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VOUCHER CODE DEALS CONCEPT PLAN!

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It seems this went very smoothly with no hiccups, as promised in the OP next week we will try a more public forum deal with a voucher code, but be warned if the code leaks out it will be the last public deal.
 
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Gibbo said:
It seems this went very smoothly with no hiccups, as promised in the OP next week we will try a more public forum deal with a voucher code, but be warned if the code leaks out it will be the last public deal.
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Thank you and much appreciated
 
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Unseul said:
if it was posted in the general forum it'd hit bots before real people would have a chance.
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FWIW when @Gibbo does post this up in the general forum, this is exactly what will happen. I suspect he full well knows that, maybe Cloudfire will help, who knows. I also suspect when he posts it in open forum, there will be very few cards on offer for this very reason.
 
kitfit1 said:
FWIW when @Gibbo does post this up in the general forum, this is exactly what will happen. I suspect he full well knows that, maybe Cloudfire will help, who knows. I also suspect when he posts it in open forum, there will be very few cards on offer for this very reason.
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I'm sure he is, but as his reply above suggests, another closed, but more accessible, forum area could work well. Enough to stop bots from easily accessing, but still far more accessible to real customers.
 
kitfit1 said:
FWIW when @Gibbo does post this up in the general forum, this is exactly what will happen. I suspect he full well knows that, maybe Cloudfire will help, who knows. I also suspect when he posts it in open forum, there will be very few cards on offer for this very reason.
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Yes I feel it will get abused, but we promised to try and so we will, to try and keep all parties happy, we will actually use a SKU with lotf of stock just in case it does a crazy over sell but so far the voucher system seems to react more or less in realtime so it seems much better suited for the demand,.
 
Btw anyone see any reviews on the 6700xt fighter? Can't find any or youtube amateur vids either, curious about temps/noise levels.
 
Gibbo said:
It seems this went very smoothly with no hiccups, as promised in the OP next week we will try a more public forum deal with a voucher code, but be warned if the code leaks out it will be the last public on.
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Is this something you would consider doing with future hardware launches, if it still looks like demand massively outstrips demand?

On the other hand, it could damage your reputation as a retailer if it seems like it’s becoming some kind of members only club.

Tricky one.
 
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Seems a bit premature to ditch the MM idea already for the open forum, its only been done twice and not on a higher end card yet either, which many might be holding out for.

Sorry to the people who don't qualify but my view is keep it private for longer.
 
danlightbulb said:
Seems a bit premature to ditch the MM idea already for the open forum, its only been done twice and not on a higher end card yet either, which many might be holding out for.

Sorry to the people who don't qualify but my view is keep it private for longer.
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This is not an end to private deals, but we’re trying to please all.
 
robfosters said:
Is this something you would consider doing with future hardware launches, if it still looks like demand massively outstrips demand?

On the other hand, it could damage your reputation as a retailer if it seems like it’s becoming some kind of members only club.

Tricky one.
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Well we have not participated in any major launches for a while due to insane demand levels and we’ve not marketed a GPU at all this year.

Of course we have to play it careful as our website is the main bread and butter, no offence to our community but it’s now a small part of our business but it’s something we have not forgotten and never will no matter how small in grand scheme of things it might become and how large the group may grow too.
 
Gibbo said:
Well we have not participated in any major launches for a while due to insane demand levels and we’ve not marketed a GPU at all this year.

Of course we have to play it careful as our website is the main bread and butter, no offence to our community but it’s now a small part of our business but it’s something we have not forgotten and never will no matter how small in grand scheme of things it might become.
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Although at least with the voucher scheme, you can take part in major launches without fear of being totally swamped with unfulfillable backorders.
 
dwskillz said:
if your still selling out of these cards within 30 minutes i would say keep doing the same and then start lowering the requirements
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The reason the 50 or so cards are selling out in 30 mins is because NOBODY has any chance to buy from normal channels otherwise. The bots and scalpers have had the upper hand since before Christmas and still do. At least using MM and codes over the last 2 days has partially proved the concept that it is possible to sell cards to real gammers rather than bots and scalpers.
 
@Gibbo excited at the prospect of a slightly more public deal for folks like me (new to forums but been a customer of over 6yrs) I would also like to thank you for the transparency of stock and availability, this imo is above and beyond any other place to buy for that reason alone!

Any rough plan if 6700xt SKU/s may be used in a more public release?
 
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