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Yeah sure they areIm sure the price is dictated by Nvidia Partners and not OCUK, I would think OCUK are making their normal markup from the trade price and its out of their control. The 1050ti all sold and they were overpriced as well.
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Yeah sure they areIm sure the price is dictated by Nvidia Partners and not OCUK, I would think OCUK are making their normal markup from the trade price and its out of their control. The 1050ti all sold and they were overpriced as well.
2nd hand warrantyless GTX 970s flying around for over £150. Paid £120 for mine in 2016. The GPU market has gone mad. Even the GTX 1050 ti I bought for my son for about £70 a few months back looks like an absolute bargain.
Having said that I have spotted a few pre-built desktops with decent GPUs that don't seem too extortionate.
OCUK is currently listing Suprem X RTX 3080 @ £1200 and 3090 @ £2600
the cheapest none factory OC 3090 ie similar to FE performance is priced at £1900. That’s a £500 mark up or 37% markup.
the cheapest none OC 3080 is £950 and that’s a staggering 50% markup over FE models.
the cheapest 3070 model is £720 where other places sell for £500/£520. And again 50% up on FE model. That’s a mammoth markup again.
Shocking behaviour tbh.
scalpers takes stock at retailer and rips off public. What chance do we have when retail is able to scalpe at distributor.
Distributers are getting scalped as well. I work for a computer store and believe me, places like OCUK are paying big money for GPU stock. The FE cards are cheaper than what suppliers sell them for.
Retailers are scalping old stock they have lying around such as an old 2060, 1050ti etc and I don't blame them. But new GPUs like the 3080 are getting scalped way down the chain somewhere.