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icel0rd · 01-23-2002, 04:52 PM

Bah, I sent him en email a few weeks ago and never got a reply. Needless to say, I'm not too confident in purchasing anything from that site.

On another note, I am wiring some money to the makers of the K4.1 block. They are going to send me one

. That block rocks! I can't wait to get my paws on it.

-Ice-

pHaestus · 01-23-2002, 06:22 PM

http://www.resellerratings.com/cgi-b...lock-Watercool

fastM · 01-25-2002, 05:21 PM

After 3 months - no response - no order - had to call my credit card company to get my money back!!!

ambient · 01-25-2002, 09:14 PM

I also had the same deal with ocwc. I got the bl extreme in like 4 days. I also sent an email asking when it was going to ship. He answered the same day. Maybe he didn't have of the pump/res in stock

Pyrotechnic · 01-30-2002, 08:09 PM

if i had a company rating like that i'd probly fill my last orders and shut down. Here's chips problem, His business has grown so big that it's so much for a single man to do. He needs a staff to handle everything. He cant do it all himself and he doesn't understand that. I can see OCWC closing down soon, unless he turns it around, gets a staff and earns his reputation back. it's not gonna be easy, but he can do it if he stops hiding and wants to stay in business. For some reason i can see that place closing up in the near future. Oh well, theres always a place at McDonalds for him, either that or the city sanitation services

compjunkie · 01-31-2002, 09:35 PM

When I ordered from OCWC it took 20 days for it to ship, but I accepted it because I was getting a custom order(Original Black Ice with low pressure drop mod and 1/2" fittings) and in his info page it says to expect a 5-20 day delay. My big problem is he never answered my email until I sent a semi-threatening message.

H2o · 01-31-2002, 10:13 PM

chip gets about 3253453465 msgs a day, give him a break, ocwc doesnt have a staff, its JUST him.

jaydee · 01-31-2002, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by H2o
chip gets about 3253453465 msgs a day, give him a break, ocwc doesnt have a staff, its JUST him.

And customers should have to suffer from this why???

H2o · 01-31-2002, 10:26 PM

your suffering because you dont get an email back in .4 seconds? try sending an email to abit, or microsoft, they have a staff of 100000 pple, yet you get the same response (no response)

why should customers suffer?

if you dont like his business, dont buy from him.

jaydee · 01-31-2002, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by H2o

if you dont like his business, dont buy from him.

Exactly the point of this thread!!!

Brad · 02-01-2002, 01:10 AM

thats bs, if I want to know something from Abit, I just go to their website, find a phone number and ring them.

If I want to find something about about chip, I should be able to ring him and if he is on the phone, I'll just ring again, but from what I hear he is always on answering machine

Joe · 02-01-2002, 06:24 AM

Chip is the master of voicemail. 5 phone numbers, and all go to different VM boxes....

argh...

derraa · 02-01-2002, 09:02 AM

I personally like working with OCWC. You may have to email chip acouple times, but he is very helpfull. I have had three blocks from him(2 prottypes) that all worked great. I just got a new iceflow and I am getting nearly 10F better with generic compound than I was with AS2 with my vtuned. If you have some patience, I think it pays off to work with them. But if you dont have patience, go somewhere else. It will make it quicker for others if less people are emailing him. I dont see him going out of business soon.

Joe · 02-01-2002, 09:55 AM

I dont know if you saw, but HWLabs has gone to Danger Den now for the Black Ice series of radiators. OCWC seemed to have burned a bridge there also....

He may not go out of business, and I hope he doesnt, but I dont see him lasting too much longer in the watercooling hobby ( maybe getting into another area instead.).

As someone said in another forum a few days ago, which is similar to some stuff said here: "I chose to buy from a company cause I didnt want ghetto quality that would happen if I did it myself, so I ordered from chip. What I got was more ghetto than anything I coulda made and it took 4 months to get it..."

decodeddiesel · 02-01-2002, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe
As someone said in another forum a few days ago, which is similar to some stuff said here: "I chose to buy from a company cause I didnt want ghetto quality that would happen if I did it myself, so I ordered from chip. What I got was more ghetto than anything I coulda made and it took 4 months to get it..."

OUCH!!

Well quite frankly I only have one thought on this whole OCWC deal. Personally I agree with half of the previous statement as the only OCWC products which I have ever purchased was a Res/Pump from Case Etc. I bought it believing it would be professional and well built and what I got was of poor quality and VERY ghetto. It worked yes, but wasn't exactly what I had hopped for. As to OCWC my oppinion is simple, if Chip can't be bothered to ship a product in a reasonable ammount of time for which legal tender has been served than frankly he is running one thing...internet fraud.

fastM · 02-01-2002, 05:36 PM

I ordered a Koolance case + extras from Chip in September. I called my credit card company in December to get my money back. I got no responce from Chip. How long should I wait, 6 months, a year?? I placed the same order with Plycon and received everything in about 2 weeks. I still have not heard from Chip.

Joe · 02-01-2002, 07:04 PM

HOLY SHIT !

Get this. I was tipped off in an anon email that WatercooledCPU is OCWC!!!! I did some checking, and it IS!!!

I am sorry from the evidence I found in some simple looking that confirmed this, I have lost all respect for OCWC.

I am in awe of how much lie'n and stealing is going on with this company.

01-25-2002, 09:14 PM	#29
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	I also had the same deal with ocwc. I got the bl extreme in like 4 days. I also sent an email asking when it was going to ship. He answered the same day. Maybe he didn't have of the pump/res in stock __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

02-01-2002, 01:10 AM	#36
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	thats bs, if I want to know something from Abit, I just go to their website, find a phone number and ring them. If I want to find something about about chip, I should be able to ring him and if he is on the phone, I'll just ring again, but from what I hear he is always on answering machine __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-01-2002, 06:24 AM	#37
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Chip is the master of voicemail. 5 phone numbers, and all go to different VM boxes.... argh... __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

02-01-2002, 09:55 AM	#39
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	I dont know if you saw, but HWLabs has gone to Danger Den now for the Black Ice series of radiators. OCWC seemed to have burned a bridge there also.... He may not go out of business, and I hope he doesnt, but I dont see him lasting too much longer in the watercooling hobby ( maybe getting into another area instead.). As someone said in another forum a few days ago, which is similar to some stuff said here: "I chose to buy from a company cause I didnt want ghetto quality that would happen if I did it myself, so I ordered from chip. What I got was more ghetto than anything I coulda made and it took 4 months to get it..." __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

02-01-2002, 07:04 PM	#42
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	HOLY SHIT ! Get this. I was tipped off in an anon email that WatercooledCPU is OCWC!!!! I did some checking, and it IS!!! I am sorry from the evidence I found in some simple looking that confirmed this, I have lost all respect for OCWC. I am in awe of how much lie'n and stealing is going on with this company. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

01-23-2002, 04:52 PM	#26
icel0rd Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Where even the devil wont go Posts: 103	Bah, I sent him en email a few weeks ago and never got a reply. Needless to say, I'm not too confident in purchasing anything from that site. On another note, I am wiring some money to the makers of the K4.1 block. They are going to send me one . That block rocks! I can't wait to get my paws on it. -Ice-

01-23-2002, 06:22 PM	#27
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	http://www.resellerratings.com/cgi-b...lock-Watercool

01-25-2002, 05:21 PM	#28
fastM Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cleveland Posts: 3	After 3 months - no response - no order - had to call my credit card company to get my money back!!!

01-30-2002, 08:09 PM	#30
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	if i had a company rating like that i'd probly fill my last orders and shut down. Here's chips problem, His business has grown so big that it's so much for a single man to do. He needs a staff to handle everything. He cant do it all himself and he doesn't understand that. I can see OCWC closing down soon, unless he turns it around, gets a staff and earns his reputation back. it's not gonna be easy, but he can do it if he stops hiding and wants to stay in business. For some reason i can see that place closing up in the near future. Oh well, theres always a place at McDonalds for him, either that or the city sanitation services

01-31-2002, 09:35 PM	#31
compjunkie Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 6	When I ordered from OCWC it took 20 days for it to ship, but I accepted it because I was getting a custom order(Original Black Ice with low pressure drop mod and 1/2" fittings) and in his info page it says to expect a 5-20 day delay. My big problem is he never answered my email until I sent a semi-threatening message.

01-31-2002, 10:13 PM	#32
H2o Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7	chip gets about 3253453465 msgs a day, give him a break, ocwc doesnt have a staff, its JUST him.

01-31-2002, 10:26 PM	#34
H2o Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7	your suffering because you dont get an email back in .4 seconds? try sending an email to abit, or microsoft, they have a staff of 100000 pple, yet you get the same response (no response) why should customers suffer? if you dont like his business, dont buy from him.

02-01-2002, 09:02 AM	#38
derraa Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: RI (no, we are not part of NY) Posts: 95	I personally like working with OCWC. You may have to email chip acouple times, but he is very helpfull. I have had three blocks from him(2 prottypes) that all worked great. I just got a new iceflow and I am getting nearly 10F better with generic compound than I was with AS2 with my vtuned. If you have some patience, I think it pays off to work with them. But if you dont have patience, go somewhere else. It will make it quicker for others if less people are emailing him. I dont see him going out of business soon.

02-01-2002, 05:36 PM	#41
fastM Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cleveland Posts: 3	I ordered a Koolance case + extras from Chip in September. I called my credit card company in December to get my money back. I got no responce from Chip. How long should I wait, 6 months, a year?? I placed the same order with Plycon and received everything in about 2 weeks. I still have not heard from Chip.

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