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

They talk about speaking to Manufactures and Nvidia and put the blame on them. The blame on the lack of production definitely falls on them and mainly Nvidia. However, for communication that simply isn't the case. The comments and updates today are appreciated but theses updates should be happening regularly and often. Why they are communicating with manufactures for stock updates is beyond me. Whilst it may give an insight into production volume, they use distributors so they should be getting their updates from them. As for them not knowing information in advance that's clearly an issue between them and their distro and should not be blamed on the manufacturer. ASUS as an example have confirmed they use airfreight with DHL. I know from someone who's job it is to deal with shipping internationally from China via DHL that it is an average of 12 days. So they should know stock is incoming 12+ days in advance as I highly doubt they ship and days before they are due to land they tell DHL to deliver XYZ to XYZ.

Personally I would like to see justification why OC competitors are able to communicate more openly with specific information? (to those that reference and NDA, if it is an NDA I highly doubt its from Nvida or Manufactures as these other multiple competitors (world wide) simply wouldn't risk the business. If anything I believe it comes back to their distros).
 
Gibbo said:
3080 X2 is 20pc
3090 is 10pc

With our forwarders and should be with customs end of this week, if it clears fast will be with us next week. The rest of the 3080 X3/X4 should be collected late next week from HK.
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Thanks @Gibbo for the detailed info. Goes to show that you're willing to share what you know for a fact. Appreciate it. Assuming, being 15th in queue that's a guaranteed shipment before EOM on the 3080 x2 I ordered.
 
@Gibbo Very good of you to engage directly like this, but as you say you need to keep stock coming in.

Is there a way therfore for the information that you have shared today, which I assume is exclusively in your head, on there OcUK website? Conscious there is a danger someone may miss an indvidual answer provide and there have been some really (candid) calming responses provided by you.

I think most get OcUK and staff are between a rock and a hard place, it just feels (maybe unjustified based on perpective) there could be clearrer comms. Confidence (or lack of it) may also be as a result of inconsistent messages. The website is / has been significantly older detail than web forum posts and information that is tracking birth to grave, e.g. x card is expected, has arrived, has shipped... Sorry for the bleating, but hoped to try and assist calm the waters that I think even now, loyal new customers could be retained.
 
Whitsy said:
Don't get me wrong - I agree that taking it out without an ETA is a bad idea if you can't wait - the whole 'new credit agreements will hurt your credit file' makes no sense.

But saying that buying anything expensive on credit is bad? To me - also makes no sense. I have friends who have taken out credit on this and have done so purely to split the repayments and enjoy having money free to enjoy rather than making one big purchase in one go.

Everyone's situation is different - you can't make blanket statements on the topic.
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I said luxury items. That's a very specific word with a specific meaning especially in economics, it indicates a non essential product that you purchase when your disposable income increases. And yes as a general rule in economics buying luxury goods you cannot afford and thus need to get on credit is a bad idea, for many reasons the primary one is that it's more expensive and comes with risk, it also an indicator that you're generally living outside your means.

It's also generally accepted sound financial advice to only ever take credit out for things that will give you a ROI, so buying an asset that appreciates in value or enables you to create something of value such that the profit exceeds the interest on the credit. Otherwise you're just taking on the cost of interest and the risk of credit when you need not (just save first and buy later)

I'm not telling people what to do, but to deny these things are good advice basically just displays ignorance in economics. Also this ivory tower quip people have made before, it's also worth pointing out most people in a position of privilege or whatever you'd call it, most of them didn't start there. It's not just about being lucky enough to have good income but actually handling money itself and making financial decisions is also an important skill, there's a lot of poor people with very good incomes because they are bad at handling their money. Some of us that can just buy a GPU up front without any worry of the cost or having to split hairs over the few hours it takes to get a refund if you cancel, many of us saved and saved for years, deferring purchasing other things in order to be financially responsible, and then once we've built savings, dip into them from time to time.

But bleh, whatever, I've already said that I think personal finances are a personal decision, make your choices on that and then accept responsibility for the outcome. If you get burned don't come crying to the forums or OCUK or other people, accept responsibility for the outcome of your choices.
 
Bazz21uk said:
So OC is the ONLY place you can pre-order? Thats not strictly true. I pre-ordered a strix elsewhere but i spoke to them before ordering and they told me what they were expecting and when. I'm due to get my strix in november and i only ordered last week. Their pre-order queue is short as they are primarily a system builder and i'm told if it gets bigger they will stop.
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I suspect I may have just back-ordered a card from the same place as yourself, I sent them an email asking about the situation and got a very honest answer including how many people were waiting for certain cards, fortunately much like yourself I can afford to have an order placed in more than one spot, it will definitely be interesting to see who wins the race, the competitor I went with definitely seem to have a sensible approach to their back-ordering though(with an very honest thing saying we are awaiting an ETA on the card pages).
 
peds said:
@Gibbo Very good of you to engage directly like this, but as you say you need to keep stock coming in.

Is there a way therfore for the information that you have shared today, which I assume is exclusively in your head, on there OcUK website? Conscious there is a danger someone may miss an indvidual answer provide and there have been some really (candid) calming responses provided by you.

I think most get OcUK and staff are between a rock and a hard place, it just feels (maybe unjustified based on perpective) there could be clearrer comms. Confidence (or lack of it) may also be as a result of inconsistent messages. The website is / has been significantly older detail than web forum posts and information that is tracking birth to grave, e.g. x card is expected, has arrived, has shipped... Sorry for the bleating, but hoped to try and assist calm the waters that I think even now, loyal new customers could be retained.
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This is completely on the money. There is a lot of information either sitting with OCUK or with @Gibbo, that is invaluable to users. It goes beyond "Expecting an OK amount of X on Y date." Things like "Our Inno3D shipment is with our forwarder in HK" will, undoubtedly, keep some from filling in that cancellation form. Personally, knowing the amount of X2 3080s on that very same shipment (information that is very much handy to anyone related to logistics at OCUK) has kept me from cancelling just now.

This information needs to be consolidated, shared in as much detail as possible and updated frequently in an easily accessible place for all who hold a pre-order, i.e. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/news...ular-updates-on-deliveries-and-stock-559.html (but in more detail and updated more frequently).
 
bweR said:
@Gibbo how come there hasnt been a 3080 TUF non OC shipment for ages now? Not even [Redacted] has had any. People have been saying they've stopped production, is that true
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He mentioned over in the updates thread that ASUS don't really do non-OC on "the first wave". I have no idea when said first wave ends though.
 
Flenix said:
He mentioned over in the updates thread that ASUS don't really do non-OC on "the first wave". I have no idea when said first wave ends though.
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I wish I had ordered the OC version now as id be a probably very low in the queue. I assumed since they had the non oc in stock at launch that it would be the more shipped model. I have a feeling it may due to the whole Nvidia rebate thing if AIBs sell a certain amount of stock near MSRP, which in this case would be the non oc.
 
I've been patient and will continue to be. I'm just trying to make sense of the MSI gaming X Trio situation last week. If 10 were delivered and shipped, how comes we only moved by 7 near the front of the queue?
 
I'm so annoyed that Asus aren't even making non oc TUF, I'm going to cancel if I can find an FE. I'll be less likely to buy Asus in future too, already ruled out MSI. I'm looking at buying a B550 board too.
 
chriso132 said:
I wish I had ordered the OC version now as id be a probably very low in the queue. I assumed since they had the non oc in stock at launch that it would be the more shipped model. I have a feeling it may due to the whole Nvidia rebate thing if AIBs sell a certain amount of stock near MSRP, which in this case would be the non oc.
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Same here. I ordered a non-OC TUF as it had 'stock arriving 21st Sept'. I cancelled an OC model with another retailer, assuming Overclockers would have better stock.
 
chriso132 said:
I wish I had ordered the OC version now as id be a probably very low in the queue. I assumed since they had the non oc in stock at launch that it would be the more shipped model. I have a feeling it may due to the whole Nvidia rebate thing if AIBs sell a certain amount of stock near MSRP, which in this case would be the non oc.
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Same, I actually switched from Eagle to non-OC a few days in. I'm now 3rd in queue. I happen to know that 3rd in the queue for an OC is about half an hour later than me in order time and if I'd of paid the extra £30, I'd probably have had my card for two weeks already.

The worst thing is when I switched, the guy on the phone specifically told me that non-OCs were coming in the following day. He was wrong, it was OCs. That's probably part of why I'm still so mad at OCUK.
 
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