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eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] subtext@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Absolutely fantastic, no notes

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

especially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the biggest generational uplift in the last 10 years. Not sure what you're smoking.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

it’s a 30% uplift for 30% more power budget and 30% more cost. the fact that they added a new version of frame gen etc that has both up and down sides is pretty much a wash

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Money laundering?

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The sellers, friend. They buy the GPU cash and sell it online for a clean transaction into their account. 5k laundered per sale

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Why the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one?

Consumerism really fucked up our brains.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I dunno but it's a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

The Microsoft Xbox was a scam? Moon landing too?

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

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