So there is something that i find hard to understand.
1. People should have known that this would have been a long wait. Previous launches took time to deliver too. Not as difficult as this one, but this was announced that will be difficult. You should have been prepared for this. I was. I read news, and knowingly went for Inno3d. And will wait.
2. Why some people sold their cards, even tho they had necessary funds for a new one(from what i can get from reading this and previously closed thread). And now they complain that they had to buy a video card to pass by. Why would you sell something working before being assured that you already have the replacement? I understand the frustration of being unable to work or play. But that is not OC fault, that is completely your fault.
3. Why are people frustrated with the pre-order? It's a pre-order, it means you are paying for something before it is released. It's like buying a still in work house/apartment then complaining to the builder why it's not finished faster just cause you imagined it should. Look at point 1. You went head first in something that was warned about before launching that will be troubled. You had an estimate time. You got a communication that it will taking more than expecting due to several issues. If you can't understand the meaning of it, you should just stay on browsers all day long and press that refresh button. Maybe you'll be lucky, maybe you won't. Personally i like being assured that i have my place in a queue, even if it moves slow or not at all at the moment. I only know, when will happen, i have it there already paid, not having to stress at all that what if i can't pay later for it.
4. People that still have a GPU in your PC. You still have one compared to some poor ones, who made unfortunate choices. If you waited 2 years through Turing for this gen, you can definitely wait a bit more. Games won't stop working on older cards with this new GPU launched
PS: The "i will never buy from here again". I've heard that so many times before. This is just venting for this product and will last until a good offer will arrive at this shop, and most will rush to buy again. even if they will say now otherwise. It's just the nature to get the best deal, no matter from where it comes.
2nd PS: Look at the bright side, you will get it in a better state, revised capacitors, better drivers, if you pre-ordered early, you are guaranteed you won't pay more due to price increase affected by demand. It only needs patience.