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Re:AMD Reveals the Radeon RX 6000 Series, Coming November 18th by vkou on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @02:18PM (#24922228)
As a shareholder and a capitalist, I am deeply disappointed that NVidia is leaving hundreds of dollars of profit per card on the table, by allowing scalpers to pick it up.

But on a serious note - why are they doing so? Surely, they have good predictions of supply and demand - why are EBay resellers reaping the profits from the gap between the two? Why aren't these cards retailing for $1000, with price reductions happening as demand drops below supply?

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Re:AMD Reveals the Radeon RX 6000 Series, Coming November 18th by potiuper on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @02:59PM (#24922752)
NVidia does not sell the cards direct, the retailer does. Retailer does not want to deal with that much volatility in price as customers would demand refunds, so it is left to the scalpers to take on the supply risk. It is surprising that the retail version of the cards are available upon release as is and not dedicated for a period of time to OEMs - Apple, Alienware, etc. (volume customers) negotiated for guaranteed supply at premium rates.
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