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eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] billwashere 38 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Why the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

especially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the biggest generational uplift in the last 10 years. Not sure what you're smoking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

it’s a 30% uplift for 30% more power budget and 30% more cost. the fact that they added a new version of frame gen etc that has both up and down sides is pretty much a wash

[–] AlphaOmega 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Money laundering?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do t think so, I’m not an expert or anything, but I think money laundering is typically done where you can pay cash.

The idea is to pay cash for something so that you can show a receipt of a sale and deposit it into a bank.

If you are buying online, then the money is already in the bank.

[–] deltapi 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The sellers, friend. They buy the GPU cash and sell it online for a clean transaction into their account. 5k laundered per sale

[–] riodoro1 7 points 1 month ago

Why the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one?

Consumerism really fucked up our brains.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I dunno but it's a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them