News Snag Radeon RX 6700 XT and Ryzen 9 5950X on Latest Newegg Shuffle

[Admin]

Here's the details on the latest Newegg Shuffle deal.

Snag Radeon RX 6700 XT and Ryzen 9 5950X on Latest Newegg Shuffle : Read more

 

[bigdragon]

I have months worth of "you weren't selected" and "you almost got it" emails from Newegg Shuffles. Buying from the store has yielded cart errors, checkout errors, and even a successful 3070 order that was cancelled shortly afterwards because of stock issues. I've gotten zero from Newegg. The opportunity is an illusion.

 

[kal326]

Well shouldn’t we be thrilled to win the opportunity to buy from a reputable scalper...
The 5950X is at MSRP at least.

 

[GenericUser]

I have months worth of "you weren't selected" and "you almost got it" emails from Newegg Shuffles. Buying from the store has yielded cart errors, checkout errors, and even a successful 3070 order that was cancelled shortly afterwards because of stock issues. I've gotten zero from Newegg. The opportunity is an illusion.

I had a friend just a few days ago enter the shuffle for his first time ever, not really knowing what it was nor even aware of the massive chip shortages going on as of late and won a 6700XT. He didn't even want it or need it, and thought it was some raffle for a free card or something. He was asking me if he should even buy it. The irony.

 

[Giroro]

Yesterday's shuffle put two different MSI mice in the same bundle, so It's not much of a surprise they want you to raffle for the chance to buy a 6700XT pushing into the $800 range.

 

[g-unit1111]

Hate it when they sell unnecessary extra items with it. Like what good is including a motherboard you don't need? How is that going to beat the bots?

 

[LolaGT]

Woohoo, a 6700 xt chance for what are still rip-off prices.
No, I don't think so.

 

[CerianK]

I had to go out for several hours and just found I missed the entire Shuffle today. On the plus side, by the time I have a real opportunity to buy a 5950X, there will likely be a refresh that will be equally unavailable.

 

[ClapTrapper]

This is backfiring on Newegg, and I feel bad about it.
A lottery to win the privilege of buying something usually unattainable and not grotesquely marked up by Newegg (although marked up by the manufacturer) sounds like a great idea. That is until you spend lots of time,energy and finger crossing only to be told "you weren't selected.."
Now I find myself not even opening Newegg's relentless "great deals" emails.
I find myself "selecting" Newegg less and less.

 

[danlw]

I wish Newegg would show stats on number of entries vs winners.

I think they should apply weighting to entries based on the age of the account. I'll bet they have a bazillion accounts less than a few months old with scalpers and miners behind them.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

This is backfiring on Newegg, and I feel bad about it.
A lottery to win the privilege of buying something usually unattainable and not grotesquely marked up by Newegg (although marked up by the manufacturer) sounds like a great idea. That is until you spend lots of time,energy and finger crossing only to be told "you weren't selected.."
Now I find myself not even opening Newegg's relentless "great deals" emails.
I find myself "selecting" Newegg less and less.

This is precisely why for the first time in 25 yrs of building my own gaming rigs, I decided to go the prebuilt route. I got sick and tired watching scalpers and bots buying up inventory that could have gone straight to the consumer instead.

 

[ClapTrapper]

This is precisely why for the first time in 25 yrs of building my own gaming rigs, I decided to go the prebuilt route. I got sick and tired watching scalpers and bots buying up inventory that could have gone straight to the consumer instead.

Its getting to be prebuilt or wait as the only two viable options.

 

[bigdragon]

This is backfiring on Newegg, and I feel bad about it.
A lottery to win the privilege of buying something usually unattainable and not grotesquely marked up by Newegg (although marked up by the manufacturer) sounds like a great idea. That is until you spend lots of time,energy and finger crossing only to be told "you weren't selected.."
Now I find myself not even opening Newegg's relentless "great deals" emails.
I find myself "selecting" Newegg less and less.

I think you're right. I hear coworkers and friends share the same complaints. My response is always to alter your buying habits. Newegg wouldn't sell me a GPU? Then they don't get to sell me a laser projector either. Best Buy wouldn't sell me a GPU? Bought my washer and dryer from Lowes instead. Asus going crazy with prices? Adata and Tp-Link are just fine, thanks. EVGA can't be bothered to prioritize their notify queue? Hey, Seasonic, show me what you got!

I wish Newegg would show stats on number of entries vs winners.

I think they should apply weighting to entries based on the age of the account. I'll bet they have a bazillion accounts less than a few months old with scalpers and miners behind them.

More transparency would be nice. Some people seem to get selected repeatedly, which seems wrong. Some sort of "bad luck protection" -- for people like me who have been entering for months without being selected once -- would also be nice.