I just bought a scalpers 3080.. he he

[Toothless]

That's a steal at $1,831.73 (1045GBP) wish I could buy it for that sort of money here But the ROG Strix RTX3090 is going for $3499.99NZD retail here so good score and enjoy it

Dude... No... A 3080 over $1k is not a steal, it's a scam.

 

[DoTr]

That's a steal at $1,831.73 (1045GBP) wish I could buy it for that sort of money here But the ROG Strix RTX3090 is going for $3499.99NZD retail here so good score and enjoy it

Actually, PB are selling the cards for 3399

 

[cst1992]

Scalpers are using their own effort to conduct unethical practices.

Plus, for corporations, the maximum price even an end retailer can charge is regulated by law - the maximum retail price.
For scalpers, they can charge the moon and some clueless guy would pay it.

 

[Rei]

You're still buying a video card that you don't intend to use in exchange for a profit to yourself.

That is called reselling which is fine.

Easy on the emotes, cowboy.

I'm a millennial, what do you expect? We thrive on fooling around this dumb-ass things with emotes...

The question was why an individual wasn't entitled to a profit for their efforts.

Apologies for not being clear. An individual is entitled to make a profit as long as they do go about it in such unsavory fashion such as through scalping.

 

[R00kie]

That is called reselling which is fine.

asking an arm and a leg for it is not fine.

 

[Chomiq]

This thread is still going on? What's the point?

 

[Rei]

asking an arm and a leg for it is not fine.

Sure, for some, it's not fine but it is normal business practice.
What you are quoting from me is the difference in business ethics of a reseller and scalper.

 

[R00kie]

What you are quoting from me is the difference in business ethics of a reseller and scalper.

And I'm explaining to you that what you were quoting is basically the definition of scalping, which it pretty much is.

You can resell whatever you like, and however you like, but it doesnt defeat the fact, that when you increase the price way beyond what is considered fair, is still scalping.

 

[Toothless]

Sure, for some, it's not fine but it is normal business practice.
What you are quoting from me is the difference in business ethics of a reseller and scalper.

So when that one guy got arrested for scalping face masks, that was normal business practice? Different items and use case, same concept. A gpu reseller won't get arrested but point still stands on buying for normal price, selling for a stupid amount.

 

[freeagent]

Well.. It was his money.. He knew what he was doing, and he was absolutely ok with it. And you saw his plans for his 2080Ti sale.. about listing it for 900 beefeater bucks.. I mean.. what more is there to say? He said himself what kind of person he was a couple of pages back, and he is ok with that too.. Myself? Fuck it. I have other things I could do with that money. I would rather pay retail, that way if something happens, I could just bring it back. He's knackered if something happens to his card, he has got nothing to fall back on except his bank account. But.. the card will probably be fine soo... I guess its moot.

 

[Rei]

And I'm explaining to you that what you were quoting is basically the definition of scalping, which it pretty much is.

You can resell whatever you like, and however you like, but it doesnt defeat the fact, that when you increase the price way beyond what is considered fair, is still scalping.

So when that one guy got arrested for scalping face masks, that was normal business practice? Different items and use case, same concept. A gpu reseller won't get arrested but point still stands on buying for normal price, selling for a stupid amount.

No, that is not what scalping is. Merely selling wares higher than the recommended market price is just being a greedy reseller but there is more to scalping than this. Since you guys must've missed the post on the previous page where I linked another forum member's excellent definition of the difference between seller & scalper, I'll just re-post the link here so I don't have to repeat or rip-off his words:

[US] MSRP rises about $80 for major GPU manufacturers (ASUS, GIGABYTE, PNY, ZOTAC, more to come) due to GPU tariff exclusion having ended.

Hi there guys, an small discussion that comes today, that the prices of GPU will rise, if they were manufactured in China. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/20/2019-20442/notice-of-product-exclusions-amendment-to-the-exclusion-process-and-technical-amendments-chinas-acts You...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[xrobwx71]

You can call it reselling if it helps you sleep at night, it's still greed based, and unscrupulous profiteering.

It's called scalping.

This is the way of the current generation, they take established and obvious definitions and completely change them to fit their narrative.

Ask that same scalper apologetic how they feel about paying 5000% over cost on a life-saving drug, all of a sudden, the tune will change.

 

[R00kie]

Merely selling wares higher than the recommended market price is just being a greedy reseller

Literally proving our point.

I'm not gonna argue again, because it seems to me that your broken record is now fused with your mindset.

 

[Rei]

Literally proving our point.

I'm not gonna argue again, because it seems to me that your broken record is now fused with your mindset.

Okay, thank you for your input though.

 

[yotano211]

Let me ask this.

At what point or profit margin is considered in your guys/women's eye the difference between being a reseller and a scapler.

I'll give my respond after other people.

 

[mouacyk]

Let me ask this.

At what point or profit margin is considered in your guys/women's eye the difference between being a reseller and a scapler.

I'll give my respond after other people.

If you would actually read some of the posts that put effort into defining the two terms, you'd understand that the difference is simply added value. Value that is devoid of fraud, waste, and abuse.

 

[trog100]

the problem starts here with nvidia fixing a false (too good to be true) retail price for their cards.. what followed afterwards was inevitable..

they got peoples hope up and then failed to deliver.. one other thing is clear.. if anybody really wants to buy one of these cards they need to forget about nvidias bullsh-it price and ether pay the going price or go without..

trog

 

[mouacyk]

right, but we can still go without and point out the bs that is piled on top of it by bad-faith actors

 

[Deleted member 202104]

right, but we can still go without and point out the bs that is piled on top of it by bad-faith actors

Instead of wearing out your keyboard fighting the good fight, how about you start working to buy the GPU's and then sell at MSRP? I'll be your first customer. I'd like a 6900XT and I'll pay you $999. I'd like free shipping too.

Thanks.

 

[yotano211]

If you would actually read some of the posts that put effort into defining the two terms, you'd understand that the difference is simply added value. Value that is devoid of fraud, waste, and abuse.

I wrote some of the difference what made the two terms but some of it was deleted. A scapler is normally ticket sales person. A reseller is everything else but the tech word turned the word reseller into scapler.

Instead of wearing out your keyboard fighting the good fight, how about you start working to buy the GPU's and then sell at MSRP? I'll be your first customer. I'd like a 6900XT and I'll pay you $999. I'd like free shipping too.

Thanks.

How will I get pay for my time to find said graphics card. Have you bother to find that graphics card on your own time.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

I wrote some of the difference what made the two terms but some of it was deleted. A scapler is normally ticket sales person. A reseller is everything else but the tech word turned the word reseller into scapler.


How will I get pay for my time to find said graphics card. Have you bother to find that graphics card on your own time.

I was replying to mouacyk - I am agreeing with you.

 

[yotano211]

the problem starts here with nvidia fixing a false (too good to be true) retail price for their cards.. what followed afterwards was inevitable..

they got peoples hope up and then failed to deliver.. one other thing is clear.. if anybody really wants to buy one of these cards they need to forget about nvidias bullsh-it price and ether pay the going price or go without..

trog

Ask for this thread to be locked plz. You're the OP. Time to move on.

 

[trog100]

Ask for this thread to be locked plz. You're the OP. Time to move on.

sorry its not something i am in favour of.. if you dont want to read it.. dont..

trog

 

[Hankieroseman]

I welcome our robot overloads.
Skynet....its coming

Got my chip injected yesterday from Moderna Vaccine. In 28 days I'll have second dose and then bot-dom.

Straight To Hell

 

[Vayra86]

asking an arm and a leg for it is not fine.

Why not? In a healthy market, that will go away.

Today the market is not healthy. If you're either selling or buying now, you're condoning and supporting an unhealthy market.

Everything else is useless info nobody cares about - especially the idea that making a topic like this in such a way - with a 'he he' in the title even - should not be considered flamebait to begin with. As if we didn't already know @trog100 can't keep his hand on his wallet. Its nothing new. If it had costed 2000 he would still have stumbled over it by accident because why not he he

But hey, this is TPU and here we are at page 5.

/thread

(this is probably the saddest topic I've seen here lately btw - and yes, it beats the other nutcase topics we have currently)