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misk @sopuli.xyz

3w ago

eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed

www.pcgamer.com eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed

"I got the frame from Target."

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Absolutely fantastic, no notes

Why the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??
- especially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen
  
  It's the biggest generational uplift in the last 10 years. Not sure what you're smoking.
- Money laundering?
  
  I do t think so, I’m not an expert or anything, but I think money laundering is typically done where you can pay cash.
  The idea is to pay cash for something so that you can show a receipt of a sale and deposit it into a bank.
  If you are buying online, then the money is already in the bank.
- Why the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one?
  Consumerism really fucked up our brains.
- I dunno but it's a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them

The linked listings seem to have already been taken down, RIP

These fakes have been going for years and were just scams, nothing to do with bots.
A classic back in the day was an Xbox box.
- The Microsoft Xbox was a scam? Moon landing too?

This hurts search results for scalpers selling, too. Good stuff.

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