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ARCHIVE - *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION *** - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION

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thecremeegg said:
Can someone explain to me why the exchange rate ONLY affects the new GPUs and not every other computer component made in the East? Don't see the CPU prices fluctuating daily......
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Because stock doesnt change as swiftly and its plentiful. Lets say they got 1000 cpus in at and they have already agreed the price of their next delivery in the next 2 months. That may be more but they dont need to alter the current price until stocks are sold. Doesnt matter what happens with the exchange rate.

Now l;ook at the 3080 launch.

They had so many cards i9n stock at a fixed agreed low price (rumour has it subsidised by Nvidia to -$50)

They also know what price their next deliver is coming in at and all deliveries for up to 6 weeks. These will have been agreed so really shouldnt be subject to exchange rate fluctuations.

After 6 weeks of stock, the price the distributor will be charging has not been agreed and nobody knows what the exchange rate will be.

I know one of ocuk rivals held the price until the first 6 weeks pre ordered stock had been sold but didnt pull the plug on pre orders until they got to January and then stopped as they felt they didnt want to gamble that the cards would end up costing them more than they charged. They still might lose out and make a loss on every card delivered in the 7 to 13 week window where they dont actually know how much they will be buying them in for.

Ocuk isnt taking that gamble and has increased the price so they know they will be covered. If they end up getting stock in Nov and Dec at the same price as day 1 stock then its just extra profit. If they go up or the exchange rate varies they are covered.
 
@Gibbo could you give us any info on how many of each card had already been delivered to customers? This would help people understand there position in the unofficial queue until you and your team give us something more official.

For me example the unofficial queue for X trio says I'm around 87 place knowing how many you have already sent out would be a peace of mind that my number has gone down.
 
sonnytbh said:
Good for you, glad someone managed to pick up a 3080! Do you know when you might receive it?
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I don't. If it really is in stock should be a day or two. But I don't mind waiting. I'm just glad to have it ordered at RRP. I would quite like a TUF but I refuse to pay inflated prices by gouging retailers.
 
sd1cko said:
This is actually common. I do web design for ecommerce, so I know how the payment card industry operates. This happens a lot if that etailer (or regular retailer in some cases) has had a pattern of card fraud against them. It isn't always cause for concern, because the fraud could have happened somewhere else, but then the same shoppers who were defrauded also shopped at the etailer where the decline happened. This means any etailers who fit that same pattern of spending are flagged temporarily.
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That actually makes a huge amount of sense. So it's not my behaviour triggering the decline, it's the e-tailer/retailer's recent track history. Today I learned.
 
IT Troll said:
I don't. If it really is in stock should be a day or two. But I don't mind waiting. I'm just glad to have it ordered at RRP. I would quite like a TUF but I refuse to pay inflated prices by gouging retailers.
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I would happily swap you if my tuf OC was even here and it ment id have my card this coming week lol
 
Hey,
I see some reporting what number they are in the queue, is this just a guess?? or is there something I can do to find out where I am queue. I ordered the Gigabyte OC 3080 on launch day
 
thecremeegg said:
Can someone explain to me why the exchange rate ONLY affects the new GPUs and not every other computer component made in the East? Don't see the CPU prices fluctuating daily......
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Sure. All of these new parts are being ordered right now, most other stuff is in stock and has been bought in at a given price, probably months ago.
 
I see there is the unofficial queue calculator. is there any news on the official one? or at least how many of the individual cards have been sent out so far? this would at least give an idea of how many to go.
 
Still nothing from MSI :o:o
Might cancel soon and see what AMD has, hype is wearing off and the more I think about it no game actually needs the power yet. Well maybe a handful like Control and metro exodus but already played them a year ago.
 
FARCAT said:
I see there is the unofficial queue calculator. is there any news on the official one? or at least how many of the individual cards have been sent out so far? this would at least give an idea of how many to go.
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Would be nice but so far we're only being given meaningless information like what cards have been dispatched, which to those people with those cards, they'd know that already. Unless it's a day notice, OC aren't doing anything to give information about the future regarding any cards - or so it has been so far.
 
b0otneck said:
Does anyone know when the Rog Strix OC is due to be released?
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There was some hope that the Asus shipment "late this week" would have some (and I got my hopes up with this), but the post a few minutes ago has sort of put a shade on that.
I do have to wonder if Asus are telling folk they can't sell them yet and they'll just be sitting there until (probably) US stock is in place, too, or reviews are allowed - it's really bloody weird that they only just announced the clocks, and no reviewers have (been allowed to?) release(d) anything.
Given how great the TUF is, I feel like they're desperately searching for ways to make it worth it with a day-one patch. :D
 
Just-Dave said:
Might try and get a 3090 so I can sell it for 100 grand lol,
Not long now before the site crashes again I presume,

Btw in case anyone was wondering, yesterday I seen someone say they cancelled their order and brought a build system , as he said they were using build stock to get them type of orders out, I asked the question to the pre sales team and they said currently they dont even have build stock for the 3080s,
Maybe he got lucky with his
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Sounds like bait n switch to get people to cancel orders to help their queue position. Need that street smarts! :P
 
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