Agreed. I actually don't have a problem with ticket resellers for the very reason that if there is an active resale market the tickets were too cheap to begin w

Agreed. I actually don't have a problem with ticket resellers for the very reason that if there is an active resale market the tickets were too cheap to begin with (or more likely, as you note, were never really available at those prices anyway as the promoters are selling at 2x face through the back door). If someone is willing to pay 2x MSRP for a GPU then the MSRP is wrong (or rather, it's just a "suggestion" as the S indicates). My only point is that up until recently, there was not a long-term secondary market for GPUs. That is a new phenomenon that has been driven by crypto (as opposed to a big reduction in supply or huge increase in PC gamers).