How to beat the scalpers and get a 3080/6800xt

Dicehunter · 30 Dec 2020 at 00:07

FoxEye said:
Anybody can and will screw you over at any time, for any reason. What can you do? I don't even trust myself not to screw me over.

But yeah, a completely honest salesman is something of a rarity

An honest salesman goes out of business exceptionally quickly, You do not get to be very wealthy by being nice and truthful.

henson0115 · 30 Dec 2020 at 11:20

Dicehunter said:
An honest salesman goes out of business exceptionally quickly, You do not get to be very wealthy by being nice and truthful.

completely not true, i know a few decent honest well-off/rich salesmen... you don't have to be shady to make money in this world, its a choice.

Dicehunter · 31 Dec 2020 at 00:37

henson0115 said:
completely not true, i know a few decent honest well-off/rich salesmen... you don't have to be shady to make money in this world, its a choice.

The words rich and decent very rarely go together.

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Dec 2020 at 00:41

henson0115 said:
completely not true, i know a few decent honest well-off/rich salesmen... you don't have to be shady to make money in this world, its a choice.

20 years of my working life I have never once come across a honest sales person.

DeathStorm · 31 Dec 2020 at 11:59

Nice to see some 6800 XT's popping up even if in small quantities.

FoxEye · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:01

DeathStorm said:
Nice to see some 6800 XT's popping up even if in small quantities.

£800+ tho

KentMan · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:21

FoxEye said:
£800+ tho

Yeah bit pricey still but meh i want one, just ordered the 6800XT SE and OC versions, one of each. Can finally get rid of this 3080 and get some sweet SAM action

FoxEye · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:22

KentMan said:
Yeah bit pricey still but meh i want one, just ordered the 6800XT SE and OC versions, one of each. Can finally get rid of this 3080 and get some sweet SAM action

Probably something of a side-grade, there?

"Finally"? The 3080 isn't that old lol.

Nexus18 · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:24

How often does the 3080FE come back into stock on nvidias site? And is it possible to grab one without using a bot?

FoxEye · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:33

Nexus18 said:
How often does the 3080FE come back into stock on nvidias site? And is it possible to grab one without using a bot?

They haven't for weeks. Good luck without a bot.

Also think maybe the FE are sold via a competitor using a temp page, rather than direct from nVidia.

greatash · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:46

Nexus18 said:
How often does the 3080FE come back into stock on nvidias site? And is it possible to grab one without using a bot?

Last drop was on the 23rd for the 3080

And you will need a discord notification bot and be ready to buy within minutes

have all shipping/payment details ready etc

KentMan · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:52

FoxEye said:
Probably something of a side-grade, there?

"Finally"? The 3080 isn't that old lol.

Well yeah its not but its laughably huge, 3.7 slot cooler, the Nitro is 2.7 slot.

And i just prefer the AMD driver suite, plus Ray Tracing is nothing special outside of screenshot modes really, not for the performance penalty and also Nvidia cours seem washed out compared to AMD

LtMatt · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:56

KentMan said:
Yeah bit pricey still but meh i want one, just ordered the 6800XT SE and OC versions, one of each. Can finally get rid of this 3080 and get some sweet SAM action

Congrats mate. What made you go for two out of interest?

varkanoid · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:25

FoxEye said:
They haven't for weeks. Good luck without a bot.

Also think maybe the FE are sold via a competitor using a temp page, rather than direct from nVidia.

Nexus18 said:
How often does the 3080FE come back into stock on nvidias site? And is it possible to grab one without using a bot?

23rd December was the last time. Wouldnt be surprised if there was another batch today or tomorrow given the date.

HRL · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:29

Just use PayPal if they’re in stock. My purchase took about 20 seconds and 15 of those were dealing with the Captcha thing. Traffic lights if I recall correctly.

DeathStorm · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:30

FoxEye said:
£800+ tho

If I hadn't had problems with the 6900 XT I'd be all over those, yeah it's expensive but where are you going to find one any cheaper?

KentMan · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:31

LtMatt said:
Congrats mate. What made you go for two out of interest?

Mainly want to see if the RGB fits my build or not, also im not sure if both have USB-C, so will offload whichever of the 2 i dont want.

Also my brother was on the look out for one so i picked up both incase he wants one, but hes said its more than he was willing to pay, but his resolve may crack once he sees it sitting in a box in my office at home lol, ill make sure to video call him and show him

LtMatt · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:33

KentMan said:
Mainly want to see if the RGB fits my build or not, also im not sure if both have USB-C, so will offload whichever of the 2 i dont want.

Also my brother was on the look out for one so i picked up both incase he wants one, but hes said its more than he was willing to pay, but his resolve may crack once he sees it sitting in a box in my office at home lol, ill make sure to video call him and show him

Haha

sparkymark75 · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:36

KentMan said:
Yeah bit pricey still but meh i want one, just ordered the 6800XT SE and OC versions, one of each. Can finally get rid of this 3080 and get some sweet SAM action

Managed to snag an OC version myself. Just need my Evolv Shift 2 Air case to turn up and then I'm ready to start my SFFPC build!

Nexus18 · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:41

greatash said:
Last drop was on the 23rd for the 3080

And you will need a discord notification bot and be ready to buy within minutes have all shipping/payment details ready etc

Got a link to a good discord for this?

Also, is there a way to add payment details to the nvidia site? Can't see a way to do this.