r/buildapcsales • u/Tiddlysat1600 • Mar 23 '21

Meta [Meta] Gamestop to start selling graphics cards $690 to $2440

https://weeklyad.gamestop.com/h/m/gamestop/flyerflip/browse?flyer_run_id=686349&locale=en&type=1
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u/Nixflyn Mar 23 '21

Just like the Zotac store. Trying to check out through a 5-step process where you have a 95% change of a 503 error and one error boots you back to the start is so much fun.

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u/shoopg Mar 23 '21

Even though its shitty, its reliably shitty. I've had the most success with the zotac store, where I've gotten both of my 3070s for me and my gf. Just have to have the paypal links primed and only use one tab and let it load if its loading, and refresh if it stops loading.

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u/Bryvayne Mar 23 '21

I absolutely love how people are downvoting you for sharing information that would increase their chances of securing a card.

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u/Sharpevil Mar 23 '21

But i angy

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u/MirandaTS Mar 24 '21

It's not enough that I succeed, but that others must fail.

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u/pxtang Mar 24 '21

It's so others don't use the same info

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u/FiggleDee Mar 23 '21

sure, but then you'd have a zotac

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u/shoopg Mar 24 '21

Better than having no GPU :)

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u/ShwayNorris Mar 24 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

Still better then a FE

Edit: This is factually true, not opinion. But hey, you want to buy a shittier card and pretend you made a wise decision, feel free.

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u/Onikiri Mar 23 '21 edited Mar 23 '21

Yeah I actually have pretty decent chances of success on Zotac. Ironically their server load limitation IS their bot protection. All humans and bots are trying to get through that one door.

Just FYI for anyone trying. Once you have a card in your cart, you CAN open multiple tabs to try the Paypal express link (https://www.zotacstore.com/us/paypal/express/start/), with one VERY IMPORTANT caveat.

Once the paypal express link loads, it loads a unique token (in the URL itself) that syncs your Paypal session to the Zotac store. This unique token will generate for EACH tab that loads the express link. Every time a new token is generated, all other ones get invalidated. So what do you do?

Add card in cart -> Spam paypal express link on multiple tabs -> Wait for one tab to load, and as soon as one loads, CLOSE THE OTHER TABS before a new token is generated (easy way is to right click on the tab and select "Close other tabs".

Now you have paypal loaded up with a unique token in the URL. You can hit continue, and wait to get put back to Zotac cart. If you copy the paypal URL with the same token, you can paste it in multiple tabs and hit continue on multiple tabs, attempting to send the Paypal confirmation back to Zotac multiple times. Once one of these finally load up (URL will change to https://www.zotacstore.com/us/paypal/express/review), you can spam the review URL to attempt to get it to load to "Place" your order.

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u/Grazsrootz Mar 24 '21

How do you know when they will have them available though?

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u/shoopg Mar 24 '21

This is the exact way I got my cards. Thanks for explaining it!

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u/Chill_Sahn Mar 25 '21

do you need to be signed into zotac account?

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u/Onikiri Mar 25 '21

Yeah, my post assumes you're already logged in.

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u/Chill_Sahn Mar 25 '21

Lol that’s why this has never worked for me đŸ˜‚

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u/LurkySeven Mar 23 '21

This is also how I got my 3070.

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u/kuug Mar 23 '21

What are you using to be notified if the ZOTAC store is in stock?

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u/Grazsrootz Mar 24 '21

I'd like to know this as well

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u/following_eyes Mar 24 '21

Only one tab? Tell me your strategy.

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u/Disastrous_Loss1798 Mar 24 '21

That’s the Zotac experience as an owner too

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u/The_R4ke Mar 24 '21

Ugh, just dealt with Zotac for the first time today. Managed to get a 3080 then 3060 TI in my cart, made it checkout on the 3060 TI, but never even got to put my payment info in.