The demand for graphics cards has gotten so ridiculous that criminals are now raiding delivery trucks for GPUs. As revealed by a staff member on the manufacturer’s official forum yesterday, EVGA has lost a large and expensive shipment of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series graphics cards due to a truck robbery. The truck was supposed to arrive at EVGA’s Southern California distribution center with various graphics cards ranging in price from $329.99 to $1,959.99 but never got there.
From EVGA_JacobF:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 29, 2021, a shipment of EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards was stolen from a truck en route from San Francisco to our Southern California distribution center.
These graphics cards are in high demand and each has an estimated retail value starting at $329.99 up to $1959.99 MSRP.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that under state and Federal law:
- It is a criminal and civil offense to “buy or receive” property that has been stolen. Cal. Penal Code section 496(a).
- It is also a criminal and civil offense to “conceal, sell, withhold, or aid in concealing selling or withholding” any such property.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER notice that:
- If you are able to successfully register your product and see it under My Products, then your product is NOT affected by this notice, you can also check the serial number at the EVGA Warranty Check page to see if it is affected.
- EVGA will NOT REGISTER or HONOR ANY WARRANTY or UPGRADE claims on these products.
If you have or receive any information relating to these products, please share that with us at stopRTX30theft@evga.com.
We appreciate your attention to this issue.
Thank you,
EVGA Management
The retail values given by EVGA suggest that the stolen shipment includes premium graphics cards such as the GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA HYDRO COPPER GAMING. None of the KINGPIN cards, which cost over $2,000, appear to have been on the truck.
Source: EVGA