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Zotac is selling RTX 50-series GPUs directly to customers to thwart scalpers
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this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
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Why don't more companies do what Steam did with Steam Deck or Evga used to do of putting people in a queue so they can buy without having to fight scalpers at brick and motor stores or bots online?
It has been the best system I've experienced, since whether it takes days, weeks, or months I know that when my time comes I can buy my product without having to beat out other people.
Because at the end of the day it's not worth it for the company, they don't have enough reputation loss out of not having the product available to Warrant the effort to put the system like that. They're not losing any money because the scalpers are still buying, Plus for some reason users aren't putting two and two together that if they didn't buy the scalpers products the scalpers would stop scalping and therefore the cycle just continues
If people would just stop buying cards at or above MSRP from third-party sellers, this problem would have been done away with 5 years ago
Well technically yes it will works as long as peoples on internet doesn't have multiple ID or bunch hired person to do it.
Scalpers doesn't exist if we not create situation that demanding something at extreme level like some people ready to sell it soul for something weird. We learn this when COVID19 still a thing, everyone hoarding hand sanitizer, mask, & toilet papers like bunch of monkeys because PANIC.
The real questions why people panic buy a GPU like there's no other day to get it ? Are they just follow hypetrain or something ? and why GPU corporation make scarce of their product that will sell so well ?
CMIIW i believe consumer GPU never been so scarce before 2018 ish
Thing is even if people are in queue with the intention of scalping with multiple IDs or whatever the nice part of a queue system is that all you have to do is wait for your queue to come up.
When I put in my queue for evga and steam deck I just forgot about it until my time came up months later. Didn't have to keep refreshing or wait in line or care about stock.
That's the beauty of queue for people who care less about getting it immediately but that they can guarantee themselves one without having to actively search the product out.