Best Buy's Latest Batch of GPUs Were Behind a $200 Paywall and You're Right to be Mad

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Best Buy’s latest batch of GPUs were behind a $200 paywall.

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They leverage their Totaltech scheme on PC gamers.

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They in-stock graphics cards behind a paywall.

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Totaltech membership program costs $200 per year.

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Best Buy is the quasi-official retailer of Nvidia’s RTX 30-series..

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They took over selling Founders Edition cards.

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They put a pause on its own store until it could deal with the increase in bot activity.

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They would later halt most of its online sales of 30-series cards in favor of a ticket-based system.

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You have to get access to exclusive Totaltech to buy RTX 30-series graphics cards.

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They do not guarantee the purchase of a new graphics card.

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There was a one card per customer limit. They buyed one of each model available.

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