When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs

Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by cbozeman on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:55PM (#25471162)

Interesting idea... but I'd only be interested if I could claim that $500 as a tax deduction. :)

Otherwise I'd rather just wait for supply to become available and donate the $500 outright.

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Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by tylerhou on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:05AM (#25475217)

I would think that you would not be allowed to deduct the full $500 because you are getting a service — the ability to "skip the line" and grab a graphics card. You can only deduce $500 - FMV of that service, which a reasonable person might say is the difference between the street price of the scalped non-DWB cards and the DWB cards.

If the street price of the scalped cards is higher than the DWB edition, then you would not be able to deduct anything.

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Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by p1mrx on Friday December 18, 2020 @06:13PM (#25473264)

This would be for people who want to pay the market price, but who don't want to participate in scalping. If you'd rather wait, then you're not the target market.

I think AMD/NVIDIA are stupid (in a capitalistic sense) for selling their products well below market price, and leaving money on the table for scalpers to collect.

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