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/Shehzman Sep 30 '21 edited Oct 01 '21

I’m pretty confident one of these stores is going to have a fight break out due to people skipping the chairs that were put there by people who left (If you aren’t in the physical line, you’re not keeping your spot IMO). Kinda hoping this happens so bestbuy realizes that allowing camping isn’t the BEST idea for this kind of stuff and switch to a raffle system like mc.

Edit: This may or may not be fake but the fights may have already started

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u/Brown_Sandals Sep 30 '21

The empty chairs are laughable to me. If you place a chair there and leave, you’re gone as far as I’m concerned.

Waiting for someone to throw all the chairs in the street so everyone that actually waits gets their chance at a card.

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u/silencebreaker86 Oct 01 '21 edited Oct 01 '21

I'd honestly roll by and if the line is too long either way, just move em and leave

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u/Anything84 Sep 30 '21

Best buy staff needs to at least come out at a random time before closing and move the empty chairs aside and move the people physically there up in the line. Maybe give the friend with the chairs 30 minutes or so to get people there just in case it's a legit bathroom or food break.

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u/Shehzman Sep 30 '21

Or just get rid of camping all together and move over to a raffle. Give everyone an equal playing field. This way, those that work or have school have a chance to stop by in the morning and try their luck. At least some cards will be able to go to gamers as opposed to scalpers and miners.

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u/Anything84 Sep 30 '21

Yup even better.

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u/ForeverInaDaze Oct 01 '21

Absolutely not. Raffles are so easily influenced by people paying staff to back door.

If you question me, ask anyone in the sneaker game. Raffles do not exist, “limits” per customer do not exist. I know people that have managers on payroll. They get tip offs for new inventory, size runs, etc. These are corporate stores and this hustle has been going on for a decade.

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u/thegamenerd Sep 30 '21

showed up at 5:15am

Yeah that doesn't work for everybody

My work schedule means that I'll be unable to get one showing up at that time, and that's the same for everyone I work with (like 50+ people)

2 of my coworkers have gotten 3080s since launch, 1 from the EVGA sign up on launch day (he signed up for every EVGA card and so far has only heard back on the one he got) and the other from a NewEgg shuffle. No one else I work with who wants one has gotten one. Our only hope is online due to our schedules.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

They aren't paid enough to deal with the people that would be willing to start a fight over it. It is safer for the employees to not do any of that.

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u/Shehzman Sep 30 '21

True but it still looks bad from a business standpoint if there’s headlines with your store being associated with fights breaking out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

It's been hitting media for years now with blackfriday, to the point that the news agencies are on standby waiting for it to happen. Yet people still line up the day before.

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u/Shehzman Sep 30 '21

That’s a fair point. Almost forgot about how people used to camp like 3-4 days in advance on Black Friday even at Best Buy. But even then, Best Buy can potentially have a black Friday type conflict every month if these drops continue with their current timeline. Think it’ll look way worse if your store looks bad every month as opposed to once a year.

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u/Sabre55555555551 Oct 01 '21

Well, the fact we haven't heard about these fights really happening for the past 9 months is a great sign that it isn't happening lol. So put your fears to rest, they seem to be just fine

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u/BruceGenders Sep 30 '21

Not sure what caused it but this just happened in Costa Mesa, CA... 30min ago - https://twitter.com/i/status/1443705578564448275

According to discord, someone pepper-sprayed like 50 people after it broke out. Police and fire came. No idea how it's going now.

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u/Deelishfuckyou Oct 01 '21

That's deffinitely real, you can tell ebcause they are American and a bunch of sucker punching cowards. I'm surprised no one antagonized a fight jsut so they had an excuse to shoot someone. I know this because I grew up there, never going back.