Hulky87

Urobulus
Someone's gonna have to explain something to me: why if the prices are going up in the US because of the Trump tax thingy I keep hearing about does the 3080s now on Newegg.CA (Canada) are now up 200$++ in price?
 
I mean I know Newegg was always a bunch of scammers and thieves but seriously why should it even affect us here, and why the hell is the price of the cards now jumping by hundreds of dollars here in CANADA???
 
I swear to god the whole cards fiasco keep getting worse and worse even when you think it reached the bottom of the barrel...

Word : Corona!! it's the magical word everyone is using now at business to justify anything, even companies that are making HUGE profits in the ongoing situation still reduce salaries and so, why? Corona.
Cards going rare, why? Corona.
Cards going more expensive, Why? Corona.
Shipping is delayed and they can't find enough people to handle carge, why? Corona.
People are unemployed and not even hired to fill in the places of business in dire need of labor, why?! Corona.....
 
 

ablatman

enewt

iamsiege
Am I reading that right that the 306ti FTW3 only moved 56 seconds?  Or is it 56 mins?

56 seconds.  Keep in mind that this is the launch day congestion, so it is not unexpected that the movement along the timeline is so short.  Other skus that launched after 10/5 (the day the queue system was announced), on their launch days, have moved less than 10 seconds on a material drop.  The movement on the timeline per drop will increase as the timeline moves farther and farther away from the launch hour.

Sure, but didn't we get from 6:00 to 6:51:30 in the first two drops?

That suggests that the first two drops were either massive in comparison, or that the pace of people signing up to be notified absolutely skyrocketed shortly after 6:45.

For my part, I'm really hoping that this is just a tiny drop, and that they'll have a truly substantial drop soon that moves the queue 20-30+ minutes forward (once it finally filters through the people who don't actually buy in).

patrick68794
I just got a notification for the 3060ti FTW3 Ultra. Signed up at 6:56:17

FlamingUber
I wouldn't be surprised if the emails being sent out are from stock available from before the holidays and they are holding off on sending more out until they figure out/set new pricing.

iamxero
9/18/2020 12:02:24 PM PTYes
 
PURCHASED!!!! FINALLY!!!

SchaapDaddy
Just received my notify for the 3897. My entry date was 9/18/2020 12:12:00 PM PT. Huge lurker here, but wanted to give a big shout-out to enewt for efforts he makes in regards to transparency. Made sure to use your associate code. Hopefully a big juicy prize will coming your way, you deserve it!

EVGA_JacobF
Today
 
10G-P5-3885-KR
08G-P5-3755-KR
08G-P5-3667-KR
10G-P5-3897-KR

_7ucky_

enewt

Dabadger84

_7ucky_
My conspiratorial brain thinks EVGA is holding back cards until they get their prices update on the site and then they'll open the floodgates. I hope this is not the case, but it wouldn't surprise me.

That makes no logical sense though.  They are NOT making more money from the price increases, they are PAYING more to get the cards made & to people, which results in higher prices...

There is a short term opportunity to increase margin on the products that cleared customs in 2020 and in their inventory now, but I doubt the delta is material enough to cause them to deliberately delay drops....  The numbers are just not large enough to matter, especially when you factor in all the other channels (including RMA) that they need to feed.  The headache of deliberately holding back is not worth the effort.

FlamingUber
I wouldn't be surprised if the emails being sent out are from stock available from before the holidays and they are holding off on sending more out until they figure out/set new pricing.

At that heart of it, I agree with you all and that's why I caveated with my "conspiratorial brain" bit because my logical brain doesn't really think this would be the case. However... it isn't that far-fetched to say there may something to this notion. An admin announcement in the Stockdrops discord server claims an EVGA rep said a price increase is on the way and that EVGA is holding back cards until it decides what to do about pricing. 
 
Obviously, take anything you read on unofficial internet channels with a grain of salt. And also, waiting to "decide what to do" is not in itself confirmation of a play to make additional margins from existing stock. But, on the other hand, the admin claims this is directly from an EVGA rep. So, hypothetically, what are we to think if a price increase does happen and suddenly there was a healthy volume of cards being shipped out to people in the queue after the weeks leading up to the increase dried up?
 
All that said, I'm still behind EVGA, I'd understand the decision to do something like this from a business standpoint, and they'll be my GPU of choice as they have for the past 3 cards I've owned. We queue folk are still all in it together!
 
(dons tinfoil hat, but it makes you think!)

illregal
10G-P5-3885-KR9/18/2020 8:04:35 AM PTYes
Purchased.

jevans12345678
Order placed, used enewt's code.  Appreciate everything you have done to keep everyone as in the know as possible, be well.
 
9/18/2020 12:35:59 PM PTYes