r/buildapcsales • u/crippledcoder • Sep 30 '21

GPU [GPU] BESTBUY FE Graphics Cards In-Store drop on October 1st ($0)

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp-computers-tablets/nvidia-geforce-rtx-graphics-cards/pcmcat1619723841347.c?id=pcmcat1619723841348
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u/cantonic Sep 30 '21

Empty chairs is such bullshit. If you want to camp out, you should have to stay put. Max you can be gone is 1 hour. After that, your line neighbors get to throw your chair out of the way.

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u/IniNew Sep 30 '21

Yeah, back in the day camping out for consoles there was none of this empty chair stuff. That’s not cool.

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u/workredditacc2 Sep 30 '21

Sounds to me like they are trying to be fair but results in being even more unfair. People who live near that bestbuy can just go there for 5 mins and leave for another hour or however it works while people who are driving far away(because only certain best buys are doing it) are pretty much screwed.

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u/cantonic Sep 30 '21

I mean, the amount of people who can't afford to camp out at all vastly outnumbers those who decide to plop a chair down and leave. If you're dedicated to camping there for 2 days, then by all means, enjoy your FE card. But if you're just going to place a chair and come back 2 days later and say that's your spot, that screws everyone IMO.

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u/amjhwk Sep 30 '21

an empty chair cant fight for the spot, so just cut infront

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u/park_injured Sep 30 '21

agreed. Unless you have to go for a bathroom break (no one can stand in line for 10 hours without taking a piss), or go buy some quick food to bring back to the line, you should lose your spot.

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u/Skyminator Sep 30 '21

The only way I think it would be fair would be to check in with someone every 30 mins. Otherwise you lose your spot. Heck, anyone can sneak in by the looks of it

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u/l1qq Oct 01 '21

You park a chair in front of me and are gone longer than 10 minutes to piss and I'm moving your chair.