justice5150
I'm genuinely confused. 1 year ago I entered the queue for the 3080 FTW3 10G-P5-3897-KR at the $809 price point. (I believe it was that, or $819)
That price was the price I was promised when I had to spend $20 for the extended warranty, and whenever I looked at my products page and checked the status of the queue that was the price shown. 
So I saved that much money knowing I'd have to pay it, plus tax and shipping. But now I'm being told the product is $889 and has been changed to the 10G-P5-3897-KL EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3
Why is this happening? Is it just a glitch or what? Just confused, not trying to complain but after waiting a year this is pretty lame. 

   Unfortunately, this is economics 101. The laws of supply and demand. I paid more than the initial total of my 3080 FTW3 Ultra by the time my Step Up was a go. I think it was well worth it compared to some scalper scumbag on eBay. This card is more than 200% what you are paying and literally, NO tech distributor is selling at MSRP. It sucks but it's not EVGAs fault. The GPU shortage has cost them as well and back to economics you pass the overhead on to the consumer. They have a company to run and keep in the black so the prices have increased accordingly to ensure their financial survival. Imagine if you worked at EVGA with all these shortages. I would be worried that my job was in jeopardy. I've seen other manufacturers who sell lesser GPUs exploiting the market and EVGA actually falls into a very select few that seem to actually go the extra mile for the customer. They did for me and I've been working in IT since 1993. 3DFX Voodoo 1 OG lol. The point is I can honestly say EVGA has impressed me in this GPU shortage. They sent my Step Up at the peak of the shortage and it's worth every cent. Best Regards

justice5150
I'm genuinely confused. 1 year ago I entered the queue for the 3080 FTW3 10G-P5-3897-KR at the $809 price point. (I believe it was that, or $819)
That price was the price I was promised when I had to spend $20 for the extended warranty, and whenever I looked at my products page and checked the status of the queue that was the price shown. 
So I saved that much money knowing I'd have to pay it, plus tax and shipping. But now I'm being told the product is $889 and has been changed to the 10G-P5-3897-KL EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3
Why is this happening? Is it just a glitch or what? Just confused, not trying to complain but after waiting a year this is pretty lame. 

Tariffs hit back in January, and EVGA did everything they could to offset the price, but tariffs still raised the cost of the GPU’s many months ago, and EVGA isn’t going to absorb the costs that are placed on them, so it goes onto the total cost of the product.

Trump tariffs

There are many things that cause price increases. It is well known that parts manufacturers and companies like TSMC are raising prices.