5000$ 3070-s

[hyperseven]

I have a feeling i have like 4 months left on my ban from the MM LOL I think I priced an old gpu I didnt need slightly above MSRP (going rate at the time though) and hence I'm a scalper. Ah well.

Thought that was profiteering not scalping or are they one and the same

 

[ScottiB]

I’m waiting for a 6800 XT for up to £ 600 until then my money stays in my bank account.

Unless you find someone willing to sell you a second hand MBA card for pretty much what they paid for it, realistically that's not happening until it's a generation or two out of date since our COST price on 6800 XT AIB cards is well over £600 ex VAT.

 

[exhashdotdot]

Hey, it's your forum, you do you, but as someone who has been here for 13 years, and an OCUK customer longer, it feels like a kick in the nuts.

You haven't engaged with the community though; wow, 13 years of lurking - big deal.

I hate how every time there is one of these deals there's so much salt; it's so cringe.

 

[dwskillz]

any bots bought these for 5k?

could do with a laugh

 

[ScottiB]

there as at least one before the voucher codes were published

the "operator" called us up in a panic to stop it.

needless to say the address is now blacklisted

 

[exhashdotdot]

there as at least one before the voucher codes were published

the "operator" called us up in a panic to stop it.

needless to say the address is now blacklisted

Anecdotes like this are* absolutely what these sorts of threads need.

 

[robfosters]

I've had 10 attempts at guessing the voucher code and I've now given up.

So you’re basically admitting trying to cheat your way round OCUK’s rules to get one.

Thats ban worthy lol

 

[Deleted member 66701]

there as at least one before the voucher codes were published

the "operator" called us up in a panic to stop it.

needless to say the address is now blacklisted

Haha, classic

Thanks for doing these deals. I'm holding out for a 6800XT.

 

[handyandy24]

They are changing hands for near £400 on a popular auction site

That would be pretty lame, taking an OC deal then cashing in on your used card. Throw it on MM at a reasonable price

 

[FoxEye]

Unless you find someone willing to sell you a second hand MBA card for pretty much what they paid for it, realistically that's not happening until it's a generation or two out of date since our COST price on 6800 XT AIB cards is well over £600 ex VAT.

Depends what happens with mining.

Do you think gamers have suddenly decided to pay £500 for a xx60 card and £1000+ for a xx80 card?

Do you think those are prices most gamers will readily accept?

Maybe they are, but I'm not so sure.

We know everything is being bought up instantly, but we don't know if the demand from gamers alone would sustain those prices if the floor dropped out of mining.

In a world where mining ceased to be profitable, I'm not sure gamers would keep paying those prices, tbh.

 

[Markachy]

Kudos to OCUK for offering these cards like this - got to be one of the only successful efforts market-wide at genuinely getting these cards into gamers' hands at reasonable prices. Bravo!

I'll hang on for the aforementioned, planned sub-forum solution for us ancient lurkers with 1+ years and 50+ posts. I can dream - a much better chance than Founder Edition vapourware, that's for sure!

 

[handyandy24]

there as at least one before the voucher codes were published

the "operator" called us up in a panic to stop it.

needless to say the address is now blacklisted

Ha brilliant!

 

[ScottiB]

Depends what happens with mining.

Do you think gamers have suddenly decided to pay £500 for a xx60 card and £1000+ for a xx80 card?

Do you think those are prices most gamers will readily accept?

Maybe they are, but I'm not so sure.

We know everything is being bought up instantly, but we don't know if the demand from gamers alone would sustain those prices if the floor dropped out of mining.

In a world where mining ceased to be profitable, I'm not sure gamers would keep paying those prices, tbh.

I'm not saying that it's right I'm just trying to temper expectations with a dose of truth.
We'd love to sell AIB 6800XTs for about £600 but the fact is, they were never that cheap and no gamer, at least, is going to sell one for that little.

 

[simc1978]

Depends what happens with mining.

Do you think gamers have suddenly decided to pay £500 for a xx60 card and £1000+ for a xx80 card?

Do you think those are prices most gamers will readily accept?

Maybe they are, but I'm not so sure.

We know everything is being bought up instantly, but we don't know if the demand from gamers alone would sustain those prices if the floor dropped out of mining.

In a world where mining ceased to be profitable, I'm not sure gamers would keep paying those prices, tbh.

XBox and PS5 are hard to buy but not that hard and the mark ups are nowhere near as high, I think that says that graphics cards are predominately not being bought by gamers

 

[NexxCat]

XBox and PS5 are hard to buy but not that hard and the mark ups are nowhere near as high, I think that says that graphics cards are predominately not being bought by gamers

I had noticed that too. The average profit people seem to make with a PS5 is ~£50-75, or 15-20%. On the GPU market it's 100-150%.

 

[Alister Ross]

I just called querying the cost of the 3070 and was alerted to the forum code that I cannot see

Although disappointed I can't access the code as I have only lurked in these forums as a guest the past couple of months or so, well done to OC for making the cards available to those most likely to use them as intended!

I'll certainly be keeping a look out as card prices drop... hopefully I'm not beaten to the drop by bots.

 

[Camp Tiger]

Kudos to OCUK for offering these cards like this - got to be one of the only successful efforts market-wide at genuinely getting these cards into gamers' hands at reasonable prices. Bravo!

I'll hang on for the aforementioned, planned sub-forum solution for us ancient lurkers with 1+ years and 50+ posts. I can dream - a much better chance than Founder Edition vapourware, that's for sure!

Aye hopefully it'll be a more definitive type member's club solution, for people like us, who don't really want to post just for the sake of posting to get that counter up. Perhaps my problem is I just worry too much I'll say the wrong thing and get flak for it lol.

 

[Jagbama]

I think that the real problem is that too many people have given in to scalpers encouraging more of the practice. It's not really true that there is a limited supply of cards, there would be a huge lead time and investment cost but more chip fabs could be built to pump out more chips. I guess Nvidia/TSMC etc might know/believe that a lot of stock is in the hands of scalpers and if they had to dump it all then they would get burnt on the investment

I'm lucky (!?) enough to work in an industry with similar high demand coupled with supply chain problems. The fundamental issue preventing increased supply is not knowing how long the demand will stay high for - if you build a new factory or two, it's a massive, complex, and critically long term investment. If the demand is inflated due to lockdown, or by covid changing patterns of behaviour short-term, then if/when "normality" returns the new factory is no longer needed and a lot of money goes down the drain.

Far better for the manufacturer to make only as much as they know they can sell, whilst maxing out current capacity. If that means middle aged men (like me) can't play a few computer games then so be it, it's hardly the end of the world.

Not even going to mention crypto crashing in the future because it's bound to trigger someone

 

[Wrinkly]

there as at least one before the voucher codes were published

the "operator" called us up in a panic to stop it.

needless to say the address is now blacklisted

That gave me a chuckle

 

[Camp Tiger]

I'm lucky (!?) enough to work in an industry with similar high demand coupled with supply chain problems. The fundamental issue preventing increased supply is not knowing how long the demand will stay high for - if you build a new factory or two, it's a massive, complex, and critically long term investment. If the demand is inflated due to lockdown, or by covid changing patterns of behaviour short-term, then if/when "normality" returns the new factory is no longer needed and a lot of money goes down the drain.

Far better for the manufacturer to make only as much as they know they can sell, whilst maxing out current capacity. If that means middle aged men (like me) can't play a few computer games then so be it, it's hardly the end of the world.

Not even going to mention crypto crashing in the future because it's bound to trigger someone

Is the whole process to do with "Just In Time" Manufacturing processing, predicting need in the future, based on supply/demand and when it gets thrown out of whack when it goes down, because they're also trying to eliminate the waste as well in manufacturing, it magnifies the issue?