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

[Mr Oblong]

Pardon me my mistake, the actual T & C is "while supplies last" it isn't an obligation, a promise or ANYTHING beyond a promotion it's a bonus with limitations...

I guess they'd be covered with a single code then?

 

[Generalray]

Under what grounds do you think you can take Nvidia to court? The contract is between the seller and the buyer i.e. OCUK and a customer. If they send an Email advising entitlement to a product then that should be unconditional and providing the card is ordered as part of the first 1000 orders a code should be forthcoming.

Read the T & C. Nvidia are running the promo and OC are the "Participating retailer" not the other way around. It's a LIMITED promotion as it clearly states. These T & C will be airtight to stop these kind of arguments from happenening. I agree that the 1st 1,000 should get the codes, no doubt but when they are all gone you aren't owed anything. If you check the marketing out on the OC website there will be a little asterix next to the offer saying T & C apply. I think additional codes will be made available so everyone needs to chill and see how it pans out PLUS the card needs to be in situ for you to redeem through Geforce experience so no one gets to redeem until their cards are shipped. If you aren't happy with the T & C then you don't have to participate....

 

[pandem0nium]

It was the X3 I ordered.

It has the same number of heat pipes and same fin stack area, contrary to what the other chap told you.

I would pay less and not have another noisy little fan.

I thought about hedging my bets and ordering one, but I don't want my order cancelled like someone else on here.

 

[Flake87]

Read the T & C. Nvidia are running the promo and OC are the "Participating retailer" not the other way around. It's a LIMITED promotion as it clearly states. These T & C will be airtight to stop these kind of arguments from happenening. I agree that the 1st 1,000 should get the codes, no doubt but when they are all gone you aren't owed anything. If you check the marketing out on the OC website there will be a little asterix next to the offer saying T & C apply. I think additional codes will be made available so everyone needs to chill and see how it pans out PLUS the card needs to be in situ for you to redeem through Geforce experience so no one gets to redeem until their cards are shipped. If you aren't happy with the T & C then you don't have to participate....

I think you perhaps need to study a little commercial law, and I am not a lawyer, but it was a part of my coursework. There is no legal relationship created between Nvidia, and you the customer, so you have no redress against them in UK law. Even if they offered a stonewall certainty of receiving something the contract remains between the person who pays the money, and one who receives it. The arguement which might then be made is that the allocation of a limited number of supplied codes has perhaps not made fairly, or that the comapny created an expectation by sending out a listing of a code for a game with the acknowledgement of the order.

It's not as cut & dried as you seem to think it is.

 

[Generalray]

I guess they'd be covered with a single code then?

"Limit one download code per game per customer" so unfortunately yes. All codes are registered via Geforce experience and won't unlock unless the card is there.

 

[Flake87]

It has the same number of heat pipes and same fin stack area, contrary to what the other chap told you.

I would pay less and not have another noisy little fan.

I thought about hedging my bets and ordering one, but I don't want my order cancelled like someone else on here.

chap? Why does everyone on this forum appear to assume that everyone who posts here is a male?

Taken from the OCUK webpage "With the iCHILL X4 the cooler comes with 8 copper heat pipes whilst the X3 comes with 7 copper heat pipes giving an average 33% increase from the previous cooler."

Be careful whose advice you buy because some of them clearly don't have a clue what they're talking about !

 

[Del-Dredd]

I ordered Palit GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Pro 10GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card and I got an email saying I was 7th in the queue. According to that spreadsheet people with bigger positions than me have got shipping emails. I still have nothing, what is going on

The Earliest position on the Spreadsheet is 73 from the evening of 19th Sep. No mention of shipping email on that spreadsheet so think you are looking at the wrong thing.

 

[Generalray]

I think you perhaps need to study a little commercial law, and I am not a lawyer, but it was a part of my coursework. There is no legal relationship created between Nvidia, and you the customer, so you have no redress against them in UK law. Even if they offered a stonewall certainty of receiving something the contract remains between the person who pays the money, and one who receives it. The arguement which might then be made is that the allocation of a limited number of supplied codes has perhaps not made fairly, or that the comapny created an expectation by sending out a listing of a code for a game with the acknowledgement of the order.

It's not as cut & dried as you seem to think it is.

As it goes I have a rudimental background in contract law my-self having also studied it and whilst it may not be as cut and dry as you think, Nvidia AND their partners i.e. OC have been running free game promotions for years, they know what they are doing and have a legal teams with experts who ARE lawyers to get this signed off to fob guys like us who have studied one or two whistle stop tour Uni modules who think they know more than they do...The terms and conditions are clear and you would have no case against Nvidia or Over Clockers and anybody who thinks otherwise like I have said let us know how you get on in court...

 

[deardevildude]

Anyone hazard a guess at worldwide 3080 pre-orders on Sept 17th? Look at OCUK spreadsheet and multiply by 10k?

Multiply by 35k youll probs be closer

 

[Flenix]

Under what grounds do you think you can take Nvidia to court? The contract is between the seller and the buyer i.e. OCUK and a customer. If they send an Email advising entitlement to a product then that should be unconditional and providing the card is ordered as part of the first 1000 orders a code should be forthcoming.

Not sure where this "contract" you mentioned is. But generally speaking with distance selling, if a company cannot provide you with an item you ordered you're entitled to a refund.

Submit a webnote and I'm sure OCUK would be more than happy to refund you your £0.00 as per the invoice.

 

[Generalray]

Not sure where this "contract" you mentioned is. But generally speaking with distance selling, if a company cannot provide you with an item you ordered you're entitled to a refund.

Submit a webnote and I'm sure OCUK would be more than happy to refund you your £0.00 as per the invoice.

Pre-orders aren't a contract and there are clear terms and conditions. It's a promotion and independent of the GPU sale and you are owed nothing if they run out as hard as that may to be to deal with for some more than others, those are the facts...

 

[turbot1984]

Multiply by 35k youll probs be closer

Thats a lot of orders... suspect i was being a tad conservative! Reckon i would have snaffled one pretty quick from those shady geezers in Mongkok like I used to back in the day.

 

[darkBytes]

I recommend that you stick on suncreen
Everybody's Free by Baz Luhrmann,
Seriously now, come out from under your bridges n have a listen , put some **** into context

 

[Del-Dredd]

I get what you are saying. But the problem is that its not like queueing at a shop to buy something and you see your queue isn't moving and another queue is, so you move across to the next queue (at the back with clear idea that it is a better decision than staying).

With these cards nobody knew the queue lengths for weeks or the incoming stock levels (even now we don't). By the time this became known, the people that ordered early, and probably had a horrible time doing so due to website failures, are suddenly in a position where they are stuck on the card they originally chose, because going to the back of any other queue will be a far longer wait.

I guess I am saying that if ordered a card first then its fair that you get a card first. Maybe thats because I don't particularly care about brands etc and they are all the same to me. I just went with the cheapest and I'm still in a queue waiting for it.

This was all gone through before, you ordered a specific card not a queue number at a Deli, ie you wait and get what you ordered or go to the back of the new Queue for the thing you now want now.
Totally Moronic to do it any other way.

 

[Unreal22]

I'm guessing there's no movement on the Gigabyte Gamimg OC cards?

I'm 251 in the queue and was hoping to see it before Cyber Punks released. Fingers crossed they turn up! Currently GPU less as I sold my Radeon 7 for really good money.

 

[Lastof]

I'm guessing there's no movement on the Gigabyte Gamimg OC cards?

I'm 251 in the queue and was hoping to see it before Cyber Punks released. Fingers crossed they turn up! Currently GPU less as I sold my Radeon 7 for really good money.

The Aorus UK twitter account said yesterday

GAMING OC: Stock this Week

Now whether that means OC will get some or not who knows. @GIGA-Man might be able to shed more light, but I'd imagine if he could he already would've.

 

[LostPenguins]

I'm guessing there's no movement on the Gigabyte Gamimg OC cards?

I'm 251 in the queue and was hoping to see it before Cyber Punks released. Fingers crossed they turn up! Currently GPU less as I sold my Radeon 7 for really good money.

None so far this week although apparently some were shipped last week but it only would have been 1-4 cards. The Aorus UK twitter has said that Gigabyte Gaming OCs are due to arrive in the UK this week but we shall see what OCUK gets.

 

[Illuminist]

Anyone get any shipping notification today?

@GIGA-Man do you have any knowledge of gaming oc coming to ocuk, please?

 

[Del-Dredd]

Where are you based to in Wales?

South of Aberystwyth

 

[Lastof]

I ordered Palit GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Pro 10GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card and I got an email saying I was 7th in the queue. According to that spreadsheet people with bigger positions than me have got shipping emails. I still have nothing, what is going on

@Del-Dredd already responded to you but just to reiterated as far as we know no Palit cards have shipped since the queue positions went out on the 2nd. Yesterday @Gibbo announced that an OK amount of Palit cards (which likely means 50ish) are expected tomorrow, so hopefully with such an early queue position you'll get a shipment email tomorrow/Thursday. Good luck, and keep us updated if you do!