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| System Name | BUBSTER |
|---|---|
| Processor | I7 13700K (6.1 GHZ XTU OC) |
| Motherboard | Z690 Gigabyte Aorus Elite Pro |
| Cooling | Arctic Freezer II 360 RGB |
| Memory | 32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4 4800MHz 2x16GB |
| Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3070 Super Dual OC |
| Storage | Kingston KC 3000 PCIE4 1Tb + 2 Kingston KC 3000 1TB PCIE4 RAID 0 + 4 TB Crucial gen 4 +12 TB HDD |
| Display(s) | Sony Bravia A85 j OLED |
| Case | Corsair Carbide Air 540 |
| Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar Essence STX II |
| Power Supply | Corsair AX 850 Titanium |
| Mouse | Corsair Gaming M65 Pro RGB + Razr Taipan |
| Keyboard | Asus ROG Strix Flare Cherry MX Red + Corsair Gaming K65 lux RGB |
| Software | Windows 11 Pro x64 |
The hotly anticipated RTX 3080 video card when on sale this week, and most of the people who wanted to buy one
were unable to do so. You can thank bots like the one from Bounce Alerts that help resellers vacuum up stock for big product launches. This happens all the time, but it’s all the more frustrating when a product is in short supply, as it the case with the RTX 3080.
Customers who tried to purchase Nvidia’s Founders Edition cards found the Nvidia site to be unreliable. Even when they did
manage to get a GPU in their carts, they would be unable to complete the transaction. some of the resellers were gloating on Twitter.
Numerous Tweets mentioning Bounce Alerts claimed a dozen or more verified orders for the $699 video card.
Bounce Alerts uses “an automated script to run basically from the product page to payment information and then to checkout.” So, while you were tediously reloading the Nvidia store and trying to click buttons, a robot was doing it much, much faster.
The scalpers are paying Bounce Alerts $75 per month for access to its suite of tools, but the subscription pays for itself and then some. There are already listings for the 3080 on eBay for $1,200-2,000, a significant markup on the MSRP.
Not only is the card in demand, but the supply has been artificially constrained by people buying 42 cards at once.
Bounce Alerts says its members can rake in $25,000 in a single day by snapping up hard-to-find products.
Nvidia claims it has a policy of limiting purchases per customer, but it would appear Bounce Alerts found a workaround.
There’s no reason Nvidia should be sending 42 order confirmations to one email, that’s pretty clear evidence something
is up. Nvidia says it will go through and manually confirm orders, which we can only hope will cause these resellers to
lose their ill-gotten merchandise. It hasn’t been specific about what, if anything, it will do to prevent more bot orders
in the future. In the meantime, don’t buy overpriced video cards from resellers. As Nvidia will replenish the sto ks and Let's hope they stop this abuse.
were unable to do so. You can thank bots like the one from Bounce Alerts that help resellers vacuum up stock for big product launches. This happens all the time, but it’s all the more frustrating when a product is in short supply, as it the case with the RTX 3080.
Customers who tried to purchase Nvidia’s Founders Edition cards found the Nvidia site to be unreliable. Even when they did
manage to get a GPU in their carts, they would be unable to complete the transaction. some of the resellers were gloating on Twitter.
Numerous Tweets mentioning Bounce Alerts claimed a dozen or more verified orders for the $699 video card.
Bounce Alerts uses “an automated script to run basically from the product page to payment information and then to checkout.” So, while you were tediously reloading the Nvidia store and trying to click buttons, a robot was doing it much, much faster.
The scalpers are paying Bounce Alerts $75 per month for access to its suite of tools, but the subscription pays for itself and then some. There are already listings for the 3080 on eBay for $1,200-2,000, a significant markup on the MSRP.
Not only is the card in demand, but the supply has been artificially constrained by people buying 42 cards at once.
Bounce Alerts says its members can rake in $25,000 in a single day by snapping up hard-to-find products.
Nvidia claims it has a policy of limiting purchases per customer, but it would appear Bounce Alerts found a workaround.
There’s no reason Nvidia should be sending 42 order confirmations to one email, that’s pretty clear evidence something
is up. Nvidia says it will go through and manually confirm orders, which we can only hope will cause these resellers to
lose their ill-gotten merchandise. It hasn’t been specific about what, if anything, it will do to prevent more bot orders
in the future. In the meantime, don’t buy overpriced video cards from resellers. As Nvidia will replenish the sto ks and Let's hope they stop this abuse.
