ARCHIVE - *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION *** - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION

[WesleyBurns]

Yeah don't know how I managed to get in at the price I got, had to press the back button and order button a bunch of times before it actually went to let me pay through paypal. And as soon as I got my order in, checked the product page again and the price had already gone back up

My PayPal kept failing at the last hurdle, i ditched firefox as it had way more latency for some reason, Edge was way faster i could see it refreshing first always before firefox.

 

[tdoan]

If I was able to get the MSI Gaming Trio X for £649.99, when do you think it would deliver? (from USA btw). I put the card into the basket yesterday and was able to checkout and was charged for that amount immediately and my order status at the moment is "Order Received - Waiting for shipment." Any thoughts or ideas?

 

[Spikey]

When you want an order update

 

[WesleyBurns]

My status got changed to Order received - not yet shipped. Does this mean my order has gone through? Still waiting for actual email confirmation.

It has gone through and you will be in some sort of queue thats the main thing. Emails could delayed for some reason.

 

[KungFuSpaghetti]

There's plenty of other places to order these from when stock becomes available, it just seems to be a couple of stores (this one being the major one) who have bumped up prices based on demand. I dont really know why PC gamers are so impatient, it's not like your existing card becomes useless overnight. I'll happily wait it out, but will likely shop elsewhere now as reading all of the posts on here has put me off buying from OCUK.

 

[justwondering]

Just read this over on another forum...

"So managed to call Overclockers based on my 4.30pm order yesterday for a Ventus. He said theres no real ETA and at that time id be very low down in the queue. On that basis I decided to cancel. No gripes towards OC, only thing thats annoying is as many of us saw yesterday they have ETA dates that probably influenced which one to buy (It did for me), but they are pretty irrelevant. The short answer is, they don't know."

 

[Stefan Oprisan]

It has gone through and you will be in some sort of queue thats the main thing. Emails could delayed for some reason.

Thank God, probably wont settle down until I get physical dispatch from DPD.

 

[COYS]

What would really irk me is the price significantly changing whilst sat there with a card in the basket. That's inexcusable.

 

[Kaapstad]

You know whats best I managed to order 3080 off the NV site

PAid and all and reciept came for 2080ti !!! Had to cancell Buhahahaha

Store totally got rekt at NV lol

Make sure it is properly cancelled too.

I once ordered a couple of Titan V cards from them. Then I find out they don't support SLI so cancelled one but they still sent the second one anyway.

 

[Troybarlow]

I *think* I placed a pre order yesterday evening, and I got an email from OC which said "amazon payment authorised" and an email from Amazon which said that the payment is complete (with an OC order number), but when I go to my orders on OC there is no mention of that number, and I don't have an order confirmation email from them. Does anyone know what that means?

 

[eeek]

In the UK the retailers selling the PS5 for example, opened pre orders at the SET price of £449, that priced remained fixed throughout.

What they didn't do is add £50 between adding to your basket and checkout, or constantly change the price so you don't know exactly how much you'll be paying until the money is taken.

Equally they also don't take the money up front for pre orders, meaning your money ends up in the retailers accounts for potentially months while you wait.

There is no excuse they can give that will condone those actions.

In the UK Sony UK selling the PS5 for £x but in Sterling so there are no exchange rate fluctuations to worry about when pricing the item.

Unless things have changed in the last 10 years Computer Components are usually priced in $s and the local distributor will purchase x,000 at $y and then sell them. Overclockers are big enough to purchase directly but that still means they are purchasing 1000 at $y and then adding the small margin that computer components offer (10% say).

 

[Dervious]

There's more lather in here than a washing machine with 6 Persil tabs in it.

Take a deep breath, relax, wait a few weeks, or maybe a month or two. You'll get your graphics card (maybe a better model at a better price), but not right now.

I'm looking at RTX3080s, but I'm thinking a 20GB version might be on it's way. Good things often come to those who wait.

BTW. From past experience, the wait and decision making is as nearly as enjoyable as the moment you install the new card. Once the card is installed, tested and a few games are run, the novelty factor soon wears off. A few months later a slightly better card appears, and you think "hmmm, maybe I shouldn't have been so hasty".

 

[Things change I've changed]

There's plenty of other places to order these from when stock becomes available, it just seems to be a couple of stores (this one being the major one) who have bumped up prices based on demand. I dont really know why PC gamers are so impatient, it's not like your existing card becomes useless overnight. I'll happily wait it out, but will likely shop elsewhere now as reading all of the posts on here has put me off buying from OCUK.

Because like many we have sold our cards to help place funds towards the new one, also going off previous launches you can end up waiting sometimes months to get the card if you don't get the first batch, and finally the 'honey trap' prices that they put up to entice you to order.

 

[GAC]

Gibbo already confirmed this in the Latest News thread. Its not price gouging or whatever its because the stock a x amount ran out so the website automatically adjusts price to the stock being bought at y amount.

if they ran out of stock they should have waited for today to put the prices up, not be putting them up mid rush so people got charged more between clicking add to cart and a min or two later when they checked out, im sure thats close to if not illegal on the stores part.

the demand is there gibbo should have just stated launch day prices run out when stock runs out and no more sales until friday, not the mess we had yesterday.

it may not be price gouging but it is a grabbing tactic to get as many sales a possible while people are in a frenzy for buying the new cards.

end of the day they should have stopped selling once stock had gone and then waited for today to change the prices.

 

[Teal]

Gibbo already confirmed this in the Latest News thread. Its not price gouging or whatever its because the stock a x amount ran out so the website automatically adjusts price to the stock being bought at y amount.

I totally understand what he is saying there and it is a legitimate pricing strategy based on stock price, FIFO to be precise.

The bit that isn't stacking up is that the shift in exchange rates from the recent best (1st September) to the worst (around 11th September) is no more than 5%.

Since the 11th the exchange rates for GBP/USD/EUR have been slowly improving and are currently only about 3% worse than the best.

So what is driving the much larger increases we are seeing?

Assuming they are maintaining a fixed percentage margin that will amplify the retail price difference when cost price goes up, but given the current trend in the exchange rate, new stock from orders placed today for example should feed through at lower prices than stock they ordered last week...

... if it is just the exchange rate driving this...

 

[Parsley]

In the UK the retailers selling the PS5 for example, opened pre orders at the SET price of £449, that priced remained fixed throughout.

What they didn't do is add £50 between adding to your basket and checkout, or constantly change the price so you don't know exactly how much you'll be paying until the money is taken.

Equally they also don't take the money up front for pre orders, meaning your money ends up in the retailers accounts for potentially months while you wait.

There is no excuse they can give that will condone those actions.

Careful, we have to be aware that the exchange rate might change whilst the money is sitting in their account for the pre order (or stock to actually exist). It won't be enough!

 

[TheMattleHead]

I have a Rog Strix OC pre-ordered, I started at 14:00 and managed to get checked out and order completed at about 14:24, do we have any indication on when this will be in stock to ship?

 

[WesleyBurns]

Careful, we have to be aware that the exchange rate might change whilst the money is sitting in their account for the pre order (or stock to actually exist). It won't be enough!

What so they just cancle orders then?

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Some people here need to realise that just because your order went through doesnt mean it is going to be fulfilled anytime soon.
I see many people expecting their card to rock up next week, but in all likelihood it could be at least a month before you receive it.

 

[WesleyBurns]

I have a Rog Strix OC pre-ordered, I started at 14:00 and managed to get checked out and order completed at about 14:24, do we have any indication on when this will be in stock to ship?

sit down and hang tight, we all in for a long wait.