https://wccftech.com/nvidia-apologizes-for-geforce-rtx-3080-launch-day-stock-issues-as-demand-exceeds-expectations/

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 launched today and almost immediately as the sales embargo lifted, every online retailer including NVIDIA themselves crashed. In the meantime, those who had access couldn't find a single card in stock at the few retail stores that managed to stay online. NVIDIA has come forward and not only acknowledged the unprecedented demand that the witnessed with the release of its Ampere flagship but also apologized for all the stock issues that consumers had to face today.

The issues got worse later in the day when customers noted that eBay was filled with several RTX 3080 cards listed by scalpers who were demanding anywhere from $1000 to the north of $2000 US for the cards. However, while scalpers may try to sabotage a consumer-oriented launch to make a profit, some people have resorted to retaliate by either manually placing 'fake' bids on the cards of several thousand dollars or writing bots that do that so that no consumers have to pay such insane and exorbitant prices for the new graphics card.