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AMD 6800 & 6800 XT MBA LAUNCH AT 2PM TODAY - EXTREMELY LIMITED STOCK!

Gibbo said:
OK guys on the Sapphire 6800 NONE XT we have oversold by 19 units it looks like.

You have two options.
Drop a post in CS forum to change your order to Powercolor version and get it despatched this week as we have 20 in stock.
Or wait until next week when our additional 100pc of Sapphire 6800 NONE XT land and your order will automatically ship out.
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...... Allowed over ordering again and taking people's money AGAIN without correct stock. Shambles and abhorrent business practice!
 
Darren_uk said:
Order received - not yet shipped :)
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I got that yesterday on an XT order - then about three hours later got the (half expected) order update e-mail telling me that my order had been cancelled due to no stock.

.... currently waiting to see if the same will happen today on the non-XT card I (may have) ordered (page was showing 10+ in stock when I ordered and none left when I went back to look).
 
Gibbo said:
OK guys on the Sapphire 6800 NONE XT we have oversold by 19 units it looks like.

You have two options.
Drop a post in CS forum to change your order to Powercolor version and get it despatched this week as we have 20 in stock.
Or wait until next week when our additional 100pc of Sapphire 6800 NONE XT land and your order will automatically ship out.
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My order is showing "Order received - not yet shipped" - could you please advise whether I am one of the nineteen?
 
TroyH said:
...... Allowed over ordering again and taking people's money AGAIN without correct stock. Shambles and abhorrent business practice!
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You make it sound like OC just want too hold your money for a week, nonsense. It's more effort for them to go through manually issuing refunds instead of having the site update to the second so people can't over-subscribe.
 
R3v4n said:
I appreciate you've posted this to the forum only but...

I just can't get over that price, the 6800XT was literally priced at this exact amount at competitors yesterday.

Really don't expect to be scalped by OCUK you aren't an ebay reseller...
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Their main big rival had prices advertised before VAT. This price for a non XT is about standard tbh. Maybe £20 higher than the other place.
 
lovelyhead said:
It's really not though is it.

Earlier in the year I said to myself that I would buy the first card that can provide 2080ti performance for £500. The 6800 provides more performance than that for slightly more money.

I paid £500 for my GTX 1080 about 3 years ago.
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I paid about £540 for a GTX 780 over 7 years ago unfortunately its showing its age now, So £599 for a 6800 I will get a good 5 years use out of, I see no real issue.

i actually bought 2 780’s and if games still supported SLi they’d probably keep me going for another year or two.
 
TroyH said:
...... Allowed over ordering again and taking people's money AGAIN without correct stock. Shambles and abhorrent business practice!
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It wouldn't be a problem if everybody ordered on a card. Orders only reach us when payment clears and payment processors such as Amazon and Paypal usually take a lot longer to issue authorisation codes so those orders come through late. Unfortunately, in the modern age, customers demand these alternative payment methods.

In Gibbo's defence he actually removed the buy button when our system said we still had 20 remaining, so 39 orders cleared after that.
 
My order is showing "Order received - not yet shipped" - could you please advise whether I am one of the nineteen? - Same here I ordered the Sapphire 6800XT, but received an email to say my order was going to be cancelled and I would be refunded? I will happily wait for another Sapphire 6800XT or have a powercolour one if you have no other Sapphire ref cards coming in
 
Curlyriff said:
That isn't true at all. Because it takes many more factors than that. You have to take into account the market size, the current financial situation and similar. All these cards since the 10 series from Nvidia and the like have been priced about 50% more than that of previous generations for the same performance leaps in honesty. Having a top end performing card at £450-£500 mark was pretty consistent for well over a decade prior to the 20 series release and the added Ti range in the 10 series even.
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It is true, it's basic economics. High demand and low supply.
 
Combine Harvester said:
C'mon mate. To be fair that's much better than 3080 situation and people have more choices: refund, swap, or wait one week. Credit where credit is due.
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Thank you, those 19 can wait, change their order or get a refund.

The problem is really simple, absolutely insane crazy levels of demand with absolute no stock.
I ordered 50,000 cards, were getting handfuls, I am ordering the correct amounts for the demand we have, the manufacturers simply cannot even come close.
 
Gibbo said:
As explained by ScottiB there is simply not the man power.
We have made it clear to every single customer who ordered an XT there order is getting cancelled/refunded, so there is no option to change, that has been actioned.

Those who ordered and wanted a 6800 none XT can very easily have ordered one earlier or can order one next week if they wish and all the people who ordered one yesterday, GOT ONE!

We simply do not have the man power and yes our website/systems have caused us issues but unfortunately changing our entire backend, webshop and then training all the departments on how to use it takes months to roll out if not a year plus and this has been underway since before the 3080 launch but its a slow process and we have done all we can since that launch to try and improve what we have and though its still not ideal the 6800 launch has gone smoother for us.

The simple fact is AMD shipped us less than 100 XT's and in the couple of minutes window the order button was live we sold a lot more and all those oversold orders have and are being cancelled/refunded as we speak. Until our new systems are operational which won't be until next year we have to do the best with what we have and yes its not good enough at the moment when manufacturers release products knowing full well the demand and then have next to no supply.

Its not an OcUK issue, it is worldwide, trying to buy a 3080 online today is still practically impossible two months after the launch in the world, its more luck than anything.
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So the orders are being cancelled/refunded as we speak and they had the chance to buy a card this morning with money that you have still got, how many contradictions.

You've continued to take orders despite knowing the shortages but again that's someone elses problem.

To limit concurrent connections to the site is a 1 man job taking a minute, if you dont have the manpower for that you really are up **** creek. By taking this approach you don't have the problems afterwards, manpower problems sorted.

Stop blaming others would be a good start, control what you can control.
 
djay said:
Please don't take this the wrong way, but surely he/she is only profiteering like OCUK have been doing?

I'm not saying this is right, I am totally against it, but if OCUK now target this order as disingenuous then they really need to take a good look at themselves.
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will that persons profit be declared for tax purposes like OCUK?
 
Combine Harvester said:
It's so frustrating. It would be so much better if ebay and Amazon would impose a target to stay within lets say a 15% RRP on newly realised tech, it would kill scalping in no time.
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******* even put 11 quid for delivery. Greedy fk. Hope karma kick his arse hard
Wondering, how to deal with warranty, if "no returns accepted".
 
ColdAsIce said:
Their main big rival had prices advertised before VAT. This price for a non XT is about standard tbh. Maybe £20 higher than the other place.
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Nonsense, I bought Powercolor 6800xt from competition yesterday for £619.99 and they had Sapphire 6800xt for 599 all including vat + delivery £11ish, don't spread misinformation if you don't know what you're talking about.
 
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