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Is today the first day that hydro coppers have shipped out?

Yeah.

Wow, that is messed up. Hopefully more of these cards can get into the hands of those who will actually use them rather than scalpers.

Ugh, scalpers are the worst.

I'm going to try to be a bit more positive in life. Maybe, these two people had every intention of using these cards for fun and/or work but something happened like a medical issue and now they need some quick cash. You never know what circumstances people have and experience. Making a change to myself and no longer assuming the worst, probably stupid, but there it is.

Agree.
If they lost their job and need to put food on the table, can not really be upset at them.

If someone is willing to pay you double what you paid for something, I can see that hard to pass up.

I am getting rid of a large amount of old RPG books and Board games, getting ready for a move.
Offering friends first shot at stuff at retail or less prices.
What is left is going to EBAY and BGG.
Guess that makes me a scalper.

I’m saying I wouldn’t be mad if they did have some big important reason, but at the end of the day it’s still scalping. I def. wouldnt call you a scalper if you did that but that’s not what these people are doing. You’re also not buying a very limited supply of something and then selling it for double it’s price when no one else can get them.

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Thanks for taking that seriously. Good to see that in a forum community.

Never tried the Shuffle until today.
Do they tell you only if you were picked?
By Email I guess.

@@enewt
 
I'm unable to PM you since I haven't met the criteria (haven't created more than ten posts), but I received my email today:
 
2/25/2021 9:16:50 AM PT

The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Bu

SubZeroOne
The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Build it man! 1080ti stick rocks! I'd still be running mine if I hadn't gotten my 3080 through this queue. Could always score one off the Shuffle if you're lucky enough. Sell it when you get a 3080. I have a hunch that we're going to see numerous 30xx cards hitting the secondary market this summer, which means we'll likely see these crazy prices come back down to earth.

BrianHuston205
Not understanding how people are getting cards I’ve been on the notify llist since beginning of November and not 1 of my 3 choices have I been notified.

Depends on the card. 3060 notifies are going out for Feb, 3080 notifies from Sept, 3070 notifies from oct, 3060 ti from dec

SubZeroOne
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?

If you have a 1080Ti, you don't need a 3060.  Just use what you have and maybe try to pounce into the 3080Ti queue early, whenever that happens.

anyone else still awaiting newegg shuffle fail mail? i have yet to be selected.

 

skyline090
Bu

SubZeroOne
The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Build it man! 1080ti stick rocks! I'd still be running mine if I hadn't gotten my 3080 through this queue. Could always score one off the Shuffle if you're lucky enough. Sell it when you get a 3080. I have a hunch that we're going to see numerous 30xx cards hitting the secondary market this summer, which means we'll likely see these crazy prices come back down to earth.

I was leaning toward just building it but OCD is a **** and wanting to get it all at once is a pretty powerful. I'll have to throw it together this weekend I think.

SubZeroOne
 

skyline090
Bu

SubZeroOne
The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Build it man! 1080ti stick rocks! I'd still be running mine if I hadn't gotten my 3080 through this queue. Could always score one off the Shuffle if you're lucky enough. Sell it when you get a 3080. I have a hunch that we're going to see numerous 30xx cards hitting the secondary market this summer, which means we'll likely see these crazy prices come back down to earth.

I was leaning toward just building it but OCD is a **** and wanting to get it all at once is a pretty powerful. I'll have to throw it together this weekend I think.

At least it's just a GPU that you'd be replacing. You don't have to worry about like rewiring and moving fans, radiators, etc. You can just plug in that new baby and you're ready to roll!

SubZeroOne
 

skyline090
Bu

SubZeroOne
The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Build it man! 1080ti stick rocks! I'd still be running mine if I hadn't gotten my 3080 through this queue. Could always score one off the Shuffle if you're lucky enough. Sell it when you get a 3080. I have a hunch that we're going to see numerous 30xx cards hitting the secondary market this summer, which means we'll likely see these crazy prices come back down to earth.

I was leaning toward just building it but OCD is a **** and wanting to get it all at once is a pretty powerful. I'll have to throw it together this weekend I think.

i totally understand. I like to take my time with builds, making sure the cabling is perfect, everything is just right. You could get all that done, have the PSU cables ready to go for when you do get a 3080. I'm kind of bummed when I have nothing left to build.. :(

EnigmicAzn

SubZeroOne
The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Build it and throw whatever placeholder in there for now and use it. Unless you run some tech youtube channel that loves to showcase builds, your technology is just wasting away.

That's probably what I'm going to do this weekend. It's just a shame to not be able to finish it properly.

skyline090

SubZeroOne
 

skyline090
Bu

SubZeroOne
The hope and upbeat comments here is just blowing me away. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
I have a tendency to work quite a bit so although I am about to build my 5th gaming pc, I have never really been in the loop as far as forums and other gaming related community stuff. So when I started looking at my components for this build in December and I couldn't find any video cards anywhere I had no idea just how deep the problem was. I thought the wait would be a few weeks, maybe a month. Wow, I've never been so wrong.
 
I wasn't going to buy the rest of the components until I realized those were getting hard to find too so I snapped them up when I could. Now I have them sitting in a corner waiting for the new video card and after roughly 3 months I'm beginning to break.
 
Here is my question, LOL. What would you guys do? 1. Build the new pc and throw in the old 1080 ti? 2. Not build it at all and just wait for the new 3080? or 3. Try for a lesser card like 3060 or 3070 on Newegg shuffle and just be done with it?
 
Keep the optimism up, you are better people than I!
Christopher

Build it man! 1080ti stick rocks! I'd still be running mine if I hadn't gotten my 3080 through this queue. Could always score one off the Shuffle if you're lucky enough. Sell it when you get a 3080. I have a hunch that we're going to see numerous 30xx cards hitting the secondary market this summer, which means we'll likely see these crazy prices come back down to earth.

I was leaning toward just building it but OCD is a **** and wanting to get it all at once is a pretty powerful. I'll have to throw it together this weekend I think.

i totally understand. I like to take my time with builds, making sure the cabling is perfect, everything is just right. You could get all that done, have the PSU cables ready to go for when you do get a 3080. I'm kind of bummed when I have nothing left to build.. :(

Exactly! I do the same thing with my truck. Even if its just cleaning and detailing, I like to have something to toy with.