Ciddharthas
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 465
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 9/17/2020
- Location: Boulder, CO, USA
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
So the first time I’ve seen Amazon get this card in AT ALL was literally the middle of the night last night. I received an email at around 12:30am Mountain time (2:30 eastern) that they got stock. Of course, I didn’t see this email until this morning. This means that bots were probably the only ones who got any since bots don’t sleep. Pretty infuriating. I’m grateful EVGA is actually trying to make sure that cards get into the hands of people who will actually use them.
CPU: i7 10700k @ 5.0 GHz with 360mm Corsair H150i Elite LCD cooler MB: MSI Z490 Meg Ace RAM: 64gb Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB @ 3466 MHz GPU: 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i (1000 Watts) Primary Monitor: LG CX48 (4k OLED) Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum RGB Mouse: Corsair Scimitar Elite RGB Headset: Arctis Pro Wireless Mic: Elgato Wave 3 VR: Occulus Quest 2
|
aardvark1134
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 122
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 11/2/2013
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 2:53 PM
(permalink)
It's more while the 3080 is a big deal to you...to amazon it's just 1 of a million plus products. They aren't going to hire special staff and make special rules for a single item whose issue will pass in a month or two.
Associate Code: XSFS5KM9FAHNVOC 
|
Ciddharthas
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 465
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 9/17/2020
- Location: Boulder, CO, USA
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 2:56 PM
(permalink)
aardvark1134
It's more while the 3080 is a big deal to you...to amazon it's just 1 of a million plus products. They aren't going to hire special staff and make special rules for a single item whose issue will pass in a month or two.
Given that MSI was recently caught scalping their own cards on ebay, I wouldn't put it past whoever is dropping them on amazon at this point either. Edit: incidentally, the link I got in email was for the "EVGA store" on amazon. I'm not sure if that means that EVGA themselves were the ones responsible for this, or if what they call the "EVGA store" on amazon includes amazon itself and/or third party sellers.
post edited by Ciddharthas - Monday, October 12, 2020 2:59 PM
CPU: i7 10700k @ 5.0 GHz with 360mm Corsair H150i Elite LCD cooler MB: MSI Z490 Meg Ace RAM: 64gb Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB @ 3466 MHz GPU: 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i (1000 Watts) Primary Monitor: LG CX48 (4k OLED) Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum RGB Mouse: Corsair Scimitar Elite RGB Headset: Arctis Pro Wireless Mic: Elgato Wave 3 VR: Occulus Quest 2
|
the_Scarlet_one
formerly Scarlet-tech
- Total Posts : 24080
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 11/13/2013
- Location: East Coast
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 79
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 3:02 PM
(permalink)
I wouldn't hold trust that the stock was from EVGA directly, unless EVGA_JacobF were to say that stock was sent to Amazon.
About the bots being away at 1230am.. not everyone sleeps at the same time. There are humans that work nights, and also stay up at night.
|
brimlock
New Member
- Total Posts : 27
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 6/10/2016
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 3:09 PM
(permalink)
I was awake during that time when the "stock" on amazon went up. I never saw anything other than the price and a button to view "available buying options" or whatever. I never even got a notification from amazon though. Apparently some people claimed to have gotten cards on the Nvidia discord, but no one really knows if it really was a drop.
|
the_Scarlet_one
formerly Scarlet-tech
- Total Posts : 24080
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 11/13/2013
- Location: East Coast
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 79
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 3:13 PM
(permalink)
Not a single thing on the EVGA store is sold by EVGA. It is just a link option that combines EVGA products, and links marketplace sellers to the store. Again, I doubt it was EVGA that put stock up on amazon, it was probably someone trying to make money off of the card they picked up.
|
brimlock
New Member
- Total Posts : 27
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 6/10/2016
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 3:23 PM
(permalink)
Only if they were trying to resell at MSRP. It was the FTW 3 ultra and the price was $809.99.
|
The-phantom
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 172
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 10/7/2020
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 4:43 PM
(permalink)
Ciddharthas
So the first time I’ve seen Amazon get this card in AT ALL was literally the middle of the night last night. I received an email at around 12:30am Mountain time (2:30 eastern) that they got stock. Of course, I didn’t see this email until this morning. This means that bots were probably the only ones who got any since bots don’t sleep. Pretty infuriating. I’m grateful EVGA is actually trying to make sure that cards get into the hands of people who will actually use them.
This launch window of the 3000 cards are just a big disaster! At least EVGA is doi g something. Other retailers should follow suit as this is not a hard thing to do a queue.
|
The-phantom
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 172
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 10/7/2020
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 4:46 PM
(permalink)
Ciddharthas
aardvark1134
It's more while the 3080 is a big deal to you...to amazon it's just 1 of a million plus products. They aren't going to hire special staff and make special rules for a single item whose issue will pass in a month or two.
Given that MSI was recently caught scalping their own cards on ebay, I wouldn't put it past whoever is dropping them on amazon at this point either.
Edit: incidentally, the link I got in email was for the "EVGA store" on amazon. I'm not sure if that means that EVGA themselves were the ones responsible for this, or if what they call the "EVGA store" on amazon includes amazon itself and/or third party sellers.
It’s funny when a company starts scalping their own products 😂😂😂
|
Ciddharthas
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 465
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 9/17/2020
- Location: Boulder, CO, USA
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 8:42 PM
(permalink)
The-phantom
Ciddharthas
So the first time I’ve seen Amazon get this card in AT ALL was literally the middle of the night last night. I received an email at around 12:30am Mountain time (2:30 eastern) that they got stock. Of course, I didn’t see this email until this morning. This means that bots were probably the only ones who got any since bots don’t sleep. Pretty infuriating. I’m grateful EVGA is actually trying to make sure that cards get into the hands of people who will actually use them.
This launch window of the 3000 cards are just a big disaster! At least EVGA is doi g something. Other retailers should follow suit as this is not a hard thing to do a queue.
Yeah I wasn’t being sarcastic when I said I’m grateful that EVGA is implementing policies to get the cards into the hands of people who use them. I didn’t articulate this well, but I was contrasting what was happening on amazon with the EVGA store.
CPU: i7 10700k @ 5.0 GHz with 360mm Corsair H150i Elite LCD cooler MB: MSI Z490 Meg Ace RAM: 64gb Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB @ 3466 MHz GPU: 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i (1000 Watts) Primary Monitor: LG CX48 (4k OLED) Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum RGB Mouse: Corsair Scimitar Elite RGB Headset: Arctis Pro Wireless Mic: Elgato Wave 3 VR: Occulus Quest 2
|
Jimbo2112
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 207
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 4/7/2014
- Location: Eagle, ID
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 8:44 PM
(permalink)
I doubt Amazon gives a [redacted] about who buys 3080s. These items are barely a blip on their ledgers.
MOBO - GIGABYTE X570 AORUS Master PROC - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (NZXT Kraken Z73) GPU - EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra MEM - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB 3600 (16-19-19-39) PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G6 CASE - Fractal Design Meshify 2 Black
|
Feklar
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 152
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 5/8/2007
- Location: Foxtrot Uniform
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Monday, October 12, 2020 9:26 PM
(permalink)
I'm sure Amazon couldn't give a squirt who buys their products of if bots are used. The color of money is green and that's the bottom line and the reason any company is in business.
|
jlem2219
New Member
- Total Posts : 55
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 9/18/2020
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:44 AM
(permalink)
The only 3080's I have veer seen on Amazon.us have been the occasional scalper trying to sell off his wares, other than that it's just "unavailable". Also notice if you search for 3080 within Amazon you'll get 2xxx cards. I can only bring them up if I Google 3080 Amazon
|
javelina1
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 442
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 9/21/2020
- Location: Desert Southwest
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Amazon must want to ensure that only botters get the 3080
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:57 PM
(permalink)
AMZ seems to have some 5700's on prime day, which is fine with me... hopefully it'll dilute some of the demand for other GPU's... (I doubt it).... :-)
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra, i7-9700k (4.9ghz all cores), NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL-14 3200mhz RAM, RTX 3090FE, Soundblaster Z, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 2x 512GB Samsung NVMe, 1x 1TB Samsung NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung SSD, Win 10 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, JetSeat KW-908, Reverb G2, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower Case, EVGA 850 P2 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2
|