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The only other alternative I could think that might help in this situation would be to implement some kind of ticket reservation system:
  1. Customer can chooses to reserve an item and is told they will be informed when the item is available for them to purchase. A ticket is assigned to their account.
  2. As stock becomes available it is assigned to the tickets.
  3. System sends an email to the customer with a link to purchase that item with a set expiry time (say 24h-48h)
  4. If the customer does not purchase the item using that link within the time, the stock is assigned to the next ticket.

The main problem with this is it will require additional development time and cost to implement and test.
 
Qubit said:
The only other alternative I could think that might help in this situation would be to implement some kind of ticket reservation system:
  1. Customer can chooses to reserve an item and is told they will be informed when the item is available for them to purchase. A ticket is assigned to their account.
  2. As stock becomes available it is assigned to the tickets.
  3. System sends an email to the customer with a link to purchase that item with a set expiry time (say 24h-48h)
  4. If the customer does not purchase the item using that link within the time, the stock is assigned to the next ticket.

The main problem with this is it will require additional development time and cost to implement and test.
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just like what evga are doing in the states.
 
Qubit said:
The only other alternative I could think that might help in this situation would be to implement some kind of ticket reservation system:
  1. Customer can chooses to reserve an item and is told they will be informed when the item is available for them to purchase. A ticket is assigned to their account.
  2. As stock becomes available it is assigned to the tickets.
  3. System sends an email to the customer with a link to purchase that item with a set expiry time (say 24h-48h)
  4. If the customer does not purchase the item using that link within the time, the stock is assigned to the next ticket.

The main problem with this is it will require additional development time and cost to implement and test.
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OCUK are in the process of upgrading their website, although I've not specifically looked for details on what that means.

Realistically, with demand so high and supply so low, prices go up. So a retailer is not going to want lock-in pre-orders at today's prices when either a) their costs could increase (this idiotic Brexit is around the corner which could have massive implications on Fx, import costs, increased transport costs etc) and b) they could simply make more profit.
 
Qubit said:
The only other alternative I could think that might help in this situation would be to implement some kind of ticket reservation system:
  1. Customer can chooses to reserve an item and is told they will be informed when the item is available for them to purchase. A ticket is assigned to their account.
  2. As stock becomes available it is assigned to the tickets.
  3. System sends an email to the customer with a link to purchase that item with a set expiry time (say 24h-48h)
  4. If the customer does not purchase the item using that link within the time, the stock is assigned to the next ticket.

The main problem with this is it will require additional development time and cost to implement and test.
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It's effectively what some retailers have done, but people got ****** off because of the way it was handled. I.E. you log on at launch time, add the item to your basket and pay for it, get confirmation emails etc. Six hours later another email comes through to say your order can't be fulfilled, we were oversubscribed, by the way your order is now a pre-order with no ETA and we're hanging on to the money.

I think if the sites had been better set up to handle these spikes, and maybe operate like some ticket-selling sites - i.e. the act of adding to a basket reserves the item for ten minutes, when there's no stock offer a pre-order button instead of pretending the order is for stock now - then things might have been a lot more civilised for all concerned.
 
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Curlyriff said:
Haha so what we share? I will take the weekdays (need for work) you can have the weekends lol. I mean I could get a CPU but ain't paying more than £750 for it as it already ridiculous price at that and having overspent on GPU cause fed up of waiting or missing when I need to get this build done. Tbh I may well end up with a real cheap temp CPU but will feel like such a letdown which why holding out as best as can.
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is there a way to message me? got a link you would be interested in... :eek:
 
only way I can think of not getting in trouble is if you join Bit-tech's discord I can show you where you can purchase one without breaking ocuk's rules ;)
 
Jimmy Weirdarms said:
It's effectively what some retailers have done, but people got ****** off because of the way it was handled. I.E. you log on at launch time, add the item to your basket and pay for it, get confirmation emails etc. Six hours later another email comes through to say your order can't be fulfilled, we were oversubscribed, by the way your order is now a pre-order with no ETA and we're hanging on to the money.

I think if the sites had been better set up to handle these spikes, and maybe operate like some ticket-selling sites - i.e. the act of adding to a basket reserves the item for ten minutes, when there's no stock offer a pre-order buttone - then things might have been a lot more civilised for all concerned.
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That's not quite what i was suggesting.
In this case a ticket is more like when you walk into a post office you take a ticket number and sit down and wait. The ticket simply reserves you a position in the queue.
When your ticket number comes up, you are notified then you have an opportunity to purchase at that time for the current price.

It solves a few of the issues previously mentioned:
  1. The customer isn't purchasing the item immediately, they are given a ticket.
  2. Only when they are notified that there stock has been allocated to their ticket can they purchase the item at the current purchase price.
  3. Refunds do not need to be given to customers who decide they no longer want to wait because no money has been taken.
  4. The supplier isn't tied to selling at the initial price given.
  5. Customers do not need to hammer the website with many page refreshes because they are given a ticket.
  6. Customer services get less hassle from frustrated customers that have paid money and are wondering where there stuff is.
The only small downside is when a customer decides they no longer want the item there is a short time before it is allocated to the next waiting ticket as the current ticket times out.
 
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Qubit said:
When your ticket number comes up, you are notified then you have an opportunity to purchase at that time for the current price.
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The problem here is that entry to the queue is free, so everyone joins every queue and the retailer has no idea how many orders it actually has, or how much stock to get in to fulfil them, because if it doesn't get them in first it'll find a lot of the queue evaporates. I would certainly have joined all the queues at all the retailers if it was as easy (and free) as just picking up a ticket, then make the actual decision later. Wouldn't you?
 
Jimmy Weirdarms said:
The problem here is that entry to the queue is free, so everyone joins every queue and the retailer has no idea how many orders it actually has, or how much stock to get in to fulfil them, because if it doesn't get them in first it'll find a lot of the queue evaporates. I would certainly have joined all the queues at all the retailers if it was as easy (and free) as just picking up a ticket, then make the actual decision later. Wouldn't you?
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That leaves the only real alternative as having to pay a small non-refundable deposit (to prevent support being overwhelmed with refunds)
However, that would also result in a similar strain in the checkout backend as everyone tries to reserve their ticket, unless you defer the paying of the deposit until a quieter time.

There will always some issues, so it's a case of trying to determine which trade-offs to make.
 
Sleepy Stu said:
Nvidia recommend a 750W for the 3090FE which a lot of people might already have although I would always cover over with a 850w (Incidentally I already have a 1000w).
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AMD and their AIB partners have always historically recommended higher wattage psus than required, my v56 pulse has a suggested psu of 750w according to sapphire when it happily runs on 550w psus
 
Sleepy Stu said:
Nvidia recommend a 750W for the 3090FE which a lot of people might already have although I would always cover over with a 850w (Incidentally I already have a 1000w).
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One of my CPUs can use more than 500W on its own when overclocked, that does not leave much for a 3090.:D

PSUs are one of the cheaper parts of a PSU, getting a larger one than you need can come in handy when GPUs like the 3090 come along.
 
Kaapstad said:
One of my CPUs can use more than 500W on its own when overclocked, that does not leave much for a 3090.:D

PSUs are one of the cheaper parts of a PSU, getting a larger one than you need can come in handy when GPUs like the 3090 come along.
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Yep that was my thought a few years back when I got the 1000W although I was also considering a bit of SLI at the time as well!!
 
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