“Is there any benefit for BestBuy Plus members for the NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 5090 Launch? Will there be a small time frame to pre order or buy the 5090 before non members, bots , and scalpers have a chance to buy it? Thank you”
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I feel that BB just tells you when you call in or open a chat, that you'll get preferential treatment and "first shot" at buying one if you're a member ... but, they said the same thing for the 3000 & 4000 series, and literally less than 1 minute after the sale goes live, all are out of stock while you're waiting for your page to refresh. BestBot doesn't care about their consumer customers, only the total # of sales.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I was scammed by a Best Buy Rep, he told me if I sign up for the Plus membership I WILL have early access to order a RTX 5090, and it's looking like that is definitely not the case as it's now Monday and no option to order or buy and the full release is on Thursday. My advice to anyone is DO NOT sign up thinking you'll get early access.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I also got scammed by a Best Buy Rep on trying to buy this card pre-sale. I can't believe I fell for signing up for Best Buy Plus. I asked when it would it be available in store and was told I could "secure" it by the 27th if I signed up for Best Buy Plus.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have been told the same thing... yet it appears to not be true
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It’s against Nvidia's terms to paywall their products, so no, there is no benefit. Nvidia will likely institute the in-app creator GPU lottery reward program again.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.To answer you question.. no. Launch time 9AM PST came and went. As a member, with "exclusive" access. There was no preorder, there was no line priority. You click add to cart, and watch the screen go from "you're in line!", wait roughly 3 minutes, then see a sold out button. But there is a bright side to waiting for that long for nothing.. you get to think about how best buy jipped you into paying for a yearly membership for nothing. Why dont they just put your name on a waiting list? That wOUlD bE toO sIMplE!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Balance out that anyone who knows how hard and ugly the scramble is for this card will be, that they will discourage people to make their chance 1/100000th bit better vs. this is best buy you are talking about. Your maybe at best getting a tiny advantage in this ecosystem. Likely not worth it. Your up against bots and fanatics etc etc to really stand a chance your going to have to spam everything, bb, Amazon etc the minute you can and still it's gonna be luck if you land one. Tbh, people are correct when they say the pricey features are being pushed on us for us to fund development before they are even that effective in use and half the gamers out there turn off the fancy stuff to get fps if that's the kinda game they play. The real benefit here is bragging rights or that 32g if vram if you really do something that NEEDS it
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I am a best buy member for 1 year and I can tell you its a scam except for the no interest on purchases. other than that there is no benefit at all. and customer support is in India and they are full of you know what, UPS lost one of my orders a month ago and I have yet to get a refund after 2 reps from there told me I got the refund. Luckily I used paypall and they are holding them accountable
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I've been hoping so but no word on it yet. I plan on going into a store on Monday and seeing if they'll have stock on launch day, or even a pre-order day.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Wouldn't you think that Scalpers would also just get the plus membership as well to get early access if it were such a thing; which it is not....
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