Verified Actual Gamer Program Information [See Best Answer / 2021-10-08 update]

[LogicalDrm]

3 hours ago, IRMacGuyver said:

News outlets aren't interested in this sort of consumer interest story anymore.

 

FFS I know people that work at a news network.  I tried to give them info on how walmart bicycles are not assembled correctly because the workers get paid per bike and rush the job.  No one gave a damn.  Some kid could run off the road and get killed cause their brakes failed but consumer protection isn't sexy enough.

Purely local issue with the news. Also hugely off topic and close to things we don't need to discuss here.

 

3 hours ago, IRMacGuyver said:

Can't figure out how to edit my last post and make it clear without screwing up the markup.  I meant to ask as my main question before replying to that other post:

 

Does LTT still upload videos at 6am eastern time?  What "actual gamers" are awake at 6am?  That's working folk time... well unless you're just finally getting to sleep cause the European servers are dead in the middle of the day. 

Apart from latest video which was stated to be "super early" (NDA lift), they are uploaded at 10am PST (1pm EST, 6pm UTC). And if you have notifications for YT on with app, just crank the volume and change tone to something that wakes you up.

[MCDELTAT]

Yeah the only info we have is from WAN. He said the program would be introduced during a video, but I don't think it'll be fastest to click. Maybe we'll have to link our Steam account and have a recently played game, who knows. As for time it'll go live, since it's attached to a video, just look when the videos have gone up. Let's just say I've been consistently in the first 10 people to a video every day this week.... and I'm just 1% annoyed because I've already seen all these videos anyways over on Floatplane. But I'll give them the extra view I guess. But I need a new CPU for studying.... if there's a 5900X, I'll be happy. Hopefully something other than 3080's as well. I want a 3070.

[IkeaGnome]

I think this is a good time for this. Everyone hoping for a 3080 out of this.. Keep in mind how many viewers LTT has. They only have 80 3080s. Try for sure to get one. Just don't get your hopes too far up. Let's as a community not turn this into the 2 months of "Why didn't I win ROG". We're better than that as a community. 

Just keep in mind even though there will be some sort of "verification" process it's still a lottery. 80/ potentially 1,000,000 people (Their number of views usually in the first few days) is very slim odds.

 

I'd also expect to see them slightly above MSRP depending on the discount they got for the cards. I don't expect scalper prices, but at the end of the day they are a business and they are still around because they know they have to make money. If they're $50 above MSRP, don't get angry. LTT can't do stuff for free or they wouldn't be a successful business.

Edited March 12, 2021 by IkeaGnome
I did not see the WAN show where this was proved false

[Mavark]

UK fan here trying to calculate total cost of (hoping for the best here) getting a 3090 shipped over to the UK. (Assuming TUF versions if its asus they're working with?)

MSRP here is around £1500/1600 depending on store. Postage from Canada is between £40 and £90. Where or when does our VAT get slapped on?

I've read that import tax isn't applied to this but VAT is.

Anyone know or can point me in the right direction?

I'd love one of those Turbo versions, the blower style, so it would fit in my current case but I have a feeling that aint going to happen.

[AlexP11223]

30 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

80/ potentially 1,000,000 people

Not everyone can/wants to buy it. So much less than 1 000 000.

[BrandonPotter0]

Im definitely up for joining this Verified Actual Gamer Program. Ill be happy to show off my steam game info and what ever is needed  Been waiting for a TUF 3080 since late November. lmao.

Its hard to play games on Integrated graphics >-< Am borrowing a GPU atm, and I got a very used 980 coming in. I need a 3080 >-<

[Padblaze]

3 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

I think this is a good time for this. Everyone hoping for a 3080 out of this.. Keep in mind how many viewers LTT has. They only have 80 3080s. Try for sure to get one. Just don't get your hopes too far up. Let's as a community not turn this into the 2 months of "Why didn't I win ROG". We're better than that as a community. 

Just keep in mind even though there will be some sort of "verification" process it's still a lottery. 80/ potentially 1,000,000 people (Their number of views usually in the first few days) is very slim odds.

 

I'd also expect to see them slightly above MSRP depending on the discount they got for the cards. I don't expect scalper prices, but at the end of the day they are a business and they are still around because they know they have to make money. If they're $50 above MSRP, don't get angry. LTT can't do stuff for free or they wouldn't be a successful business.

not everyone wants a rtx 3080 gpu so its more like 80/50 000 but yeah i understand your point

[Andreas Lilja]

Is there affirmative action for French Canadians?

[Warin]

I would like to think LTT would come up with a method that isn't going to involve only those who can click the fastest and getting lucky getting items.  Like some sort of application process with random draws or some such.

 

I am pretty sure that LTT didn't pay MSRP for these cards. I know markups aren't huge on computer parts, but I suspect they will be making more than just good will on this deal. I hope this promo works and we see more skus.  I dont really want a 3080, but I wouldnt mind a 3060ti.

[Lomac]

2 hours ago, Andreas Lilja said:

Is there affirmative action for French Canadians?

I'm not sure if there's a policy in place at LMG to hire more French Canadians... 

 

But assuming instead that you're asking about if Quebecois are able to participate, it's going to be a sale, not a contest.  So... yes, they'll be eligible to purchase.

[ZalthookXx]

On 3/5/2021 at 9:05 PM, Padblaze said:

Can someone resume me what he said, I've been watching the live but I still doesn't understand. Will they be on LTTStore.com and when will they be? Is it only for US or Canada too? Also, at what time does LTT videos start? Thanks

Yeah I’m just trying to figure out how to be part of the program

[swimtome]

I really hope if its First Come First Serve - type then its not announced on Saturday.  Would suck for religious people (Sabbath) who want to get it.  (I know its fully up to LMG and it would be a minority - still would suck).  Been dying for a GPU for months....

[Zodiark1593]

8 hours ago, MCDELTAT said:

Yeah the only info we have is from WAN. He said the program would be introduced during a video, but I don't think it'll be fastest to click. Maybe we'll have to link our Steam account and have a recently played game, who knows. As for time it'll go live, since it's attached to a video, just look when the videos have gone up. Let's just say I've been consistently in the first 10 people to a video every day this week.... and I'm just 1% annoyed because I've already seen all these videos anyways over on Floatplane. But I'll give them the extra view I guess. But I need a new CPU for studying.... if there's a 5900X, I'll be happy. Hopefully something other than 3080's as well. I want a 3070.

I play mainly GoG games and emulation, as Steam and bandwidth-limited internet don’t exactly go hand-in-hand, even with single player games. I’d be more than happy to livestream (over mobile internet) Digimon World (PS1) to LMG, complete with CRT shaders though. To which they’d probably (quite justifiably) ask why the heck am I buying such an obviously overpowered card for my application, as my old GTX 960 can do CRT-Royale at 4K flawlessly already.  

 

[s3riouscat]

3 hours ago, Andreas Lilja said:

Is there affirmative action for French Canadians?

It's not a give away so Quebec can participate normally. You are just buying something from LTT.

[LogicalDrm]

15 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

I'd also expect to see them slightly above MSRP depending on the discount they got for the cards. I don't expect scalper prices, but at the end of the day they are a business and they are still around because they know they have to make money. If they're $50 above MSRP, don't get angry. LTT can't do stuff for free or they wouldn't be a successful business.

They aren't doing stuff for free. This sounds like you didn't watch WAN Show and are just spouting nonsense you think is truth. They said that cards will be at MSRP. For them its not about getting profit for selling stuff. They aren't retailer, nor will be, so they have no need to profit. Besides that, the MSRP already may have profits for retailers since stuff is usually sold at bulk price to retailers. LMGs business is to make videos, not sell stuff.

 

15 hours ago, Mavark said:

UK fan here trying to calculate total cost of (hoping for the best here) getting a 3090 shipped over to the UK. (Assuming TUF versions if its asus they're working with?)

MSRP here is around £1500/1600 depending on store. Postage from Canada is between £40 and £90. Where or when does our VAT get slapped on?

I've read that import tax isn't applied to this but VAT is.

Anyone know or can point me in the right direction?

I'd love one of those Turbo versions, the blower style, so it would fit in my current case but I have a feeling that aint going to happen.

Any payments will be paid when stuff enters UK. So for information you need to check UK border controls site or even contact them. Looking at thread about LTTStore.com items, for stuff under £100 in value there was no extra fees. The price of the stuff will be in USD, and will be at MSRP. So you could go to Asus site and check what the price is.

 

10 hours ago, Andreas Lilja said:

Is there affirmative action for French Canadians?

Sorry, just being able to speak two languages doesn't give you free pass. In seriousness, its sales event, not giveaway. You could as well be buying from MemoryExpress. If they are discriminating you, then there are some bigger issues....

[Mavark]

1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

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Any payments will be paid when stuff enters UK. So for information you need to check UK border controls site or even contact them. Looking at thread about LTTStore.com items, for stuff under £100 in value there was no extra fees. The price of the stuff will be in USD, and will be at MSRP. So you could go to Asus site and check what the price is.

 

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Alright, thanks. I've had a look at a few postage calculators and nothing's thrown up any major red flags, just trying to not pay double. A hundred or two over retail I'm ok with at this point.

[IkeaGnome]

6 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

They aren't doing stuff for free. This sounds like you didn't watch WAN Show and are just spouting nonsense you think is truth. They said that cards will be at MSRP. For them its not about getting profit for selling stuff. They aren't retailer, nor will be, so they have no need to profit. Besides that, the MSRP already may have profits for retailers since stuff is usually sold at bulk price to retailers. LMGs business is to make videos, not sell stuff.

Correct. I did not see the WAN show. I edited my post.

[MCDELTAT]

.... of course it's the day they don't upload at the regular time. Well I set up YT to refresh every 5 second and I need to get back to work....

[MCDELTAT]

From YouTube Post: Program launch has been delayed until next week in order to make sure everything goes smoothly.

[radiant_kai]

3 minutes ago, MCDELTAT said:

From YouTube Post: Program launch has been delayed until next week in order to make sure everything goes smoothly.

bummer but expected, hopefully a queue based system so anything to combat scalpers.

[croaker]

I would want everyone who gets on the program to prove they are a gamer in some way, even if it means staff vetting one by one. Just a queue ain't stopping scalpers.

[jes2k13]

okay calm your horses down, we all know big brother Google is singing that Police Song ever breath you take...

 

now how to actually enter this Program? is it out already? what is the name of the app that we need to download?

 

can LMG verify that there will not be massive backdooring of their inventory ala Nike VP son's West Coast Clothing and Michael Jordan's Demarcus Jordan actions?

 

Keeping my fingers crossed, good luck everyone

[Fetzie]

On 3/11/2021 at 7:43 PM, Mavark said:

UK fan here trying to calculate total cost of (hoping for the best here) getting a 3090 shipped over to the UK. (Assuming TUF versions if its asus they're working with?)

MSRP here is around £1500/1600 depending on store. Postage from Canada is between £40 and £90. Where or when does our VAT get slapped on?

I've read that import tax isn't applied to this but VAT is.

Anyone know or can point me in the right direction?

I'd love one of those Turbo versions, the blower style, so it would fit in my current case but I have a feeling that aint going to happen.

Import tax is applied at port of entry. You will probably either get a bill from HMRC which needs to be paid before they release the goods, or the postal service will ask you to go to your local post office to pay the import tax. The standard tax rate is 20%, however you may also have to pay a handling fee to HMRC on top of that.

 

The last time I bought from overseas, the carrier added the customs fees to the shipping cost.

[LogicalDrm]

16 hours ago, radiant_kai said:

bummer but expected, hopefully a queue based system so anything to combat scalpers.

A queue or even random draw has nothing to do with scalpers. Only way to counter scalpers is to verify the need for buyer and not to buy from a scalper. So you are the one enabling scalpers, not the store. A queue would only slow down the sales overall, which is not what most stores want.

 

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I've also cleaned the thread from mainly off topic bickering about each others media consuming habit. You can make some other thread to rant about it. Lets keep this focused on VAG information, Q&A and speculation. If there's more actions, they will be done by another moderator.

Edited March 13, 2021 by LogicalDrm

[Mavark]

5 hours ago, Fetzie said:

Import tax is applied at port of entry. You will probably either get a bill from HMRC which needs to be paid before they release the goods, or the postal service will ask you to go to your local post office to pay the import tax. The standard tax rate is 20%, however you may also have to pay a handling fee to HMRC on top of that.

 

The last time I bought from overseas, the carrier added the customs fees to the shipping cost.

Thanks, that's good info to know. I'm going to assume it'll be around a £300 premium. I just hope its transparent, getting reminded in a month I owe Old Lizzy a big chunk o money is never fun.