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We understand the frustration of not being able to get a shiny new RTX 3080 graphics card on the day of the launch. The frustration only increases when you realise a lot of the stock got bought up by bots/users price scalping and listing on ebay at double the price.
To try and combat this and distribute cards as fairly as possible we have created a wait list.
We will be offering cards to customers on our wait list as new stock becomes available. Cards will be offered to customers on the wait list first before being available to order on our website. This makes it easier for us to fairly distribute cards, easier to prevent multiple purchases from same household, and hopefully also help prevent price scalpers buying them all up. Hopefully it will also prevent our website from crashing due to very high traffic, but that might be wishful thinking 😂
Allocation will generally be done on a next in line basis. However depending on feedback we may randomly allocate a few of the units (probably only about 1/4 of units). That way people still have a chance to receive one if they joined the list late. Feel free to let us know if you think that's a good idea (option in form).
Wait list form link: https://forms.gle/uUpHP5F9BdaR1VU89
Info on cards that are arriving soon (description and specs etc.) will be regularly updated and made available here:
https://www.techswich.com.au/store/components/graphics-video…
Once everyone on our wait list has received a card they will also be made available to purchase on our website at the above link.
All stock is genuine Australian stock intended for Australian market with Australian Warranty. We only get our stock from approved Australian Suppliers, we don't use grey-market stock or stock from overseas.
Regarding pricing: Wherever possible we will aim to have the best possible price comparable to the best prices at other retailers. We will price match (possibly even do better) wherever possible down to our cost price, most likely pricing will start from $1299. Information on pricing will become available as stock arrives from our suppliers.
Most major Nvidia brands will be available (Asus, Gigabyte, EVGA, Galax, MSI, Inno3D)
Founders Edition cards are unlikely to be available from us, it seems like Mwave managed to get an exclusive deal with Nvidia. Also hoping to have Zotac cards available but won't be able to confirm until next week sometime, if we aren't able to get hold of Zotac cards then Scorptec should have them.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Will you be matching the prices from PLE for EVGA cards?
Seems like there's been a huge backlash against companies jacking prices up above MSRP, and PLE has gotten the lions share of good PR for 'only' selling at normal prices.
I can see you getting a lot of people cancelling PLE orders for this if you had the same prices with a lower wait time, otherwise I can't really see the point.