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Delivery contracts make them first in line.
by Qworg 6y ago
Delivery contracts make them first in line.
- chrisseaton 6y agoWhy don't scalpers or miners sign up for the same contracts?
- thesteamboat 6y agoPresumably they (scalpers and miners) are not buying in large enough bulk orders, far enough in advance.
- travmatt 6y agoI saw a picture on Reddit of a wall stacked high with 3060’s. In the comments, the poster mentioned he placed a bulk order, the downside was it took a while.
- chrisseaton 6y agoRight - if they're reselling easily for massively over manufacturer price why isn't everyone placing these orders?
- kube-system 6y agoIt probably took a while for the person on Reddit to get their order because they got it from a distributor who was filling all of their higher priority customers first. I bet Dell isn't even getting theirs from a distributor, I'd guess they get them directly from the manufacturer. There's a hierarchy to retail sales, and I'm sure even large miners aren't near the top of it.
- xur17 6y agoYup. I imagine it's similar to the inventory shortfalls ledger experienced a few years ago during the cryptocurrency price runup. I made a nice chunk of change placing bulk orders from Ledger, waiting a month for them to ship, and forwarding them to Amazon to resell.
- krageon 6y agoFor the same reason anything that's profitable remains profitable for a while: It's risky to enter and there is a barrier to entry.