coldrain85

DeanDaBoss
people who signed up on 9/17 for the ftw3 ultra are just now getting emails? ughhh

There is a big logjam on 9/17. Last week's drop only advanced the queue about 1 hour from 8:30am to 9:30am. It's might not seem like much, but a TON of people added themselves to the auto-notify list on 9/17, so the queue advancing 1 hour means a lot of cards were sold. Jacob at EVGA has confirmed that bigger drops are coming in November which means that we will see the queue start to move more quickly soon, probably this week.

NICROD

justin_43

deadly_silence
I do hope they start dropping big loads every week.

 
LOL me too

LOL

drewski989
Random thought, do you think EVGA has gained more new loyal customers than they have lost existing disgruntled customers due to the queue and its relatively slow progress?
 
I want to stick with EVGA and wait out the queue, but its hard to do when there are cards to be had elsewhere and even the best queue sku hasn't filled that many sales.
 
Thoughts?

drewski989 but its hard to do when there are cards to be had elsewhere and even the best queue sku hasn't filled that many sales.

BeAtCoAsTeR1
 
I'm at 8:57 on 9/17 and still haven't received my email for my 3080 ftw3 ultra!!    

BeAtCoAsTeR1

enewt

coldrain85

DeanDaBoss
people who signed up on 9/17 for the ftw3 ultra are just now getting emails? ughhh

There is a big logjam on 9/17. Last week's drop only advanced the queue about 1 hour from 8:30am to 9:30am. It's might not seem like much, but a TON of people added themselves to the auto-notify list on 9/17, so the queue advancing 1 hour means a lot of cards were sold. Jacob at EVGA has confirmed that bigger drops are coming in November which means that we will see the queue start to move more quickly soon, probably this week.

On 9/17 between 9:27 am and midnight later that same day, on the self-report spreadsheet alone, there are approximately 254 more 3080 FTW3 Ultra sign-ups to go.  That is more than have been "served" on the spreadsheet queue so far. 
 
These are rough and unforgiving numbers, but I do continue to maintain that this is better than what we had prior to the queue being created.  And nothing says that folks who are in the queue but a bit buried cannot also continue their F5 career....  As has voiced on this thread repeatedly, this is a suboptimal situation and we are all doing the best we can.  

I'm at 8:57 on 9/17 and still haven't received my email for my 3080 ftw3 ultra!!    

paavonurmi

drewski989 but its hard to do when there are cards to be had elsewhere and even the best queue sku hasn't filled that many sales.

 
Where are their cards to be had elsewhere ? I've been using EVGA for a long time and would switch, but there are no 3080's to be found anyplace else so I might as well wait for an EVGA card.
 

Jgiacone
Man when Jacob said ftw3 ultra drops today I got really excited but as far as I've seen we got 5 minutes of movement. As time goes up the list gets less and less dense too. So today was probably trickle from Thursday's big drop.

Jgiacone
Man when Jacob said ftw3 ultra drops today I got really excited but as far as I've seen we got 5 minutes of movement. As time goes up the list gets less and less dense too. So today was probably trickle from Thursday's big drop.
 

enewt
I still expect a larger drop this afternoon -- of which card, I don't know...but I suspect either FTW3 Ultra or XC3 Ultra ('80s or '90s).  I think the '70s will be later in the week. 

Big dog, if you are right and I make it in the drop my year will be made.
 
Idk how to quote properly on here

coldrain85

Jgiacone
Man when Jacob said ftw3 ultra drops today I got really excited but as far as I've seen we got 5 minutes of movement. As time goes up the list gets less and less dense too. So today was probably trickle from Thursday's big drop.

I think today's drop is the leftovers from last week. I expected to see a few more time stamps fall last Friday but it didn't happen. New shipments have been dropping closer to the middle of the week.

drewski989

enewt

drewski989
Random thought, do you think EVGA has gained more new loyal customers than they have lost existing disgruntled customers due to the queue and its relatively slow progress?
 
I want to stick with EVGA and wait out the queue, but its hard to do when there are cards to be had elsewhere and even the best queue sku hasn't filled that many sales.
 
Thoughts?

No question, yes they have.  They were the first AIB to try to address the situation (AORUS/Gigabyte did a one-off email invite-based drop after EVGA).  For old dudes like me, this has given me hope where previously I had none.  I couldn't compete with the fast-twitch skills of others or the bots...and I couldn't stay up late trying to nab a random 2-card drop on newegg or whatever.  Now, I may have to wait awhile -- longer than I would want to or should have to -- but I am confident that I will get a card, and a good one at that. I have always been a fan of EVGA quality. The goodwill they have generated by the queue is high...and I while I remain frustrated that I cannot currently game with my free time, I recognize that this is not a situation of EVGAs making.  They are simply trying to mitigate the pain as much as possible.  

Not knocking EVGA in the least, basically making an observation that this is a long time for die-hard EVGA fans to wait for the "sure" thing of the queue.  Every day is more tempting to stray, especially with slow progress in the queues.  EVGA is great for trying to take lemons and make lemonade, but I wonder if it opens the door to losing some good customers.  Just a thought during work :D
 

BeAtCoAsTeR1

enewt

BeAtCoAsTeR1
 
I'm at 8:57 on 9/17 and still haven't received my email for my 3080 ftw3 ultra!!    

Yikes.  Are you EU-based or could the "invite to purchase" email have gone into your spam folder.  From reports I have received, and looking at the spreadsheet, the front of the queue has moved into 9:27 am on 9/17 for the 3080 FTW3 Ultra.  
 
Edit: Check your "My Notifies" page to see if that card shows a "yes" or a "no". 

Hi Enewt,
 
I haven't made enough posts to directly PM you, but in response to your comments and PM, here is what it says on my notifications.  I'm not in EU, just the Seattle area, it appears that I got overlooked?  I have been hovering and looking at all my folders this entire weekend and today waiting for my email, so sadly, I never got one.  Thank you for diving into this for me!!
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Good afternoon Mike
EVGA Time: 11/2/2020 1:34:51 PM PT

 



PartNumberDateEnteredNotify Sent9/27/2020 10:01:46 PM PTNo9/17/2020 8:57:13 PM PTNo

enewt

coldrain85

Jgiacone
Man when Jacob said ftw3 ultra drops today I got really excited but as far as I've seen we got 5 minutes of movement. As time goes up the list gets less and less dense too. So today was probably trickle from Thursday's big drop.

I think today's drop is the leftovers from last week. I expected to see a few more time stamps fall last Friday but it didn't happen. New shipments have been dropping closer to the middle of the week.

You're just pouring cold water on the idea, aren't you.  [A little forum-handle humor for you.  You're welcome. ]
 
 



Okay, how about this one then. Ten thousand 3080 FTW Ultra's arrive at the EVGA warehouse. How fast do you think can they get those in the mail? There will always be a bottleneck somewhere. 
 
Or, maybe the queue will get so long that the entries toward the end will be converted to 4080's.

post edited by coldrain85 - 2020/11/02 13:46:15

Jgiacone
Man when Jacob said ftw3 ultra drops today I got really excited but as far as I've seen we got 5 minutes of movement. As time goes up the list gets less and less dense too. So today was probably trickle from Thursday's big drop.