I don't know how to frame this in economic terms, but here's an observation. It's no easier buying a GPU from a scalper on eBay than it is buying that GPU from

I don't know how to frame this in economic terms, but here's an observation. It's no easier buying a GPU from a scalper on eBay than it is buying that GPU from Bestbuy. In fact, it's probably harder. So, they seem to be making it harder to obtain the item.