We might by no means see a lower cost for the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 than what I caught it going for over the weekend, and that is as a result of it seems to have been a whole accident. Samsung discounted its ultrawide 49-inch OLED gaming monitor by £1,400—bringing it down to simply £199.
To place that into perspective, it is a model new gaming monitor that we scored 90% in our latest G9 OLED overview. Although we appeared on the cheaper mannequin, the G93SC. The one discounted over the weekend was the model with sensible TV performance built-in, the G95SC. We thought that sensible performance fairly unnecessary on a gaming monitor presumably related to a fully-functioning gaming PC and but I would not say no to it at that worth.
Sadly, I did not attain the display in time to safe one for myself. I caught wind of the provide on TikTok, by means of a video of a person claiming to have scored an order in time through Samsung’s eBay web page, which additionally had the same deal operating—it have to be an automatic system.
By the point I had reached the web page, it had already offered out.
The low worth was nonetheless listed on the offered out product, nevertheless. I snapped a number of screenshots earlier than the value shot again up. The monitor remains to be offered out on Samsung proper now.
That form of low cost is one approach to transfer inventory quick. Although I very a lot doubt Samsung meant to low cost its model new OLED display to little greater than a 1080p panel. As somebody that beforehand managed an ecommerce web site, I can admit to cocking up a product’s worth on a handful of events, solely to grasp my mistake when the primary order rolls in. The stakes had been fairly small—a mug value £7.99 discounted to £6.99 did not precisely break the financial institution.
Samsung, alternatively, simply misplaced out on over a thousand kilos sterling for each monitor offered at this worth. That will have solely been a handful however that is nonetheless quite a lot of money. Hey, do not feel unhealthy for Samsung, it is value billions. However possibly really feel unhealthy for the individual that has to confess it was their fault.
For what it is value, whereas we cannot see a deal anyplace near this (although fingers crossed), there shall be some low-cost gaming monitor offers for Prime Day over the following few weeks. Do not get your hopes up for £1,400 off, although.