Nereus

cherryblossom
How do i get myself notified for RTX 3070. Will there be a product page up before release date?

I'm assuming it will be the same as 3090 where the product page with the auto notify / add to cart button did not appear until about 7am on release day. As to whether EVGA are going to do the same method with auto notify I don't think they have confirmed yet, but I would imagine so, considering how much goodwill it has garnered for the 3080/3090 cards.. and bots can go jump off a cliff.
 
 

arock0627
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nnarkis
Not to be too negative, but what’s to stop the bot operators from pounding the notify scripts and taking all the top spots in the queue for scalping purposes? The only reason the current queue worked out for the 3080 and 3090 is the bots were caught off guard and didn’t know there was going to be a queue system or that the notify button would benefit them at all. Now they will be expecting this and will be ready to jump on every spot in the queue, leaving nothing for consumers who only want to purchase at list price. I hate to be discouraging, but trying to get any new tech online at retail such as from Newegg or Best Buy is an exercise in futility. EVGA and other sellers are going to have to come up with some kind of system that will give everyone an equal shot at getting a card and can somehow can exclude bots. I have no idea what such a system would look like, but I would like to see if all the smart people out there can crowd source a workable solution to this continuing bot problem.

nnarkis
Not to be too negative, but what’s to stop the bot operators from pounding the notify scripts and taking all the top spots in the queue for scalping purposes? The only reason the current queue worked out for the 3080 and 3090 is the bots were caught off guard and didn’t know there was going to be a queue system or that the notify button would benefit them at all. Now they will be expecting this and will be ready to jump on every spot in the queue, leaving nothing for consumers who only want to purchase at list price. I hate to be discouraging, but trying to get any new tech online at retail such as from Newegg or Best Buy is an exercise in futility. EVGA and other sellers are going to have to come up with some kind of system that will give everyone an equal shot at getting a card and can somehow can exclude bots. I have no idea what such a system would look like, but I would like to see if all the smart people out there can crowd source a workable solution to this continuing bot problem.

vegnar


Don't get the thread locked 🔐 again. So I'll just say once what I think and let's dont derail the thread. 


You say companies need to do something to combat bots? Evga created this solution, who else is going something like this?no one else is and at least cards are going to legit customers. 

Can it be improved? Sure like instituting a 1 card limit regardless of which one you signed up for ( you decide which one to get) that will almost eliminate bots because yes they can buy one of each currently. Which is why I think evga is only sending emails one at a time so they don't send say a scalper an email for say two XC3 models. Another suggestion is verifying your order with a text /email and of course recording that purchase account and limit to 1. Etc ...look scalpers will continue to do this as long as people are willing to pay.


Evga #1 in my book now let's hope my card is not too hot when I eventually get it so I don't have to get the hybrid kit.

Nereus

Celeras
..it's 90% spreadsheet spam and associate code grovelling..

nnarkis
..if you want to talk about things that seems to verge on spam, how about all the requests to ”please add me...”

 
Fair enough, and yeah I agree there's a lot of it. If you care to look back through the thread, I have posted a number of times how people can add themselves, but the requests continue. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  
 
I will continue adding them when I have the time (I have been off work for the past week) because I think it is a very useful tool to get some idea of knowing when we (including you!) might expect an email, rather than just being on the list and completely unaware if the email might be coming tomorrow or if it might be a month from now. The more data added, the better the spreadsheet becomes as a predictor, so it's in my interest and yours to keep adding people if they don't want to do it themselves.
 
Even more of a concern is that sometimes EVGA send the emails in the early evening CA time, and people living in different time zones like the east coast (me) might not see it until the next morning.. after the 8 hours to respond have passed. I've already seen that happen to 2 people that I'm aware of on these forums. The alternative is to set an alarm for the middle of the night every night for a month or more just to check your email. The spreadsheet helps alleviate that.
 
As far as getting associate codes, as someone else said, it's a win/win. You are free to step up and help out if you wish, but if not, don't expect people to use your associate code. None of my posts are solely about "associate code grovelling" as Celeras put it, every post I've made in this thread has been to help people out with the spreadsheet, and adding to that the awareness of a 5% discount on their new GPU when they receive that email. Maybe you don't care about getting up to $90 off your GPU, but plenty of others do.
 
With all due respect, this thread is specifically about the notification checkouts, so clearly this is the best place for this info. If you want to talk about bots and methods of stopping them, there are plenty of threads in the main 30 series forum which are more specific on discussing that subject.
 
Finally, sometimes if you've got nothing helpful or constructive to say, it's wiser to just say nothing at all. As Vegnar stated, this thread has been locked once already, so please don't make it happen again, and in your case Celeras, you've already received your 3080 XC3 Ultra, so I'm not sure why you are even looking at this thread...
 

nomad47
Nereus, the work you are doing is commendable mate, no doubting that.
That being said, personal benefit to you or not, (which no one should care about, as you are helping the community), all those add requests are surely cluttering the thread. Here is my humble suggestion: how about we open a thread only for adding the lazy people who could not bother typing in the spreadsheet and also the genuine people, who have actually not been able to get themselves added to various reasons.
This way, this thread remains uncluttered, you continue doing the good work, personal benefit or not, and we can have other stock related discussions here. We can request mods to sticky that thread. Would you do the honors?