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*** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***
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Sorry, what is the latest status of Pre-orders, I'm 142 on an Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF. Are people being offered comparable cards?
They have to balance the books by selling GPUs at "regular" prices to offset the free upgrades and the reduced price downgrades and upgrades. It does seem logical.....
Dropped a whole 31 positions from my last TUF 3080 update, down to 28 now. Biggest change in positions since the beginning of the year essentially, so it's nice to see I guess. Probably those people getting upgraded as well as cancellations. Hoping to get an upgrade email myself! 
They can balance the books over other products.
They need to ensure their solution to back orders is fair. Offering some customers alternatives or upgrades etc and if they just cancelled others, especially after a year would not be fair.
I believe they're trying to be fair. They've stockpiled 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti cards as downgrade or upgrade options and working their way through the various queues.
I suppose it depends which queue your in and your position. If it's towards the rear of big queue then an FE might be a better option. Since the limitations were put in place, a lot of posters on here have managed to purchase one.
The problem with the upgrade situation is that anyone can actually just go and message the webnote and ask for an upgrade or downgrade, so it seems waiting for an email is pointless, thats what my mate did as he had just given up and took the 3080Ti
this is unreal looks like i dodged a bullet from here then, although didn't get my card till 28th Dec,Sadly so, I feel like overclockers should have just cancelled everyone ages ago but ah well, Im only sticking it out for now since they are my only choice. Also can't imagine how much interest has been made up with the amount of money from all the preorders
By the looks of my predictions it will be past a year when mine comes if I dont downgrade since it costs far to much money for an upgrade or my order just gets out right cancelled
Isn't that different pricing though? The emailed pricing offers are discounted compared to the shop retail prices.
Nope he got it for discounted as he had a 3080 order so he just gave his order number and then was given cards to choose from.
Given the interest rates on business accounts (zero generally) they would make nothing. If the money went into a business savings account, probably a pittance. Certainly nowhere near the amount it cost them to buy cards for the free upgrades they did.Sadly so, I feel like overclockers should have just cancelled everyone ages ago but ah well, Im only sticking it out for now since they are my only choice. Also can't imagine how much interest has been made up with the amount of money from all the preorders
Oh really well fair enough then
Who did your mate message do you know? I'm keen to see my options and get out of the 3080 TUF queue if possible, but no email's come through.
Think he just sent a webnote and someone got back to him
Thanks. I'm new here so not sure what sending a webnote means, sorry.
Oh sorry, think its just in customer service in the forums menu and then order queries
Cheers bud!