se3en
Is this some kind of marketing gimmick to release like 2 cards per day?
I saw the notify email for EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW available and literally 2min later it all out of stock. What are you guys doing...EVGA?

 I think it's to prevent auto scripts picking up the cards. If those who own scripts to auto buy the cards don't even get a chance to sit there and run them the better. If the stock remains for 20 mins plus that may give them time to set themselves up. They will turn around and obviously up sell the cards. That's my theory. Probably not even the case lol 
 
I made so many grammar mistakes here and the sentences don't make 100% sense - I'm sorry, I'm not fixing them lol 

canada2005
Don't forget us Canadians... Have yet to see a single one make it to Canada yet.

+1. I ordered the FTW 1080 June 6 from NCIX Canada after a long chat with them when they said they were "expecting" cards around June 17. Then they told me they should be getting these cards July 11. As of July 8 now I get this standard response they seem to be sending to everyone:
 
"Unfortunately, the item in question is on backorder at this time, and we currently don’t have an ETA for when it will be available again. If you don’t want to wait for this item in particular, or if you would like to swap it out for something else instead, just let us know, otherwise we will leave the order as-is and ship it out to you as soon as it is available again.

Thank you again for understanding, please let us know how you would like to proceed."
 
NCIX charges the credit card at order time, not waiting for the product to ship. So they have been paid and after more than a month from order date I even had to pay off the credit card bill which came due. I wonder where the incentive is to ship my card when everyone (even my bank) has their money and are happy but I have no product. And I have zero leverage at this point. Simply put, I would have made different choices if I had known that once the bill was paid I'd be receiving a "you'll get it when you get it" response.

specialkone

canada2005
Don't forget us Canadians... Have yet to see a single one make it to Canada yet.

+1. I ordered the FTW 1080 June 6 from NCIX Canada after a long chat with them when they said they were "expecting" cards around June 17. Then they told me they should be getting these cards July 11. As of July 8 now I get this standard response they seem to be sending to everyone:
 
"Unfortunately, the item in question is on backorder at this time, and we currently don’t have an ETA for when it will be available again. If you don’t want to wait for this item in particular, or if you would like to swap it out for something else instead, just let us know, otherwise we will leave the order as-is and ship it out to you as soon as it is available again.

Thank you again for understanding, please let us know how you would like to proceed."
 
NCIX charges the credit card at order time, not waiting for the product to ship. So they have been paid and after more than a month from order date I even had to pay off the credit card bill which came due. I wonder where the incentive is to ship my card when everyone (even my bank) has their money and are happy but I have no product. And I have zero leverage at this point. Simply put, I would have made different choices if I had known that once the bill was paid I'd be receiving a "you'll get it when you get it" response.

 
If you want to be tough about it. Call your credit card company and make a claim. You never received the product and get the money back. Don't let them toss you around holding the keys. Just hearing this and other stories about them. I never have or will order from those crooks. 

I hear you Fattys but I'll wait a bit longer. No Drew, I'm not blaming EVGA. I'm sure to a large degree their hands are tied. With Nvidia pumping out "founders editions" I suspect even EVGA (one of Nvidia's closest partners) is on a wait list as well.
 
I was willing to wait longer for a fine EVGA FTW 1080 as we all knew FE's would be around first. I suspect, however, that if I ordered the card from EVGA June 6 and rolled the dice with "brokerage fees" I might have an FTW by now.
 
The biggest mistake was going with a retailer who charges at order time (June 6) and tells me June 17, then July 11 and then says they have no clue. Maybe it will ship after the 1080 TI's come out. LOL.  
 
It was never important to me to be one of the first with a 1080. Just wanted a fine card that doesn't give me gaming issues as my two Asus 770's are way past their prime. I learned my lesson. Next time will be in stock or on a store shelf.

Hi
Not to hijack the thread. Just a bit of topic. I already sent an email to support, chatted with a customer rep, and PM'ed a mod. But still haven't received any answer so I'll just put it here.
I tried to check out a product (wanted actually a GTX1080 but no stock) so I tried to check out a 980 just to see how much it would cost to ship to Saudi Arabia.
But I got a notification saying that "You are not allowed to shop in eu.evga.com after checking your profile".
So that king of surprised me since I ordered several items before from EVGA EU.
Apologies for being out of topic. Just a bit relevant since I want to order a GTX 1080 from EVGA webstore.
 
Thanks

Parakiin
I haven't read the whole thread (36 pages, yo) but if anyone is wondering about UK availability, here's what I know so far (this is specific to the FTW and Classified, since those are the two I'm looking at:
 
* Amazon - Just says "Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available."
* OCUK - Pre-Order. Originally had a date of the 22nd but that seems to have since been removed
* Scan - Currently saying "Item due on 15 July 2016."
* eBuyer - "We are expecting this item on: Friday, 22nd July"
* Novatech - "16 Due 15 July"
 
I'm not sure how many of those dated ones are accurate though, or whether they will be instantly sold out due to pre-orders. I haven't pre-ordered as I've only heard about this card in the last week so just keeping my fingers crossed for not too long queues now!

Well my Scan order from the 28th of May has changed 4 times. (Overdue then changed to a later date) :-/ So who knows at this stage. 

A lot of people are giving in to these EBAY scalpers.  It's why I suggested before to limit one card per costumer.   These people probably buy two at a time to either keep one and sell the other or sell both on EBAY and Amazon.  The lowest "buy it now" on EBAY for a FTW card is $869.  That's just ridiculous.   Don't give in to the hype.  Play your games with what you have and pretty soon there will be plenty of 1080 GPUs for all of you.   

rla1999
A lot of people are giving in to these EBAY scalpers.  It's why I suggested before to limit one card per costumer.   These people probably buy two at a time to either keep one and sell the other or sell both on EBAY and Amazon.  The lowest "buy it now" on EBAY for a FTW card is $869.  That's just ridiculous.   Don't give in to the hype.  Play your games with what you have and pretty soon there will be plenty of 1080 GPUs for all of you.   

What about people who want SLI - Usually 2-way but potentially up to 4-way? In my case, I'm planning on buying two since I'm building a PC for my g/f and also want a card to upgrade my own PC - would that too be forbidden? Scalpers suck but it's unfair to punish the genuine buyers just to stop people buying and re-selling - which is within their legal right to do (again, sucky, but that's life). I do agree on a reasonable cap though to stop people mass-buying and selling all the stock themselves - maybe 4 cards since that's the limit for a single PC fully SLI'd up.
 
BTW Just want to point out that I agree that these scalpers are crappy and people should not support them and should wait for the proper channels - not to mention you'll get no support or warranty from a scalper. Just pointing out that 1 card per consumer might be a bit limiting for many who could have legitimate need or use for 2 or more cards. Cap at 4 per person (or per household) seems reasonable IMHO.

UncleNikoTP

rla1999
A lot of people are giving in to these EBAY scalpers.  It's why I suggested before to limit one card per costumer.   These people probably buy two at a time to either keep one and sell the other or sell both on EBAY and Amazon.  The lowest "buy it now" on EBAY for a FTW card is $869.  That's just ridiculous.   Don't give in to the hype.  Play your games with what you have and pretty soon there will be plenty of 1080 GPUs for all of you.   

^ this

^ this x2.
It is absurd what they were doing, wish there was some way for the vendors to be able to control that. I guess if folks quit paying those scalpers they would end up not selling any...

Have you guys noticed what Amazon is doing? The Zotac extreme for like $878.00. A few have sold. SOLD by Amazon. Pure Greed.
 
Just looked, Amazon either sold them out or took it down.

The Ebay scalpers aren't half bad compared to EU pricing. Yes, EU pricing is THAT bad.

CoercionShaman
Let's see here.
 
869   listing price
- 87  sale fee
- 26  PayPal fee
- 32  shipping fees (which may be low because of insurance and signature confirmation)
--------------------
724   remaining
 
$45 profit assuming they didn't pay taxes.  If they paid taxes, there goes $50 or more depending on your location making it about a break even deal for the seller.
 
That isn't a lot of profit for the seller even without taxes and in some instances accounts to allow for offers.  Some of these folks got multiple cards and then made a decision.  Not everyone is selling simply for a profit and don't have any other venue to sell on.
 
Just a thought.

yes, very little profit for sure.  But to some, that is enough to do this.  
 
Note that most 1080s being sold are brand new (sealed).  If they were used, I would not have a problem with it.   We all have a right to change our minds and sell our used items on these places.

No way man. With demand this high and so little stock you should get one. Not to mention that Nvidia is practically telling everyone that sli setups beyond two cards is ridiculous (and will be unsupported unless a company wants to go that route).

And if you really want two, then wait for two. But there's way too many people with 0 that want just 1, like myself.

To the point of price scalping, yes it's their legal right to be jerks, but this problem is much more serious in capitalist economies when you swap graphics cards for something like life saving medicine.

I can only hope they get burned. I chatted with the guy on amazon who was selling his for $1,200 and asked him why he thought price gouging the card was okay.

He basically told me that it's a "sellers market" and he can do what he wants.

I can't disagree, because it's legal. But I gave him flack for thinking anyone would pay for a card that is better than a titan x but with half the MSRP.

Price gouging the card defeats the purpose of the low cost high output of the card.

XC-Volcom
Price gouging the card defeats the purpose of the low cost high output of the card.

Honestly I don't know what the point of the Titan X is - maybe for people who need the professional-class stuff for rendering and such, I believe it's similar to the Quadro in that regard?
IIRC for gaming and typical home-user tasks the 980Ti scored about the same as the Titan X, which IMO renders (heh) the Titan pointless for home users. And the 1080 I believe has much higher performance than either.
 

XC-Volcom
What's the MSRP for a FTW in the EU? I bet it's not Australia bad but Canada's cards (just north of our damn country) has a $218 higher cost than if you bought it domestic.

I dunno what the MSRP is, but here are the prices (for the FTW) various e-tailors are currently listing at:
 
Overclockers UK: £668.99
Novatech: £699.60
Amazon: £668.99
Scan: £674.99
eBuyer: £722.99
Aria: £661.98
 
That's UK prices BTW. We're still (currently) part of the EU