As an example, same graphics card: ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC.
– Alternate Belgium = 2499 Euros
– Alternate Germany = 1719 Euros

The difference is similar for most other newly released graphics cards.

Why such a huge difference in price?

by Beneficial-Space3019

22 comments

  2. Well it’s quite the drive from Germany, man /s . Better start a dropship company, seriously, that is insane…

  3. Well, when they arrived in 2020 they had really good prices and shaked up the hardware market in Belgium. There were tons of good bargains and consumer friendly offers.

    And I have bought a lot of stuff from them. But since roughly 2 years they put way higher prices overall. I guess it was to penetrate the market and now they don’t need anymore.
    They did double up the delivery cost too. (2.99 to 6.99…)
    So they make big margin like the french LDLC group (which is a scam, price-wise). Even them have better prices now.
    They usually calibrate their prices based on Amazon.com.be.

    I don’t buy from them anymore, even though I like the company and the people working there. They became way too much greedy for me. Even during “deals” I can’t even find good prices compared to others countries.

    I vote with my wallet. So I said goodbye to their website for now. I still do check from times to times but it’s getting more expensive every time..

    Hopefully we live in Belgium and thanks to Germany we have good suppliers there to ship to Belgium. We have access to [Amazon.de](http://Amazon.de) and nl. Meggeko (which has weirdly high prices too), Azerty etc.

    Edit: For instance, the same model of 9070 XT (entry-level @ MSRP) was listed at 679€ in France, but [Alternate.be](http://Alternate.be) priced it at … ding ding : 899€!!! This is a joke. Pure scam.

  4. I feel they just want to have the “En stock” label …
    5090 is 4999€ lol, even scalpers don’t go that high.

    For other products they are usually good price wise. Got my 3070 from them for 650 back then, 3-4 months before it got to 1100+

  5. Germany actually keeps their prices sane. Every other shop in belgium hops in on the scalp trend. I won’t order anything from megagekko (ok dutch) to alternate. They have proven themselves untrusthworthy to the gaming community in my opinion and they are just in it for the cash grab. Supply/demand my ass.

  9. Mate, have you been following the GPU news a little bit the past weeks/months?

    The 50-series launch is a complete and utter disaster. There is virtually no stock and what little stock there is is sniped by bots for scalpers.

    The AMD 9000-series launch is much smoother, but here the webshops are the ones scalping. 695 euro MSRP means 1000+ euro according to Megekko, Alternate, and Azerty.

    Fuck that, vote with your wallet, and don´t buy at these ridiculous prices. Unless you absolutely need a new GPU right now just wait it out a bit.

  10. Sadly it’s often like this in Belgium. Prices are often 20% higher than in Germany.

    When I buy on Amazon, I usually change the “.com.be” to “.de” or “.fr” and I save a lot of money.

  12. Pfff I wanted to replace my 1080 Ti with a 5080 or 5090 but that’s completely out of the window.

    AMD now released the 9070XT but even that one is €900, for in essence a midrange card.

  13. Atm it’s cheaper to buy cards from scalpers than from Alternate. This is how bad it is, even basic 5080 models go for €1900-2100. Never buying at Alternate again. Fuck scalpers and retailers man. Buying a decently priced and performing GPU in 2025 is such a pain

  14. Don’t shop at alternate, it’s as simple as that. Their prices are blown out of proportion and their service is garbage

  16. Remember Elvis: only fools rush in 🙂 Let’s wait a bit.

  17. Son, let me tell you about consumer (reduced) taxes.

    – Artikel kann derzeit nicht gekauft worden (MSRP)

  19. > Why such a huge difference in price?

    Because one is out of stock

  20. Alternate are scumbags. Never buying there again.

  21. „Artikel kann derzeit nicht gekauft werden” Es erklärt viel

  22. Alternate is echt een kutbedrijf als het op service aankomt. ik deed de moeite om naar hun showroom te gaan omstreeks antwerpen. (dus 2 uur rijden voor mij) k moest 5 weken wachten vor een service die op een normale plek 15 minuten zou duren. maar NEE. Ze hadden blijkbaar al een backhaul van custom PC builds van black friday en die hadden dus Prio. Maar black friday is nu wel. 3 maaanden geleden. Dan heb je echt te weinig personeel. echr belachelijk..

    Ik kwam daar toe in hun winkel. 9 loketten. 1. persoon was daar. de andere 7 leden waren gewoon aan het praten, niets aan het doen bij de game stoelen aan de lichterkant van de ingang.

    in die tijd hed ik een lotje moeten trekken. ik heb een ondermaatste uitleg gekregen. maar zei wel uw reparatie onder garantie duurt 5 weken. totaal absuurd. maar ik had niet veel keuze, maar wou toch even nadenken.

    Ik trok een lotje? diezelde kerel stond gewoon achter zijn PC.

    O klanten kwamen binnen. echt 0.
    ik moest toch 20 minuten wachten tot dat het nogmaals mijn beurt was.

    Ik gaf nogmaals uitleg wat it getest had. en ik kreeg reactie. “het maakt niet uit wat jij zegt of doet, alles moet door onze technieker worden vastgesteld”

    OP dat zelfde moment stonden nogmaals 70% van hus werknemers op de vloer gewoon te lullen.

    Hun producten en kortinge zij deftig, ik heb err al meerdere PC’s samen opgeteld heb ik hun an 10.000 euro + betaald. Maar fdat stopt NU. Hun service NA verkoop is echt zielig.

    Ik koop in de toekomst liever lokaal of via een grote zaak BV medamarkt omdat ja ik verlies geld bij aankoop. maar ik betaal liever die extra 2-300 euro. dan dat ik ooit zo slecht behandeld word als bij Alternate.

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