OcUK GUIDE TO ORDERING YOUR AMD 9070 GRAPHICS CARD TODAY AT 14:00

[hornetstinger]

Or an exclusive discount code that only works for that account/email address. A generic code wouldn't work as it would get leaked, but unique ones wouldn't.

yeah tied in to that account, one time use only.

Doesn't matter anyway my money has gone to someplace else.

 

[Jono8]

Maybe all the issues just create hype and make people more eager to buy

Yes, unfortunately the manufacturers and retailers LOVE the crazy hype and lack of willpower/FOMO.

It means all their stock sold in the blink of an eye.

I therefore doubt anything will be implemented or done about it.

 

[Meaker]

Not too much room more!

 

[fastboy]

luckily i have good willpower so no fear of me caving in and paying over the odds,what i dont have control over is the frustration over the scalping/bots scenario that could and should have never been allowed to happen

 

[MagicBoy]

My 10pm Thursday Reaper XT just shipped.

 

[Potluck1112]

Just received my Pulse but can’t try it in my PC till tomorrow

 

[Niwoo]

My 10pm Thursday Reaper XT just shipped.

Lovely, I am still in purgatory...
Reaper XT
Order Date: 06.03.2025 15:42:42
Order status: Order Confirmed

EDIT: JUST SHIPPED!

 

[michty_me]

So how does bot detection work or how is it meant to work for an online store?
I'm also guessing the page that shows all GPUs and where it shows views/sold is guff too? According to it, there have been hundreds sold today?

 

[Meaker]

PCI-E gen 5 on a riser no issue.

 

[iMacMart]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned but got a response back on forum members free shipping

Thank you for contacting us.

There is a bug with the forum free shipping currently and the IT team are looking into it which is why it has been removed for the time being.

 

[momo56]

PCI-E gen 5 on a riser no issue.

Is that using the stock Cobalt riser that comes with the S1 ?

 

[kieran_read]

Not too much room more!

Damn that's thin though, i didn't expect it to be that thin.

 

[Charlie Bravo]

Just had my shipping confirmation on my Reaper XT ordered at 2216 the other night.

 

[Tythus]

PCI-E gen 5 on a riser no issue.

not that pcie gen5 x16 is really needed for any card yet

 

[Meaker]

Is that using the stock Cobalt riser that comes with the S1 ?

It's the cobalt I ordered from them as I had the original batch with the gen 3 riser.

Damn that's thin though, i didn't expect it to be that thin.

I know, genuine 2 slot and not very tall.

 

[baileyswalk]

I got mine on Friday, my status hasn't move from confirmed, guessing mine will get dispatched Monday now, so will get it Tuesday/Wednesday.

Got the dpd email 15:20, expecting parcel. Dispatch Monday I guess.

 

[Jono8]

It's the cobalt I ordered from them as I had the original batch with the gen 3 riser.

I know, genuine 2 slot and not very tall.

How are you finding the fans/noise? Someone complained earlier about the Reaper fans.

 

[dargla]

Not really, there's a shortage because it's an in demand product with a superior price/performance to other cards at MSRP. If it's the scalpers that are creating the shortage then why wasn't there a scalping problem with Nvidia's 4000 series?

Sure, it's related to the demand but it doesn't invalidate my points.

If I organised a group that suddenly buy the entire stock of pasta from all stores, the prices would instantly go up and availability to the common eater would be very poor. It would take a good while to balance the stock levels, which with the graphic cards is even more difficult because of the logistics involved and extremely high barriers to entry for local companies to make the substitute.

The shops,seeing the pasta flying off the shelves, would increase the mark up so instead of usual 20% margin, they would ask for 80 making 4 X more, why wouldn't they love it? The only negatively affected party would be the end consumer.

Scalpers are speculators, they don't eat the pasta, they just suck the supply creating artificial undersupply, hold the stock, so people who want to eat pasta, can't buy it without paying the middleman.

It's basically organised gang that through their concerted actions, CREATE scarsity, make people vulnerable and then exploit them.

You may say, GPU isn't a necessity, and I could say pasta isn't either, you can switch to potato, polenta, buckwheat, grains etc but what about small, budget oriented Italian places living off high local turnover, weddings with the menu agreed in advance, contractural obligations to certain organisations...

The only way to stop scalpers is to refuse to pay a single penny over the MSRP and they would back down but, people are gullible and impatient, so we have what we have.

 

[fastboy]

absolutely correct.
and of the 3 parties involved..guess which one does not get a good deal.

 

[Jono8]

Granted they are all out of stock at the moment, but it would appear the big US retailers are still listing the four MSRP models we had here, at the US MSRP, and they apparently didn’t have any sort of "only the first few hundred in a rebate" nonsense.

So why do we in the UK?

Seems like we've got some sort of bizarre £60 tax being added on for no reason..