Thousands of Nvidia RTX 3080 cards are sold on eBay and people are angry

The Nvidia RTX 3080 graphics card was released at 9am Eastern Standard Time, and disappointment began just seconds later. All major online stores in the US are sold out, And physical store sales are reported to be only 10 units. End result: eBay Scalper is currently trying to cash in. pleasant The graphics card has actually received a confirmed order.

This card is listed on eBay for hundreds of dollars, and in some cases thousands of dollars, for more than $ 699. And PC game fans are angry and claim that Nvidia made a sloppy launch shortly after a U.S. retailer. Similarly, Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 pre-order also failed...

list Here in the filtered eBay list Shows that many RTX 3080 cards sell from $ 1,000 to $ 2,500. Many of these are “buy now” listings, and it’s unclear if the account actually has the card from the retail store or if the online order will be shipped immediately, so which listing is It’s hard to tell if it’s legitimate. .. However, it is clear that a few hours after the RTX 3080 was launched, there was a gold rush around the RTX 3080.

Nvidia didn’t immediately respond to the request for comment.

Chipmakers are already facing the wrath of potential buyers who are likely to be dissatisfied with Twitter. Numerous users replied to this morning’s “all sold out” tweet, the company disguised the launch and frustrated even the beginning of the conspiracy accusation. I don’t sell anything.

“What is the overall meaning of” notification “emails if bots can’t easily target, the time to buy them, or not go out using the system to buy them? Read one of your favorite replies to Nvidia’s tweets. “One second later, Notify Me, then Out of Stock. Would you like to do more to stop the scalper?”

Even after waiting hours and doing everything as Nvidia tells us, many people share the frustration of failing to secure an order.

This afternoon, Nvidia finally responded to this situation, admitting that early sales today at 9am (Eastern Standard Time) are plagued by bots and scalpers, and the company posted a statement on its website. , Then posted again. Official RTX 3080 Release Date Reddit Thread with r / nvidia. ( Official page of Nvidia, the source of the statement Is not loaded at this time. The reason is unknown. )

Here it is complete:

This morning, global retailers, including the NVIDIA online store, saw unprecedented demand for the GeForce RTX 3080. I tried to live stream the NVIDIA store in the Pacific at 6am. Despite the preparations, the NVIDIA store was flooded with traffic and errors. We were able to solve the problem and the sales started to register successfully.

We are doing everything humans can to get these cards into the hands of legitimate customers, including manually confirming orders to stop bots and scalpers in the NVIDIA store.

Over 50 major global retailers had inventories in the Pacific at 6 am. The NVIDIA team and partners ship more RTX 3080 cards to retailers daily.

We sincerely apologize for using this morning.

While Apple, Samsung, and other companies in the consumer electronics business seem to be working on launching their products, even the most popular gadgets, such as the new flagship smartphone, game companies have set consumer expectations and set consumer expectations. A clear and concise way to secure pre-orders and final purchases of supply-constrained gadgets that are far behind giving to fans.

Microsoft will be offering pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S next week. Released time with supported retailers, Opening at 11:00 am on September 22nd. But once you’ve actually published these pages and Xbox fans can follow and get pre-orders, you need to see if Windows makers and their retail partners are more prepared than competing. Let’s hope it’s not annoyingly close.