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Nope. Loyal forum members get a big discount they can apply at checkout. That price stops non loyal members from buying
 
ahh.....so I was missing something, just seen it in the members market, thought for a minute the world had gone totally mad lol
 
Spent thousands over the years with Overclockers but only have 479 posts, so I still can't get a GPU. Can you look at past trading history as well - motherboards, memory, cases, CPU's etc. ??
 
faxfan said:
Spent thousands over the years with Overclockers but only have 479 posts, so I still can't get a GPU. Can you look at past trading history as well - motherboards, memory, cases, CPU's etc. ??
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We have tried adjusting the criteria to access the private sections, but alas after numerous attempts we cannot. :(

We are still investigating other ways to get cards at discounted prices to other customers as well, but right now this is our best solution that works extremely well.
 
Gibbo said:
We have tried adjusting the criteria to access the private sections, but alas after numerous attempts we cannot. :(

We are still investigating other ways to get cards at discounted prices to other customers as well, but right now this is our best solution that works extremely well.
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The only thing I'd say that is that you could have thousands of posts and only have spent £50 over the years, I'd have thought "A loyal customer" rather than "loyal forum member" would have been a better criteria. But I guess you've got to put a stick in the mud and start somewhere :)
 
faxfan said:
The only thing I'd say that is that you could have thousands of posts and only have spent £50 over the years, I'd have thought "A loyal customer" rather than "loyal forum member" would have been a better criteria. But I guess you've got to put a stick in the mud and start somewhere :)
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I guess it’s better than nothing being done, agree.
 
faxfan said:
The only thing I'd say that is that you could have thousands of posts and only have spent £50 over the years, I'd have thought "A loyal customer" rather than "loyal forum member" would have been a better criteria. But I guess you've got to put a stick in the mud and start somewhere :)
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It sounds like they are stuck between a rock and a hard place with outdated forums and website. I will admit that it’s slightly frustrating to have spent north of £10,000 with OCUK over the past 5 years but not be able to get a card because I only made a few hundred post during that period. Still sounds like they are doing what they can and it’s better than nothing, at least someone gets a card even if I am missing out.
 
BlueInf said:
I guess it’s better than nothing being done, agree.
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From my technical discussions with Admins before I believe the issue is that much of the software on the forums is only partially customizable. You can't expect OCUK to redevelop their forums and main site just to do a slightly different kind of deal. If they do a custom deal just for you then they'll get every Tom Dick and Harry asking for favors. In some cases there isn't a good answer to some problems, when the cost difference in developing the software for different solutions is significant.
 
It is for sure better than nothing, and in theory it's a great idea. It's just a shame people like me (spent over £15,000 with OC over the last 10 years I've been a member of the forum) who come here to read posts and use the search engine to find answers, but don't get involved in the actual discussions much (I'm not a tech-support kind of person, I'm not confident enough in my knowledge to give out advice to people that might cost them money/damages) slip through the cracks.

I'm not hugely put out right now, as a 3070 isn't much use to me (I'm needing a 3090, or maybe a 3080ti as a compromise) but I'll probably have to spam the forum for the next few days to get up to 1000 just in case they ever do a higher-spec card drop.
 
It is a good idea to block the scalpers, but not useful for regular people. The whole graphics card situation is a nightmare. I have been trying to get a RTX 3070 series for at least 6 months for my son.
 
Gibbo said:
We have tried adjusting the criteria to access the private sections, but alas after numerous attempts we cannot. :(

We are still investigating other ways to get cards at discounted prices to other customers as well, but right now this is our best solution that works extremely well.
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I don't even think they need to be discounted IMO - I think genuine gamers are willing to pay retail for the cards we just need the opportunity to get our hands on them before a bot can checkout every card in stock!
 
I am certainly happy to pay retail prices. It's just the over-inflated prices that get me. I was looking at the 3070 ti release yesterday. Basically, they all went really quickly. Then shortly afterwards they appeared on ebay straight away.
 
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Chris Woollard said:
I am certainly happy to pay retail prices. It's just the over-inflated prices that get me. I was looking at the 3070 ti release yesterday at <DELETED>. Basically, they all went really quickly. Then shortly afterwards they appeared on ebay straight away.
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You'll want to remove that competitor name.

I'm sure we'd all love to pay MSRP - sadly ridiculous prices with hidden codes is the only way most of us are going to even get close! :/
 
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