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P2dadecka
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Sep 24, 2017
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Honestly this is a giant disappointment, massdrop is hopping on the price raping train. I'm absolutely disgusted. Msrp officially now is 599, not 750. This drop is nothing but a lie. Please take this down .
YabosMcGee
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Sep 24, 2017
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P2dadeckaI suggest you do some research.....on supply vs demand. It's rough out there for consumers with regards to graphics cards. Between gaming, cryptocurrency mining, and data analytics (GPU compute), GPU stock has become scarce. Out of curiosity, do you pay MSRP for a new vehicle? If so, please let me know when you're in the market for one.
P2dadecka
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Sep 24, 2017
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YabosMcGeeWhat you are saying has no relavance to anything. You cannot just make up your own msrp and post it then put a "sale" price.
YabosMcGee
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Sep 24, 2017
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P2dadeckaAnd the MSRP you keep thrusting aloft like it's some tablet from a deity is from AMD. The card itself is from Sapphire. Massdrop puts up the MSRP of what the manufacturer tells them is the MSRP. Have manufacturers been full of shit when telling Massdrop what the MSRP is in the past? Very likely. Is this higher than the "promised" MSRP from AMD? Yes. Is the whole GPU market fucked up due to high demand and low supply? Very much so.
Bobert
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Sep 24, 2017
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YabosMcGeeYour analogy doesn’t really work because nearly everyone refuses to buy a vehicle at MSRP and will bargain to get it below MSRP.
YabosMcGee
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Sep 24, 2017
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BobertThat was exactly my point, that the MSRP isn't what you will always pay. Sometimes it's above, sometimes it's below. The "S" is for Suggested, not Mandated.
Bobert
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Sep 24, 2017
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YabosMcGeeAMD announced a price that would make their cards look better to consumers with youtubers giving these cards such good reviews based on a price that only a few got. AMD gave rebates to resellers to keep the launch prices artificially low, but didn’t tell consumers. After the prices went up AMD said they would work with resellers to get prices back down, but they had no power to influence resellers unless they gave them the same rebates they did at launch, which they didn’t do. That kind of marketing is shady, underhanded and dishonest.
YabosMcGee
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Sep 24, 2017
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BobertSo, now I'm confused. You're saying that the MSRP is now higher? I thought all the people crying in this thread were bitching that the MSRP was lower than shown (599 vs 750). What you just said sounds like exactly what I've been saying: the manufacturer (Sapphire), set a higher MSRP, and gave that price to Massdrop.
And, now there's a tangent about AMD and "shady marketing". I've also noticed that the majority of the people complaining about MSRP have very low post counts. In fact, a decent chunk of them have ONLY made comments on this drop. And, another coincidence, they shit on AMD and talk up NVIDIA. Strange....but hey, it's not like NVIDIA has a history of paying for people to comment in forums about their product.....
And, now there's a tangent about AMD and "shady marketing". I've also noticed that the majority of the people complaining about MSRP have very low post counts. In fact, a decent chunk of them have ONLY made comments on this drop. And, another coincidence, they shit on AMD and talk up NVIDIA. Strange....but hey, it's not like NVIDIA has a history of paying for people to comment in forums about their product.....
Bobert
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Sep 24, 2017
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YabosMcGeeI checked the MSRP at launch for the 1080 and it was $599 the MSRP for the RX 64 is $499. AMD verified the MSRP didn’t change.
Tangent? How is advertising a price so low AMD had to pay resellers to sell the cards at that price and keeping that bit of information a secret from reviewers and consumers not shady?
Ill say it again AMD could sell their cards directly to consumers just like NVIDIA does, but that wouldn’t let AMD blame anyone else for the high prices. What does my history with Massdrop have to do with anything? I did get the 1080 ti drop @ $675 which is $25 below MSRP.
What evidence do you have that anyone on this forum is being paid by NVIDIA? Do you have any at all? Being critical of a company is a consumer’s right. If they advertised a more accurate price there would only be performance to criticize.
Tangent? How is advertising a price so low AMD had to pay resellers to sell the cards at that price and keeping that bit of information a secret from reviewers and consumers not shady?
Ill say it again AMD could sell their cards directly to consumers just like NVIDIA does, but that wouldn’t let AMD blame anyone else for the high prices. What does my history with Massdrop have to do with anything? I did get the 1080 ti drop @ $675 which is $25 below MSRP.
What evidence do you have that anyone on this forum is being paid by NVIDIA? Do you have any at all? Being critical of a company is a consumer’s right. If they advertised a more accurate price there would only be performance to criticize.
P2dadecka
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Sep 24, 2017
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YabosMcGeeYou have no clue what msrp is. Sapphire isn't the manufacturer, they cannot adjust price suggested.
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