AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU sold out almost instantly and scalpers are already selling the chips for up to $999
AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU sold out almost instantly and scalpers are already selling the chips for up to $999
But how many were actually available to buy in standard retail? That's actually tough to say.
Make scalping illegal, fuck these leeches
If people could delay their gratification, and just not buy form scalpers then more chips will become available, and will get greater profits and the scalpers will be left holding the bag.
Win win win.
This is all on the manufacturer. AMD often does this, gets themselves a whole lot of press, to release like 10 units to the public. Then they bask in all the, "people are fighting to get it" press. Look at what they did with those 7900XTX cards, like they pretty much pushed me right onto nvidia's lap. I'll never be able to wrap my head around this strategy, why they think it's a winner. It's great that you have a good chip, but if most can't get it, then what do you expect your sales to be like? I mean I can count on one hand the amount of times I've queued for a computer chip, because it's zero.
It seems everyone forgot that not too long ago, you could back order something and the store would call/ship whenever they got it.
Just let me give you my credit card number in exchange for a spot in the waiting list, then the scalpers lose and I get my new launch thing whenever they get around to it. But no, that would be too simple, gotta get the crowd riled up and race for the available units!
I suppose this could be abused like everything else but it wouldn’t be worse than what we have now with fucking scalpers buying up the little stock that trickles in via automated bots.
It’s not about getting your fix sooner for the new shiny, sometimes you really need a new GPU to replace the one you’ve had for 5 years! Why should you settle for the previous generation if the new one just came out and you are willing to pay launch MSRP for that privilege (not 2-3x MSRP for scalpers!!).
Which will get scalped again. Are you being purposely obtuse?
Sadly that dopamine kick hits hard
Another artificial shortage?
We got actual shortages?
I noticed that you can't find 5800x3d easily anymore, they selling 5700 variety only now...
That's apparently because the 5800X3D was discontinued last month. The 5700X3D is newer even though it's slightly slower, so it hasn't been discontinued yet.
(Incidentally, I found this all out a few days ago and decided I'd better finally upgrade my 1700X while I had the chance, so I've got a 5700X3D sitting on my desk waiting to be installed as I type this. Microcenter has them on sale for $180 right now, BTW.)
It's such a stupid thing, not only do people have to pay over the odds to scalpers, but how do people go about claiming on warranty or returns.
The thing just launched. There will be stock of it if only people waited a bit. The fact that people need it this second is what makes the scalping business so successful.