Basically my old card died last week (of all the times why?!) and I don't have a backup so I have no working PC.  This probably comes across as pretty sad but my mental health has not been good for years and the pandemic plus family moving away has really compounded that, so I'm pretty desperate to get my PC functioning again but I can't find anything online or locally for sale that isn't 2 to 4 times more expensive than the MSRP.  And on top of that part of my mental health struggles is severe OCD that makes used or refurbished an extremely undesirable option.   I know EVGA has a queue system working since the shortages began but from what I've read they could be months long still so that wouldn't help me anytime soon.  Is Newegg Shuffle the only chance at getting a working card at retail price right now?  I'd love any help or ideas if people here know of something I haven't considered.  Thanks for any help or ideas.

Mostly, you are better off buying an entire system from one of the manufacturer system builders - since they get 1st crack at all the new cards .
You can get an entire new system built , for the price of just 1 card off EBAY scalpers. 
 
There are some Twitter or Discord channels that can alert you to 'in stock' stores ,,.. but you literally have less than 2 minutes to get there before bots buy them all up.

Go to Paul's Hardware and watch this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNUFUA8G_e4
 
Jay Z Two cents agrees with aka_Steve about purchasing a full system.  One caviat...if something goes wrong with the video card and you have to RMA...there may not be stock to replace it with.  The supply is so short...you may have longer than normal waits for replacements

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...and sadly- NEWEGG is letting vendors sell older gen cards like the 1660 & 2060 for  $700 and higher.

It is insane & a shame 

slaywhitey1326
If you are also working from home or your job allows for you to be on the web during the day, you can also check Best Buy monday-friday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time for their restocks. You'll definitely have to be quick but BB is how I got my founder's edition 3090. Or if your moral compass allows it, buy a bot and let it do the work for you.

I'll try that out, but I'm not sure how anyone can compete with a bot.  Wouldn't selecting a card and inputting address and billing info take far too long?

slaywhitey1326

Shogouki

slaywhitey1326
If you are also working from home or your job allows for you to be on the web during the day, you can also check Best Buy monday-friday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time for their restocks. You'll definitely have to be quick but BB is how I got my founder's edition 3090. Or if your moral compass allows it, buy a bot and let it do the work for you.

I'll try that out, but I'm not sure how anyone can compete with a bot.  Wouldn't selecting a card and inputting address and billing info take far too long?

Just create an account that has your payment and address info already entered. Then all you have to do is checkout and maybe confirm the security info for your CC. I went a step further and just used PayPal with a trusted device since it auto-logs in when checking out. It has my preferred payment method saved and my mailing address saved as well. So you just confirm the purchase.

Thanks for the tips, I'll try that!

slaywhitey1326
If you are also working from home or your job allows for you to be on the web during the day, you can also check Best Buy monday-friday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time for their restocks. You'll definitely have to be quick but BB is how I got my founder's edition 3090. Or if your moral compass allows it, buy a bot and let it do the work for you.

One more question about Best Buy if you feel like answering, did you use a bot to get your card?  I just want to know if it's humanly possible to beat them manually or if I shouldn't bother.

Thanks very much!

With the shortages it's sad that items have to be raffled, but at least that gives more people a chance to get an item. 

Well that Best Buy experience was crushing...  Even if they have the "best anti-bot measures" it doesn't matter if there are thousands upon thousands of people hammering the server.  I don't see how anyone that doesn't have nigh inhuman reflexes and a plethora of time to camp their page has even a snowball's chance in hell.  This wouldn't be half as frustrating if I knew that the people getting the cards weren't assembling giant mining specific rigs or scalping them and just needed them to have a functioning PC.  Sorry for venting, I just want to use my PC again and this is such a frustrating experience.

I was hopeful stock would get better starting this fiscal quarter, but it looks like the entire year will be very bad for chips worldwide. 

transdogmifier

 
All kidding aside....I'm hoping that the supply increases over the next few months, but it does seem doubtful.
 
I hate the prices Newegg puts on the 'raffle'.
 

 
As for the prices, it's mostly the OEM's charging them. Anything from ASUS has a huge markup on it even above other brands of the same cards... for both Radeon and NVIDIA.