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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 14 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

I'll confess, I'm part of the problem. I bought a 9070XT above MSRP.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Well, what else are we supposed to do? Our hands are tied. I live in the Seattle metro and for some insane reason we don't have a single retail option for graphics cards. I wasn't able to get one off Newegg on launch day before they were all gone to bots, so my only option was eBay.

I hate enabling scalpers but it was either that or risk paying 47's stupid fucking tariffs. I had a narrow window to skip the tariffs upcharge and I took it. I would rather pay the extra $200 to an asshole scalper than to the federal government so they can spend it on their gestapo.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Oh I didn't buy from a scalper. Well, not a third party scalper, to preempt the comments saying retail is scalping as well.

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