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Several hours ago, Reddit posts began apearing from very angry customers who ordered EVGA GeForce RTX 3080s from Newegg.com only to find the cards did not come in their retail packaging, and even worse, the cards were barely packaged properly in Newegg's boxes. With the RTX 3080 being a highly sought after graphics card, customers are angry that their purchases are arriving without full retail packaging, and in some cases the cards are even damaged.

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source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/newegg-shipping-evga-rtx-3080s-without-boxes

 

wtf is newegg doing? EVGA must have sent it to them in a box right? So why are they taking them out of the box and shipping them.

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Just now, jaslion said:

Might be returns.

why would more than 0 people return a 3080?

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So when will we see pictures like this?

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It is just bound to happen with such little packaging

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1 minute ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

why would more than 0 people return a 3080?

You'd be surprised about what super ultra sought after items get returned soon after launch. Remember the ps4? Yeah got heaps back days later.

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Someone at newegg stealing the free game that comes with the cards too?

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1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Isn't NewEgg a marketplace with 3rd party sellers? 

Both.  They fulfill their own stuff and host a marketplace.  

 

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Skimming the source, it sounds like those GPUs were "OEM" ones intended for inclusion in a pre-built system. Hope they were sold as OEM cards not retail, as the warranty may be different (don't know how EVGA treats that). The bad packing is negligence on NewEgg's part.

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Just now, Rybo said:

Both.  They fulfill their own stuff and host a marketplace.  

 

Mmm, I'd imagine these cards are coming from 3rd parties then. Maybe they're scamming by pulling the cards and returning the boxes weighted and then selling the cards like this. 

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2 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

so scalpers can scalp the 3080 from newegg and then sell it for 2000 dollars on newegg. genius

Asus was selling their own 3080 on Amazon via the Asus Store earlier today for scalper prices. Was like $1799 CAD directly from ASUS. not a good sign at all.

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It's explained in the same article you linked

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Jacob from EVGA and gave an assessment of the situation on Reddit, letting everyone know that a small number of cards from Newegg have been shipped in bulk, explaining the mess with the boxes.

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Jacob Freeman: Global Product Management Director at EVGA "A very (very) small number of cards looks to have been shipped from Newegg as bulk. They are aware so please contact them and they will help you out." (Via Reddit)

 

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14 minutes ago, minibois said:

So when will we see pictures like this?

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It is just bound to happen with such little packaging

holy fuck thats impressively destroyed lol

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2 minutes ago, Syaoran said:

It's explained in the same article you linked

 

yeah but i didnt know what in bulk means since shouldnt everything sent to them be "in bulk" its not like newegg would be getting 1 at a time

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5 minutes ago, Syaoran said:

It's explained in the same article you linked

 

Why would they ship them without retail packaging though... does Newegg offer assembly? That's the only reason I can think of as to why EVGA would do that for an online retailer. The only items I've seen shipped and sold that way are like mice and keyboards that are supposed to be supplied with new computers. Those of course don't come with retail packaging. It's just wrapped in bubble wrap for the most part. 

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12 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

yeah but i didnt know what in bulk means since shouldnt everything sent to them be "in bulk" its not like newegg would be getting 1 at a time

I imagine the distinction between "bulk" or not means individually packaged in retail box vs just packed as one whole thing.

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32 minutes ago, minibois said:

So when will we see pictures like this?

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It is just bound to happen with such little packaging

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1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

I imagine the distinction between "bulk" or not means individually packaged in retail box vs just packed as one whole thing.

ok i thought it just mean in large amounts 

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Newegg is a chinese owned company.  Wouldnt be surprised (as mentioned above) if their desktop prebuilt lineup (I cant remember which one on their website they own, like Rosewill is actually Newegg company) was forecasted, and then dismantled and sold as individual cards.

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13 hours ago, minibois said:

 

It is just bound to happen with such little packaging

Genuinely spat out my fucking drink loooool

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14 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

I imagine the distinction between "bulk" or not means individually packaged in retail box vs just packed as one whole thing.

This is correct. Bulk cards are commonly sold to system integrators for use in prebuilt systems. No point in sending retail packaging when it’s just going to get thrown away well before the end user sees it. 


I would imagine that Newegg was SUPPOSED to use them in their prebuilts but they dipped into their supply to fill demand with disastrous results...

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14 hours ago, Tristerin said:

Newegg is a chinese owned company.  Wouldnt be surprised (as mentioned above) if their desktop prebuilt lineup (I cant remember which one on their website they own, like Rosewill is actually Newegg company) was forecasted, and then dismantled and sold as individual cards.

That's an interesting hypothesis.

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15 hours ago, spartaman64 said:

so scalpers can scalp the 3080 from newegg and then sell it for 2000 dollars on newegg. genius

That’s literally what happened on Amazon!

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Is there a chance that NewEgg is shipping without boxes to stop scalpers? It’s harder to resell something without the box and stuff.

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