[cheonic8492]

> because I simply can't (couldn't) find a 3070/80 anywhere

This is false.

You can easily find thousands of brand new Nvidia 3070/3080 GPUs online.

The problem is, you wish to pay MSRP. Supply and demand doesn’t work in your favor here.

[melissalobos]

This is a little disingenuous, that is like saying scarcity doesn't exist since you can buy almost anything at any price. There is always an implied "in a reasonable budget".

[eru]

In this situation, yes.

In general: price competition might be effectively outlawed in some circumstances.

Eg you can't really buy a replacement kidney for any amount of money (outside of Iran).