Dezlok
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So close but no cigar, lol image wont upload my bad.
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mobhill
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 13:27:18
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Well that's....something?
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 14:01:12
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Had the card in my cart a few times over the 5-10min period. each time it wouldn't let me check out.
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jarablue
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 15:07:25
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What I don't get is...are there people that do nothing but live to buy a 3080? How the hell are people just staying home refreshing web sites? I mean really? That is sad af.
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 15:13:03
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jarablue What I don't get is...are there people that do nothing but live to buy a 3080? How the hell are people just staying home refreshing web sites? I mean really? That is sad af.
Discord notifications are what the majority of people are doing to get them.
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 16:49:25
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using discord but you click on the link and the sh** gone already best buy or new egg only getting 5 to 10 cards a week or what. Evga can't even get out of the 9-17-20 que.
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Dezlok
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 16:53:45
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robmp11 using discord but you click on the link and the sh** gone already best buy or new egg only getting 5 to 10 cards a week or what. Evga can't even get out of the 9-17-20 que.
BTW I Lucked out with a 3090 on Newegg.
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 17:00:53
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"Due to high demand, we're having everyone go through one more step before it can be added. Please try again." That's all I'm getting.
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lazaro50
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 17:01:55
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R3L3NTL3SS
jarablue What I don't get is...are there people that do nothing but live to buy a 3080? How the hell are people just staying home refreshing web sites? I mean really? That is sad af.
Discord notifications are what the majority of people are doing to get them.
How do people on Discord know when something is in stock? Are they just randomly refreshing and then notifying the group?
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RaggyD
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 17:10:49
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lazaro50 "Due to high demand, we're having everyone go through one more step before it can be added. Please try again." That's all I'm getting.
AFAIK it is ONLY Evga that has done this obvious and effective solution which is just let people get in line. Sure you could still scalp a card but you sure as hell are gonna wait for it and you won't be getting a bunch. The other way to do it w/o having a line would be to just say "Okay, ANY items in this category will be stocked at X time during the week and ONLY at X times. We will place stock up for purchase at X time every other day" or whatever timing scheme, so everyone knows when to be there and check...then make it so as soon as an item is in cart it's reserved for several minutes, and do what best buy is attempting to do but failing, which is also trickle the stock for that day out over the course of, say, an hour. So like...6PM Pacific time Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday could be when you'd check, and it would be over the period of an hour...so say they had a total of 10 cards across the various SKUs...make one available every 6 minutes so that if someone misses one they get another chance. It's still a bit stressy, rather than letting the customers form a line, but it means you can set it aside from yourself the rest of the time.
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RaggyD
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 17:14:15
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lazaro50
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jarablue What I don't get is...are there people that do nothing but live to buy a 3080? How the hell are people just staying home refreshing web sites? I mean really? That is sad af.
Discord notifications are what the majority of people are doing to get them.
How do people on Discord know when something is in stock? Are they just randomly refreshing and then notifying the group?
No it's discords for websites like NowInStock.net basically it'll be a server where in one channel you can add to a reaction selection which will make it so you will get a notification for that product if they get an alert on any site, and a link. The discord bot will tag everyone who added theirs to that specific reaction.
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lazaro50
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 17:21:04
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RaggyD
lazaro50 "Due to high demand, we're having everyone go through one more step before it can be added. Please try again." That's all I'm getting.
AFAIK it is ONLY Evga that has done this obvious and effective solution which is just let people get in line. Sure you could still scalp a card but you sure as hell are gonna wait for it and you won't be getting a bunch. The other way to do it w/o having a line would be to just say "Okay, ANY items in this category will be stocked at X time during the week and ONLY at X times. We will place stock up for purchase at X time every other day" or whatever timing scheme, so everyone knows when to be there and check...then make it so as soon as an item is in cart it's reserved for several minutes, and do what best buy is attempting to do but failing, which is also trickle the stock for that day out over the course of, say, an hour. So like...6PM Pacific time Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday could be when you'd check, and it would be over the period of an hour...so say they had a total of 10 cards across the various SKUs...make one available every 6 minutes so that if someone misses one they get another chance. It's still a bit stressy, rather than letting the customers form a line, but it means you can set it aside from yourself the rest of the time.
All these systems are abysmal(EVGA's is fine, but they clearly don't have the stock as it shouldn't even be their responsibility). I had a 3080 FTW3 in my cart in Newegg and it was removed. What you suggested is simple and effective with allowing a timer to finish checkout, but these companies just don't care enough to change anything. It's all quite embarrassing that 6 weeks later nothing has improved.
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lazaro50
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Re: Here we go again we the Best Buy Tease
2020/10/28 17:22:23
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RaggyD
lazaro50
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jarablue What I don't get is...are there people that do nothing but live to buy a 3080? How the hell are people just staying home refreshing web sites? I mean really? That is sad af.
Discord notifications are what the majority of people are doing to get them.
How do people on Discord know when something is in stock? Are they just randomly refreshing and then notifying the group?
No it's discords for websites like NowInStock.net basically it'll be a server where in one channel you can add to a reaction selection which will make it so you will get a notification for that product if they get an alert on any site, and a link. The discord bot will tag everyone who added theirs to that specific reaction.
Ah, so I'm at a disadvantage with this as well. Thanks for the info.
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