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[Lastof]

It doesn't take that long to develop a queue system. This is a simple development task. @Gibbo any clarification on this otherwise I imagine there's going to be quite a few annoyed customers.

I think the theories that the work is done by an external company that they outsource their IT/web stuff to is likely right. They have a contract that says something like "new features requests to be fulfilled in X weeks" and either haven't managed to get them to budge on that, or it'd cost some amount they view as too much to rush it.

I paid by PayPal 14:28 and email came through 18:47 (payment was pending until then)... My order number is 58606XX, so it looks like the order number is based on the time you ordered... I would think they would work off that...

It does for some people, but not for others (their site had issues with syncing the orders up with at least the credit card processor, so many of those numbers are 10k+ higher than they would be based on the order time).

Hopefully the Amazon/etc rules have just been misunderstood, and what they mean is that for Amazon/etc they know the correct time based on payment/order number, but that due to the issues with the credit card processor they are using the order time logged there?

 

[Dannyr90]

DELIVERIES TO **** WC 21ST SEP WC 28TH SEP WC 5TH OCT
ASUS N/A Expected30th – 2nd TBC
EVGA Expected29th SEP Expected30th – 2nd Expected7th - 9th
GIGABYTE Arrived & Shipped Expected30th – 2nd Expected7th - 9th
MSI Arrived & Shipped Expected30th – 2nd Expected7th - 9th
PALIT Arrived & Shipped Expected30th – 2nd TBC
PNY Arrived & Shipped Expected30th – 2nd TBC
ZOTAC Arrived & Shipped Expected30th – 2nd TBC

 

[Po|ygon]

even if its true, it needs to be official from OCUK rather than chatter on the phone.

 

[sp3ctre]

Feels to me that there was a load of stock being produced before launch, but problems were found and all that stock needed to be recalled, meaning the only stock coming through was bits and bobs as they come from the factory. There is no was there was similar stock as the 2000 series launch as there are far too few people popping up with them online.

 

[ixwild]

Should we start comparing OC order numbers? lol. I wonder if they correspond to payment processing more than the number beginning with 5? Since the order number beginning with 5 seems to tie to time the order was created not payment complete

 

[ceekay]

DELIVERIES TO **** WC 21ST SEP WC 28TH SEP WC 5TH OCT

Just as with all the other stores, everything lies on estimates.

 

[sp3ctre]

Interesting that the S*** estimates show Gigabyte as delivering weekly, but the rep on here said every 2 weeks... either something is incorrect or s*** are getting more deliveries than OCUK.

 

[DELETED_230719]

Should we start comparing OC order numbers? lol. I wonder if they correspond to payment processing more than the number beginning with 5? Since the order number beginning with 5 seems to tie to time the order was created not payment complete

Not sure how it could. You get an OC number as soon as it appears in the order list (prior to payment clearing). The other number only came with the email.

 

[Dannyr90]

Just as with all the other stores, everything lies on estimates.

Yeah true, just at least for people who are desperate for dates here they are some examples

 

[ixwild]

Not sure how it could. You get an OC number as soon as it appears in the order list (prior to payment clearing). The other number only came with the email.

Yeah, that's true if one number was going to correspond to payment processing it would be the one that came in the email so that theory doesn't work.

 

[B14ckbrook]

Feels to me that there was a load of stock being produced before launch, but problems were found and all that stock needed to be recalled, meaning the only stock coming through was bits and bobs as they come from the factory. There is no was there was similar stock as the 2000 series launch as there are far too few people popping up with them online.

I dont think you're far wrong - the issue here is that nobody is actually SAYING anything. If you're someone who ordered a 3080 then you know the stories swirling around with capacitors and drivers and blah blah.

If OcUK treated us like adults and told us what was happening then we'd all be in a much better position, no matter how bad the news is, and we can start making informed decisions.

I dont want to go down the road of being cynical but if ths stock situation is as dire as you suggest, the lack of comms could just be to prevent people cancelling preorders...

 

[Ayahuasca]

Sounds like hundreds of cancellations will be requested today.

 

[FlipPop]

Has anyone saw this video?

They managed to organise a better system than OC from a car park Much smaller scale but still funny, and impressive.

 

[dazzlaa]

I would love to know how many of each card they have coming in the next 3 weeks.

That is the magical-mythical fruit we all seek

 

[Lastof]

Should we start comparing OC order numbers? lol. I wonder if they correspond to payment processing more than the number beginning with 5? Since the order number beginning with 5 seems to tie to time the order was created not payment complete

Based on what we've seen previously I think OC numbers are generated by the webstore when the order is created, whereas the 5xxxxxx numbers are generated when the order is entered into their internal system.

We know the 5x numbers are roughly concecutive for some people, but not for some unknown number of others... Honestly, I was never sure why we weren't using the OC4 numbers.

 

[DexterMorgan]

single digit stock replenishment thats what leading pc parts retailers get these days

 

[sp3ctre]

I dont think you're far wrong - the issue here is that nobody is actually SAYING anything. If you're someone who ordered a 3080 then you know the stories swirling around with capacitors and drivers and blah blah.

If OcUK treated us like adults and told us what was happening then we'd all be in a much better position, no matter how bad the news is, and we can start making informed decisions.

I dont want to go down the road of being cynical but if ths stock situation is as dire as you suggest, the lack of comms could just be to prevent people cancelling preorders...

The one positive if I am correct (massive IF!) is that the cards coming through should have been *fixed* from a hardware perspective anyway. We are seeing a few suspicious things like the MSI Ventus photos updated to reflect a new capacitor config. If they have ironed those things out then all that is left to do (again, I am no expert, this is a guess) is tweak voltages and boost levels to stop things from failing.

 

[Zeed]

So it would seem that we have a case of very random BINS? Some good OCs some bad OCs and it doesn't really seem to matter what caps have been used.

Yup was saying that from start. Jay blew it up all over internet with hes uneducated video.

 

[MusoStu]

The theory (I can't remember the OP name, sorry!) behind OCUK not providing a queue system/notification due to people figuring that their position is very high in number and OCUK's stock receipts are low - resulting in cancellations, does make an awful lot of sense. Imagine the flood of cancellations that would happen, if you knew that based on simple math and known supply, your card wouldn't arrive for months and not this side of Christmas.

 

[DexterMorgan]

Just got off the phone with OCuK.

They said the queue position they're configuring will be based on the time order is placed for people who paid by card.

If you paid my Amazon, Finance, etc. then the queue position is based on the time the payment/agreement was approved.

They also said we will be waiting for the queue system for another 2-3 weeks.

i paid via paypal using my card? does it syill cover the time i placed the order ?