This site has a lot of miners, so I'm afraid we're going to have to learn to live with that. It's actually a large audience. We added the section for a reason.
Also, mining isn't very destructive anymore (like, at all honestly) and it's your loss if you don't want a cheap video card (probably going to keep mine for gaming anyways).
Nah, its not my loss. There are VERY few situations where i would buy a used component, as i find that sellers often sell for what
they feel an item is worth to
them ,and not what it is worth to the
market/buyer. If an item is opened for example, it is used, it doesnt make a difference if it was opened for a minute, or an hour, it doesnt matter i f it was used for a day or a year (& a retail box doesnt "add value" unless the buyer is delusional), as there is no way to confirm what the seller is claiming , so therefore a (smart) buyer MUST assume the worst, unless they are well acquainted with the seller. There are 2 people i would give the benefit of the doubt, who i feel list items at fair market price, other than those people, the rest can sell to others.
I personally, am agitated with the depletion of components becasue I would like to build a new PC for a family member , but cannot , since the skyrocketing prices have pushed the price tag FAR out of my "financial reach". So , I suggest , if anyone else is in a similar situation, they use theyre dollars to show those responsible it isnt cool, by letting them work harder to sell those components (while keeping in mind , the sale of these components is morally scummy in my opinion, as these GPU's arent like normal gaming GPU's, as they have earned theyre retail cost multiple times over, and the seller trying to once again, reclaim MORE money (above the generated income from mining) is pretty sh!tty IMO.
I have no issue with greed, i have no issue with people earning a buck,
im not saying the numbers are exact, but for example:
when someone buys a GPU for $500, runs it for a year, earns $1000 on it,and then turns around and tries to sell it for $400 is like the used component version of Dice/EA with Battlefield, and not buying that GPU isnt me losing out, nor is any other perspective buyer, if they avoid that seller, or atleast that component. there are plenty of fish in the sea, buy from a person who didnt ride it hard and put it away wet, or didnt earn its worth multiple times over ,than try to sell it like its a normal GPU.
Since the membership is so large, it would be great if there was a place for them to post till theyre hearts content, without drowning out other non mining topics? Id REALLY love it if there was a mining specific FS/BST location separate fro mthe normal one. plus it would help those of us not involved in mining having to constantly point those with bricked GPU bios' to the mining help section.
these are just my opinions, and arent an attack, just what i feel. I understand there are multiple variables at work that cause the current market situation. I personally know people who actively mine ,and I have no problem with them or the others I don't know. I'm just sick and tired of the consumer who doesn't mine footing the bill or going without ,because in the end the miners earn extra money ,so they can afford the inflated price ,the people losing out right now (until the market adjusts) are those of us who don't mine, and that just doesn't seem fair in my opinion( not that I think fairness is a given right, but again I've used the words moral, and opinion ,enough times to make it clear these arent facts ,but rather my viewpoint)
