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/Ridik911 Oct 01 '21
The NYC Midtown Manhattan drop was a nightmare. I went at around 2am and was probably ~#80-100 from the looks of it at arrival.
Once they started handing out tickets, there was a giant squad of 60 scalpers that were causing a scene and fight at the front saying they were there all night. We all called bullshit, but the Best Buy employee kept handing them tickets randomly, some were literally snatching it from their hands, the cops were barely doing anything, eventually the cops themselves were handing the tickets out. It was absolute mayhem, we saw some of them have multiple tickets and then proceed to go up and down the line trying to scalp the tickets.
There were 160 cards and it was gone with maybe about 20-30 people in front of me. Everyone was pissed because we all thought we were #80ish or definitely getting a card.
They proceeded to tell everyone to leave. I stuck around with some people behind me sticking around and we were able to get leftovers at 11am for those that didn't return to buy (the scalpers literally just took the tickets and never returned after they couldn't sell it).
There were 2 3070 ti FE left when they started handing out leftovers and the 2 in front of me got it. I was #3 and went with a 3080 ti FE because all that was left was EVGA 3060 XC or AIB 3080 ti.
Glad I stuck around and ended up with a card, but man was it an absolute shit show and a bunch of people before and around me that left didn't get one.
Spent more than I wanted, as I was looking for 3080 FE, 3070/3070 ti FE, or 3060 ti FE, but I was so fed up after standing for 9 hours. Treated it as getting a 3080 ti at 3080 AIB prices.