I was thinking the same thing. It looks like sellers/board-makers were just charging what they thought they could get away with because the consumers weren't p

I was thinking the same thing. It looks like sellers/board-makers were just charging what they thought they could get away with because the consumers weren't price sensitive, not because of a shortage. e.g. If you normally sell 100 Video Cards, at $500, but now you can sell 100 at $750 you'd be foolish not to increase the price and capture the margins that go along with it.