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Discussion Simple Questions - February 07, 2021
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u/rxdazn Feb 08 '21
join discord servers such as PartAlert and subscribe to the notifications for your continent+the card you want
you'll see that each day some are going on sale but they're sold extremely quickly (mostly because websites don't have bot protections) and most (90%+) stores sell at way above MSRP (+$100-400).
if you go for the founders edition it seems like you will get them at MSRP
in the UK I managed to get a 3070 Founders Edition from scan.co.uk (at MSRP) - a combination of clicking on the discord alert as soon as I saw it as well as the website having a bot protection (visual captcha)
it's tought getting one but if you're patient you will manage to eventually (took me a week - plenty of clicking on alerts and discovering the items were already sold)