Corsair Pulls The Ultimate "Gotcha" By Cancelling Orders And Doubling RAM Prices
If you thought your New Year could not get more expensive, Corsair is here to prove you wrong by cancelling your orders and asking for double the money.
I have spent enough time in the hardware trenches to know that price errors happen, but there is a right way and a very wrong way to handle them. When a company agrees to a sale and then turns around to demand $500 for the same stick of plastic and silicon, it does not just feel like a mistake. It feels like a middle finger to the enthusiasts who kept them in business during the lean years. The folks over on r/pcmasterrace are currently picking up their pitchforks, and honestly, I am right there with them.
The 48GB RAM Cancellation Chaos
The drama kicked off when users started reporting that their orders for 48GB RAM kits were being nuked without warning. One customer, who was lucky enough to snag a kit at the originally listed price, woke up to a cancellation email that basically told them to pound sand. When they went back to the website to check the status, the price had magically jumped to over $500. It is the kind of corporate bait-and-switch that makes you want to throw your current build out the window in frustration.
I have seen plenty of brands fumble the bag, but this is a special kind of failure. Taking a customer's money and then deciding you actually want more for the same product is a fast way to kill brand loyalty. The community sentiment is currently sitting in the gutter, with thousands of users vowing to switch to brands like G.Skill or Kingston just to avoid the corporate headache.
Why This Is A Total PR Disaster
Corsair used to be the reliable choice for people who wanted decent performance without the drama. Now, they are looking like just another greedy entity trying to squeeze every cent out of a hardware shortage. It is a fucking pain in the ass to plan a build around a specific budget only to have the manufacturer pull the rug out from under you. If they made a pricing error, they should have owned it, instead of trying to up-charge people after the deal was already struck.
The most worrying part is that this is not an isolated incident. More users are coming forward with similar stories of "out of stock" cancellations followed by immediate price hikes on the same items. It looks calculated, cynical, and frankly, a bit desperate. If Corsair thinks people are just going to roll over and pay the extra marks, they clearly haven't spent enough time reading the room.
The Aftermath Of The Price Hike
It is one thing to cancel an order because of a genuine stock issue, but it is another thing entirely to put the exact same item back up for sale at a massive premium. This move has "unfortunate" written all over it, and not in the "we made a mistake" kind of way. It is a bad look for a brand that built its reputation on being part of the PC gaming community.
I am tired of watching companies treat their customers like open wallets instead of people. If this is how Corsair plans to operate in 2026, I will be the first one to suggest looking elsewhere for your memory needs. You deserve a brand that respects a transaction, not one that treats a confirmed order as a suggestion for a higher bidding war.