MK6gti12

jingiko
Realistically this person will accidentally sell it to someone with stolen credit cards and will get chargeback once banks realize after it shipped.
 
The second realistic scenario is that they'll have to drop the prices significantly to more reasonable prices once stock catches up.

Realistically someone will probably just buy it and use it sorry to burst your bubble.

flg2010
 
 
This is why I ...... NEVER PAY ABOVE LIST
 
It meant that I did not build my current rig until I waited over a year to find a reasonably priced and at list: 1.  CPU, the 3950X was over list for months and months, GPU, 2070 Super.. the 2080 Supers were all well above list by at least $150 bucks ALL through this last year.  
 
I was willing to just keep using my 4 year old laptop.. or even buy another laptop.
 
I am also, now willing to use my yesteryears tech evga 2080 super ftw3 forever if needed.. or until I can find a better GPU.  However brand loyalty went out the window.  This process is a bit worse then back in august 19 when I thought about building a new rig.

d.burnette
These scalpers are lower than pond scum imho.
 

MK6gti12

jdmwrxpower

d.burnette
These scalpers are lower than pond scum imho.

I hate to say but some scalpers are not scalpers so to speak but are using the market demand to end up with a free card. Some of them are pc builders and or gamers. Think about it. If you can write python scripts and land yourself two 3090s with an average mark up of 1200-1500 you can keep one and sell the 2nd for double and you now effectively paid zero dollars for the card. Is it right to do? Absolutely not but from a business perspective for ppl that don't want to shell out 1500 bucks, they don't have too.. people are buying them at double the cost and writing them off as a business expense. The reason is simple, if you can cut production time in half, still charge clients the same rate then you effectively made double the hourly rate. The users are sometimes are only as good as the tools they have. The 3090 is a tool and if I didn't land one from newegg business I probably would have paid 4k for the card because so far the card as paid for itself 10 fold.

As for myself I picked up mine for 3k after selling my 2080 for 600 and my 3080 for 1400 I only paid out 1k for the card which was still cheaper then msrp. even if you minus the initial cost of a 3080 from the 1400 it comes out to exactly msrp. In the end it didnt effect me much. Those with money and the means will buy a product at a higher price when supply is low. People have to remember their economics classes here. In the end its a luxury good for 80% of people. If we applied this to cars that cost X and only made 5 in the world you bet that they would either be kept to increase value or resold at a profit. Do I like it nah not really, but I wanted a 3090 not a 3080 and selling the 3080 at market price was the easiest way to get a 3090.

Jimbo2112
Blame the people who buy from them.  This isn't a required medicine for survival.

Dabadger84
The problem is, the only way that person would get in trouble for it at all would be if the person that buys it reports to eVGA what the Serial Number on the card is & then eVGA bans whoever originally registered that card from ever being able to buy on their site again.  That's the worst thing that could happen to them.
Governments need to get with the times & pass legislation like they did for ticket scalping, for electronics, so that people can face serious consequences for this stuff.  I get that supply & demand is a thing, and people are willing to pay over market to get stuff NOW when things are in a shortage, but when things are selling for twice their actual MSRP, that's a little on the insane side imo.
I check the other day & 3080s are still nearly-insta-selling on EBay when sold as Buy It Now, for $1300-$1500, at least a few a day.  EBay literally doesn't care because they make money off things all the same, it's not their job to police such things.  eVGA can't really do a whole lot either other than ban anyone who's caught doing it from being able to purchase on the site again, and I don't know if they'll go that far.
I'm just glad they implemented the queue system, otherwise I'd still be waiting to even GET a 3080.  Hopefully they continue to use that when the Hybrid cards, 3070s and next generation comes out, so that people like us that actually buy the cards to USE them, have a legitimate chance to get one in at least somewhat of a timely manner.
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When the 2080ti came out in 2018 it was 999 to 1199+ and we were all happy to shell out 1200 bucks. So for a few hundred bucks more if you want a 3080 now you are theoretically paying for what it is really worth for the performance gain over the 2080ti. It's a good thing nvidia set the price point where they did for the 3080 or it would be selling for 3k and a 3090 for 6k

jingiko
Realistically this person will accidentally sell it to someone with stolen credit cards and will get chargeback once banks realize after it shipped.
 
The second realistic scenario is that they'll have to drop the prices significantly to more reasonable prices once stock catches up.