you place an order it all starts to go downhill for instance you order something weeks later nothing you phone up to find out what's going on its out of stock but when you purchased it there was at least 10 in stock another problem they don't return your phone calls and they lie to you on the phone empty promises they don't deliver will never ever use this company again I Wish It Would close down and they would all get the sack absolutely fuming I am as I have lost money and time with these cowboys"

"I was ordering a bunch of parts to build a PC from overclockers, I chose them as others such as Amazon/Ebuyer didn't offer finance. However, I have to say that the finance process with overclockers is a complete shambles, it looks good at first but they are using Hitachi to finance it, and for some reason my application was declined - despite never being refused credit and never having late payments or anything like that. My credit score with experian is 990/999.

I'll cut a long story short, the problem with overclockers was that throughout the whole process I never received any updates on the order via e-mail or via the site. The website never updates, at one point it showed my first order shipped, then I did a second order as my finance application was referred this time, still no communication. I phoned up their telephone support and they said to just ignore what it says on the site. The whole thing was a mess I'm afraid, it all just comes down to no communication whatsoever with the order, website doesnt update, not even their support knows whats going on with the order. And a finance company that rejects you for unexplained reasons and you can't find out.

Now I'm just left to take some savings out instead and wait until my next pay day in a week to pay it off in full at a cheaper provider. The only reason I chose overclockers was for the finance but the system needs a big overhaul, and I can just go to a cheaper alternative instead if I'm not paying by finance."

"Refused to return a graphics card (Nvidia 970) despite it being a consumer right in the UK to return any item falsely advertised within 6 months of purchase.

Will not be buying from this company again and have taken the complaint to Trading Standards."

"Really good service. Worth getting 100+ posts on their forum for free next day delivery. Realy good delivery company give you hour-for-delivery timeslots.

Fast and mostly competitive on prices. I use them a lot these days.

n.b. puzzled about all the negative reviews. I guess its true what they say people only bother to leave reviews when they've had a negative experience."

"Bought a Roccat Kave 5.1 from Overclockers. Roccat suggest and give re-sellers a 2 year warranty on this product. However, Overclockers decides that they only want to give you a 1 year warranty for some unknown reason. I offered to pay for any P&P so it wouldn't cost the company any money but they still refused."