Soldato
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Probably believes the world is flat.
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TTL Rightfully Calling Out Retailers Price Gouging
- Thread starter Dicehunter
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Have you even looked on the OCUK website - theyre currently the only uk reseller with any 3060 stock in and look at what theve done.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1d6-gi.html
Selling for 629.99 - 180 quid over RRP.
Between nvidia (who release products and literally dont have enough stock to keep something on sale for 5 seconds - this is not an exaggeration - at 14:00 and 5 seconds this morning the 3070 ti had no stock - literally the time it took to refresh the page), the retailers (who have managed to get the stock but delibrately screw their customer by price gouging) and ebay (the less said about scalpers the better) this has been the most depressing attempt to purchase a PC upgrade in my entire life.
I dont know who im more annoyed at - nvidia for letting their suppliers overcharge, the retailer for over charging or the scalpers for just botting every card on the market.
Literally everyone in the chain is screwing you.
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Soldato
Overpricers! But no different from the competition. I'll be steering clear of them all for a while.
The world's largest retailer are the only ones who have been selling the cards for their true cost.
Looking at what they charge and what the others are charging you can see the profit margins and realise that the retailers are chatting rubbish in regards to price.
Looking at what they charge and what the others are charging you can see the profit margins and realise that the retailers are chatting rubbish in regards to price.
And then they have strict no profiteering rules in the MM. Time to eat some dog food.Literally everyone in the chain is screwing you.
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But we don't know the price Ocuk buys the card at in the 1st place as it might be $600-650 as the Asian market goes up and down
Soldato
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I'm going to say this again for all still frustrated with the situation that might be considering the move. I took advantage of the situation and parted out my PC back in February for an astonishing amount of money and bought a Series X after being a PC gamer since the 90's, since then I have been enjoying gaming again and playing games I wouldnt have played on my PC because I was stuck in a loop playing the latest FPS and obsessing over cooling and performance, I dont have any of those issues anymore and I have more money. I dont constantly watch Youtube reviewers relating to the latest hardware etc I just play more games and the experience is awesome, Quick Resume is a feature you never knew you wanted until you've used it and thats just one feature.
My Series X is connected to my 1440P monitor no issues what so ever, "It just works"
Anyone trying to buy a massively over priced GPU (Lets be honest its beyond the joke now and then some) and has considered the idea of changing to console feel free to ask me any questions about my experience with the change and I honestly suggest you put you're efforts into sourcing a console instead, try it out and you'll be surprised at just how good they are.
My Series X is connected to my 1440P monitor no issues what so ever, "It just works"
Anyone trying to buy a massively over priced GPU (Lets be honest its beyond the joke now and then some) and has considered the idea of changing to console feel free to ask me any questions about my experience with the change and I honestly suggest you put you're efforts into sourcing a console instead, try it out and you'll be surprised at just how good they are.
Ill 2nd this in a way.
I managed to get a PS5 at the start of the year, and completed my new PC build a month later.
With the PS5, I just sit down play games and enjoy. I never worry about the temps / noise / performance or crashes of any kind. Rest mode is indeed a revelation. Loved it on the PS4 already.
While I love gaming on my PC, there is always something. Right now its the annoying coil whine, trying different ways to tame that. Earlier it was chasing benchmarks and trying to work out why my 5900x was not scoring as high as others. Then the same with my GPU...
Then having a random blue screen mid-game, and spending hours running stress tests to work out if its the GPU undervolt, the RAM XMP profile or the CPU udervolt or a driver was the cause. Playing with bated breath waiting for it to happen again.
And while that can be considered part and parcel of PC gaming... it does sap enjoyment away. My previous PC I treated almost like a console, and maybe I should have done the same with this build.
I put it together, black box no windows or RGB. Never ran a benchmark. Ran it bone stock (not even XMP! :O) for 6 years. I let GeForce experience set all my game settings and ran with v-sync on!
It was a welcome change to the years prior to that which where like now. Tweaking, benchmarking, eeking performance numbers out. Having game crashes due to OCing etc.
So yea... to anybody struggling to buy a GPU, try for a next gen console instead. Even scalped they will cost you less than £600 now.
kinda in the same boat as above, my pc is alright 5700xt but I am getting closer and closer to just selling up as I can't upgrade. My original plan was to get a 6800xt, I couldnt source one so I used the money to fund a series x and concept 2 rower instead (1200 all in). I am not buying the first card that is in stock and I not paying double the price its just silly.
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Wow! plenty of 3090's in stock ocuk 2.5k, a grand more than I paid end of 2020, jesus.
Where is 800+ on a 3060 ?
Cheapest on OcUK was £550, but sold out, still plenty cards sub £600 but those are moving pretty fast too.
For the members with larger post counts, all being well I hope to activate some MM only deals next week also on 3060 and 3070 in the members markets. 3060 around £450 and 3070 around £600, both will be high-end OC models.
Soldato
nice, cheers gibbo.
No problem doing some testing now, so if they work we might get them live in MM later today, so keep eyes out on the MM.
Man of Honour
That would be really good and a 3070 would do me nicely. Fingers crossed.
NOW LIVE!
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it's nice to see independent retailers trying to actively do something for this cards to get to actual gamers and ppl who wil enjoy them as they are supouse to be , not mining in a basement killing the planet.
Man of Honour
Thank you so much for this Gibbo, I went for the Gigabyte 3070 Vision OC. At -£4400 that's by far the biggest discount I have ever had on anything.
Maybe it was 3060 ti I saw. They only show prices in wierd situations. Like if I'm on my phone and using the mobile website or if I go into them while on the desktop website. They are still arranged in the order of the prices even though they are not displayed though.
I thought listing them at £5000 would be enough, but we still sold two items (now cancelled) at £5000, LOL.
I will stick to £10,000 in the future.