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Just looking at the Gibbo thread and as far as I can see there have been no Asus 3080 cards arrived for over 2 weeks, it's difficult not to get frustrated, but seriously what in the name of Satan's beard are they doing? It's nearly 4 month since these cards were brought to market, I just find it so hard to believe that there isn't something else at play here, how could a company with all the years of experience like Nvidia get demand for these cars so badly wrong? I feel like last time I commented I said virtually the same things but, cheese and rice it's frustrating, I just want my damn card.
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One last thing, thank you overclockers for shipping me one of the best overclocking cards I have ever seen, +220 + 1402 fully stable it’s beautiful
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From Gibbo's 3080 stock update thread:
You do have to wonder if EVGA are even going to bother with some SKU's which makes me think how long would OCUK hold on to back orders before refunding the customer (assuming the customer didn't do it themselves/forgot) given it's now 4 months since the initial 3080 launch.
You do have to wonder if EVGA are even going to bother with some SKU's which makes me think how long would OCUK hold on to back orders before refunding the customer (assuming the customer didn't do it themselves/forgot) given it's now 4 months since the initial 3080 launch.
Same for literally everyone else
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Very true. I was happy to wait when there were signs that the queue was going down, but it hasn't gone down at all in a week or so (for all retailers that I have seen).
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I ordered a build with an Asus TUF 3080 and I've been waiting a good while too, but at the end of the day there's so many extenuating circumstances at play here I physically cannot understand the amount of hate OCUK is getting, Especially people writing snotty reviews and such- it's just dumb.
Yes the cards have been out for months, yes you wanted it and you wanted it now but with COVID, Xmas and gods know what else the stock just isn't there at the moment and as grown adults we just need to deal with it.
People are being offered upgrades etc as an apology for the wait so it's not like no one is trying to at least lessen the blow, but stuff happens; If people really want to sit and cry about the queue they can always cancel and go elsewhere if they truly believe OCUK is at fault, but it's just a blame game at this point and we all know 99% of the whingers are still gonna sit and cry until their card arrives and then they'll forget their tantrum and move on.
Personally I'm fine waiting. I'm excited, and I'm somewhat impatient but that's down to my excitement but OCUK need people to be patient then that's what I'll be- whining about it won't make the stock come faster and I really do think certain people need to cut the guys some slack.
It's a piece of hardware, chief- not an organ.
Yes the cards have been out for months, yes you wanted it and you wanted it now but with COVID, Xmas and gods know what else the stock just isn't there at the moment and as grown adults we just need to deal with it.
People are being offered upgrades etc as an apology for the wait so it's not like no one is trying to at least lessen the blow, but stuff happens; If people really want to sit and cry about the queue they can always cancel and go elsewhere if they truly believe OCUK is at fault, but it's just a blame game at this point and we all know 99% of the whingers are still gonna sit and cry until their card arrives and then they'll forget their tantrum and move on.
Personally I'm fine waiting. I'm excited, and I'm somewhat impatient but that's down to my excitement but OCUK need people to be patient then that's what I'll be- whining about it won't make the stock come faster and I really do think certain people need to cut the guys some slack.
It's a piece of hardware, chief- not an organ.
Nvidia is a corporation and all they really care about is making a profit. I'm pretty sure they set up their production so they would make a profit and they've achieved that goal. Our problem as end consumers is there isn't really good competition for Nvidia, AMD is getting there but not there quite yet. So Nvidia is under no pressure and can do what it likes, because we have no where else to go.
While I'm sure the PR department at Nvidia is feeling the pressure, the money counters in the background don't give a flying fig, they've made all the money they expected to make and are going to make a shed load more. They know they have a strangle hold on the market and that's not going to change until a competitor comes along with a better product (being on par won't be good enough). So we're basically at Nvidia mercy here, there's nothing that can be done.
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So much true. Ok i get the idea with getting bit frustrated about OCUK leaving preorders opened. But still any reasonable person would understand that it is pre order. And with stock issues, it's not like OCUK is delaying stock coming in or anything. I can bet many of crying people are the ones who think all pandemic is fake etc ....
I am happy that i did my order, as i know, when stock will be in i will be in first lines instead of waiting for months to be able to get one. Yes, i am getting impatient, but it's been a while and i so want to see it in action, but that's about it. Look at Tesla, how long there people had to wait for their car to come, and while they paid 1k for preorder, once car comes in, you have to be prepared to pay rest/sorted finance. Same with any other brand new car, that is not available on shop floor.
While I agree with the sentiment of what you're saying, I'm not sure your achieving anything but adding fuel to the fire by the way you put it.
How long you been waiting? How long is a good while? Is it since September 17th?
Also, as was covered many times in this thread, some people need their GPU's/PC's to earn a living, and have children to feed. it can be pretty important for us self employed.
As I said I agree with the sentiment mostly, but hold back on the accusations going the other way if you truly want to be seen as the grown adult.
People shouldn't be attacking staff, or slandering ocuk across the web for something out of their control...but making light of other peoples situation, when you aren't in that situation yourself is just going to get peoples backs up. If your intention was to diffuse, your doing it wrong.
So I had a look at posting in the customer service section but there have been no previous posts or submissions.
Am I supposed to start a new thread?
Sorry, bit of a forum noob, would appreciate anyones help.
Hi Mate, yes just start a new thread - all the threads in there are marked private I think so only the OP and the Customer Service teams can see them, leaving a blank looking forum page for anyone else.
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Yup.
In the customer service section only the person who starts a thread and the relevant members of staff can see anything
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This is great info, thanks for that, @Grissol21.
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To be clear, the upgrades are a way to alleviate the backlog of orders. It's not being done "as an apology," it's to reduce the number of calls coming into the call centre and avoid refunds.
Weird for an apparent customer to dismiss valid criticism from other customers as whinging while at the same time being worried about what the retailer "needs".
everyone saying there is no import duty for computer parts to ireland, please provide a source, because im 90% sure that you are incorrect. there is import duty to be paid on any item over 150 euro just as there is vat to be paid on any item over 22 euro.
I've followed the discord notifications since launch, and sure 3080's have came up in stock. But 99% of the time they're more expensive than my OCUK order by £100+. I decided to buy one of the more expensive cards at one point and I got an email saying the card was actually sold out, it took 3 weeks to get a refund.
FE's are the same price as my order with OCUK, but they get released without warning and they get released rarely. It's literally just getting lucky that you're online when they drop. I'm happy to wait, then again I'm now 16th in the queue for a TUF non-OC.
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It's quite sad now, I'm seeing 3080's going for the same price as 3090's on eBay, StockX etc.