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So who is profiting from the incredible demand for GPU's most?

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#1 ·
Are AMD and the Mean Green Team inflating their prices over MSRP to retailers? Or are the retailers the only ones cleaning up on the incredible spike in mid-range to top tier video cards?

If I had known about this spike I would've emptied my bank account and bought as many 1080Ti's as I could!
 
#3 ·
niether really vendors are ones getting the huge profits off high markups.
 
#5 ·
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Originally Posted by Juicin View Post

Resellers...

Authorized retailers can't just jack up the price

Miners also profit i guess.

I could send my Ti's back and get them reboxed then just make money flipping em
But if authorized retailers can't jack up the price then why are amazon and newegg selling at mark-ups of 50% or more over MSRP?
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by Juicin View Post

Resellers...

Authorized retailers can't just jack up the price

Miners also profit i guess.

I could send my Ti's back and get them reboxed then just make money flipping em
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Originally Posted by 8051 View Post

But if authorized retailers can't jack up the price then why are amazon and newegg selling at mark-ups of 50% or more over MSRP?
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Originally Posted by Juicin View Post

You're probably looking at 3rd party postings
Resellers can do whatever they want to.

When newegg gets cards, they're 50% over MSRP and still sell out instantly.
 
#9 ·
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487380 - sold by Newegg, at $1229, which is $200+ higher than MSRP was.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814125902 - GTX 1060 3GB at $399, normally a $229 card.

It does seem like manufacturers are allowing gradual price increases if not spikes as crazy as ebay/CL.

I suspect if demand persists, manufacturers will indeed allow price increases of 50-100% eventually, it doesn't make any sense for them to leave the money to resellers.
 
#10 ·
Everyone has a percentage they tack on from the manufacturer up to the reseller. Everyone has bills to pay. Id say its the middle man that starts the price increasing, suppling to those that pay the increased price due to demand. Then the reseller bumps his sale price cause he still needs to make the same margin(%). Computers stores are just tougher to negotiate with. My second passion is hometheatre and I deal only with one dealer. Everything I buy is at a discount. I think he hates it when he sees me coming. I just picked up a couple of Subs that retail for $1350 a piece. I walked out with 2 for $2k. Crazy markup.
 
#11 ·
Hi,
Both NVidia and AMD plus third party venders are profiting
Old cards are profiting owners of them which is a welcomed boost
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#12 ·
I just worry how tough it's going to be from now on to even buy the latest high end card as they release. I'm sure the next generation cards will be as tough to find at normal MSRP as finding an NES Classic. I miss the days when I used to be able to walk into BestBuy or Circuit City and buy the highest end card for some $300 upon release and take it home. I had to wait months to find my 1080 in stock last year, just shy before the Ti released and now I feel like I'll have to be a hacker or pull an inside job conspiring with others to get next gen cards, planning it all out like I'm about to do a bank heist.
 
#13 ·
It isn't like mining demand is going to be consistent or last forever. That's why Nvidia is not on board with this, and also why they're not investing billions in building new fabs to supply mining, because no one thinks that it's a sustainable or sensible use of the hardware, and it's much more likely than not that the bubble will pop, either for cryptocurrencies in general, for mined cryptos, or simply for GPU mined ones, and there will be a huge glut of used cards on the market.
 
#14 ·
But this is guessing on if this is a bubble and further on how long it will last and will be at least another 2 years before Nvidia will consider making more, so in the interim we will remain with this problem. One thing's pretty likely, that the 1180 or whatever they call it will release this year and I nor very many else will be able to fetch one at MSRP if any in stock at all. The bubble isn't going to bust anytime real soon.
 
#16 ·
Are AMD and the Mean Green Team inflating their prices over MSRP to retailers? Or are the retailers the only ones cleaning up on the incredible spike in mid-range to top tier video cards?

If I had known about this spike I would've emptied my bank account and bought as many 1080Ti's as I could!
Wouldn't we all!
 
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