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Well just had my 3080 arrive from a competitor and the power pins are bent, I suspect it is a customer return which they then relisted. Needless to say I am also returning it and will not be using them again.
 
Lexit said:
wouldn't be surprised if the negative propaganda in this thread is instigated by OCUKs competitors
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if by that you mean their competitors are making ocuk treat their customers like this then possibly.

ocuk are doing this to themselves. they quite literally don't need ANY help right now. Its shocking. I'm really glad im out. really really glad. The delays for me were a blessing in disguise :(

CMason said:
Well just had my 3080 arrive from a competitor and the power pins are bent, I suspect it is a customer return which they then relisted. Needless to say I am also returning it and will not be using them again.
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What card was it out of interest? most boxes are sealed so you should be able to tell if its been previously opened. A few cards are known to have come with misaligned pins. Personally i'd straighten them myself assuming the card works but you shouldn't have to do things like that when spending such a substantial amount of money
 
Bazz21uk said:
What card was it out of interest? most boxes are sealed so you should be able to tell if its been previously opened. A few cards are known to have come with misaligned pins. Personally i'd straighten them myself assuming the card works but you shouldn't have to do things like that when spending such a substantial amount of money
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It was a Gigabyte Gaming OC, I would like to straighten the pins myself but not really sure the best way to go about it, any advice would be very much appreciated
 
CMason said:
Well just had my 3080 arrive from a competitor and the power pins are bent, I suspect it is a customer return which they then relisted. Needless to say I am also returning it and will not be using them again.
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Did the card not come in a sealed anti static bag?
 
martind said:
usual stream of negative crap, all the people moaning! ffs cancel and go elsewhere! really sick of hearing your spoilt child rhetoric! theres only so much of this normal people can take, i suggest some of you get yourselves a new hobby and get a fresh perspective on life.
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Why would most of these customers go else where ? Cards are scarce everywhere and price has bumped by as much as £200 for some models. I have a 3080 from somewhere else coming next week but I'm still gonna leave my order here for my £650 3080. 3070 strix is £640 I would be crazy cancelling my o.c order.
 
CMason said:
It came in an anti static bag and it was sealed but the seal was a bit sketchy to say the least
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I just looked at my anti static bag - it is completely generic with no branding, it would be easy for a store to simply reseal a card in a new bag I would imagine.
 
Bazz21uk said:
Why don't YOU get a new hobby and let people enjoy their moaning :) - you don't have to read it lmao.

What do you class as a normal person? Somebody that gives away £600+ and then just waits? if so im sure there's a few nigerians that will invest your cash well :p - right now to a lot of people this is exactly what it feels like :(

Unfortunately a lot of whats said resonates with others here and you, plus a couple of others are the only ones that seem to think ocuk are doing a great job with all of this. Everybody knows nvidia messed up but ocuk dealt with it all wrong and then did the same again with amd cpus. now they're grabbing more money and treating the customers who's money they've already taken like trash!

Instead of accusing others of "negative ****". Why don't you show everybody the positives? What have ocuk done thats impacted things well? :)
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They have done nothing with a negative impact, nothing that any other company wouldnt do,if you and others couldnt have forseen that you"d be waiting for a while when the cards were at the performance level and price that they were, well you cant be helped, and the positive thing is the ones that do wait are getting a card at the original price so whats wrong, with just waiting untill your turn comes up, your not going to die/become seroiusly ill if your card doesnt come right now, im really ill and ive thought occasionly that im not going to get my gfx before i pop my clogs but it doesnt get your delivery any closer, yes ocuk may have made a few mistakes but do we all need to keep hearing about it every five mins, and i think mistakes are made all day and every day, its called learning, cheers.
 
Connorw97 said:
Cheers, so stuck on whether to find one elsewhere, I'm only 14 in the queue so I'd probably be in the first shipment whenever that arrives
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Yeah one or two at the most, depends if you can be bothered with all the searching... You are not tempted by big navi at all?
 
martind said:
usual stream of negative crap, all the people moaning! ffs cancel and go elsewhere! really sick of hearing your spoilt child rhetoric! theres only so much of this normal people can take, i suggest some of you get yourselves a new hobby and get a fresh perspective on life.
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You’re only supposed to lick the boot, not swallow it whole.
 
martind said:
They have done nothing with a negative impact, nothing that any other company wouldnt do,if you and others couldnt have forseen that you"d be waiting for a while when the cards were at the performance level and price that they were, well you cant be helped, and the positive thing is the ones that do wait are getting a card at the original price so whats wrong, with just waiting untill your turn comes up, your not going to die/become seroiusly ill if your card doesnt come right now, im really ill and ive thought occasionly that im not going to get my gfx before i pop my clogs but it doesnt get your delivery any closer, yes ocuk may have made a few mistakes but do we all need to keep hearing about it every five mins, and i think mistakes are made all day and every day, its called learning, cheers.
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The competitor I am advertising for with my PSU never took pre-orders. They went with "When we get stock in the first to notice gets" school of thought. I think Ebuy3r did the same.
tbh though we all knew what we where getting into (except early orders). We all knew there would be a wait.
 
Simon Prater said:
The competitor I am advertising for with my PSU never took pre-orders. They went with "When we get stock in the first to notice gets" school of thought. I think Ebuy3r did the same.
tbh though we all knew what we where getting into (except early orders). We all knew there would be a wait.
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OCUK is not forcing anyone to pre-order and there is always the option to cancel.
 
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