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Sounds like you have the means to stick it to OC. Do whatever achieves the goal you have in mind. I don't condone scalping but ultimately it's just business. I guarantee your scalper will give you better customer service than OC has these past couple of weeks. They say money can't buy you happiness, but it sure can buy you options.
Not a matter of sticking it to OC. They wouldn't care less if I am a customer going forward or indeed whether or not I buy this 3080 from them or not. The phone call yesterday was enough to confirm that. But yes,a scalper would probably be a better option at this point. I live near Birmingham so buying from OC seemed like the best way to support the local economy/employment as I prefer to do. My local supplier is now not in any danger of losing any of my small amount of business to OC it seems.
In truth I would advise my son that we wait for the AMD launch and the almost inevitable response from nvidia of the 3080 20GB and buy them elsewhere. He currently has a 5700XT so can wait if he needs to. However he has been very excited about the 3080 and currently feels very let down. If he won't wait then I will have to get one from a scalper for him but will endeavour to pursuade him otherwise.