Its the old 3 cup game mate, pick which one the GPU is under and win, jokes on us it's not under any of the 3 cupsat this point, I've accepted that I won't get the card this year.
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Good way of putting it.Its the old 3 cup game mate, pick which one the GPU is under and win, jokes on us it's not under any of the 3 cups
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Its the old 3 cup game mate, pick which one the GPU is under and win, jokes on us it's not under any of the 3 cups
Yes, I agree. We are certainly all the "marks" in this scam. It's our own fault for playing the game though with bandits like this.
We can actually win bud, just wait till mid to late next year and buy from whom ever sells at a reasonable price and offers customer service.
All about who blinks first.
Well, guys. It's nice knowing you all. My RTX 3080, which I have ordered from another site, is on its way, and I have made a cancellation request of the card that I have ordered here. I'm officially out of the waiting room. Good luck to you guys, and have a good night. Hope you get your cards soon!
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I ordered the trinity OC about 6 days ago and the email came next day saying I was 60th. Apparently from what I've read the trinitys are a lot more readily available than most others
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i hope so just paid for mine today still waiting to here where i am in que , Ill let you know so we get a good idea how many are selling.
Im not really expecting anything until next year but sooner would be a bonus as my 1080Ti has just died , So im running a 1050Ti @1080p on a 1440p panel and it looks *****.
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We can actually win bud, just wait till mid to late next year and buy from whom ever sells at a reasonable price and offers customer service.
All about who blinks first.
It's the only game of 3 card monte that has no cards lol.
It doesn't really matter that much to me whether I get a card or not for now to be honest. I got one for my son from elsewhere a month ago so his 18th birthday present is fulfilled. For me, I don't really need or even necessarily want a 3080. The 5700XT that I have is adequate for my needs for the most part. I have kept my order for now as it is intriguing to see what levels OC go to in this charade and a few of my son's friends are also trying to get hold of one. If I do buy this generation for myself, I will probably wait for the AMD cards to become widely available at a decent price and get one of those as my monitors at home are all freesync.
However, it turns my stomach to see how OC are treating people. Openly backdooring cards when they have queues of this size really takes a brass neck to be willing to do.
I suggest you look for the card elsewhere while keeping your order here until your card is dispatched or you find one on another site.
Thats fair enough, I have seen a few who used that method on the Discord Nvidia Channel. The guy just asked me how I got mine, so did not confuse the matter with adding post forwarding etc.
I think most of the European stores like ours are not dispatching outside of their country except when using Mailbox services, if you find a good price all well and good.
It's the same with retail though. I avoid buying from online stores that I've had or heard about bad experiences with and buy for those who give a good service. Long term the impact to the reputation of an online store will likely hurt sales in the future and that hits the bottom line once we get to a point of supply meeting demand again. There seem to have been a lot of people for instance buying for OCUK for the first time with the 3000 series launch and don't like the experience and will say that to anyone who asks. As such, the terrible communication of OCUK is likely to cost them future sales due to a wish for short-term profit or just plain incompetence.
Notice also people have talked about other stores doing better in communicating so I think a lot of people will look to them first when buying in future. Online retail is a competitive business and reputational loss like they are suffering now isn't free, just a case of how widespread it gets.
It's of course not great for the current customers suffering poor service though and could be managers just want the short term profit and then cash out the company.
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I have been reading a lot of the comments about the whole GPU problem , now i have always been a bit of a fan of OCUK but im getting a feeling that they have dropped the ball with this whole thing.
normally OCUK customer care is on point.
without reading a million post of angry ppl can anybody give me a update why ppl are so angry with them.
thanx in advance steve
normally OCUK customer care is on point.
without reading a million post of angry ppl can anybody give me a update why ppl are so angry with them.
thanx in advance steve
Basically they took far more pre-orders than they could fill in a reasonable time period, jacked up prices while still taking orders and have been terrible at communicating to the customers who have waited months for their cards. This is exacerbated by conflicting information coming from the AIB's to what OCUK has communicated at times.
Very poor information and updates on stock, Very vague and general descriptions of expected numbers of cards, ie small, OK, big no definite numbers even 2 months after launch. When we do get numbers, those that arrive do not match those dispatched.
We only have Queue emails after a lot of pressure from the customers on the forum, a couple of guys produced a spreadsheet that was more use than the official drivel before Queues came in 3-4 weeks after launch.
This lack of information and updates along with very poor stock being allocated to OC are the main reasons.
Basically they did everything wrong along with keeping what they call Pre-Orders (actually Backorders) open far longer than they should have, hence queues into the Thousands on most cards, some of which have yet to receive even one card.
We only have Queue emails after a lot of pressure from the customers on the forum, a couple of guys produced a spreadsheet that was more use than the official drivel before Queues came in 3-4 weeks after launch.
This lack of information and updates along with very poor stock being allocated to OC are the main reasons.
Basically they did everything wrong along with keeping what they call Pre-Orders (actually Backorders) open far longer than they should have, hence queues into the Thousands on most cards, some of which have yet to receive even one card.
1. Taking too many pre orders.
2. Not letting people know they wouldn't be getting cards for months and months before they pressed buy.
3. Only taking the pre order buttons off about 2 weeks ago, about 5 weeks too late.
4. Lack of communication.
5. Rumours of cards going into pre builds.
6. Making it sound like they were going to get most of the stock from distributors when they have only received little compared to competitors.
2. Not letting people know they wouldn't be getting cards for months and months before they pressed buy.
3. Only taking the pre order buttons off about 2 weeks ago, about 5 weeks too late.
4. Lack of communication.
5. Rumours of cards going into pre builds.
6. Making it sound like they were going to get most of the stock from distributors when they have only received little compared to competitors.
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Got my Palit Gaming Oc rtx3080 card yesterday and though id let people waiting on one know, that the build quality is excellent it really is some job.
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So basically they are are being scalpers and not delivering lol. Lucky I'm in no rush
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You are talking about your perception and my perception and the few hundred vocal people in this thread. Yes it should matter to OC, but it doesn't. Most people who (like me) have said that they won't use OC again, never used them before at all or very rarely. The amount of loyal, repeat customers that they will lose will be minimal. Making an extra half a million from backdooring cards is worth it to them.
Yes, some other stores are doing a better job. They aren't quite as mercenary and "small time" as OC. That doesn't make them good, that makes them less bad.
You have to understand the retail tech industry. They do not think any further ahead than this quarter in terms of profit, loss and margin. They are all short term focussed, some more than others. Tehy shift boxes mainly based upon price and availability rather than reputation, they know this.
20 years ago I was head of UK channel sales for a large tech manufacturer. When I took the post we sold purely B2B through distribution and B2B resellers, we did not sell to the consumer market through retailers. I was asked to expand my remit and start to sell into retail. After numerous meetings and discussions with large retail outlets I recommended that we did not go down that road to preserve our reputation. The margin that they wanted were ridiculous. Their short term strategy was ludicrous. Their reputation of being greedy. unscrupulous and impossible to deal with was merited even then. They haven't changed, they have just got worse as consumers are now far less discerning and more brain washed than ever. Have you seen the people defending OC in this thread?
They do not care if you will never buy from them again. If you are a discerning consumer, you have no value to them. They will get a good percentage of sales from their robotic, brain washed regulars and secure the rest from people who buy based on price and availability. They only need a small percentage of the total tech sales in the UK. You might not like it but what you, me and the hundreds of other disgruntled people here think is neither here nor there to them. Sad but true.