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Scalpers aren't helping. I'd be super curious how many they've gotten vs normal customers.

• recursive 6y ago
  Scalpers don't keep them. They redistribute them to normal customers.
  • jjoonathan 6y ago
    ...at elevated prices. "How much blood did the leech suck?" is a valid question. Dollars would be better units than number of video cards, but the number of video cards passing through the leeches correlates and is still meaningful.
    • recursive 6y ago
      ...at elevated prices ...that the buyers were willing to pay. All non-zero prices are elevated compared to zero. All parties are consenting here.
    • noir_lord 6y ago
      Same with the Series X, I want one of the boy for Xmas, co-worker of my missus managed to get 5 of them, he wanted 650 for a console he paid 450 for. I told her to tell him where to shove it. It's not that I can't afford it, it's that scalpers can go fuck themselves, the boy will be more than happy with Quest 2 and my current gaming PC in the new year when I can build another.
      • recursive 6y ago
        And whoever ends up with the one you didn't buy will be happy too. I see this as a win/win/win.